VMWare Fusion 10.
Host OS: macOS 10.13 High Sierra
Guest OS: macOS 10.13 High Sierra
I've formatted my internal SSD on my MacBook Pro as APFS. Using the "Add Volume" feature in Disk Utility, I can create as many volumes as I like and they all share the 2TB between them - feature of APFS in High Sierra.
So I create a volume and then I follow instructions like these or one or two others that say the same thing: HappyMac™ - VMware Fusion: Adding a raw physical disc
Sadly it doesn't work.
The disk identifier for the disk I want to add is disk1s1. I name the vmdk file 'disk1s1-link.vmdk'. I confirm that the volume in question's identifier is still disk1s1 and it is. I try to start the VM and the first message I get is:
File not found: disk1s1-link.vmdk
This file is required to power on this virtual machine. If this file was moved, specify the new location.
[Cancel] [ Browse...]
If I hit [Browse...] I navigate to the disk1s1-link.vmdk file and choose it. That seems to get accepted. Then I get this message:
Resource busy
Cannot open the disco '<path>/disk1s1-link.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.
Module 'Disk' power on failed.
Failed to start the virtual machine.
[OK]
This happens whether the volume that the vmdk file points to is mounted or unmounted.
I'm guessing this might just be that the 'vmware-rawdiskCreator create' and other stuff required to make all this work just isn't compatible with APFS yet... but is that really it? Or am I actually doing something wrong? Has anyone else had any success with this?
I'd appreciate any help. Thanks!
