Hi,
We can now use vmrun to start encrypted VM's.. that's great!
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation>vmrun start "D:\Virtual Machines\Windows 11 x64\Windows 11 x64.vmx"
Encrypted virtual machine password:
Error: Cannot open VM: D:\Virtual Machines\Windows 11 x64\Windows 11 x64.vmx, Incorrect password
The above is what we used to see
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation>vmrun -vp "vmware1!" start "D:\Virtual Machines\Windows 11 x64\Windows 11 x64.vmx"
Now, no more error and the VM runs in VMware Workstation. That's great!
However..
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation>vmrun -T ws snapshot "D:\Virtual Machines\Windows 11 x64\Windows 11 x64.vmx" mySnapshot
Encrypted virtual machine password:
Error: Cannot open VM: D:\Virtual Machines\Windows 11 x64\Windows 11 x64.vmx, Incorrect password
OK, it wants a password.. no problem
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation>vmrun -T ws -vp "vmware1!" snapshot "D:\Virtual Machines\Windows 11 x64\Windows 11 x64.vmx" mySnapshot
Error: Authentication for encrypted virtual machine failed
Why does that fail?
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation>vmrun -vp "vmware1!" snapshot "D:\Virtual Machines\Windows 11 x64\Windows 11 x64.vmx" mySnapshot
Error: Authentication for encrypted virtual machine failed
Still doesn't work.
This is a problem.
That means that Vimalin still won't be compatible with the next version of VMware Workstation (and probably also Fusion) for encrypted Virtual Machines.
The reason is that it depends on being able to list, create, revert and delete snapshots in the background.
Am I missing something?
Is this perhaps only available in the REST interface?
edit:
Creating a snapshot using the above command works WHEN the encrypted VM is shut down.
It does not work when the VM is running. It really needs to work when the VM is running as well.. that's a very important feature.
thanks!
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Wil
