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Workstation 7 on Ubuntu 9.10 host -- VMs run dog slow

mbonsack — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:08:44 GMT

I know there's another post on this topic but for the life of me I can't find it. I'm having the same problem -- running VMs cause the CPU to spike to 100% and they all run dog slow. Others report good success with Karmic. Any hints?

Thanks, -mark

EDIT The thread I was referring to is in the locked beta forum: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/238765

fix network card on copied VM image

tongueroo — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:22:56 GMT

Hi guys,

So, Im having trouble getting on of my vmfusion ubuntu images to talk to the
host os (macosx).
I created these images a little differently.

There are 3 images: ubuntu1, ubuntu2, ubuntu3.
I created ubuntu1 and ubuntu3 by going through the complete install process
via the vmfusion wizard to install an os.

Here's a screenshot with the network info for all 3 VMs:
http://www.screencast.com/t/N2EzY2M3N

However, for ubuntu2, I created this VM differently. I just copied the folder
that contained all the vmfusion file for ubuntu1 and renamed the VM it from
ubuntu1 and ubuntu2. This is probably why the network identication is exactly
the same on both ubuntu1 and ubuntu2.

root@ubuntu1:~# ifconfig -a | grep 'inet6' | grep Link
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe41:f1d3/64 Scope:Link
root@ubuntu2:~# ifconfig -a | grep 'inet6' | grep Link
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe41:f1d3/64 Scope:Link
root@ubuntu3:~# ifconfig -a | grep 'inet6' | grep Link
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe50:363b/64 Scope:Link

On ubuntu2 I manually release the ip address, with "dhclient -r && dhclient",
and manually assigned it the ip address of 172.16.89.131, with "ipconfig eth0
172.16.89.131".

Unfortunately, I still cannot talk to the ubuntu2 from the host os with ping:

From the host os I can only ping ubuntu1 and ubuntu3, but not ubuntu2.
tung@walle:~ $ ping -c 2 172.16.89.130
PING 172.16.89.130 (172.16.89.130): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 172.16.89.130: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.285 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.89.130: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.400 ms

172.16.89.130 ping statistics ---

2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.285/0.343/0.400/0.057 ms
tung@walle:~ $ ping -c 2 172.16.89.136
PING 172.16.89.136 (172.16.89.136): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 172.16.89.136: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=7.601 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.89.136: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.344 ms

172.16.89.136 ping statistics ---

2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.344/3.973/7.601/3.628 ms
tung@walle:~ $ ping -c 2 172.16.89.131
PING 172.16.89.131 (172.16.89.131): 56 data bytes
^C # Ctrl-C because this hangs

172.16.89.131 ping statistics ---

2 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
tung@walle:~ $

Anyone have any suggestions? I know that I can also just do a clean install
by going through the vmfusion wizard but it would be nice if I could just fix
the network card.

Tung

"Logging in to your PC and gathering information." goes FOREVER, in migration assistant

tj1234 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:13:35 GMT

I attached a screen shot png file. I'm wondering if i did something wrong? It hasn't finished "logging in" for hours.

I think I wish there were just a way to do this using my external hard drive. I exported my old machine using vmware converter, but I get an error, when I try to import it. I have attached that screen shot, also. I had downloaded vmware converter last week, before fusion 3 was released, and used that to put it on the external hard drive. I wonder if it's simply that it's not compatible with fusion 3.

I really don't care how I do it, I just want to get my PC on my Mac.

note: I have XP Professional SP3 on my pc, and snow leopard on my mac.

Can Fusion do x64 Windows on a late 2009 Mac Mini?

dirkce — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:58:31 GMT

I'm looking for a solution to create and run images of Windows Server 2003 x64 Enterprise Edition and OS X Server 10.5 for small scale software testing.

Can I do this on a late 2009 Apple Mac Mini with VMWare Fusion 3?

I've heard that there are firmware limitations on this device that prevent 64-bit operation.

Thanks!

Memory Freeze Up

XUSN — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:09:30 GMT

I've seen posts of different variations of the same theme, but they haven't worked for me. I use VM to support XP on my Mac. It recently froze because I was out of memory. I discovered that I have ~ 60Gb of segmented files:

Windows XP Professional - s001.vmdk
Windows XP Professional - s002.vmdk
Etc. up to 034

How do I delete the dupes or other data embedded in these separate files to clean up memory. I know it is VM Fushion related and not underlying XP data. Thanks.

VM not freeing up space from Windows 7 deleted files (windows.old)

jmcrtp — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:26:16 GMT

I have a windows 7 upgrade I bought, and I also have the install disk but windows 7 makes me upgrade from vista 64-bit. Basically I install vista 64-bit and end up with an 8 GB or so VM. Then I do the upgrade to windows 7 and with my windows.old folder I am at around 20GB. I need to get this down to 10GB or less. I can delete the entire windows.old folder with or without using recycle bin functionality. I can shutdown and/or suspend multiple times. Windows 7 sees that it has a 40GB partition and it is using about 10GB of it. The problem is that my VM is still 20GB on my mac. No matter what I seem to do I can't delete this data. I would love to just install windows 7 cleanly but it won't let me since I have an upgrade, it makes me actually upgrade from vista. It won't allow me to upgrade from XP or even use that installer since XP is 32 bit. I don't have any data on the VM I just want to end up with a fresh windows 7 64-bit VM with no data on it, but that only takes up 8-10GB on the mac (or less).

I have also tried the VM cleanup and it does not help at all. VMware fusion 3.0 is not getting the memo from windows that these files were in fact deleted. Is anyone else having this issue?

I'm running VMWare fusion 3.0.0 (204229) on Mac OS X 10.6.2 on a Macbook pro system, 8GB RAM, 256GB Solid State HD.

I have tried to delete these files many times by reinstalling windows from scratch, then I started to backup the VM and try to delete the files using different methods (with recycle bin, no recycle bin, etc.) and I am never able to get VMware to clean up the VM.

data cannot be read or written / vmdk failed

chuckomoss — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:30:18 GMT

Greetings,

My host is a MB Pro with OS X - 10.5.8, the guest is Windows XP - SP3, VMWare Fusion 2.0.6 and I'm looking for help with two areas, 1) Challenges creating a reliable backup VM 2) What could cause the vmdk file to crash.

This morning and last night when trying to copy my VMware Fusion file to an external hard drive as a backup copy, I recieved the following message, "Finder cannot complete the operation because some data cannot be read or written."

I have no idea why this particular VM file cannot be copied. I was able to copy an earlier version a few weeks ago.

Additionally, I have woken up twice this month to the following message:

"Operation on file my vmware fusion path and file name.vmdk failed. If the file resides on a remote system, please make sure your network connection and the server where the disk resides are functioning properly. If the file resides on removable media, reattach the media. Choose Abort to terminate the session. Choose Continue to forward the error to the guest operating system."

When I choose > Abort, then I would get the following message:

VMFusion cannot sync with disk before abort. Disk my VM file name and path may be inconsistent.

I had to re-build my VM the last time (September) to get past the "failed" error. Since the upgrade to VMWare Fusion 2.06 (yesterday), this has not occurred, but I now cannot make the backup copy on an external hard drive.

What suggestions do you have?

Thanks in advance,

Charlie

Fusion 3/Windows 7 Ultimate/multiple displays

plaintiger — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:33:03 GMT

with much trial and tribulation and repeated downloading and installing of monitor drivers, i can get all three of my monitors working at 1680x1050 in Windows 7 Ultimate under Fusion 3, but every time i do anything - open a window, click, whatever - my cursor jumps to my rightmost monitor (which is neither designated as #1 nor set as my main display).

is this a Fusion problem or a Snow Leopard + Fusion problem or a Windows 7 problem or what? my 3-monitor setup works fine until i get into Fusion 3 and Windows 7; it worked perfectly under Snow Leopard + Fusion 2 + XP Pro as well.

i guess my next step should be to test in XP under Fusion 3...i'll do that and report my findings...

...okay, i'm reporting my findings: it seems to have something to do with Windows 7 because - performance aside - the setup's still working perfectly in XP Pro under Fusion 3. (i have the same complaints everybody else seems to have regarding Fusion 3's performance - didn't i read that Fusion 3 performs better than Fusion 2?? isn't that part of the reason i forked over money for this?? unless i'm imagining that claim, i deserve my money back.)

now: does anybody know how to make a three-display setup work correctly in Windows 7 Ultimate running under Fusion 3 running under Snow Leopard? that is, without the cursor jumping to places it shouldn't jump to and such? i don't expect decent performance until Fusion 3 is updated. which i think VMWare owes it to us to do sometime, oh, say, tomorrow.

Better Performance with XP or Windows 7? SUGGESTIONS PLZ!!!

iplaydc87 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:29:26 GMT

I have the 2009 late macbook pro with 2.26 Intel Core Duo with 4 GB DDR3 Ram (with snow leopard) and I have just purchased Fusion 3. I will be using fusion mainly for microsoft office for school. As far as performance on both my mac and fusion, is it better to use windows 7 or windows XP on Fusion? thanks.

