Questions tagged [vmware-workstation]
A desktop virtualization solution offered by VMware, for Windows and Linux hosts.
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an issue with VMWare Workstation 10 and three monitors
I'm having a bit of a problem with using three monitors with VMWare Workstation 10. When only two monitors are enabled in the system I have an option to "Cycle Multiple Monitors", available from the ...
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VMware - Startup in Unity Mode
I can't figure out how to get VMware to start up in unity mode. Is this possible? I want the guess OS to startup in unity mode, with selected application(s). I am using VMware workstation on the the ...
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Instruct VMWare to Ignore certain keys
I am wondering if it is possible to have my guest OS in VMWare ignore certain key codes/key strokes. I have certain keys and keystrokes used to change the volume control and switch desktops in the ...
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Show CPU and memory usage of multiple VMs with VMWare workstation
I'm using VMWare Workstation 7.1.2 on Windows7 with an Intel dualcore E8400. I'm currently running three hosts, all windows XP, and my host's CPU usage is very high; often hitting 100% for a few ...
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Disable VMWare Workstation VMEM file
I'm using VMWare Workstation 15.1.0 on Windows 10 x64 1903. My VMs are on SSD so I want to disable the .vmem files which appears when the VM is running and disappear when the VM is shut down. I don't ...
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vmware workstation version 8 impacts win7 host's internet performance
I am seeing strange behavior on 4 different people's desktop machines. All the machines are the same hardware and the problem is the same on all of the machines. When VMware Workstation 8 is running ...
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How to use UUID for Physical Drives When Bypassing Host: VMWare Workstation on Win7
I have a Linux guest on a Win7 VMWare Workstation host. I route physical drives from the host directly into the VM. I've noticed in the vmdk for these disks that the mapping in the vmdk to a physical ...
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VMware Workstation is not grabbing input on click
I'm running VMware Workstation and I'm finding that the program is not grabbing mouse inputs on click or on Ctrl+G input, both options are set to on in preferences.
If I manually connect either the ...
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VMWare workstation installation error: The MSI '' failed
I am installing on windows 7. The vmware workstation version is 9.0.2-1031769.
Installation proceeds as expected until about 70% when it fails with the following error:
The MSI '' failed.
I have ...
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VMware Workstation 10.0.5 MSI failed
I am upgrading to VMware Workstation 10.0.5 from 10.0.4. The upgrade process has removed 10.0.4, however when trying to install 10.0.5, I get an error:
The MSI 'C:\Users\Ethan\AppData\Local\Temp\...
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How to share VPN established in VMware guest VM with host
Is there a way to share a VPN connection which is established in a VMware guest running Windows 7 with the host running Ubuntu 14.04?
I tried NAT and Bridge, but I cannot seem to access VPN endpoints ...
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Virtual machine freezes in VMware Workstation 10
I'm having an issue where 1 of my VM's is freezing constantly inside VMware. It's not always the same one and it doesn't seem to be related to the programs I'm running inside it.
I use the VM's to ...
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VMWare VM as router for windows host
Goal - use virtual machine as router/firewall for host VM is running on.
I created VMWare VM and installed pfSense. Configured two network adapters for WAN (bridged, VMNet0) and LAN (host-only, ...
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Attach network interface to vmware nat (bridge is not working perfectly)
I have a developer computer with two physical network interfaces (NIC A and NIC B). I have VMWare workstation and several virtual machines in VMNet8 (NAT). I would like to connect my notebook to my ...
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Force Exclusive Mode in VMware Workstation9?
Is there any way to force exclusive mode in vmware workstation 9? I hate always having to choose it in the toolbar.
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Windows 8 does not recognize VMware Usb Device
I installed windows 8 a few hours ago. Then I installed vmware 9 workstation. Windows 8 gives a warning 'usb device not recognized or is defective'. There is yellow exclamation on vmware usb device ...
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How to open existing virtual machine with multiple .vmdk files
I created a new Virtual Machine. On the Virtual Hard Disk screen I am selecting Use existing hard disk. I copied the VM files from another machine. It has multiple .vmdk files and when I select one ....
