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VMware software provides a completely virtualized set of hardware to the guest operating system.
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Can't connect (using Putty) to local virtual machine
I have created an Ubuntu server on VMWare player with a Bridged connection. I am able to web to it and SSH to it on another computer or even another local VM. Though I am unable to both web to it and ...
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Make VMware assign a static IP address to your machine
So, I used to be able to do this thing, where my VMs would have a static IP address assigned when i created them. They had access to the internet, and I distinctly remember that it always sets your ...
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Convert qcow2 image to vSphere VMDK
As I have EC2 Metadata working on my vSphere (6.5) cluster, I'd like to import Cloud images to it, such as Ubuntu or CoreOS.
But they come in .qcow2 or .img (for CoreOS, which I believe is also qcow2)...
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Windows 10 Lenovo Ideapad crashing
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Laptop is continually crashing, usually shortly after I stop using it/when it's unattended.
Additional problem details:
Recently, the computer seems to crash roughly 1 hour after I ...
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Hyper-V switch and VMWare NAT issues
Hi I am new to understanding networking and virtual switch set ups so bear with me here. I have VMWare Workstation 17 installed on a Windows 10 Pro Host laptop. I am creating a lab environment for ...
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How to reduce the size of VMware disk
My Ubuntu image VMware disk has grown to 5GB physical file size. It's a dynamically growing disk with the maximum capacity of 8GB. I cleaned some stuff inside Linux distro and now inside it occupies ...
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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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Not detecting network card in CentOS 7?
In VMware workstation I have installed CentOS 7 but it is not showing any network card.
When type lspci I am geting:
:*-2:00.0 USB controller: VMware USB1.1 UHCI Controller
02:01.0 Ethernet controller:...
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TP-LINK TL-WN721N USB Wi-Fi adapter not detected in VMWare Kali Linux
Since the a TP-LINK TL-WN721N USB Wi-Fi adapter is one of the few that works with Kali normally. I am having trouble having it detected as a Wireless Adapter in a Virtual Machine.
I installed Kali ...
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aliasing confusion - what mapped 'vm' to 'Get-VM'?
Intending to launch vim from this
PS C:\temp> get-command vim | select name,source
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vim.bat C:\Users\noam\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\vim.bat
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Quarantining kernel-level games onto a VM
Let's say I have drive running Linux and a partition of that storing a VM containing a game like Valorant using. Is there a way for processes within the VM to break through the virtualization layer ...
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I can not run any Windows 11 VM on my Windows 11
I have AMD 3800x with SVM enabled and I tried to run Win 11 VM using VMWare and Virtual Box without any success.
VMWare display error
Virtualized AMD-V/RVI is not supported on this platform.
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VMware Workstation linux installation stuck at "clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc"
During installation XCP-ng 8.2.1, installation stuck at "clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc".
I had the same problem with Virtual Box but this command "vboxmanage setextradata &...
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virtual box create vmdk of a partition creates a vmdk of entire harddrive
I am attempting to create a VMDK of my Windows Partition (Win 10 x64 Pro - insider preview) on disk /dev/sda, where my Windows partition is /dev/sda1.
Virtual Box has the option of creating a vmdk ...
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How to create iso/image/installation from Windows XP-installation for use VMware
I'm using VMware and want to create a virtual machine with Windows XP.
For this I want to use the Windows XP-installation of another computer, I don't have the cd, so I want to create a iso/image (...
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How do I get my Kali Linux VM to connect to the internet?
I have downloaded Kali Linux on VMware and when it is in either, host only or NAT, it refuses to connect to the internet.
When I do ifconfig it doesn't come up with a IP address however when it is a ...
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GPU passthrough /DDA for RTX 4080 for Windows guest on Hypervisor-V
I have an Nvidia 4080 RTX 12GB, in an laptop installed on windows 11 pro with 13900 CPU and 64 GB Ram. The CPU also has integrated Intel xe graphics. I tested in Vmware workstation 17 pro graphic ...