Fusion 3, Win7 64bit super sluggish

typemismatch — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:34:29 GMT

I'm running on Snow Leopard, 8x Core, 10GB Ram, MacPro - 2009 Model. I have Fusion 3 and running my BootCamp x64 Windows 7 image.

It seems very sluggish, generally I'd say it was acceptable for a first release but office applications for example, I can out type the keyboard which is odd. I'm in full screen mode. I don't get this problem in non-3d mode.

thanks

Vista Business much faster under Fusion 3.0.0, but also blurry and full of artifacts

ewestby — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:07:29 GMT

I just upgraded from VMware Fusion 2.0.6 to 3.0.0 and I must say I'm blown away by the speed improvements. There's a huge problem, though: the screen is far blurrier than it was before even though I am certain I am running in my MacBook Pro's optimal fullscreen resolution of 1440x900. It's as if the 3D acceleration isn't bothering to keep the screen crisp and clean, but only focusing on performance. The entire screen is blurry, as if I were running a resolution requiring anti-aliasing, and what's worse, there are visual artifacts everywhere: mostly horizontal and vertical lines, but also bogus shadows and patches of random color. It's essentially unusable in this state.

But fast.

Yes, I upgraded my VM's VMware Tools to the version included in 3.0.0 and rebooted both the VM and host. My system's specs are:

Host: MacBook Pro (late 2006), 2.33GHz Core2Duo, 3GB RAM, ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics with 256MB display RAM. Full specs here: http://support.apple.com/kb/SP24

VM: Vista Business SP2 with 1GB RAM allocated, 3D acceleration turned on. Vista now reports a Windows Experience index of 2.9: much higher than the 1.0 index I was getting under Fusion 2.0.6!

Any help would be appreciated. SURELY this isn't how 3D acceleration is supposed to work.

Ubuntu 9.10 + VMWare Fusion 3.0.0 -- BROKEN AUDIO -- VMWare? Are you there?

ivocal — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:05:09 GMT

There are several posts on both VMWare and Ubuntu forums about broken audio with Karmic and VMWare Fusion (2 and 3)

For the record, audio works great when Karmic is installed on my Dell laptop. Audio is broken when installed on VMWare Fusion.

Some people have suggested that removing pulseaudio is a solution to this problem. I have tried this and it does work "somewhat", but I reject it as a solution.

Here are the issues with removing pulseaudio:

You lose the System -> Preferences -> Sound controls and with it the ability to select among multiple audio devices. I need the ability to connect multiple audio devices and select among them on the fly.
If you suspend/resume then your audio is right back where it was before you removed pulseaudio, so clearly removing pulseaudio did not "fix" the problem.

Why should I have to cripple the OS audio support just so I can use it with VMWare?
Where is the update that VMWare should have pushed out already to solve this problem?
Why is VMWare silient on this problem? Where is your acknowledement of the issue and expected fix date?

Remember, Ubuntu works fine on standard hardware, but not on VMWare virtualized hardware. I would say that this makes it a VMWare problem, since you advertise that you support Ubuntu Linux. Therefore, a series of linux OS tweaks just to get partial audio support cannot be considered a "solution".

Wake up VMWare...

Win7 + VMware Player - install of VMware NetAdapters disables Win7 internet access

bobvilla — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:32:05 GMT

Hi, I've moved from OSX to windows 7 with my new laptop and I have installed VMware player 3 to virtualize Ubuntu. The vmware install went fine and the Ubuntu Virtual OS install 1st failed with options then succeeded with defaults. However, I could not get internet access in Ubuntu (setup with NAT, not Bridge) and when checking in Win7 realized that that connection was up but the internet connection was blocked. VMware added 2 "adapters" to my Network Connections panel, VMware Network Adapter (VMA) VMnet1 and VMA VMnet8. Win7 connected the VMware network but placed the "Unknown Network" in the public zone and won't let me make adjustments. Disabling the 2 VMware Network Adapter entries restores the internet connection for win7.

I made an entry for VMware Player in the MS Firewall.

I tried enabling connection sharing under the Win7 network adapter settings.

Any idea what's going on?

on a side note: Is VMware server 2 a cycle behind VMware Player 3 or are the version numbers incomparable? Is performance comparable? I'm looking at the server edition because I might try dual booting Win7 and a Ubuntu and would like to have virtualization access as well from Win7. I got used to this in OSX with Windows XP using parallels.

Thanks

Windows 7 unable to connect to the internet

damaze — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:20:58 GMT

I am running the trial of Fusion 3 while I am waiting for my free upgrade. I am running Windows 7 64 bit and I am getting the message "Windows did not detect any networking hardware".

I have installed VMWare tools and done just about everything I have found online and in the knowledgebase. Please help me out. My Mac is connected to my network but I cannot get the virtual machine connected.

Please help. I have tried NAT and Bridged options with no luck. This was working when I had Win XP Pro loaded with Fusion 3.

Thank You

VMware - FIX FUSION 3 - NOW!!!!!!

francis.carden — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:17:56 GMT

I LOVED FUSION 2.0 - I ranted about it to 100's of people. Best thing since sliced bread is what I used to say.

Now I upgraded to Fusion 3 and it's TERRIBLE. Performance is a joke. I use this in my daily work and if I'm lucky it still works. I can't rely on it now for my demonstrations. Shame. Shame. Shame.

Being a user of Fusion 2 since it was released, I can say I rated the s/w as a 9 or 10 for enterprise use. Now I rate it as a 3.

I will be doing a Video this weekend of how bad it is and will post it online. Since no one from VMware seems to bother to read these forums or comment. I suggest they see what people said about united Airlines when THEY didn't listen...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo

Unable to access internet after upgrading to 3.0 and Windows 7

terra72 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:08:32 GMT

I've gone through the complete upgrade of VM Fusion (to 3.0) and Windows (from XP to 7) and while it wasn't without issues (mainly memory), I finally got it to work. And it works extremely well, much faster than VMF2/XP, with one important exception: I cannot connect to the internet over my wifi network.

I've tried all the different network settings in VMware Fusion, and it consistently tells me that I am connected (Virtual Machine // Network Adaptors // Settings). However, when I try to actually access the net, it can't find the network and none of the 'troubleshooting' tools help me.

I'm a little frustrated as Windows 7 actually works really well in VMware Fusion 3.0 with the exception noted above.

Any ideas?

Thx

Player v3.0 under Fedora 12 as HOST

waby38 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:48:36 GMT

Hi,

I've just tried to use the latest Player v3.0 under my fresh installation of Fedora 12

Installation is ok, and compilation of kernel module is also fine.

=> I've cross check this operation using : "vmware-modconfig --console --install-all" , and my kernel is "2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686.PAE"

Now, if I start vmplayer, then I got the main screen for less than 1 second, and after disappear / crash without any message

Using strace, I able to see that SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) append just after reading some stuff from "/usr/lib/vmware/resources/mozilla-root-certs.crt"

Is there any bad experience for Fedora 12 users ?

Using the previous Fedora 11, everything was fine with this Player v3.0!!

Any tips ??

Space character in Remote Name

GHelbig — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:07:00 GMT

I am trying to use VMWare Shared Folders so the guest can access files on the host.

The problem is that there is a space character in the name:

Status Local Remote Network

Z: \\.host\Shared Folders VMware Shared Folders

The application (the only application that's running in the guest, and the application that is 100% of the reason for wanting to use VMWare) can NOT tolerate a space character in the path.

How do I get rid of that space character? The one between the 'd' and the 'F' in 'Shared Folders'.

Again, changing the application is not an option. The only reason
for deploying VMWare is that we need to run exactly this application.

How to have custom resolution in Linux guest consoles?

Nazgulled — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:38:35 GMT

Hi,

I've always used VMware but had to move to VirtualBox because a strange problem in VMware Workstation 6.5 that none was able to help me fix it. I'm currently trying VMware Workstation 7 and it seems that old problem is gone and I'm using it succesfully.

However, there are some features in VirtualBox that I really liked and I can't seem to find a way to do the same thing in VMware. One of those was setting custom resolution. For instance, I could configure up to 4 (or 5, can't remember) custom resolutions in XML configuration file for the specific VM, like, 1280x705. Then, on the Linux guest, I was able to see that mode listed in the supported modes by the framebuffer. And I was able to easily use that mode.

But note, I don't want this custom resolution to be the max resolution, that one (and what I've set for max resolution in the VM settings) I want it to be 1280x800.

How can I do the same with VMware Workstation? Is it even possible?

How do I save a VM so I can run VMware player in otherplatform

echi111 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:01:16 GMT

I just bought and installed Fusion in my Macbook. I created a VM for Windows XP. How could I save thsi VM so I can copy it to my Windows 7 or Linux PC and use VMWare player to run the VM?

Thanks very much.

Eric

Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2 install error on VMWare Wkstn 7

Nidhin9 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:33:18 GMT

I tried installing Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2 from an integrated CD (known to be working, tried it on real machines). Text mode of setup fails at the point prior to showing EULA. I am posting a screen cap. Any one had a similar problem? Windows Server 2003 Standard Gold worked perfect. A syspreped image of Windows Server 2003 Enterprise SP2 too worked well (Ghosted from image to Disk).

does it work?

mclavey — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:39:28 GMT

Has anyone been able to make VMware function ?

