Mac OS 10.11 and VMware Fusion

[joeboss]

Who's going to be the first guinea pig to see if the current version of Fusion will run on El Capitan? (Mac OS X 10.11)  🙂

Yes, yes, I know that VMware doesn't support beta OS versions;  I'm just hoping someone else tests it so I don't have to...

EDIT:  I'm curious to know about both as a Host and as a Guest, either separately or together.

Thanks!

-Joe

[iFufutor]

I wrote this paper today, a step by step to enjoy OS X 10.11 with VMware Fusion.

http://adrienfuret.fr/os-x-el-capitan-vmware/

[ColoradoMarmot]

Good advice - and this one in particular.  'Plumbing' releases tend to, well, muck up the plumbing.

[mnahum]

Hello,

This year, it's not looking bad as the previous years ... 😆

I'm running el Cap  as a host on my MacBook ProR 15 and VMware on it with multiple VMs

I installed a clean ElCap and did a Time Machine restaure during the installation.

I also have the delay when I start my first VM of the day (always the Last Beta of Win10 enterprise)

I saw the USB bug too but I can workaround it by folder sharing between host/guest.

[SvenGus]

In order to completely install the VMware Tools, without problems (and without error messages or unexpected quits):

1. Open the OS X 10.11 VM's Terminal (not the host's Terminal!), and do this command:

sudo nvram boot-args=rootless=0

... and quit the Terminal.

2. Reboot the OS X 10.11 VM.

3. Select Install VMware Tools or Reinstall VMware Tools (if you already partially installed them), from Fusion's Virtual Machine menu.

4. In the OS X 10.11 VM, set the Tools' window to list or column view (El Capitan's icon view, as said before, doesn't seem to work in Fusion, currently).

5. Copy the Tools installer to the VM's Desktop, and eject the Tools' mounted disk image.

6. Run the Tools installer: it should proceed without problems, this time.

7. Before rebooting, open again the OS X 10.11 VM's Terminal (not the host's Terminal!), and do:

sudo nvram -d boot-args

... and quit the Terminal.

8. Reboot the VM.

(As an extra safety, one could reboot the VM directly after the Tools install, and execute the last Terminal command after the reboot, and then of course reboot the VM again: but probably this isn't needed.)

Once installed correctly, everything seems too work, with the Tools...

[infinitetape]

I was able to install the tools with these directions. Need to keep that command handy. As an old-school NeXT guy, I'm not sure I want a new, "rootless" security model.

So, video is still a bit chunky, but elCap is usable. Thanks!

[amcwi69]

I followed iFufutor's directions yet the VM would only booted into recovery. I was able to install El Captain by choosing the "Reinstall OS X" option. After the installation the VM booted with no issues.  

[donmontalvo]

We did not run into any issues building an El Capitan virtual machine.

However we can't seem to disable System Integrity Protection (booted into Recovery HD, won't let us disable).

I'm guessing an updating should be coming soon, hopefully before the Public Beta is let loose.

Don

[sticker]

It wont allow you to disable from Recovery... follow the steps below.

Open Terminal.

sudo su

[enter password]

nvram boot-args="rootless=0"

reboot

[mnahum]

When using Mac OS 10.11 as host. did somebody found a workaround to mount usb key to VMs?

[povlhp]

USB is not working. If you need to use USB, memory then mount it in MacOS, and share the disk.

Waiting for soemthing that will work. Or maybe time to go parallels again ?

[ColoradoMarmot]

The Alpha's been out for roughly a week - give them some time 🙂

[joeboss]

Release notes for El Cap say there are known issues with USB:

USB

Known Issues

• USB storage devices, including internal SD card readers, may become unavailable after system sleep and require either re-plug or restart to recover.
• USB input devices may become non-functional on some Macs after several days.
• USB 1.0, 1.1 and older 2.0 devices may not function.

[Hesperianhorse]

This same issue happened to me as well.  No USB accessory support.  I'm running the same VM as you (win 7 64).  I was trying to use a smart card reader and fusion just keeps saying there is a driver issue.  Strangely when I click to connect the device it does say it's connected.  I know the drivers are installed on the vm.

[mrchainsaw]

In place upgrade from OS X 10.10.4 (14E36b) to 10.11 and Fusion 7.1.2 works fine.

[Stefdar]

No it doesn't!!! After reboot it takes 5 minutes to start or resume a VM, there is no USB connectivity or Unity mode.

So how does it work "fine"?

[Hesperianhorse]

There is a software update for fusion.  I just installed it and the USB smart card reader I was having trouble with did connect.  The trick seems to be, when you plug the USB device in don't connect it via the pop up window that asks if you want to connect to your VM or to OS X.  Close that window and connect via the USB and bluetooth menu.  When I did it that way it worked.  When I tried it again via the pop up window it wouldn't.  So while it's not working perfectly you can get it to work.

[fhall1]

Running Fusion 7.1.2 on a 2012 Mac Mini (running 10.9.5) - updated a 10.10.4 beta VM to 10.11.0 b1 with no issues.  Installed VMware tools using the "rootless=0" workaround.  Updated to 10.11.0 b2 via Software Update.  That worked fine except graphics were slow.  Tried to reinstall VMware tools using the rootless=0 workaround.  Got a message that the package was incompatible with this version of the operating system, could cause issues, etc.  I said install anyway.  When the VM restarted after the install, most of the keys on my keyboard weren't recognized (USB hard-wired apple KB) when trying to enter my password.  With no way to get into the VM, I reverted to a previous snapshot and reinstalled 10.11.0 b2 again, but no VMware tools.  Anyone seeing the same issue or have any ideas? 

[evangs]

Unity view does not work right with 10.11 as host and Win7 as guest.  The guest windows appear but are just blank, white boxes.  The programs can still be CONTROLLED, funny enough...you just can't see anything.

[fhall1]

Just to let folks know....I updated my Mac from OS X 10.9.5 to 10.10.4 yesterday and updated my OS X 10.11 DP2 VM to DP3 today.  Did not try to install VMware Tools.  The VM is running great so far, very smooth animations, much better than DP1 even with VMware Tools installed.  Finder still won't display folder contents in icon view though, have to use list view.

[staze]

Worked perfectly with the Public Beta, thanks!