Unable to connect to remote server after upgrading to Workstation pro 16

[pderover]

I recently upgraded from Workstation Pro 12 to Workstation Pro 16 (16.2.3). When I try to connect to server, I get the following error message:

I'm running Win10 (21H2). 

[louyo]

Guessing here. If you are connecting WS to a Vcenter or ESXi server, are you sure they are in the same subnet?

Can you connect to the server with your browser?

Can you ping the server?

[pderover · Accepted solution]

The IP is that of the workstation self. Just found out, shared folders have been deprecated in v16.2. Even connecting to the VMX file directly didn’t work. I move the folder to another location and imported the VMX, which worked.

Now need to figure out how I can get the VMs to startup as soon as the server reboots.

[wila]

Hi,

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@pderover wrote:

Now need to figure out how I can get the VMs to startup as soon as the server reboots.

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Look at vmrun for scripting the VM to start (see also: https://wiki.vi-toolkit.com/index.php?title=Vmrun )

You can use that to start your VM. Note that if you start your VM before logging in, that it will come up with a black screen after logging in as the VM was running in session 0 without a user interface.
Another alternative is using the REST API

If you don't want to spent the time developing and troubleshooting - and you want your VM to suspend on shutdown as well - then you can have a look at my product vimarun. Not free I'm afraid, but also not that expensive (at least in my opinion).

Hope this helps,
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Wil