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Trouble with Kali Linux in vmware: "Connection Failed: Activation of network connection failed"
I just put a Kali Linux VM on VMware Workstation Pro 15, but it keeps giving me the error: Connection Failed: Activation of network connection failed. In the VM's network adapter is set to NAT right ...
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Trying to add hard drive to VM on ESXI 8, .vmdk file not found?
Using ESXI 8.0 update 2.
Have a VM I am trying to add a hard drive from an existing .vmdk file. Had some issues doing this through the web UI as noted here and we had more luck using VMWare ...
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VMware - Can't ping host machine and VM even in bridged mode
I have set my Ubuntu virtual machine in bridge mode so that my VM could communicate with my host machine but I can't seem to receive any ping replies from both ends. My host machine is windows 10.
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Uninstall of VMware Tools fails, does nothing
We've had our two virtual servers migrated to a new service provider and they converted them from VMware to Hyper-V. This left behind "VMware Tools", which should be removed. But from "Apps & ...
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Vmware Ubuntu 16 black screen
I am running Ubuntu 16 within Vmware Workstation player 12.5 on Windows 10. After the Windows 10 Anniversary edition update I can boot the virtual ubuntu machine up to the login screen. However, from ...
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How to send CTRL-Alt-F[1-9] to guests in the VMWare ESXI Web Client?
How to send CTRL-Alt-F[1-9] to clients in the VMWare ESXI Web Client? I need this to access the other virtual consoles in the guest.
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How to Properly Import .ovf and .vmdk from VMware into VirtualBox
The .ovf and .vmdk don't seem to work with VirtualBox, giving me an error saying that the .vmdk has not been created yet, even when I point the program to the file in the .ovf import screen. It doesn'...
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How to enable copy/paste on a VM-Ware virtual Windows machine?
I've just created a virtual Windows-10 machine, but the virtual machine settings don't mention any isolation-related entries, so what can I do in order to enable copy/paste on that virtual machine?
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VMware Player disables the numpad on the host
I have a Linux Mint host and a Windows 7 Pro guest OS in Vmware Player 12 with VMware additions are installed.
Each time the mouse and the keyboard are "grabbed" by the virtual machine, at the moment ...
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How to convert a .vhd, .vdi or .vmdk that has snapshots to .qcow2 and vice-versa without losing any snapshots?
I'll often have to switch OSes and hypervisors back and forth soon.
The main use case will mostly be converting from Windows to Linux and from VirtualBox (.vdi), VMWare Workstation (.vmdk) and Hyper-V ...
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Virtual Hard Drive not booting - VMWare
I have a .vmdk (VMWare hard disk) file that I cannot use as the lone disk in a new virtual machine. If I attach it to an existing virtual machine then it works fine. It has Windows Server 2003 on it....
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Disable USB Controller in vmware vSphere Client 8.0.1.00000
I would like to disable usb controller of a vm so that one will not be able to add usb controller from the UI of the vSphere.
I have tried to change the vmx file and add devices.hotplug = FALSE but, ...
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Adobe PDF Preview Handler Error in Windows Explorer
I virtualized the installation of Adobe Acrobat Pro XI v11.0.11 together with Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 v14.0.7015.1000 x86, carried out on Windows 7 Enterprise v6.1.7601 x64, making use ...
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Cannot create VM on ESXI - insufficent space - but that doesn't seem true?
I have a ESXI Server with 211 Gigs free
Today I bought a Windows 10 license key and downloaded the ISO from Microsoft. I created a VM of this directly on VMWare, turned that into a OVA and that I ...
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Legacy VMware Player on modern Linux
I have a requirement for Unity mode on a Linux host with a Windows guest. Virtualbox does not implement Seamless mode well, and the likes of Winapps or Cassowary have other issues that make multiple ...
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vmware horizon client : how to copy paste from vm to host client?
I see clipboard for copy/pasting from host client machine to VM works but not vice versa. Is there a way to move things such as text or entire files from the VM to the host client? Can a drive from ...
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VMware Workstation Server is not available
Got error while run virtual machine hosted by Windows 11:
VMware Workstation cannot connect to the virtual machine. Make sure you have rights to run the program, access all directories the program ...
