VMWare Workstation 15 Player not connecting to the internet
Hello, My host OS is Windows 10 and I have a cable connection to the internet but im behind a proxy but also have wifi connection and can use my mobile phone to bypass proxy. I installed VMWare...
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PXE won't boot - reset needed
Hello, I'm creating new VM with UEFI boot, these are configured with VMXNET3 and it should boot with PXE to connect to a microsoft WDS server. Our Setup use to work, but in some cases Virtual...
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Repetitive copy of Win10 OS to VM
We will be repetitively copying a Win10 OEM license environment on a Dell computer to a VMWare image running on Workstation Player 15 on Linux. The updated image will replace the earlier image over...
View ArticleUnable to install ubuntu in vmware, causing BSOD(vmx86.sys) in windows 10
Hi, I couldn't able to install ubuntu/kali in vmware player. After finishing initial configurations(default recommendations), the moment I press play virtual machine, windows 10 crashes with BSOD and...
View ArticleChanging hardware compatibility
I'm trying to run an old virtual machine, running Windows 98 Second Edition, which was created as a Workstation 5.x virtual machine, under VMware Workstation 15 Player (because I needed to install it...
View ArticleVixDiskLib_InitEx hung on,no return for 20h.
Does someone try use VixDiskLib_InitEx like VixDiskLib_InitEx(6, 5, VixDiskLibLogMsgInfo, VixDiskLibLogMsgWarning, VixDiskLibLogPanic, NULL,NULL) in multithreading, in process, only do once. however,...
View ArticleShould the API ValidateCredentialsInGuest Work with Domain Based Users in Linux?
ValidateCredentialsInGuest is returning invalidguestlogin on a Linux system. The system is configured to use a domain, and I can login via SSH as user@domain.com using login user (it goes through...
View ArticleMigrating a Linux VM from Citrix XenServer to VMware
Hi, We are planning to migrate all the Citrix Xen "Linux" VM to Vmware VM, what is the workable V2V converter tool we can use?What are the steps need to be followed? Best Regards,Eve
View ArticleTX packet drops
OK, we have all seen the packet drop KB where it recommends you can increase the RX buffers. But it states nothing about the TX buffer in VMXNET3. I have 2 VMs showing really high Transmit packet...
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Odd mouse behavior is guest OS when connected via OS X Screen Shaaring
Hello to all. I am trying to chase down an odd behavior with the mouse in the guest OS when connecting to the host machine via Screen Sharing. The situation:When I connect to a machine hosting a Boot...
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Clone of VM is failing.
Hi All, I'm trying to take the clone of the VM's but every time its' faling with "A general system error occured" Any lead or advice will be much appreciated. ESX4.0 version
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Screen too small on copied VM
I have copied a VM (running Windows 7) on to my laptop (running Windows 10). I'm running Vmware Workstation version 9. The VM is working, however the display is almost unreadable. By default the VM...
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Windows Server 2012 (x64) stuck when rebooting (HPE ESXI v6.5 U3)
Hello. I've searched around and I've found lots of instances of users complaining about similar issues, but I don't think there is a single solution or reason for this issue - at least none that I can...
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RHEL guest managed vmtools upgradeable or not?
Hello, I googled and searched also the RH KB but have not found an aswer to my questions: 1. Is the guest managed vmtools that red hat comes with upgradeable? Any repository I need to configure in UM?...
View ArticleWorkstation Pro 12 - Windows 7 SP1 Blue Screen
Hi, I'm new to the VMware community and applications- I work for an automation company that use VM Ware to run programming software for industrial automation (windows XP/ windows 7). The issue I'm...
View ArticleDoes anyone have appInfo working?
Hi all, I have upgraded to VMware tools 11 on a single VM for the moment, and cannot seem to get the appInfo details to display.ESXi is at 6.7u3VM Hardware is v13 On the guest, I am running the command...
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What is the command to get the VM's BOOT Mode (BIOS/EFI)?
Is there a command to check if a VM template is created with Boot Mode as BIOS/EFI? For ex: in esxi 6.7 if we create a VM template for Rhel7-x64, the boot mode is by default chosen as "BIOS", while for...
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Does Customer Experience Improvement Program report Workstation crashes?
I have an academic licence of VMWare Workstation Pro for linux, on 15.5I have no support entitlement, and can't submit technical support request.15.5 is causing segfaults in vmware when using 3d...
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Virtual Printing
I am using VM Workstation 15.5 and have followed all the steps to install virtual printing but cannot get it to work. A few months ago I tried v15 and printing would not work so I went back to v14 and...
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ovftool always get unexpected option error
Hi, Expert, I am using ovftool on my windows 10 machine , the version is 4.3.0:PS C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool> .\ovftool.exe --versionVMware ovftool 4.3.0 (build-7948156) But everytime...
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