Odd mouse behavior is guest OS when connected via OS X Screen Shaaring
Hello to all. I am trying to chase down an odd behavior with the mouse in the guest OS when connecting to the host machine via Screen Sharing. The situation:When I connect to a machine hosting a Boot...
View ArticleClone of VM is failing.
Hi All, I'm trying to take the clone of the VM's but every time its' faling with "A general system error occured" Any lead or advice will be much appreciated. ESX4.0 version
View ArticleScreen too small on copied VM
I have copied a VM (running Windows 7) on to my laptop (running Windows 10). I'm running Vmware Workstation version 9. The VM is working, however the display is almost unreadable. By default the VM...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 (x64) stuck when rebooting (HPE ESXI v6.5 U3)
Hello. I've searched around and I've found lots of instances of users complaining about similar issues, but I don't think there is a single solution or reason for this issue - at least none that I can...
View ArticleRHEL guest managed vmtools upgradeable or not?
Hello, I googled and searched also the RH KB but have not found an aswer to my questions: 1. Is the guest managed vmtools that red hat comes with upgradeable? Any repository I need to configure in UM?...
View ArticleWorkstation 15.5 pro on Win 10 Pro 1903
Hi, I have WS Pro 14 which appears to block my Windows 10 update. I am considering to upgrade to WS Pro 15.5, but I need to be sure that it'll work. Can someone please confirm whether Workstation 15.5...
View ArticleDoes anyone have appInfo working?
Hi all, I have upgraded to VMware tools 11 on a single VM for the moment, and cannot seem to get the appInfo details to display.ESXi is at 6.7u3VM Hardware is v13 On the guest, I am running the command...
View ArticleWhat is the command to get the VM's BOOT Mode (BIOS/EFI)?
Is there a command to check if a VM template is created with Boot Mode as BIOS/EFI? For ex: in esxi 6.7 if we create a VM template for Rhel7-x64, the boot mode is by default chosen as "BIOS", while for...
View ArticleDoes Customer Experience Improvement Program report Workstation crashes?
I have an academic licence of VMWare Workstation Pro for linux, on 15.5I have no support entitlement, and can't submit technical support request.15.5 is causing segfaults in vmware when using 3d...
View ArticleVMware Workstation Player 15.5 fails to install in Linux Mint 19.2 Mate
Hello,- I have downloaded "VMware-Player-15.5.0-14665864.x86_64.bundle".- Then, in a terminal session: sudoaptinstall gcc build-essential -ycd ~/Téléchargements ("Téléchargements" is the...
View ArticleVirtual Printing
I am using VM Workstation 15.5 and have followed all the steps to install virtual printing but cannot get it to work. A few months ago I tried v15 and printing would not work so I went back to v14 and...
View ArticleThe VM configuration was rejected. Please see browser Console
I was trying to create a new VM via Web GUI running ESXi 6.5 Update but am getting always the same error: The VM configuration was rejected. Please see browser Console So I checked the browser console...
View Articleovftool always get unexpected option error
Hi, Expert, I am using ovftool on my windows 10 machine , the version is 4.3.0:PS C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool> .\ovftool.exe --versionVMware ovftool 4.3.0 (build-7948156) But everytime...
View ArticleWindows 10 - 1903 - Missing CAlculator and Stickynotes after deploying golden...
Hi, working on a golden image, and when i deploy this to my testenvironment, basic applications like Sticky Notes and Calculator are missing. When my users, who not are admins, need these applications,...
View ArticleError message when attempting to run VM
Hello, I have VMware Player 3.1.5, 32 bit installed to 64 bit Windows 8.1. I have a backup of a VM of Windows 98 SE which had loaded successfully using the same version of VMware Player on a now broken...
View ArticleAdding External HDD to ESXI failed
Hi,I have 5 instances on my ESXI 6.5 and have connected WD Passport HDD for backup purpose but none of the instance detect the HDD, I've enabled in the settings manually to detect but still no Kindly...
View Articlevmware workstation massively slowing down computer at startup
Hi all, I am currently running the vmware workstation 5.5.3 on windows xp home edition. I am using it to run and access ubuntu linux which still in windows. After installing it and ubuntu, everything...
View ArticleWhat product replaced VMware Server (open Source)
Hello. I'm looking for free software for virtualization on my Debian server. I've found VMware Server 2.0 but in real i can't get link for download and I do not have opportunity to send request for...
View ArticleShared Folders option on Vmware tool ESXi
On the VMware Tools custom install, there is an option for shared folders. I know how this works on workstation. How does it work on ESXi? I can't find any documentation on it. I have a test lab...
View ArticleNeed a tutorial to fix my problem with workstation 15/vmtools/directdraw...
Greetings all!I'm new to virtualization and to workstation player 15. I've successfully installed the freeware player onto my win 10 host system, created a virtual machine, installed xp, and...
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