"Transport (VMDB) error -14: Pipe connection has been broken." How to resolve this?

[justintime4vmwa]

I recently upgraded from VMWare Workstation 14 Pro to 15 Pro. I am receiving the following error message: "Transport (VMDB) error -14: Pipe connection has been broken." How do I resolve this?

[chromacolor]

Hi

I try to install in new M1 macbook pro, I don't have hyper-V.

Thank you for your reply but I think is not the correct way.

BR

[RDPetruska]

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@chromacolor wrote:

Hi

I try to install in new M1 macbook pro, I don't have hyper-V.

Thank you for your reply but I think is not the correct way.

BR

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You also don't have VMware Workstation installed, but VMware Fusion.  And in order to work on M1 Macs, you need the Fusion Tech Preview for Apple Silicon.  And, the only OS's which you can install/run in your virtual machines must be ARM architecture

[chromacolor]

Yes, It was my second try. I have Fusion Twech Preview and I downloaded ARM version of W10 and W11. In this case I have a blue screen when Windows installer start to copy files.

BR

[RDPetruska]

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@chromacolor wrote:

Yes, It was my second try. I have Fusion Twech Preview and I downloaded ARM version of W10 and W11. In this case I have a blue screen when Windows installer start to copy files.

BR

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I would suggest searching/posting in the Fusion Tech Preview forum, then, as the solutions will be completely 100% different than they will for Workstation.

[coolpontiac]

i tried other suggestions like creating a new dir  /tmp/vmware-[username] but it didnt work

where do I use this command bcdedit ? it does not seem to be a command that macos terminal understands?

[RDPetruska]

On your Windows 10/11 host.

[coolpontiac]

we have a serious disconnect . and im sure its my fault

my laptop is a macbook pro. im running fusion on macos.   my guest vm is windows 10. its been workking fine for years and now suddenly gives me this pipe error. 

i have no access to the windows guest vm because it wont load.

vmware runs on my mac but it wont let me start the win10 vm

help 

[PanzasBear]

Hi can you describe the solution please!

[clmwxx]

It looks like Mac OS Ventura 13.3.1 resolved the problem. Now my Intel Macbook, running Ventura 13.3.1, can run VMWare 13 without any issue.

In Monterey, I had the same problem. 

[clmwxx]

Upgrade to Ventura 13.3.1