Hi all,
Here is one thing to try with the sharing enabled.
This is to disable the automatic file system updates being passed from the the OS X host to the Windows VMs so that Windows applications like Explorer can see
updates automatically without the user needing to refresh the Window.
One possibility is the file system events being tracked by the server is hitting issues, so disabling this and retrying would help eliminate that possibility.
To disable this you must suspend or power off your Windows VM.
Go to the Windows 7 VM's location in Finder (e.g. select folder entry "your-windows-vm-name.vmwarevm") and expand the package contents so you can see all the files.
(E.g. Control-mouse click and select "Show Package Contents")
Locate and edit the Windows VM VMX file (only one file ending with ".vmx") with an editor, like TextEdit or whatever you use.
Add the following line:
isolation.tools.hgfs.notify.enable = "FALSE"
Save the VMX file.
Restart Fusion and the Windows 7 VM.
Please report back any results changes or no changes with the effect of disabling the automatic event handling code.
Note, you can easily verify it has been disabled for sure, by opening an Explorer window on a shared folder so you can see its contents.
Then open the same folder in Finder on your Mac and add new files or folders or delete existing ones.
You should not see these changes be reflected in the Windows Explorer window until you hit F5 or select refresh from the menu options.
If this change succeeds in showing the performance issue goes away, it will help me verify a potential issue and a fix which I am working on but cannot verify it helps with this issue .
Thanks
Steve
Thanks.
Steve
(now we'll see if it helps)
