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    <title>topic SMBIOS.reflectHost failing with &amp;quot;can't find host SMBIOS entry point&amp;quot; warning on Linux host in VMware Workstation Player Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/SMBIOS-reflectHost-failing-with-quot-can-t-find-host-SMBIOS/m-p/2976368#M40635</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;Setting&amp;nbsp;&lt;FONT face="andale mono,times"&gt;SMBIOS.reflectHost = "TRUE"&lt;/FONT&gt; in the .vmx file doesn't seem to alter the DMI info the guest OS sees. Instead it causes a warning in the VM's log:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;FONT face="andale mono,times"&gt;[timestamp] Wa(03) vcpu-0 Host: can't find host SMBIOS entry point&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Both host and guest OSes are 64-bit Ubuntu 23.04 with version 6.2 kernels.&lt;BR /&gt;VMware Workstation Player 17.0.2&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;There are a few mentions of this on r/vmware, but no explanations or solutions that I've found.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Help would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2023 13:35:01 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>tjn1</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2023-07-09T13:35:01Z</dc:date>
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      <title>SMBIOS.reflectHost failing with "can't find host SMBIOS entry point" warning on Linux host</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/SMBIOS-reflectHost-failing-with-quot-can-t-find-host-SMBIOS/m-p/2976368#M40635</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Setting&amp;nbsp;&lt;FONT face="andale mono,times"&gt;SMBIOS.reflectHost = "TRUE"&lt;/FONT&gt; in the .vmx file doesn't seem to alter the DMI info the guest OS sees. Instead it causes a warning in the VM's log:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;FONT face="andale mono,times"&gt;[timestamp] Wa(03) vcpu-0 Host: can't find host SMBIOS entry point&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Both host and guest OSes are 64-bit Ubuntu 23.04 with version 6.2 kernels.&lt;BR /&gt;VMware Workstation Player 17.0.2&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;There are a few mentions of this on r/vmware, but no explanations or solutions that I've found.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Help would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2023 13:35:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>tjn1</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-07-09T13:35:01Z</dc:date>
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