Not able to copy or paste on guest hosted on ESXi 6.7u3

atriadev — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 13:43:26 GMT

I bought this fusion 12 pro license because I assumed there would be close integration with my ESXi server but I am not even able to copy and paste text from local machine to guest OS that is hosted on my ESXi server. Copy and Paste works for locally installed/stored VM's. Also, If I use a Remote Desktop application to connect to same machine, the clipboard is shared, and I can copy and paste, no problem

Am I missing something? I checked all settings and do not see anything that would enable/disable clipboard sharing. I am running on hardware version 15, the newest available. And Yes I installed VMware tools. I tried installing it from the server admin, and from fusion, but the clipboard will not share.

I would love to reach out to Vmware support but that seems non-existent after a whole 30 days.

Re: Not able to copy or paste on guest hosted on ESXi 6.7u3

wila — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 14:31:15 GMT

Hi,

AFAIK ESXi disables clipboard sharing by default...

See this blog post to enable it:
https://4sysops.com/archives/enable-copy-and-paste-on-vmware-esxi-vms/

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Wil

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