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VMware workstation and Hyper-V are not compatible. How to Remove the Hyper-V role?
I’m running VMware Workstation for virtualization, and as you all know,
VMware and Hyper-V are sworn enemies.
After the last Windows update, Hyper-V was enabled again, but it was easy to just ...
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How do I use 2 VLANs on 1 Guest OS (Windows 7) over Host OS (Windows 7)
I have a problem to use different VLAN on 1 machine (1 PC). I use PC Dell Inc OptiPlex 9020, my network adapter is Intel(R) Ethernet Connection I217-LM.
My host OS is Windows 7 and my guest OS is ...
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Emulate SSD drive in VMware Workstation 12
I'm running VMware Workstation 12, and am trying to have it see SCSI0:0 as an SSD drive.
I want to have the discard mount option and fstrim / work on ext4 and btrfs.
I added the following to my .vmx ...
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Using a Windows virtual machine as my everyday computer: feasible in 2020, or too slow?
For years, I've been dreaming of using a VM as my primary Windows machine as I cringe at having to set up a new machine from scratch every three to five years.
Until now I've been dissuaded by the ...
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Is it possible to simulate the Physical Server IPMI in any platform such as VMWare workstation?
Is it possible to simulate the Physical Server IPMI in any platform such as VMWare workstation?
You know the Physical Server have BMC board with IPMI in it.
so we can use a controller server to ...
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Screen Flickering in VMWare Workstation
I have a problem within using WMWare Workstation.
Sometimes, the VMWare screen is flickering occasionally. It happens in time gaps of extimated 30-45min. It flickers about 10 times in 5 seconds. I ...
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VMWare Workstation - Win host, Linux client, corporate proxy
here is my setup:
Windows 7 desktop
VMWare Workstation 14
Linux clients (Ubuntu 18.4, Mint 19, Centos 7)
Use NAT networking for client VMs
Corporate proxy which filters all traffic going to the web
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Prevent VMWare Workstation from changing display on multiple monitors (with Win10 host)
I have three VMs. All are set up to use all 4 monitors in a multi-monitor display, and they all work fine.
Overnight, however, something happens which causes VMWare to change the multi-monitor ...
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Virtual Switch equivalents with VMWare Workstation
I am following a lab manual for setting up some Windows Server 2016 servers. In the introduction it the book talks about using Hyper-V with both an Internal Virtual Switch and a Private Virtual Switch....
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Can I enable Windows Sandbox feature in a VMWare Workstation virtual machine?
I'm trying to test the Windows Sandbox feature released for Windows insiders. I have Win10 Pro 1809 build 18309 installed in a virtual machine in VMWare Workstation. So when I go to enable it, I'm ...
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VMWare Workstation: Use Windows Virtual Desktops to quickly switch between host an VM
I am using VMWare Workstation 15 to virtualize a linux VM on my Windows 10 host. In Windows 10, you can have multiple (virtual) desktops and switch between them using a hotkey Ctrl+Windows+Left arrow/...
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VMWare Workstation modal dialogs too wide
I have a dual-monitor setup running under Windows 10. I recently upgraded from VMWare Workstation 14 to 15. All of a sudden, I am seeing all modal dialogs having a width longer than both my monitors ...
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Getting error The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system. Power off or reset the virtual machine
I have one VM on VMware Workstation. All of sudden VM stop responding with a message "The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system. Power off or reset the virtual machine" on workstation ...
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VMWare Workstation Pro 14 shared clipboard not working
I have a VMWare Workstation Pro 14.1.2 setup with a Windows 10 host and multiple Ubuntu 18.04 guests. The shared clipboard does not work in any of the Ubuntu guests. I tried reinstalling the Open VM ...
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Access Site on localhost from a vmware
I have setup a LAMP stack on my home os, and i want to test out some stuff, from vmware. I have windows 10 as my home os, and windows 7 installed on vmware. The site is reacheable on my home os, as ...
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How to connect a VMware Workstation VM to a VPN without it being visible in the guest and without tunneling all of the host's traffic through the VPN?
I have a VMware Workstation 12 VM I want to connect to the internet through a VPN. Let's say I'm using HMA.