3D Acceleration in Linux Guest?

nepthar — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:18:56 GMT

Alright, I've been googling and searching through support forums for about an hour now and I figured I'd just post.

I'm looking for a way to enable 3D acceleration in a linux guest (specifically ubuntu 9.10). I've found two possibilities

1. Gallium Drivers
2. VMGL

I've tried to compile/install both of them, but due to my lack of experience, failed. My question is this:

Is there any user-friendly way to enable openGL acceleration in VMware Player with a linux guest?

Thanks for any assistance.

VCP W'station Key not working on W'station 7

russjar — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:47:27 GMT

Hi all,

I tried to upgrade to workstation 7 this morning and tried to apply my VCP serial number however the serial was not accepted.

What is the story here? Our VCP keys don't work on workstation 7?

Thanks in advance....

VCP,MCSE NT4/W2k/W2k3, MCSA W2k3

BSOD during Workstation 7 upgrade

StephenH0 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:23:01 GMT

Host is Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit.

Have Workstation 6.5.3. Ran
Workstation 7 install (the full version). Prompted to uninstall 6.5.3.
Then restarted. During install, got a 2203 error on some unix tools.
Install proceeded to complete. Reran Workstation 7 install (this time
use the run as administrator option, obviously I am already an
administrator) and chose repair. Got a blue screen. Restarted machine.
Lost keyboard. Could not login. Issue same as
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/242401;jsessionid=25AB81AD07A1428B246E60B6BA218BAC?tstart=15.

Rebooted
machine using Windows 7 disc and repaired machine by restoring to a
previous system restore point. Ran program Workstation 6.5.3. Got an
error. (So the system restore was not able to restore everything, I
guess.) Ran Workstation 6.5.3 install and chose repair option. Got
BSOD. Restarted machine. Lost keyboard.

Rebooted machine using
Windows 7 disc and repaired machine by restoring to a previous system
restore point. Uninstalled Workstation 6.5.3. Restarted machine. Ran
Workstation 6.5.3 install. Got BSOD. I didn't copy down the BSOD
previously but this time it says page_fault_in_nonpaged_area.

Restored
machine using Acronis True Image. Now I am afraid to touch my existing
working Workstation 6.5.3 installation. Please advise. Thanks.

Workstation Installer Hang 6.5.3 and Workaround

BitOBear — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:24:35 GMT

I just encountered a hang installing Workstation on Ubuntu Karmic.

Symptom: you are running a an install using 6.5.3 bundle and you get to "Configuring VMWare Player" and then everything stops indefinitely.

Cause: the installer runs vmware-modconfig-console which produces enough output with some kernels that the python engine deadlocks is command piplining during the compile.

Technical Details: It is always dangerous for a linux/unix program to use the pipe-based "run a sub-command" library calls if it isn't ready to read all the output in one thread while waiting for the command to complete in another. Normally such commands should either be reading the result text or redirecting that result text to /dev/null. The naieve version just runs the command and waits for the result. But if the result text is larger than the system pipe buffer size, the command will block while trying to send its output, and the command never finishes. With the command waiting for the parent to read the data, and the parent waiting for the command to finish, the whole shebang just comes to a stop.

Why this is happening: The current driver patches for the 2.6.31 kernels produce a lot of warning messages about the symbols _MSVC_VER and __FREE_BSD__ being not defined. This never happened before, and whoever wrote the installer never tried it against a long stream of output. So with the new warning stream the compile and the installer deadlock as above.

Workaround: There are three phases to the work around; It is necessary to catch and kill the compile step; this, in turn would cause the installer to back out the installation, so you have to stop that from happening; then you have to compile the modules manually.

Steps:

1) open two command windows.

2) become root in one of those windows. i.e. "su -". (If you havn't set your root password in Ubuntu use "sudo su -" and your login password)

3) in the root-ed window run "while true; do killall -9 vmware-modconfig-console; sleep 1; done" this wil try, once each second, to kill the module compile step. Ignore the stream of not-found messages.

4) in the non-root window run the install with sudo and the --ignore-errors argument; i.e. "sudo ./VMware-Workstation-6.5.3-185404.i386.bundle --ignore-errors". This will take a little longer than usual because of the continuous killall above, don't sweat it.

5) once the installer finishes go back to the root window and do a control-C to stop the kill loop.

6) In the root window run "vmware-modconfig --console --install-all" to install the modules.

Caveats and Tips:

a) Once you have a hung installer session you have to kill the python command that is running the installer. Think of that as a step-0 if it comes up. 8-)

b) If the installer still hangs, the kill loop may not be fast enough; start over but leave the 'sleep 1;' out of the kill loop. It will slow down the install even more, but it is more likely to catch the command in time.

ASIDE: It woudl be nice if the installer had a don't compile the modules step...

Hopefully the installer will be fixed soon.

Sound broken with Ubuntu 9.10 guest

jeffbarish — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:30:10 GMT

Under VMware Workstation 6.5.3, sound does not work with Ubuntu 9.10 as a guest. I have seen reports of sound not working for Ubuntu 9.10 as a guest under Fusion 3.0.0 (e.g., in this thread nosoundinfusion), but I though it worth mentioning that the same problem arises with Workstation 6.5.3. Uninstalling pulseaudio (as suggested in that thread) helps, but I find that the sound is still jerky. Anyone know whether Ubuntu 9.10 works under Workstation 7? Anyone know whether VMware will fix 6.5.3 even though 7 is out?

Guest OS (XP) hangs, causing host to 100% cpu

Druggo — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:42:42 GMT

Hi,

I am using Ubuntu 8.10 (2.6.27-9-generic) 64bit on a Macbook 5,1with the version Workstation 6.5.1 build-126130

after using my guest for a while, it completely freezes, with the only resolution being kill -9 on the vmware-vmx pid,

i have read some posts about disabling copy-paste & drag-n-drop, i have tried that, but with no luck :/

this is what i get in the logfile:

Dec 03 12:09:09.292: vmx| GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox timed out.
Dec 03 12:09:09.292: vmx| GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox-dnd timed out.
Dec 03 12:09:22.761: vmx| GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox-dnd timed out.
Dec 03 12:09:24.281: vmx| GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox timed out.
Dec 03 12:09:24.281: vmx| GuestRpc: app toolbox's second ping timeout; assuming app is down
Dec 03 12:09:24.281: vmx| GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox-dnd timed out.
Dec 03 12:09:24.281: vmx| GuestRpc: app toolbox-dnd's second ping timeout; assuming app is down

Please help...

VM 7 hangs and wont launch XP workstations created with VM Workstation 6.0

NV7456 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:01:17 GMT

Afternoon

Just purchased VM Workstation 7.0, and it wont launch my XP workstations created with VM Workstation 6.0.

Is there a tool I have to run ?

Thanks Much

Jim

Shared writable mmap detection

devzero — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:18:06 GMT

Hello,

after about 10 years of development of hosted products, it`s hard to believe that recent linux version of vmware player crashes/segfaults when a vmdk is stored on a filesytem without shared writeable mmap support, as it is the case with FUSE based filesystems very often. i`d wonder if workstation 7 is different here....

what is so hard to add a detection routine ?
and why does player crash at all here?

crashing means, that exceptions not being handled properly.

sigh

Recent Applications

rianquinn — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:14:23 GMT

Is there a "defaults" terminal command for turning off the Recent Applications that are shown in VMWare Fusion 3's Windows menu. If not why? That seems like a pretty standard thing to turn off.

Performance Issues Windows 7 Host and Guest

DonRule — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:03:28 GMT

I have a HP Media center machine with a quad-core AMD Phenom with 3 GIG of RAM
Windows Ultra 64bit as host and guest
Started the VM at 1 gig and bumped up to 1.2 then 1.5 with no improvement
The VM is running on a physically separate drive from C:\

The CPU meter in the VM is 100% most of the time, any simple operation takes seconds to initiate and a long time to run.
I try putting the VM in full screen mode and it seems that the frame goes to full screen and then falls back to partial mode.

I am trying to use Visual Studio 2010 but not having any fun at all.

Am I just too low in memory?
I saw a configuration setting that implies that I will only be using one CPU - is this the limit for the Player?
Would an upgrade to Workstation help?

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Don Rule

Windows 7 Media Center performance?

henrik7 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:05:41 GMT

I have a MacBook Pro (latest) 2.5Ghz with 4GB and under Windows 7 (Fusion 3.0, 1cpu, 1GB), the Media Center or Media Payer works but performance for HD videos recorded on a Media Center TV is choppy. I am curios if others have gotten the Media Center to display recorded TV smoothly or if this is simple a limitation of Fusion 3.0. Anyone?

- Henrik

How to detach Command key from Windows menu?

Snorkledorf — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:16:09 GMT

I'm running XP SP3 under Fusion v3.0.0 (204229), latest VMWare Tools etc.

My goal is to disable the binding of the Mac Command key to the client Windows menu, and I've been totally unsuccessful doing it.