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ramdisk device creation failed due to insufficient memory. Status 0xc0000017. When i try to start windows server 2008 R2
I have the following:-
VMWare workstation version 9, with Windows Server 2008 R2 data center installed.
I have installed Windows 2008 R2 inside the VM using an iso image.
The host is Windows 7.
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How can I create a network load on my local WIFI with only one PC?
I have tried to load my local Wi-Fi with a win 11 machine, WINSCP SFTP Client and a virtual machine on the same PC running an SFTP server with another IP address (bridged LAN, same Subnet, different ...
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Facing Error while connecting to VMware VNC Console Access via HTML Console SDK
I'm facing a challenge with accessing the VNC Console through VMware's HTML Console SDK and would really appreciate some guidance. Here's a rundown of what I've done and the issue I'm encountering:
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Virtualized Intel VT-x/EPT is not supported on this platform. Continue without virtualized Intel VT-x/EPT?
I am running windows 11 and VMware workstation 16. I need to do virtualization anyhow to run "Qubes OS". My pc supports it. I tried all ways of internet even turning off and on hyper v. I ...
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Difference between VMware LAN Segment and Virtual Network
What exactly is the difference between LAN Segments and Virtual Networks in VMware?
LAN Segments don't have any configuration options, at least in the GUI:
LAN Segment configuration GUI in VMware
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How Do I Access localHost From VMware
I've created a new WinXP vitual machine on my win7 using VMware player. The VM is using NAT to share the host's Internet connection and when i put http://192.168.163.2/ in IE on VM, i can easily ...
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VMware mount shared folder in specific folder on linux guest
I would like to mount a VMware shared folder to a location other than the default.
The default mount path for shared folders in linux guest as of VMware Workstation 15 (2023) is: /mnt/hfgs/[...
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Can't change TCP/IPv4 settings on windows 10
As I am trying to change my wireless IPv4 or DNS IP address, everything goes well until I click OK.
The adapter window pops up this error: "An unexpected condition occurred. Not all of your requested ...
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VMware bridged mode is not working, but NAT mode works fine
I recently updated my PC and found out that the bridged mode of VMware Workstation Player 17 stopped working, however NAT mode works fine.
Host OS is Windows 11 and guest OS is Ubuntu 18.04.
I've ...
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Splitting large .vmdk disk roughly 3 TB in size into several small ones
As mentioned in the title, I need to split large .vmdk file which contains a Database into several smaller (4) ones. I don't actually need them to work, just need the 4 separate files with roughly the ...
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Ubuntu guest (running in VMware player) freezes on Windows Host
I am trying to run Osboxes Ubuntu 20.4 guest image on Windows 10 Home 22H2 (both 64 bit) host using VMware Workstation 17 Player. My host configuration is Core i7 1065G7, 16GB RAM and 1TB NVMe SSD.
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Insanely slow loading of linux kernel image on VMWare player
I have two shiny new Thinkpad X1 Carbons here. One is a gen 10 (12th Gen Intel i7-1260P). One is gen 11 (13th Gen i713SSU). Both are running Window 11 Pro 22H2. I have a Linux (Slackware 15.0) virtual ...
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Using (Linux) iptables to drop duplicates?
Is there an easy way to use "iptables" rules to drop duplicate packets on Linux?
If not, I'll have to spend more time figuring out why the problem is happening. In short, it has to do with ...
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How to make mouse move between vmware and host without ctrl+alt
I have VMware Workstation 15.5 player, and i have a linux machine installed as guest. I recently upgraded it and since then i have to release the mouse by clicking ctrl+alt, where it was moving ...
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This processor does not support XSAVE. This machine cannot be powered on
I have a problem with VMware. When I try to power on my Windows 7 VM, this error appears.
Just a week ago, I was able to power on this virtual machine. And I also recently installed WSL (Windows ...
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VMWare Workstation Keyboard and Mouse stop working
I'm having a problem with vmware and keyboard/mouse detection and I'm hoping that you can help me.
I use an Oracle vm and sometimes (worryingly enough) I can't write with the keyboard or click with ...
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