VMware software provides a completely virtualized set of hardware to the guest operating system.
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How to mount an ext3 VMware Virtual Disk Image (vmdk)
I found a wiki entry on how to mount an NTFS VMware Virtual Disk Image (vmdk) and another link. I want to mount an ext3 vmdk file on Windows XP. How can I do that?
The VMware-mount-5.5.0-18463.exe ...
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VMware installation MSI failed
I had tried installing VMWare Workstation, VMWare Player, anything by VMWare, and the installation always crashes; it says The MSI '.........\vmwareplayer_x64.msi' failed. I have Windows 7 Ultimate.
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Clipboard operations (copy/paste) often stop working on VMWare Workstation
I have a dual-screen set-up with a Windows host and a Linux virtual machine.
Windows Host: Windows 7 x64, VMware Workstation (8.0.5, most recent)
Linux VM: CentOS 6.4 x64 (most recent) + VMware Tools ...
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How can I troubleshoot vmnet routing on my MacOShost and Linux guest with VMWare Fusion?
I am running a Linux guest VM on my Mac (MacOS 10.7.5) with VMWare Fusion 5.0.3.
The Linux guest VM expects to have a specific IP address - 192.168.56.10
The VMs network is set to be NAT ("Share ...
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VMware ESX/i syslog content
I am working on an expansion of our monitoring footprint, and we are currently looking at including data from our visualized environment. As our monitoring license is based on logged volumes, and we ...
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PXE boot with VMware like Xen
Citrix XenServer has a really nice feature where, when creating a new virtual machine, you can manually set PXE options, and you don't need to have a dedicated machine for holding PXE boot loaders and ...
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Virtualisation in a managed/one-app environment
So, I'm very interested in running my testing machines and servers virtually and considered vmware, VirtualBox, VirtualPC and qemu. From all those solutions, I like qemu and VirtualBox most, but both ...
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Can VMware run on top of a OpenStack VM?
Our project has resources on an OpenStack cloud and needs to run an application that according to the application developers 'can only run on VMware' until a future release which will also run on ...
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VMware with TightVNC
Does anybody know any tutorial how to connect with VMware using TightVNC or can in few steps explain how to do that?
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VMware ESXi 4.1 failing to delete files from datastore browser (vSphere Client)
Receiving Error stating "Error caused by file /vmfs/volumes/[ID]/Delete/Delete1
(Names a result of attempting to rename from some advice on VMware forums.)
Any input is appreciated.
P.S - I have ...
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How to create Adhoc network in VMWare-virtualised Windows 7 and join with other windows 7 users?
I'm just curious if (and if yes, how) it is possible to create a wireless ad-hoc network in a VMWare-virtualised Windows 7 and after that join with other Windows-7-based PCs?
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Turning a (dual boot) Ubuntu 9 into a virtual machine
I have a dual boot box (Ubuntu 9 and Vista) and I'm about to upgrade Vista to Win 7. Being Ubuntu my main development environment, I'd like to use it as it is from the new environment via VirtualBox ...
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VMware Fusion won't boot my Boot Camp partition
I have a Boot Camp partition on my MacBook that I would ultimately like to convert to a VMware virtual machine image. I've installed VMware Fusion and tried to start up my Boot Camp install using the ...
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How can I access a VMware client that's located on a remote host?
I use VMware Fusion at work to test my websites in different versions of IE by running multiple copies of Windows on my Macbook Air. At home, I use VMware Workstation to do the same thing. My desktop ...
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installation doesn't proceed : when starting the setup of VMware 8
When i start the setup of VMware 8 , an incomplete window of installation opens up and installation doesn't start/end .
This type of window appears:
I have a 32 bit processor with win7 installed . ...
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SSH windows to vmware
I have a VMWare Player running a
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) VERSION = 10 PATCHLEVEL = 1
All works fine execpt that I cannot connect from the windows host to the image.
From ...
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How can I open urls on my host machine with VMWARE?