I experienced a brief surge of hope when I realized there was a key mapping preference that bound the two together in Fusion v3's preferences. (Was it there in v2? Anyway I just noticed it now.) But no matter if I change it to a different key, disable it, delete it outright (my current state), or even disable Key Mappings altogether, the two are still stubbornly linked together. I really like the binding of e.g Command-C to ctrl-c so I don't have to completely rewire my brain. On the other hand, I also have 25 years of Mac experience telling my thumb that pressing the Command key a little early does nothing in particular, so the Windows menu keeps popping up "on its own." This is one binding I would love to be able to get rid of.

Is there anything else I should try?

Disadvantages with running VMware Workstation (7) on a Xeon rack server?

VMwareRules — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:41:23 GMT

Hello,

On my company we are planning to run VMware Workstation (7) on a Xeon based rack server (the next generation Xeon, i.e. Beckton/Nehalem-EX, with 8 cores, planned to be released in Q1 2010), and then access all these virtual machine guests (Windows based, both of the server and desktop kind/flavor) by separate direct Remote Desktop connections to them.

I have had a very hard time trying to find out if there are any (big or small) disadvantages with this approach?

We don't want to use Vmware Server for this, because its features (e.g. regarding snapshots) are inferior to those of VMware Workstation, and neither do we want to use ESXi, because we still want to run Windows as host OS on the server.

Is VMware Workstation our best choice then, and will there be any noticable disadvantages? I think it feels like there's one product missing in VMware's portfolio, i.e. namely a server product with all the features of VMware Workstation, which still runs on top of another host OS, what am I missing?

Anyway, again, the main question is:
Is this plan of ours stupid, and in that case how should we better solve it? Is there really any advantage using VMware Server instead of VMware Workstation in this situation, and in that case more exactly what?

Any input and/or answers will be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Vm crashed - line 63 syntax error

theflin56 — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:32:20 GMT

I have read some of the line 63 syntax error post, but do not see how to fix this error. This is the second time my VM has crashed with this error. The first I just simple created a new VM. I would rather recover this one if possible due to the data that is on it. Any recommendations? Thanks in advance.

Tom

Cannot conect to Win XP VM using Remote Desktop

bmgoldstein — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:28:01 GMT

I cannot connect to the Windows VM running on my Mac from a remote Windows PC using Remote Desktop. All windows settings have been configured to allow remoe desktop sharing of the Windows VM. The remote Windows PC is on the same wireless network in my home as the Mac running the Windows VM. I have tried connecting to the Windows VM with network NAT and Bridge settings but neither work. I have allso tried connecting using the Windows VM computer name and IP address and neither of these worked.

I can however connect to a remote Windows PC on the same wireless network using Remote Desktop on my WIndows VM on my Mac. Why am I able to use remote desktop to connect to other PCs but not to connect to it?

Any other settings I need to check?

Any adivce is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Bruce

Fusion 3- VM needs to be running for Disk Cleanup???

beckettb — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:34:17 GMT

While continuing to diagnose slowness issues for my Windows XP VM that I've been running since Fusion 1.x, I noted that "Disk cleanup is recommended" appeared under the VM's hard disk settings. Per the embedded help:

"Procedure

1. With the virtual machine shut down or powered off..."

So I shutdown the VM and clicked "Clean Up". It would simply say "cleaning up deleted files" and then quickly exit. This did not change the status of "disk cleanup recommended" nor did it seem to be consolidating any of the VM's myriad of VMDK files.

After searching the forums and internet, I stumbled across a single reference where someone noted that their VM had to be turned on (despite this appearing counter-intuitive and the opposite of the stated procedure) for Disk Cleanup to do anything. So I started up the VM and tried again- sure enough it proceeded to present the "Cleaning up deleted files..." dialog with a status bar that actually represented something was going on. (I guess I'll know in a few hours just what...)

Does anyone know? Is this an error in the manual as a hold over from 2.x or is this a bug? I

Brian B,

Virtual windows stuck while trying to shut down after an automatic windows update

ffusa — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:29:03 GMT

Virtual windows XP on my MacBook Pro was automatically updating a windows update and then attempted to shut down. It is now stuck in attempting to shut down. I cannot get it to respond. Any ideas?

Thank you.

Dan

OpenGL 2 program crashes with Fusion v3 - anyone get OpenGL 2 to work?

mjferrari — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:06:46 GMT

I participated in the v3 beta testing with a program that requires OpenGL 2 to run. During the beta, this program would crash upon starting.

I just installed the trial of v3 in the hope that this problem with OpenGL 2 has been resolved, but unfortunately I still get the same crash

Has anyone successfully run any OpenGL 2 programs/benchmarks that work under Fusion v3? My program works perfectly under Boot Camp.

Thanks.

Mike

Fusion v3.0.0 (204229)
Win XP SP3

Major Unity Problem

Bernd Nowak — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:44:55 GMT

Hi all,
I have a Windows 7 64 Bit host with 8 GB RAM, Intel Quad Q9300, Nvidia 8800 GTS and VMware Workstation 7.0.0 build-203739.
I setup a Windows XP SP3 VM with Vmware Tools installed.
If I choose Unity via View/Unity vmware workstation is minimized and I see the Unity start menu integration and can access the installed programs there. However if I launch a program from there it's not displayed on the host.
If I restore VMWare workstation and exit unity mode the program is opened in the VM. I have uninstalled several times and cleaned the registry, deleted C:\ProgramData VMware directories but no matter what I do unity don't work.
I have found a thread dating a long time back with users having the same problem but no solution. No event log entries when I try to launch a program through unity.
Attached is the UI log. I found only these errors but my search haven't lead me anywhere

Nov 21 21:20:50.954: vmui-4040| CnxAuthdConnect: Returning false because CnxAuthdConnectPipe failed
Nov 21 21:20:50.954: vmui-4040| CnxConnectAuthd: Returning false because CnxAuthdConnect failed
Nov 21 21:20:50.954: vmui-4040| Cnx_Connect: Returning false because CnxConnectAuthd failed
Nov 21 21:20:50.954: vmui-4040| Cnx_Connect: Error message: Failed to read vmware-authd port number: Cannot connect to VMX: F:\Vmware\XPVmwareTools\XP Vmware Tools.vmx

So maybe someone can help ? Or someone from VMware ?

Workstation 6.5 and 64-bit Guest OS on a 32-bit computer

frankhovin74 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:31:57 GMT

Is this at all possible? I was under the impression that this was indeed possible, but recent tests indicate otherwise.

My Workstation is a Lenovo T60, a 32-bit machine running Windows 7 Pro.

I've tried to install Suse Linux Enterprise 10 64-bi, but when the setup starts I get this message (or similar): "You cannot install a 64-bit system on a 32-bit computer".

The thing is, I haven't found anywhere to specify that the virtual machine should be 64-bit. I've chosen Suse Enterpris 64-bit under OS, when creating the machine, but I couldn't find any other relevant settings.

Am I missing something, or is this not doable?

Unable to install VMware tools in Win7 guest - connecting to update server (with no response)

Sonoben — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:34:04 GMT

Hi. I am running XP, win brand new install of VMWare player installed today and a Windows 7 virtual machine (guest). When I click the VM menu on player and select "Install VMWare Tools...", the computer takes a few seconds, then opens a dialog box titled "Downloads" and the message within is "VMWare Player is connecting to the update server ..." and an activity bar (see below ) just keeps going across. It could stay there indefinitely. Is this an issue with Windows 7 security? Or something else.

I would love to get this working so that I could copy and paste across guest and host computers, but if not... I'll just have to give up on Player and install 7 directly.

Thanks for any help.

P.S. It seems this same problem was experienced by the person who posted this thread: "VMware Tools" download DOWN. I don't see the solution. How do I get to the log in a win xp vmware player?

VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (mks) Inception 0x0000005 (access violation)

Sonoben — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:13:16 GMT

had this error come up after Lenovo x200 tablet went into sleep. Log and dmp attached. any thoughts?

Running games in Windows 98

chiatt — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:01:54 GMT

First off, let me apologize if this is the wrong sub-forum. I'm still figuring VMware out.

Recently, I had an urge to play some of my older games, only to find most of them cannot run on Vista or XP machines. In my search for answers and workarounds, someone suggested I give VMware a try. I've installed Workstation and Win 98 without a hitch, but I'm still having problems. Namely with the game Warlords III. When I attempt to play it, I get an error stating that the game cannot innitialize media files.

This seems to suggest that the virtual machine lacks a compatible sound card or video card. Is there a way to change either? Or does anyone have any other advice?

Windows won't close

drwilke — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:11:36 GMT

I have the "Windows is shutting down" screen but it is not closing and trying to shut down the Virtual Machine isn't doing anything. What can i do?

WS7 and W7 non enhanced 3d

A13x — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:03:17 GMT

Does anyone know how to get W7 to work with WS7 in non enhanced 3d mode, whenever i remove/ untick this and restart i get nothing but a black screen.

