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Re: error trying to open converted windows machine on fusion

by Contributor in VMware Fusion Discussions
‎11-04-2023 05:23 AM
‎11-04-2023 05:23 AM
Re creating a new vm, I have many other vm's on this machine, and regularly create, run, and delete them with no issues, its just this one which is from an actual physical machine I'm trying to retir... See more...
Re creating a new vm, I have many other vm's on this machine, and regularly create, run, and delete them with no issues, its just this one which is from an actual physical machine I'm trying to retire that won't start. Here is the offending vmx file: .encoding = "UTF-8" config.version = "8" virtualHW.version = "20" memsize = "3624" MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE" displayName = "icel" guestOS = "windows7-64" numvcpus = "4" cpuid.coresPerSocket = "4" firmware = "bios" sound.present = "TRUE" sound.filename = "-1" sound.autodetect = "TRUE" usb.present = "TRUE" ehci.present = "TRUE" ethernet0.present = "TRUE" ethernet0.addressType = "generated" ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged" ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000" ethernet0.startConnected = "TRUE" scsi0.present = "TRUE" scsi0.virtualDev = "lsisas1068" scsi0:0.present = "TRUE" scsi0:0.fileName = "icel.vmdk" sata0.present = "TRUE" sata0.virtualDev = "ahci" sata0:0.present = "TRUE" sata0:0.autodetect = "TRUE" sata0:0.filename = "auto detect" sata0:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw" mks.enable3d = "TRUE" vmci0.present = "TRUE" pciBridge0.present = "TRUE" tools.upgrade.policy = "upgradeAtPowerCycle" pciBridge4.present = "TRUE" pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge4.functions = "8" pciBridge5.present = "TRUE" pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge5.functions = "8" pciBridge6.present = "TRUE" pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge6.functions = "8" pciBridge7.present = "TRUE" pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge7.functions = "8" floppy0.present = "FALSE" tools.syncTime = "TRUE" powerType.powerOff = "soft" powerType.powerOn = "soft" powerType.suspend = "soft" powerType.reset = "soft" serial0.present = "TRUE" serial0.fileType = "thinprint" printers.enabled = "TRUE" hpet0.present = "TRUE"  

Re: error trying to open converted windows machine on fusion

by Contributor in VMware Fusion Discussions
‎11-03-2023 06:41 AM
‎11-03-2023 06:41 AM
Sadly Fusion does not seem to have created a log file for this VM (unlike all of my other VM's on this machine, which have log files as one would expect).  Is there any way to force some sort of verb... See more...
Sadly Fusion does not seem to have created a log file for this VM (unlike all of my other VM's on this machine, which have log files as one would expect).  Is there any way to force some sort of verbose mode to have it produce some indication of what the problem is?

error trying to open converted windows machine on fusion

by Contributor in VMware Fusion Discussions
‎11-02-2023 02:48 AM
‎11-02-2023 02:48 AM
I am running Fusion Pro 13.5 on an Intel MacBook Pro with Ventura 13.6.1.  I downloaded the latest vCenter Converter Standalone onto an old Windows 7 machine, and ran it to convert the machine to a v... See more...
I am running Fusion Pro 13.5 on an Intel MacBook Pro with Ventura 13.6.1.  I downloaded the latest vCenter Converter Standalone onto an old Windows 7 machine, and ran it to convert the machine to a vm I could transfer to the Mac (selecting Fusion 13 as the target).  The conversion completed successfully on the Windows machine, writing the image to an external usb hard drive.  I dismounted the drive on Windows machine and moved it to the MacBook, where the generated folder containing the ".vmdk" and ".vmx" files showed up, and then scanned the drive in Fusion to let it find the VM.  Fusion correctly found the VM, and inserted the name into the list of VM's in Fusion.  However, when I try to start it, a fusion window pops up that simply says "Error" (see attached png).  No additional information.  How can I debug this?