I am running a Windows 7 vm with WMware player from Fedora. I have VMWare tools installed successfully and I have successfully some of it's features like Unity mode so it seems to be installed ...
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Configuring bridged network connection — Windows 7 host, Ubuntu 10.04 guest — VMWare Workstation 8
Here is my IPCONFIG /ALL from the host (Windows 7 64-bit):
Here is my IFCONFIG from the guest (Ubuntu 10.04):
To be honest, I don't have experience configuring a network between a host and a ...
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VMware vSphere Client in Parallels 5 Windows 7 VM becomes unusable
Unfortunately there is no VMware vSphere Client available for Mac OS X, so I have to run the client in a Parallels 5 VM with Windows 7.
I always get to a point where the client becomes unusable. If ...
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How to share a VPN connection in a VMWare Guest VM with the Host
The need - This question is relevant for all of those who want to bypass their corporate's annoying VPN, and access their work/corporate network from their private computer, especially if the ...
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VMWare-Tools Installation fails on Ubuntu 11.04
I am trying to install VMwareTools-8.4.6-385536.tar.gz (VMWare Tools) on the following operating system:
Ubuntu 11.04 -
Linux ubuntu 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 UTC 2011 ...
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How to access Guest (Windows XP) Internet from Host (Windows 7) in VMware Workstation?
I am using a 3G USB modem in Windows 7 64-bit. For some odd reason, it gives me a BSOD whenever I try to connect it. What I did is installed Windows XP SP2, in VMware and now I can use it inside the ...
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VMWare - Start guest in full screen (bat file or by configuration)
The question is simple, and the Title says it all.
I want to launch my guest VM in full-screen with a bat file, or with a configuration setting (whatever possible).
Tried some solution that I found ...
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VM using a secondary graphic card
at the moment i have a dual monitor setup on my main PCIe gfx card.
I know that on windows it is almost impossible to have a second card (eg no thrills PCI card) running without having an SLI ...
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How to boot RedHat Linux in normal mode in VMWare?
I had an iso image of redhat, into which I placed the kickstart file in the root directory and recreated the iso image. When I tried booting linux from that image (in VMWare) , it started searching ...
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Making Arch Linux in full screen mode in VMware on windows
I have installed the most basic Arch Linux only with command line interface as guest OS on Windows using VMware. The problem is when I maximize the Vmware window, the Arch Linux console does not ...
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linux or vmware
I don't know if here is the right place to ask this question or not but its vital for me to solve it.
I run openSUSE 10.2 from VMWare on Vista. Yesterday I run VMWare and another program but both ...
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How do I change a VMWare 1.x server's guest boot order?
I have 4 VMs on a Linux host, call them A, B, C, D running on Z. I really don't care when A and B come up, but I would like to make sure that D comes up before C.
I believe that in VMWare 2.x it's ...
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Moved VM doesnt work correctly on my Ubuntu machine
I have a Windows 7 VM that I have moved onto my Ubuntu 64bit host machine that is running VMware player 3.1.0. I think the VM was created on a Windows host.
The problem I have is that when I login to ...
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How can I improve the rendering performance of this old DOS application?
I have very old DOS Application (CadSoft Eagle - PCB Designer) and I want to work with it on my workstation with Windows 7. Then I install Windows 98 and that software into VmWare Player.
But that ...
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Virtual Machines Renaming/Backing up/Sharing
I've started using VMware virtual machines for all of my software development projects and have a few questions for others doing the same thing.
First, how can you rename the virtual machine and the ...
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workstation 7 and host-only no connectivity
I have a WinXP 32 host (IBM T400) with VWware workstation 7 (7.0.1 build-227600) and some guest OS (Win xp, NT, etc.)
I can ping from the host to guest OS and vice versa, but... every other ...
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VMware Player crashes while playing youtube.com videos
Why does the newest VMware Player crash down while playing videos on youtube.com?
It starts playing the video and then crashes down completely. I always have to reset the player to go on working.