Fusion 3 - Windows 7 Dual Monitor Fullscreen Mode breaks when a UAC prompt is triggered

nathaneb — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:56:55 GMT

Hola,

I've been using Fusion 2 with Windows 7 for months and just went to Fusion 3. It's cool to have Aero turned on, but there is an annoying glitch that happens only with Aero enabled. I always run in full screen with the "Use all displays in fullscreen" mode checked. This spans the desktop between my two 21" monitors. Whenever windows triggers the UAC prompt with aero enabled the dual monitor spanning turns into dual monitor cloning (single screen displayed identically on both monitors). If I go to the view options of Fusion 3 and turn off/on the use all displays in fullscreen mode it will set things back to normal. This does not happen when aero is turned off. A little help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Is it possible to create a VM on a network share?

johnhickley — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:50:49 GMT

I have a SuSE 11 file server running samba to share files and directories to my XP x64 PC. I have installed VMware Player on my XP box and have gone through the steps to create a VM on my SuSE server. The vmx and vmdk files create successfully but when I try to start the VM I get the message: "Failed to open virtual machine: You do not have access rights to this file.". Yet VirtualBox (also installed on my XP box) has no such problem. Indeed, I created the Player VM in the same shared directory I use for my VirtualBox VM to eliminate permissions problems on the linux side. Is this a limitation of Player?

Regards,

John

Sound not working on Ubuntu 9.10 (VMware Fusion 3.0.0 on an iMac)

eleetselad — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:05:20 GMT

I'm running VMware Fusion 3.0.0 on an iMac. I have created an Ubuntu 9.10 (released version) Virtual Appliance. All seems fine except there is no SOUND.

Any suggestions for a fix? Thanks!

VMWare Workstation 6.5 Auto Start Guest OS on bootup?

vivithemage — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:30:03 GMT

I am running XP PO 64bit on my host OS.

I have 3 *nix OS's in my VMWare Workstation 6.5 install, and i'd love it if they could auto start when the server reboots. Is that possible? Google is coming up short.

Success installing drivers for iSight from a Snow Leopard DVD in Fusion 3.0.0 XP VM?

avanpelt — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:16:54 GMT

Hi, all.

I want to use my built in iSight in my XP SP3 VM for the first time. When I connected the iSight to the VM, I got the message from Fusion that I should install the Boot Camp drivers for the iSight. Fair enough. . .

I popped in my Snow Leopard DVD and immediately two options popped up relating to sharing my CD/DVD drive with a MacBook Air or remotely installing Snow Leopard on a MacBook Air. I've got a MacBook Pro, so I could care less about the MBA.

No problem, I thought. I browsed the Snow Leopard DVD to the "Boot Camp" folder and double-clicked "setup.exe". I get error almost immediately from the Windows Installer which says that the installer encountered errors before Boot Camp could be configured.

OK, I thought. . .I'll just use the New Hardware Wizard in XP and when it prompts me to locate the driver, I'll point it to the \Boot Camp\Drivers location on the disc. No go. . .no drivers found.

Has anyone had any success installing the iSight driver off a Snow Leopard DVD since upgrading to Fusion 3.0.0?

Thanks for your help!

Vmware not detecting host vista network adapters

sukumar — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:28:56 GMT

Hi all,

Recently I got my dell laptop1420 with built in windows vista. I installed vmware workstation ACE edition 6.0.4 build-93057. As a guest OS I selected linux redhat(fedora 8). when I try to power on my guest os (Linux) it had given "eth0 device is down". When I try to bridge manually using vmware network editor, I found strange thing.. "automatically choose an available physical network adapter to bridge to VMnet0" option is entirly disabled. even
for addition it is not showing any network adapters.

from last one month I am trying to solve this problem. But I am not able to solve this issue. Please some one kindly provide any suggetion to resolve this issue.

Details about the system
Vmware workstation ACE edition version: 6.0.4 build 93057.
host os: windows vista
guest os: fedora 8
network adapter: Broadcom netlink fast ethernet
intel wireless adapter

Thanks and regards,
Sukumar

found a bug in vmware workstation 7

ubergitler — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:05:15 GMT

win 7 x64
vmware workstation 7
bug
vmware workstation install service that handles usb devices, and make them connect as needed to virtual machines.
this service make my usb 3g modem huawei e1550 not detected properly.

when this modem connected to pc, it first detected as cdrom and card reader.
after installing drivers, in moment of connect software try to switch it to modem mode but cannot.
stopping this service solve the problem.
that all.
it will be great if fixed.
thanks

Virtual Machine does not start up

sixtus — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:57:48 GMT

HI there,
After the OSX Leopard 10.5.7 to Snow Leopard 10.6.0 OSX upgrade, my Virtual machine does not start-up
On any attempt to launch Windows XP virtual machine, this error is reported : "NOT_IMPLEMENTED bora/devices/mainmem/mainMemHosted.c:1967"

Can You help me to solve the problem without reinstalling VMware Fusion?
If I have to reinstall Fusion and/or Windows XP, how can I do to not lose all my windows applications currently installed?

I 'm using the 1.1 (62753) VMWare Fusion version
Is it compatible with Snow Leopard?
I attach the log file created during startup process.

thanks a lot

Enable Hardware-assisted virtualization (HAV) in BIOS in a VMWare Fusion 3 VM

frobitz — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:03:26 GMT

Hi,

I'm a web developer and have a Windows 7 Pro install on Boot Camp with IE6, IE7 and IE8 running via XP Mode (VirtualPC) via the recent article on Sitepoint,

I'd like to be able to access these through the Boot Camp Partition option in VMWare Fusion 3 but I'm blocked by not having Hardware-assisted virtualization enabled in the VM, and there's not option in the BIOS.

I realise running a VM inside a VM is a bit crap, but for my purposes I don't think the slowness will matter as it will be just to check rendering issues when coding CSS/HTML.

Additionally I don't want to install XP or Windows 7 inside VMWare VM's on OS X as I'm happy with my Boot Camp set up and don't want to use up more disk space, nor waste money on more M$ licenses!

I have come across some hacks for older version of Fusion but somehow doubt they work on 3.

Can anyone suggest a solution?

Thanks!

How can I check the status of my upgrade serial number?

bmwdk — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:02:25 GMT

I ordered Fusion 2 (with free upgrade to Fusion 3) from Amazon on October 7, 2009. I mailed in the requied forms to get a Fusion 3 serial number on Oct 31,2009. I have not heard anything back, and when I check the serial number page with the Fusion 2 serial number, I get the following messgae:

The serial number you entered is not yet processed.
Please allow 2 weeks to update our systems if you mailed in your form.
If you have not mailed your upgrade eligibilty form, Please follow the
instructions below.

I has been 3 weeks since I sent in the the forms and my trial serial number has 4 days left, so I am getting desperate. I tried to open a support ticket on the web a week ago, but did not hear anything back, not even a ticket number as promised on the web site.

So back to my original question, does anybody have an idea of how I can find out the status?

is there a way to remove the top tool bar ?

mclavey — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:54:10 GMT

I am evaulating VMware ...very new to it ..... I have not read all the manuals and docks.... I am on a laptop

running win 7 as a guest the resulting window is so small ... with scroll bars on the side and bottom .

Is there a way to remove the top "VMware" tool bar so the window can be large enough to make it usable?

SSD performance with VMWare Workstation over SATA

Ericinboston — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:01:59 GMT

Hi all,

I have been reading rave reviews about the Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2M160G2XXX 2.5" 160GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk (SSD) drive especially regarding its performance over SATA drives.

I use a laptop (Lenovo W500) and currently use 7200 RPM SATA drives. I run VMWare Workstation a lot and am looking for performance improvements that possibly the above SSD will provide.

Here are a few performance questions/topics that hopefully you can help me with:

Typically the best way to have good VMWare performance (other than CPU and RAM) is to be sure to store/run the VM images themselves from another internal, non-USB drive. Meaning, you power up your pc and VMWare Workstation is installed in c:\program files yet your actual VMs are stored in d:\vmfiles or something...this way the 2nd hard drive is free from Windows' normal disk i/o nonsense. Therefore, I can imagine improving drive performance by 1 of 2 options:

1)Install the Intel SSD drive as my 2nd drive...the c drive (where Windows is installed) will still be a SATA 7200 RPM drive.
2)Install the Intel SSD drive as BOTH my drives...therefore, a definite performance gain because I am no longer using traditional non-SSD drives

My big question is: Do you think #1 will give me a performance increase in my daily use of VMWare or will I really need to go with option #2? I'm not a super VMWare expert but I believe all VM disk i/o is done on the drive where the VM files are stored (in my case, the D drive)...and therefore, theoretically #1 would give me a performance increase if I am correct. But, a part of me says that VMWare Workstation's inner workings (not the VM) is utilizing the Windows Page File that is stored on the C drive...so if I do #1, I won't get as much of a performance gain as doing #2.

I hope my question makes sense.

Again, my use case is all around Windows (XP or 7 or 2008 Server) as the host and VMWare Workstation 6 or 7...the W500 laptop currently has 4gig of RAM and will likely go to 8GB soon...and the CPU is a 2.53GHz dual core Intel. The VMs run ok now, but after reading about the Intel SSD being faster than many RAID configurations, I just had to come here and ask around. I am aware of the traditional methods of increasing system and VM performance, but until recently, drive performance was the last frontier to be improved.

Thanks so much in advance for your help!

-Eric

Keyspan serial to usb adaptors configuration question.

tdhcsc — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:59:12 GMT

I'm currently using Parallels( older version ) and am thinking of switching to 'Fusion'.

We use our Macintosh on our cruising sailboat as a navigation computer. Most of the navigation programs are PC based.

