Anyone has experienced glitches while running VM fusion on external SSD?

[hrz01]

Hi,

I was running VM fusion on external SSD(860 evo samsung with type C to type C).  Glitches always happen when I try to shutdown my ubuntu in VM fusion( no matter I "sudo shutdown" or jest directly click shutdown button in VM fusion).  I have to reboot my MacBook to solve this problem.I hope someone to tell me how to solve this problem.

Many thanks,

hrz01

[wila]

Hi,

What is the filesystem used for the external disk?

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Wil

[hrz01]

Hi,

It is NTFS.I used Tuxera NTFS for mac to access my external disk. Should I change the filesystem of my external disk？

Thanks for your respond,

Haoran

[wila · Accepted solution]

Hi,

It did sound familiar which is why I asked.

The reason for this problem then is indeed because of the use of Tuxera and having the external disk formatted as NTFS.

While changing the partition to a native macOS file system should address it, have a look at this thread:

Fusion 11 Trial on Mojave and VM on external SSD

There it is claimed that Tuxera have patched their drivers to fix this particular issue.

Personally I would prefer to keep my VMs on a native file system, but if using NTFS works better for you, then use what works better.

Be careful though with host macOS updates and test the tuxera drivers after an update first with a slightly less important VM.

Another thing to note about running VMs from an external disk is that you should keep good backups (Not Time Machine! ) of your VMs as an accidental disconnect between host and external disk might corrupt the VM. FWIW, I also ran VMs from an external SSD for years without any corruption problems, but it is good to be aware of any potential pitfalls.

Hope this helps,

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Wil

[hrz01]

Hi,

Thanks for your patience and detailed instructions. I will change it to APFS to see if it works or not.

Haoran