Hi,
@ozsmacd wrote:
As to the future of SharedVMs (ie VMs that auto start) in VMware, this is also a major concern. I have been PM posts about the why they want to get rid of it, and that another approach may be used to deliver the product. However it still shows as depreciated in the GUI and you have to wonder if it will go away again without reasonable consulting in v17?
V17 is a while away as V16 will be getting an extension on its life cycle. (see bottom paragraph at https://blogs.vmware.com/teamfusion/2021/09/fusion-for-m1-public-tech-preview-now-available.html )
As Michael says they are working on a reworked shared VM feature. I am confident that they will come up with a solution.
if in the meantime you are unsure or need an alternative solution then there's also my vimarun product which handles auto start as well as auto shutdown.
They are also working on a solution for releasing the virtual machine encryption requirement for adding a TPM device.
VMware sometimes moves a bit slow resolving these type of issues, but they do deliver.
Give them some time.
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Wil