We are trying to configure two Keyspan serial to usb adaptors for sending and receiving high frequency email over the ham radio. I'm really having trouble configuring both Keyspan adaptors to work at the same time. ( one has to go from the computer to a digital translator (Pactor modem) connected to the hf radio and a second cable goes directly from the computer to the HF radio to control the radio frequency settings. I've been working on getting this to work for about 6 hours and have started to wonder if switching to Fusion will solve the problem. (don't like hitting my head against a wall)

So, the question is,, Is it easy to configure 2 Keyspan serial to usb adaptors to work with Fusion? I have the working on the Macintosh side but setting it up with Parallels and then XP is driving me crazy.

If Fusion is an easier way to go and I could set it up reasonably easily I'll put my money down and switch in a heartbeat.

thanks.

Which one - AMD 6400+ Dual or AMD X4 9950 Quad core?

briansnj — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:05:53 GMT

Hello all,

I currently am running WORKSTATION 7 on a Windows 7 Pro 64 bit HOST PC running the AMD 790GX chipset with 4GB DDR2 800 MHz of ram and 3 SATA II 1TB Seagate drives. I am getting great performance. No complaints.

The motherboard allows for DDR2 800 ram with the 6400+ and will allow DDR2 1066 ram with the X4 9950. I have 4GB of each type so the RAM speed/performance will get a bump for sure.

Which ever way I go I will add 4gb more of the correct RAM once this is decided.

Right now I am using an AMD 6400+ DUAL core cpu. I have an extra AMD X4 9950 BE cpu which is a quad core, in a box not being used.

I have checked the benchmarks for the CPUs and basically, they are about the same performance wise except some apps that benefit from quad cores of course perform better with the 9950 and those that do not are the same or slightly better with the 6400+ cpu.

Will VMWARE WORKSTATION 7 perform better with the quad core? If so, How much better? A little or a lot?

I have the CPUs already so this is strictly if it is worth it for me to swap out the CPU or leave it all alone.

I only run 1 or 2 VMs at a time and only for basic testing and toying for myself and clients, virus checks, software tests, see if some appllications have correct compatibility, etc.

I jsut have not found any clear indication of which is better. My gut tells me the quad AMD would be better and I could use the 6400+ in a separate machine I have for backups.

Thanks for all advice!!

VM Fusion Using Twice As Much Disk Space As Allocated Drives?

emarsh — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:30:30 GMT

I've got an XT vm setup to for about 30gb of virtual disk space, but it's taking about 65gb on my drive. Is this normal? Is there a way to reduce the amount of disk that's being used?

There are a number of vmdks in my vm's folder. Are they all necessary?

Thanks,

Eric

dilbert
dilbert.vmdk
dilbert-000005.vmdk
dilbert-000003.vmdk
dilbert-000001.vmdk
dilbert-000004.vmdk
dilbert-Snapshot8.vmem
dilbert-Snapshot253.vmem
dilbert-Snapshot472.vmem
dilbert-Snapshot493.vmem
dilbert.vmem
dilbert-000002.vmdk
dilbert.vmss
dilbert-Snapshot8.vmsn
dilbert-Snapshot253.vmsn
dilbert-Snapshot472.vmsn
dilbert-Snapshot493.vmsn
dilbert-000006.vmdk
vmware.log
vmware-1.log
vmware-0.log
vmware-2.log
dilbert.vmxf
nvram
dilbert.vmx
dilbert.vmsd
Applications
dilbert.vmx.lck

How to get best performance?

Nidhin9 — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:05:04 GMT

I have a Core 2 Duo E6300 with 8 GB of RAM and 4 HDDs. I need to run multiple operating systems , ranging from Windows 2000 Pro to 2008 Datcenter, upto 4 at a time, inside VMWare workstaion. Since my OS (Windows XP 32 bit) cant take advantage of the 8 GB RAM i think its best to switch to another Windows OS (2003 Server Enterprise / XP 64 bit / Windows 7 64 bit). I have heard 32 bit apps have got a slight performance hit when running in 64 bit OS.
I have read in a forum that VMWare.exe runs in 32 bit mode and vmware-vmx.exe runs in 64 bit mode. Does that mean VMWare can take advantage of the 64 bit OS and VMWare.exe is just a GUI to the virtual machine? What you people think is the best option? ( I need to use VMWare workstion. i cant use other VMWare products)

Newbie question regarding Fusion 3 - Windows 7 (upgrade) and virtual disk

ronross — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:55:38 GMT

Hello,

I apologize if these issues have been discussed on other threads, but I looked and did not find those specific to what I am doing. Since I am a new user, my experience using Fusion is limited only to the few short days of operational usage.

I received my iMac the other day and wanted to install Windows 7 (upgrade version) using Boot Camp and accessing it either by natively booting to Win7 or through Fusion accessing Boot Camp. My friend, who has more experience than me suggested I use VMware Fusion to run Win7 through a vitural drive and not bother using Boot Camp and a "hard partition". He indicated it would be faster and easier to manage (not so sure now).

I mounted an external drive and within that drive created 4 partitions, one of which was dedicated to Win7. I then installed VMware Fusion on the iMac and went about loading windows on the external drive using the easy method. The easy install did ask for the activation code for Win7 and I provided it in the location specified. Everything was humming along nicely until Windows 7 complained that it could not find a supporting earilier version of Windows. I did have a genuine Windows XP disk ready to throw into the iMac as soon as it needed, but instead it cancelled the install.

I then went to Google and poked around for some answers and found out that Win7 will install in Fusion without an activation code. I uninstalled VMware and reinstalled it, started the process all over again, not putting in the Win7 activation code and everything went well........except now there is no request for activation from Windows. I poked around and couldn't find anywhere to click a link to the activation of Windows, or for that matter a place to write in the activation key.

What's up with that?

Ron

Virtualbox VDI file to Vmware

iceman3 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:17:57 GMT

I'm using Virtualbox 2.1.4
and want to convert a VDI file to load it in Vmware (vmplayer 3.0.0
build-197124 on Vista Home Premium).

I think we can change the vdi-Format to vmdk with a tool provided by virtualbox.

VBoxManage clonehd /vboxdata/old.vdi /vmwaredata/new.vmdk -format VMDK
Its also possible to get the vmdk file by this :

qemu-img.exe convert -O vmdk hdd.vdi hdd.vmdk
But this does not generate the vmx file . How to get that ?

Just for information ,the vmware converter 4.0.1 says that the supported backup images or third-party virtual machines are:

Microsoft VirtualServer 2005
Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 or 2007
Parallels Desktop 2.5, 3.0 or 4.0 for Mac
VMware Consolidated Backup
Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 6.5, 7.0, 8.0
Symantec LiveState Recovery 3/6
Norton Ghost versions from 9 to 14
Acronis True Image Backup
ShadowProtect Desktop, Server, SBS,
IT, etc versions from 2.0 to 3.2

Vmware tools for Windows 2000 and Linux

iceman3 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:15:48 GMT

I'm using Vmware (vmplayer 3.0.0 build-197124 on Vista Home Premium). Where can I download the Vmware tools for Windows 2000 ? vmplayerautomatically downloads from the internet but I want to install it on multiple machine.

MEM_ALLOC bug

marcosestevesbarbosa — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:09:38 GMT

I'm have a problem: When i click to create a new virtual machine in VMware Workstation 7, crash and occur this error in console:

MEM_ALLOC /build/mts/release/bora-203739/bora/lib/unicode/unicodeSimpleBase.c:793

Any ideas? Thanks

aero in windows 7 vmworkstation 7

lumangoy — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:07:52 GMT

how do I get aero to work on windows 7 on workstation 7?

I have a dell optiplex 280, windows 2003, 2gb ram, Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family

dxdiag says directdraw and direct3d accelaration is enabled.

in my windows 7 host, it says desktop window manager is disabled and it tried to fix it, but aero still doesn't work.

and I downloaded the latest drivers from dell's website.

vmware fusion upgrade from v3

rogersavery — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:07:41 GMT

Just want to say thanks for the upgrade from v3 to v2.06

v3 ran like a dog - I have now upgraded to v2.06 and my virtual machines run amazingly quickly

it doesn't even slow os x down to a crawl like v3 does

I am a bit confused as to why the version number is going backwards though

menu application fusion don't appear

domnath888 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:35:23 GMT

hi
i have juste installed fusion for mac and i dont view application menu ????

VMWare Workstation 6.5, can't seem to get networking to work

MarkusR83815 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:08:00 GMT

Good day all,

I used the tool awhile back that created my VM from an existing machine. Everything has been working great within the VM. I don't know if the network ever worked though and now I am trying.

My host computer is XP SP3.
Guest is XP SP2

My host is on a domain (not sure if that matters).
There is no DHCP server.
I don't need access to other VMs.
I need to be able to access the internet.

What network connection should I use? I have tried them all to no avail.

On my host I have VMnet1 and VMnet8 set to obtain ip automatically? Should I hardcode an IP address? Also noticed that VMware bridge protocal is unchecked for both of them.

My host has a VMWare Accelerated AMD pcNet Adapter. Currently had it hardcoded to an ip address on the network.

