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Well, the definition of host-only networking is exactly that... the VM will connect to the host but nothing else.  If you need connection to the outside world, you need either Bridged or NAT networking.

@op_neil wrote:   I thought if you had 'paid' for a license this would be honoured if you upgraded, major version or not  No, when you pay for a license, it is good forever for THAT major version number, and any updates released to that version (i.e. version 16 license is good for all 16.x versions).  If you want to upgrade to a new major version, it requires a new license. Now, historically, VMware has allowed a free or deeply discounted upgrade if the license was purchased within a short period before a major release - but only the Sales department would be able to answer that for certain. Also, note that your license should be available on the VMware website for your existing paid products, as Andre mentioned above.

@patcc2 wrote: I am desperately trying to reclaim system space and it seems like VMware wants to fight every inch to make that not happen.  Please any suggestion to solve this would be greatly appreciated. Also if someone can explain how this happened I would love to understand. Did my previous snapshots cause me to have massive duplicates of data which now I lack the drive space to clear up? Basically, yes.   A snapshot freezes the current virtual disk files and creates a new starting copy, which depends upon the parent disk files to remain.  In order to remove a snapshot and merge the files, you MUST have enough disk space for the disk files to be copied before they can be deleted. You will need to either free up disk space on your host, or move the ENTIRE VM's folder to another computer/drive with enough free space to merge the snapshot files.

I don't think the Host OS version or the Fusion version matter quite so much.  The main thing would be if the newer version of fusion asks if you want to upgrade the virtual hardware of the VM when you open it, always answer NO. The major thing with the newer Apple hardware is thus - do NOT get a newer Apple-Silicon-based Mac (M1, M2, etc)... your existing Intel-based x86 Windows 10 virtual machine will NOT work on it.

@nyangnyang wrote: Thank you. I want to use a virtual machine file that created on workstation in the simulated hacking class. But my computer is a MacBook, so I can't practice. Unfortunately, nope.  In your case, you have purchased an expensive paperweight.

@merge_guardian wrote: I downloaded a Windows 11 ARM version of the ISO. There is no such thing available from MS's website.  Follow Technogeezer's unofficial guide to Fusion 13 for ARM for detailed instructions for obtaining a Win 11 ARM installation media.

Those are not snapshots, those are the slices of the virtual disk.  Do not delete or rename any of them, or your VM will no longer work. Trust us long-timers, you do NOT want a single-file monolithic sparse disk.  If there is any corruption, it is nearly impossible to recover.  Also, any disk maintenance you want to perform like defragmenting, shrinking, or expanding will require enough free space on your hard disk of the maximum defined size of the virtual disk.  If you keep it in slices, then the free space required is only the size of one slice plus some overhead. Easiest method I have used for years to backup my VM's is to simply zip up the entire folder, and append the date to the filename.  That way I can keep multiple backup copies in the same external drive folder.

Yes, the ability to create Support tickets is part of an ongoing support contract, separate from the product license (a short interval is granted upon purchase of the product license - I can't remember if it is 30 or 90 days).  The product license is good for lifetime (obviously at some point in time, you will be unable to continue to run the older OS and hardware which the older version of Workstation runs on).  

@kbpls wrote: I cloned the VM. And here is the list that is generated. Surely the amount of space is less than before ~180GB instead of 277GB.  but the akward thing is that again there is a lis of *s* vmdk files as it is shown below despite the fact i have not taken any snapshot with my snapshot manager: <snip> Can you explain this ?   Can I get rid off those s00*.vmdk files ?   Br, Fanis Those files are the disk slices of the actual virtual hard disk.  No, you cannot delete them, or you will wipe out your VM's disk!

Ok, that was a thought.  Perhaps it's something to do with the guest being Windows 11, and (at least partially) encrypted? Well, you can always do it the hard way - editing the vmx file manually (with Workstation closed, or at least that VM's tab not open in the Workstation UI).  Remove any lines related to that hard drive, save and close the file, then reopen it in Workstation.