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Yes. I can share resources between VMs and actual machines Linux/macOS/Windows. You do this in exactly the same way as you would with physical machines. Make sure that you configure bridged mode ... See more...
Yes. I can share resources between VMs and actual machines Linux/macOS/Windows. You do this in exactly the same way as you would with physical machines. Make sure that you configure bridged mode for networking as that'll get you a unique IP address if using DHCP. I can actually run multiple VMs on my desktop and network between them. As has been mentioned if you have a USB drive it can only be attached to a single VM or the host. If I do a search say in a Windows machine it'll find matches on all networked machines virtual or not for those powered up. Have fun, MN
I don't understand why with todays technology people use static IP addresses. I understand why people want an IP address to remain constant but this can still be achieved via DHCP. All you need t... See more...
I don't understand why with todays technology people use static IP addresses. I understand why people want an IP address to remain constant but this can still be achieved via DHCP. All you need to do is once the IP addresses have been allocated is to tell the DHCP server to permanently associate these address with the MAC addresses. Have fun, MN
I had a similar thing in that I needed to change the MAC address of a copied VM. I edited the vmx file with a new MAC address only to find that on booting the VM the old values were put back. Thi... See more...
I had a similar thing in that I needed to change the MAC address of a copied VM. I edited the vmx file with a new MAC address only to find that on booting the VM the old values were put back. This indicates that the old values are stored somewhere else and are used to update the vmx file. However I got around that by editing the vmx file. I changed every occurrence of ethernet0 to ethernet1 and lo and behold I got assigned the new MAC address! If you want to try this make a copy of the vmx file first just in case! Have fun, MN
These things are difficult to diagnose without actually being in front of the machines as important things can be missed. From what you have said the problem is with only the one machine not bein... See more...
These things are difficult to diagnose without actually being in front of the machines as important things can be missed. From what you have said the problem is with only the one machine not being reachable. Now if I understand correctly if you use NAT mode everything works but with bridged mode it doesn't. What jumps out at me is 'Firewall rules' as with NAT mode you are using existing addresses but with bridged you'll get new IP addresses via DHCP. So Maybe you need a Firewall rule on the 'host' to allow your new IP addresses through it. Have fun, MN
If you want two or more people to access a shared virtual machine both locally and remotely you can. First you need to activate/install a VNC server on the shared VM. Apple O/S has the server ... See more...
If you want two or more people to access a shared virtual machine both locally and remotely you can. First you need to activate/install a VNC server on the shared VM. Apple O/S has the server built in but for Windows and Linux you need to download a free VNC server and install it in the shared VM. Remote users need a VNC client also free to download. Next on the shared VM create a user account for each user. Now anyone with a VNC client can log in as a user on the shared VM and have remote access just as if they were sitting in front of the physical computer. I do this all the time with a mixture of VMs and physical machines. Have fun, MN
Have you taken ownership of the USB drive in the Windows VM? Go to 'removable devices' and select 'connect'. This will take the USB drive away from the Mac and connect it to the Windows VM. Ho... See more...
Have you taken ownership of the USB drive in the Windows VM? Go to 'removable devices' and select 'connect'. This will take the USB drive away from the Mac and connect it to the Windows VM. However if you want both machines to have simultaneous access then you have to remember that when you run a Windows VM it is effectively a separate computer to the Mac host. The Mac has the hard drive attached to it but Windows does not as its like having a separate computer but sharing keyboard, screen and mouse like we used to do with the old KVM switches. However if you have configured network settings in bridged mode then the two machines will have different IP addresses and be connected together on a virtual LAN. So for Windows to access that drive plugged into the Mac you'll have to set up drive sharing in the macOS and then get Windows to log onto that Mac drive 'add a network connection'. You only need to set this up once and each time you launch Windows the connection will be made. You can also do the reverse take ownership of the drive in Windows and get the macOS to connect to the Windows server. I do this all the time with Linux, Windows  and macOS some are virtual machines and others are remote physical machines but all can access shared drives. Its neat to do a Windows indexed search and find matches on the networked machines with different OS'. Have fun, MN
I have been executing VMs under Workstation 12 running on Linux Mint 18.3. All my VMs from Windows 2000 to 10 Enterprise and macOS 10.11 to 10.14 run fine and I can get them into full screen mode... See more...
I have been executing VMs under Workstation 12 running on Linux Mint 18.3. All my VMs from Windows 2000 to 10 Enterprise and macOS 10.11 to 10.14 run fine and I can get them into full screen mode. I have uninstalled 12 and installed 15. All VMs work well but full screen is greyed out. I tried several things but to no avail. So I installed Workstation 15 in a Windows 10 pro VM and the exact same VMs can now be set into full screen mode running in this Windows VM. This indicates that the VMs with tools installed are O.K. Why is it that these VMs can enter full screen mode under Workstation 12 running on Mint 18.3 but not the newer 15? Many thanks, MN