I have tried many different settings. Hardcoding the host vmnet1 and or 8.

Can someone tell me the correct combination please

-Markus

Trying to connect to vmware ESX 3.5 with VmWare player 3 on ubuntu

hubertf — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:28 GMT

Hi,

I'm trying to get a decent console on my linux workstation for my Vm's...

I try to use vmware Player to get this...

vmplayer -h svlyovmw17 -u 'myusername'

show me a login/password window ... ok, after it shows a list of registered VM's... ok

But if i select a VM, i get this strange error : +Error opening virtual machine 144: Unable to retrieve any hosts on this connection.
+

Does anyone knows this problem?

Thanks

WHY is a clone not a clone! If you clone with pre-allocated disc, the resulting clone is variable!

chico9 — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:06:20 GMT

I had made 6 clones of a vm with a pre-allocated disk size of 10gb & installed diferent software on each clone for testing purposes, only to find the clones were made with VARIABLE disk size! I HAD TO DELETE THEM ALL AND START OVER! Which meant clone them one by one (slow), them having to convert (again slow) each one to a fixed (preallocated disk size), and then installing all the software again on each one. I lost 2 days of work because a clone is not a true clone. WHY?

workstation 6.5 on xp

Does remote display via VNC work with WS 7 ?

continuum — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:24:31 GMT

When I enable remote display in VM-settings and try to connect to the display via Real VNC version 4 to "localhost" this imediatly opens hundreds of VNC Windows - also any other open Window running on the host is duplicated hundreds of times.
The result is completely unusable.
Normal sessions with the same client to different hosts work as expected - so my VNC client works fine

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Drag and Drop function

statcan — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:33:10 GMT

After I install the VM tools the Drag and Drop function still doesn't work between Guest and host. So, how to configure this function for the VM player 3. Thanks.

64 bit linux redhat on 32 bit xp professional on Vmware player

dubeysom — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:30:55 GMT

I have 32 bit XP host and installed VMware player 3.0.
I am trying to install 64 bit Linux redhat but the system does not allow me to.
I turned on VT in BIOS.
But still the same problem. I shut down the machine, took the cable off, even left it for one night all that good stuff but it still gives me the same error.
I have T-60 Lenovo.
Could you please help with this.
Also I read somewhere that I need to enable 'Execute disable' but I could not find it.
Thanks a lot in advance,
Som

Vmware networking confusion

grdoorguy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:45:09 GMT

Hello,

I have VMware Player running on an Ubuntu 9.04 Dektop. I have a guest vm CentOS 5 that has Snort and NTOP on it. The guest has 2 NICs on it eth0 and eth1. They are both set as bridged in VMPlayer. Eth0 has a static ip for snort and ntop's web interface, Eth1 is set to promiscuous mode with no ip address assigned. Eth1 is physically connected to the mirror port of my switch. I was collecting no information from my snort sensor so I ran a tcpdump for the configuired eth1 interface and all I see is arp traffic. When I run tcpdump on the same interface of the host machine I see all the appropriate traffic. I'm sure that there is some kind of network configuration problem or a step I am unaware of. Any suggestion or even a push in the correct direction would be most helpful.

Very Best Regards

Josh

Simple Network help - bridged mode?

Znelbok — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:48:23 GMT

Hi all

Very new to all this virtualisation stuff.

I am testing an application (PBX in a Flash - CentOS) in VMPlayer 3. I originally set up the network adapter to be using NAT and it worked fine for CentOS to get to the internet for an update. (Had previously tested on an old PC with no problems at all with the network).

What I need to do is let the appliance have its own IP address within my subnet and have it accessible as its own self (like it was installed on a normal PC). To do this I assumed that bridged mode would be the answer.

I set the IP address in the guest OS and can only sometimes get access to it (via the browser on the host PC), but more often than not, it is not accessible.

What have I done wrong? What should I be doing? What is the best way to achieve this?

Once tested and I am happy with the VM I will move it to my home server and have it running there where all the PC's and Voip phones will need access to it.

Installing VMWare Tools in Fedora

parkernathan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:21:34 GMT

Hello!

I just installed Fedora 12 onto my Mac under Fusion, and the process went rather smooth. However, I'm not sure how to install VMWare Tools onto Fedora. I'm a complete Fedora newbie, so I'm not exactly sure how to install it.

Thanks!
Nathan

workstation v7.0 Host usb device connection disabled not working (host OS: win 7)(guest OS: backtrack 3)

shaolinchamp — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:20:34 GMT

Im trying to get my usb wifi adapter to work in the guest os, but everytime i boot the virtual machine i get this error message in the workstation:

The connection to the VMware USB Arbitration Service was unsuccessful. Please check the status of this service in the Microsoft Management Console.

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/241662 was a discussion that was started a few days ago with a similar problem. i couldnt roll back to the default drivers on the usb root hub, and there was not a usbfilter file in the registry.

i had a similar problem in virtualbox, but i thought if i would install workstation the problem would be resolved. any additional help will be surely appreciated.

Keyboard is not working in unity mode

SomeWeirdText — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:39:53 GMT

I'm using Workstation7. Host is Windows 7, Guest - WinXP and Ubuntu linux 9.10, Tools are installed.
Keyboard is not working in unity mode, other modes are OK, mouse is working.
Mouse and keyboard are USB.

How to solve this?

Windows 7 (guest) network adapter does not work (VMPlayer 3 with Fedora12 host) despite *NdisDeviceType fix

MihaiSapteCai — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:55:11 GMT

I found that others had problems with Vista's identification and fixed it via the Registry with *NdisDeviceType. Unfortunately, this does not seem to be sufficient for Windows 7 - it solves the identification problem (stops complaining about "Nework not identified"), but it still does not seem to get an IP address from the VMWare Player.

VMWare Player was configured to use NAT (was unable to bridge). Any ideas are welcomed!

:edit: command line in Windows 7 %ipconfig /renew

fails saying that DHCP server does not answer - it seems that (finally) Windows7 tries to get the IP address, but the VMWare DHCP server does not oblige.

Thanks,

Mihai

Mouse pointer in VM gets stuck displaying hand cursor, sometimes disappears altogether

jkwuc89 — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:40:21 GMT

System info:

MacBook Pro running Leopard with all patches downloaded and installed
Spaces configured for 4 desktops, VMWare Fusion assigned to space #2
VMWare Fusion Version 2.0 (116369)
VM is running Windows XP Professional in Full Screen, 3D graphics is turned off
Gaming preference is set to Auto-detect mouse for gaming

Problem Description:

I leave my Windows XP VM running all of the time. I use either the mouse or the keyboard to switch from Spaces desktop #1 to #2 quite often. OS X will switch the mouse pointer to the hand cursor when Spaces is activated even when quickly switching between spaces. Usually, when I switch to the space containing my full screen VM, Fusion will allow Windows XP to redisplay the mouse cursor using its the Windows of mouse pointers. But after some time (a day or two or perhaps after bring my MacBook Pro out of sleep mode...I have not determined the exact scenario), using spaces to switch to space #2 containing my XP VM will no longer change the mouse pointer from the hand cursor displayed by OS X to the Windows set of pointers. Instead, the mouse pointer continues to be displayed as the OS X hand pointer even though the XP VM has control of the mouse. And under some circumstances, the mouse pointer will completely disappear inside the VM after a space swtich

I have determined that this only happens when running the VM In full screen mode. I have also determined that simply restarting the XP VM does not correct the problem. I must shutdown the VM and then, restart VMWare Fusion to correct the problem. Switching the VM from Full Screen to Windowed mode and then, back to Full Screen also does not correct the problem.

I have also tried changing the Gaming preference to no effect.

Keith Wedinger

Bearcatnews.com

Sciotofootball.com

Cannot update WS7 preferences on XP Pro for standard user

kdshapiro — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:36:56 GMT

I purchased the WS7 upgrade from WS6. It's running on a multiboot system W7/Vista 64/XP pro SP3. The XP install went smoothly and WS7 runs fine logged in as administrator. However, modifying the preferences or editing the virtual network configuration under a user id that has standard privileges, an error message to the effect: "Need administrator privileges in order to modify ....all users\application data\vmware\config.ini" is displayed.

6.5.3 worked flawlessly running under a standard XP user, does anybody have a suggestion as what is going on?

Regards, Ken

workstation 7 crashes after pressing ctrl+alt

HerbZhang — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:46:18 GMT

workstation 7 crashes after pressing ctrl+alt when guest os is being installed.

VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (mks)
Exception 0xc0000005 (access violation) has occurred.
A log file is available in "E:\vm\Windows 7 x64\vmware.log". A core file is available in "E:\vm\Windows 7 x64\vmware-vmx-2032.dmp". Please request support and include the contents of the log file and core file.
To collect data to submit to VMware support, choose "Collect Support Data" from the Help menu.
You can also run the "vm-support" script in the Workstation folder directly.
We will respond on the basis of your support entitlement.

Host: win7 7600 x86

Guest:win7 7600 x64

log is attached.

VMWare Fusion 3 Windows 7 bootcamp partition blue screen on startup (error 0x0000007b)

gozulin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:22:43 GMT

I have a fresh install of windows 7 on my bootcamp partition. I installed the bootcamp drivers and it works fine when booted natively .