I want that as far as the VM is concerned there won't be a VPN. So I don't want to install ...
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Multiple independent network bridges in Windows 10?
I have a situation where I have several network interfaces and need to create 2 separate bridges that are independent of one another with just 2 interfaces per each one vs one big bridge.
Virtual ...
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VWare Workstation 14 and new hostif.c on kernel 4.13 for fixing a memory error
I'm running vmware 14.0 on Fedora 26/kernel 4.13
Everything works fine in kernel 4.12.
Since kernel 4.13, I can't start the VM, and the message relates to an "insufficient memory error".
I found a ...
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#VMware Workstation Bridged Networking , VM not able to communicate to the base machine
In VMware workstation the virtual machine which is Bridged is not able to communicate to Base machine.
the base machine is connected to Wi-Fi Router and getting the IP through DHCP.the Virtual ...
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Use Windows Firewall to block ports in vmware workstation
I have a windows 10 computer that is running a virtual machine with "vmware workstation 12". That windows computer is connected directly to my modem; therefore, I can host my website by allowing port ...
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Sync audio volume between VM and host
Currently using VMware Workstation 12, with audio playing on my host.
Is there a way to sync audio volume between my guest and host.
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How do I get pfsense WAN IP after I set it up on DHCP?
I just installed a FreeBSD 64-bit virtual machine with pfSense 2.3.2 with VMware Workstation 12, but with VMware Workstation 11 hardware compatibility.
I booted and standard-installed pfSense and got ...
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VMware Workstation prevents screen lock on a Linux (Ubuntu GNOME) host
I have a laptop that runs Ubuntu 16.04 with GNOME, and inside of this laptop I have VMware Workstation 12.5.1 running Windows 10.
My problem is that when I close the laptop with the VM in focus, it ...
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Use 2 NICs to separate host from guest VM traffic in vmware
I am using VMware Workstation 12 on a Windows 10 host with two wired nics connected to the same switch. I want my guest VMs to use NAT through nic1 and the host to use nic2. No network traffic from ...
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VMware Workstation's "Edit/Paste" uses the wrong keyboard layout
I'm using VMware workstation on Windows 8.1 to run a Debian machine. Since I have an French keyboard, I've changed the layout in the guest to azerty:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration &...
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What does changing VMware Workstation's BIOS's system time do?
When a vm in VMware Workstation starts booting, you can hit F2 to enter a virtual BIOS.
By default, I think the system time is synchronized with the host clock.
If you change the system time, what ...
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Why does the EPEL Repo fail on a Centos 7 VM on VMWare Workstation 11?
I created a Centos 7 VM on VMware Workstation 11 on a windows 7 host. I am trying to reach the EPEL repo using
sudo yum update -y
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[root@localhost vagrant]# sudo ...
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VMWare - Windows Update restarts host, guests lose data. Solutions?
They didn't like my question on Server Fault, so I'm asking here.
I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate as both the host and the guest under VMWare workstation 11. I try to keep both host and guest running ...
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Cloning VM causes one of the VM drives to write-protect itself
I am creating a "sandbox" development VM for a locked-down work environment. I am working on a baseline VM, enabled as a "template", and then am testing clones to see if they work after deployment.
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Can't access SerialPort on virtual machine
I'm using VMware Workstation 10.0.4 with a Windows 8.1 64bit as OS on the virtual machine (and the host system). Now I am facing the problem that though the serial port is mapped into the virtual ...
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Merge in snapshot vmdks in vmware workstation
Upon deleting all snapshots on a virtual machine, some delta vmdk's remained (main-000001.vmdk, etc.), with the vmware's harddisk pointing to those. How can I merge these deltas into the main vmdk ...
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VMWare Workstation Stretch Guest disabled
I have Windows 8.1 Pro, in which VMWare Workstation 10.03 is installed. The guest system I use there is Ubuntu 14.04. VMWare tools are installed on the Guest System and I ofen use shared folders with ...
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vmware player and hyper-v are not compatible
I have a xenserver virtualized lab and I'm trying to run some vmware esxi.vmx simulations on windows 7 vm and I am getting the error given below while trying to install vm workstation.
vmware ...
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