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10 Replies Last post: Sep 5, 2008 3:24 PM by etung  

Take Ownership Issue posted: Jul 23, 2008 3:39 AM

Click to view Michael Renner's profile Novice 23 posts since
Sep 27, 2006
I run Beta 1 of 2.0. After edititng the .vmx file in TextEdit I get an "in use" error. The "Take Ownership" button does not help.
Opening the same vm in the 1 release presents the same dialog, but resolves it by clicking the "Take Ownership" button.

Re: Take Ownership Issue

1. Jul 23, 2008 8:03 AM in response to: Michael Renner
Click to view etung's profile Guru 11,086 posts since
Oct 15, 2006
You're not editing the .vmx file while Fusion is running, are you? That would be bad, don't do that.

Re: Take Ownership Issue

3. Jul 23, 2008 8:10 AM in response to: Michael Renner
Click to view etung's profile Guru 11,086 posts since
Oct 15, 2006
Huh, strange. The obvious question is why these files are in use (which may lead to figuring out why Take Ownership fails). Since Fusion isn't running, presumably it's not related to us. I don't recall ever seeing this message before (even unrelated to Fusion), so I'm not sure what it means.

Re: Take Ownership Issue

5. Jul 23, 2008 11:52 AM in response to: Michael Renner
Click to view etung's profile Guru 11,086 posts since
Oct 15, 2006
Oh, I see - I thought you mean TextEdit was the one putting up the Take Ownership dialog. Fusion putting it up (especially if it's on a network share) makes a lot more sense. This might happen if you were using the virtual machine from a second computer, or if either the client or the server crashed. It shouldn't happen all the time. If Fusion isn't running, are there any .lck files in "/Volumes/Data/VM's/WinServ2003SP2 1.3.3.vmwarevm"?

Re: Take Ownership Issue

7. Jul 24, 2008 3:54 PM in response to: Michael Renner
Click to view etung's profile Guru 11,086 posts since
Oct 15, 2006
So to review, you have a Mac Pro. On it are two virtual machines whose .vmx files you've edited. When you tried to open them, Fusion complains and gives you the Take Ownership option. Attempting to take ownership from the Mac Pro failed.

Then you connected (via AFP) from another Mac and attempted to Take Ownership. This succeeded on one virtual machine, but you've refrained from doing it to the second one in case it has useful information.

Sound good so far?

If I recall correctly, the Take Ownership dialog appears when there are lock files present in the virtual machine that don't match what Fusion expects to see. As I asked before, can you check if there are lock files in the virtual machine?

Re: Take Ownership Issue

9. Sep 5, 2008 1:27 AM in response to: Michael Renner
Click to view kklein's profile Novice 3 posts since
Sep 5, 2008

Hi, I have the same issue. Beta 2 has been crashing my computer like mad and this last time when my computer woke from sleep while the VM was running, the computer rebooted and then I couldn't get back into my VM (the exact "Take Ownership" problem discussed here).

What files should I delete now?

In related news, I had absolutely no trouble, at all, ever, with Fusion 1, from beta through release. I wish I had never been so seduced by easy printing in 2. It's just not very solid.

Re: Take Ownership Issue

10. Sep 5, 2008 3:24 PM in response to: kklein
Click to view etung's profile Guru 11,086 posts since
Oct 15, 2006
In 2.0rc1, we fixed a bug where the Mac would reboot after waking from sleep (Fusion 2b1 causing spontaneous reboots (no kernel panic) on Mac Pro (& other) systems!). Please try RC1 and see if it fixes your problem.

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