Now, using VMWare fusion 3 to start it as a virtual machine causes it to blue screen and reboot with: error 0x0000007b .

If I pick Safe Mode , I also get the dreaded blue screen.

if I pick the Launch Startup Repair option, it boots into that mode just fine.

And, of course; when I reboot my mac into windows natively, it starts up fine.

Possibly relevant details:

Running Snow Leopard
Macbook Pro 17¨
I enabled Snow Leopard's NTFS write by adding my disk identifier into fstab.
I had not used VMWare fusion 2 to virtualize my windows 7 bootcamp partition prior to installing VMWare Fusion 3.

EDIT: Attached my VMX file in case it helps.

Mouse motion speed changes with Fusion 3 and MS Mouse

hconceicao — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:34:12 GMT

Hi all,

Has anyone experienced weird changes on the mouse motion speed with Fusion 3? From times to times, it goes crazy here.

I'm using a microsoft comfort mouse and windows 2008.

Activating OS via providing key in wizard vs when using the OS

BladeR1 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:07:18 GMT

Hi,

I was just wondering, when setting up a VM and providing the OS ISO file in the wizard, is there any difference or implication to not providing the serial key at this stage but then activating the OS when it's installed and you're using it?

In my case, this is Windows Server 2008 R2.

Juniper VPN and VMware

Hushpuppy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:36:59 GMT

Has anyone ever gotten this to work? I have tried 3 different VMs (Virtualbox, Parallels, and VMware) and no joy. This is my last one. If I can't get VMware to work, I'll go with Bootcamp.

This is for connecting to a Juniper SA4500 appliance. You login on a webpage and you get to RDP to your machine in some sort of jail; you don't get a full IPsec VPN connection to work. Outside of this webpage, your regular Internet connection on your box continues to work as before. I assume this is the crux of the problem.

Thanks for the help.

ChromeOS in Workstation 7

Student Driver — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:16:05 GMT

You can read about it here:

http://lifehacker.com/5408932/chrome-os-virtual-machine-build-ready-for-your-testing

I thought I would go ahead and post that it works just fine on my Windows 7 Ultimate x64 install with WS7. I just created an "other" Linux 32bit VM, and replaced the created virtual harddrive with the downloaded VMDK. It's a tad slow, but not bad. You have to logon to it with your GMail account. Also, they recommend bridged networking, and that's what I used.

Have fun.

Dell SXPS 1340, P9600, 8GB RAM
MCSE/MCSA 2003, MCTS, RHCT

Problems with networking using Workstation 7

omnicc — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:03:22 GMT

My current environment is Windows 7 X64 as my host machine running Workstation 7. My VM is running XP SP3. When I was running version 6.5.2 with Vista 64 everything worked properly. I use the DHCP server from my router. My internal network is 192.168.1.0. I am attached to a domain and the domain server is 192.168.1.200. The DHCP server is 192.168.1.245. When I try and login to my VM using a bridged network (which is what I had with 6.5.2), I get a error

The system could not log you on. Make sure your User name and domain are correct, then type password again. Letters in the password must be typed in the correct case.

Now if I change my network to use NAT. I can login with no problems. The problem at that point is that I can't access anything that is not in this VM. If I then change the network to bridged everything works fine. I don't believe that I should have to login using NAT and then use bridged to access the network. This machine was built originally as a 6.0 machine. The problem existed in this mode, so I did a full clone upgrading the VM to 6.5-7.0 machine. Same results.

Best Regards

Michael Gould

DOS printing to USB device

BillPedersen — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:19:51 GMT

Well, the newer systems do not have parallel ports. So have installed a USB to parallel converter...

Only problem now is how to connect from a DOS VMware machine using Workstation 7 to the HOST USB printer.

Virtual Printer - no VMware Tools for DOS

Parallel goes to file or PHYSICAL parallel port.

Serial goes to file or PHYSICAL serial port

Any suggestions are welcome. One obvious one is to add a parallel port...Well, IF it is the ONLY solution...

Thanks,

Bill.

Clicks with Intuos 3 pen go to "wrong" window

MacNephDoc — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:49:48 GMT

Environment: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit VM running within Mac OS X 10.6.2 (Snow Leopard) on a 2008 dual Quad Core 2.8 GHz Mac Pro.

I'm running (via Citrix Server over the internet) a Java Machine version of a large health care entity's electronic health record. I use a Wacom Intuos 3 graphics tablet for screen navigation. Sometimes when I click the Intous pen on a clickable region of the Java application, the click is sensed not by the clickable region of the foreground window in the VM, but rather by a window in the background (whatever native Mac application lies in the background window. Bringing the VM to foreground focus again and clicking with the Intuos pen in exactly the same spot works as intended.

I've installed the latest (Oct '09) versions of the Mac and Windows Wacom drivers into the Mac OS and Windows OS (VM) respectively. The drivers are said to be Snow Leopard and Windows 7 compatible, respectively.

I've not tried clicking at the same VM window regions with a USB mouse, but I can do that.

I see that there have been discussions about problems with Wacom tablets and VMWare fusion, but I haven't seen discussions that describe problems such as I'm describing. Are these known issues? Is there anything you'd like me to do to clarify my problems to the VMWare community?

Thanks so much,

Cannot Install Tools on Workstation 7 Guest

RichmondVA — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:38 GMT

Hello,

Could someone give me some suggestions about a problem I have? I cannot install VWMare Tools. Here is the message that appears:

"Setup cannot continue. This program requires that you have Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows NT4 (with Service Pack 6 or greater) installed in this virtual machine."

My Host: WindowsXP with service pack 3
VMware Workstation: 7 trial (MD5 verified)
Guest: WindowsXP or Windows 7

I did not have this problem with Workstation 5.5 and Guest as WindowsXP.

I have tried everything I can think of to resolve the problem. Any ideas?

Thank you for helping,

Cannot read CD on MAC

yaboo1964 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:16:04 GMT

I have just installed Fusion 2.0. Have it loaded with VISTA. I need to install some programs from CD. When I go into Explorer, it see's the drive but not the CD. Help. I am really new to MAC and even newer to Fusion.

Thanks

How can I force download of solaris.iso vmware-tools ?

continuum — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:10:32 GMT

Is there a way to force Workstation to download the solaris.iso manually ?
I accidentaly deleted the solaris.iso in the WS-install dir.
Trying the button "Download all components now" only pops up a "everything up-to-date" message.
I then cleaned all references in registry to the solaris.iso - still no luck.

Question: how do I update / download the missing iso ?
I know that I could simply re-install or extract the iso from the setup-package but there has to be an easier way

Please provide the vmware-tools as unobscured downloads available from the download section.

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VMX-parameters- VMware-liveCD - VM-Sickbay

Shared Folders vs Virtual Disks to access WinXP files?

MacNoo — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:08:14 GMT

Being a new Mac user coming from Wintel -- including Win s/w and files -- I am trying to determine the best configuration for disks to allow for concurrnet MacOSX and Windows file usage and backups.

My latest "brilliant idea" is to simplify the file storage and backup question by having just HFS+ on the physical drives and providing R/W access to those drives from WinXP in Fusion by using Shared folders. I haven't completed investigation yet but it seems a much better solution than having separate NTFS and HFS partitions on the physical drives and mounting the NTFS partitions in Fusion as needed and having to figure out backups for the two sets of partitions -- my current setup.

Has anyone any story to share on this whole question of co-existing of MacOS and Windows and the best way you've found to deal with storage and backups?

Ken

How do I uninstall VMWare TOOLS??

hanseric — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:29:17 GMT

VMWare Tools is not working. I can't even get my guest OS (Windows XP Home) on the 'net whereas it was working perfectly previously for weeks and weeks. Then suddenly died.

But Fusion thinks it is still working I guess. When I try to Install VMWare Tools, it appears that my only option is to Cancel VMWare Tools Installation. Is it trying to install itself already? Or did I start that one of these times I tried to repair it and it got stuck installing?

How do I kill that process and restart it? Or better yet, how do I yank it out by the roots and reinstall VMWare Tools from the beginning?

Also, as a side note, this discussion forum's UI is kind of goofy. Every other forum on earth has "Start a Topic" right above the forum itself. Here it is at the top of the page with tons of non-forum links between "Start a topic" and the forum itself. Is this a forum page or a knowledge base home page? Looks like it is trying to be both and it adds time trying to hunt around finding a way to start a topic. Now I know, but I'd suggest changing that one. Maybe I'm the only one...kind of suspect not though. Might be worth investigating.

Cheers,

Hans

Cant authenticate with domain accounts?

HALOTEQ — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:51:17 GMT

Hi all,
when trying to connect through VM View, I cannot authenticate to workstation with ANY domain account (not even admin). Only when I add the domain account to the LOCAL machine can I authenticate with the domain account

Any ideas?

Thanks ALL!!

Ubuntu 9.10 and fusion 3 - no sound

rbnuser — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:42:10 GMT

Run up ubuntu 9.10 under fusion 3 today. Seems OK apart from no sound I see from google that there are issues with the pulseaudio now used by default. Anyone any pointers to getting it to work under Fusion 3? What is involved in selecting packages for alternative audio support?