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can't ping VMWare 9 workstation running Win 7 on Win 8 host (or from other machines)
The host PC is running Windows 8 with AVG. I have a new installation of VmWare Workstation 9 in which I am running a Windows 7 VM. I have configured the VM with a static IP address on the same subnet ...
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vmware does not install hgfs
Here is the installation log that I have in Fedora 16:
The VMware Host-Guest Filesystem allows for shared folders between the host OS
and the guest OS in a Fusion or Workstation virtual environment. ...
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nvidia graphic drivers using VMware Fusion on a macbook pro
I have a macbook pro retina with a nvidia gt 650m video card.
I use VMware Fusion and i want to update the drivers.
I downloaded 320.18-notebook-win8-win7-64bit-international-whql.exe
When i try to ...
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How can I remove a virtual machine from a network (vSwitch) in vSphere?
The question title really says it all -- the documentation describes how to remove network cards (i.e. pulling the network adapter out of the VM), but not removing a VM from an existing network.
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Harmonize keymappings in vmware fusion on win 7 guest
I'm having OS X Mountain Lion as host and I'm running Win 7 as guest with vmware fusion. And I'm using a mac keyboard. Trying to enter special characters become really confusing and a pain if you want ...
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How can I run a copy of my Linode VPS in VMWare Fusion 5 on my Mac?
I’ve just signed up for Linode, and having set up my Linode server (from their Debian 7 image), I’m trying to download a copy of it to run on VMWare Fusion 5 on my Mac.
I’ve followed their ...
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VMware The virtual machine couldnot start
I virtualized VMware for MAC OS X but when I start my VM it says the following
The virtual machine could not start. Make sure VMware Workstation is installed correctly and you have rights to run ...
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VMware guest can access host but not vice versa
On my Windows I installed VMware with a guest Centos VM. As a LAMP stack is working on my Windows, I can access the web content from the VM via something like 192.168.11.5.
Later on I run nginx on ...
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VMWare Wrkstation 9.0 "This host does not support Intel VT-x
This virtual machine is configured for 64-bit guest operating systems. However, 64-bit operation is not possible.
This host does not support Intel VT-x.
For more detailed information, see ...
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VM program which stores directly on HDD
I'm looking for a VM program like VMware, LXC, or KVM, which stores the whole hard drive of the guest OS on the host HDD.
LXC for instance does this, it stores in ...
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when using a mac VM with VMWare, how do I use command key within the VM?
I have a apple computer, and am running the apple operating system within a VM on that machine. The VM is running with VMWare.
How do I send keyboard combos that use the command key to the VM? When ...
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how to dd capture partitions of a VMware Player VM
I have a Linux VM that runs in VMware Player. It has /dev/sda1 mounted as /boot and /dev/sda2 mounted as /. I want to use dd to capture both partitions. I now know from the answer to this post that ...
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SCSI LSI Logic vs SAS
I read that LSI SAS offers better performance than traditional SCSI. While creating a virtual machine in Vmware, i have options to select either Bus Logic, LSI Logic or LSI Logic SAS. However, LSI ...
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How can I assign a keyboard shortcut to fullscreen VMWare Fusion?
This has been driving me crazy for awhile. I like to keep most apps pinned to specific, separate virtual desktops (or whatever Apple calls them... "Spaces?"). Using the Keyboard control panel, under ...
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Free 'no-host OS' virtualization and vm management for desktop
Is there good, robust enough for every-day use, way to setup free hardware-based virtualization which would support at least Windows and Linux and also be supported by some usable, user-freindy and ...
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Extract untarred files from a tgz in linux
I have a large .tgz file which is of very large size(19GB). I started the untar operation in vmware last night but in the morning, I saw a blue screen of death. I dont want to waste time on untarring ...
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How to install a software in the centOS system which is installed in the virtual machine?
I downloaded a CentOS VMware file which can be played on the VMware Player. the problem for me is that I would like to install some software in the CentOS playing on the VMware player, but I don't ...
