How to suspend a VM under Workstation 10 when host installed UPS software is...
Using Eaton's Intelligent Power Manager (the manufacturer of the UPS), is there a way to suspend all the running VMs running under Workstation 10 when the UPS detects a power outage? The UPS can cause...
View ArticleLicense Key and VMTools
Hi,I have recently obtained Workstation10 and I have 2 questions about it.Firstly when I enter the license key, VM says me ok and executes a program as administrator, but after that... nothing, just...
View ArticleWorkstation 10.0.3 CentOS7 guest fails to install?
I get to "Installing bootloader" and it spins there forever. I had no problem installing CentOS 7 last weekend in Fusion 7.
View ArticleOptimal processor/core settings question for Workstation?
Guys,A non-computer engineer here. If I have Workstation 10.0.3 running on a i7 (8cores) 16gb ram machine, what would be the most optimal settings for best performance for the following setup?I have...
View ArticleCouple of basic questions
I have a Linux server farm that I inherited at my new job, on one of these Linux servers resides a VM which runs a web server using Windows Server 2012. How do I determine what version of VMware is...
View ArticleAny hacks to run a VMware Workstation VM inside a Hyper-V VM?
Do we have any unsupported hacks to run a VMware Workstation VM inside a Hyper-V (on windows 2012) VM? I need this for some temporary testing purposes only. Right now I get this message when I try to...
View ArticleHow To Fix Files Getting Corrupted
My VM is a windows 7 32 bit VM that is running a 16 bit program. When I upgraded to VM Ware Workstation 10.0 a strange problem began happening. The files that are ASCII that are created by my 16 bit...
View Articlevm workstation 10.0.3 doesn't recognise DOK
hiI have an workstation 10.0.3 and I try to connect DOK and the workstation doesn't recognize it , it with 2 stations win7 and win 8.1 although the host computer is recognize the dok.how to fix...
View ArticleCut/Paste between Win7 64bit Guest and Host/Other Guests: Workstation 10...
Host OS is Windows 7 64bit SP1 Professional with all updates currentProblematic Guest OS is Windows 7 64bit SP1 Home Premium with all updates currentOther Guests include Windows XP, Windows 2K, and...
View ArticleCan't ping from vmware to another pc (request time out)
I have 2 Computers (pc1 , pc2) pc1 is running under windows 7. (IP: 192.168.1.100)And pc2 is running under winXP on vmware workstation9 (IP: 192.168.1.50)I created a network between them (pc1&pc2)...
View ArticleIdeal guest processor settings for an i7 3820 host CPU?
Hi Everyone, I am running a Windows 7 (x64) host computer which utilizes an Intel Core i7 3820 CPU (@3.6 - 3.8GHz). The CPU consists of 4 physical processors, and a total of 8 logical processors. I...
View ArticleWorkstation 10. Unable to gain focus on one guest while a second guest is...
Run in to a bit of an oddity with Workstation 10.0.3 build-1895310. I have two guest OS's installed in Workstation, Microsoft Server2008 R2 and Microsoft Vista Enterprise. When I have both Server 2008...
View ArticleWindows 10 Network Adapter
HiI have a network adaptor problem with Windows 10 (NT 6.4 build 9841) and VMware Workstation 10. When I chose Bridge mode, Workstation is unable to get IP adress from my modem/router. When I gave to...
View ArticleWorkstation 10.0.4 introduced "internal error" if vmware-authd service not...
The just released v10.0.4 must be doing more than the tersely documented "fix memory issue on ms-win 8.1". It appears to have introduced some new internal dependency that requires the vmware-authd...
View ArticleVMware player graphics memory
Is it possible to increase graphics memory to 512MB? I need that, both host and guest machines are working on win7 64bit, I have 8 core CPU, 16GB ram.
View ArticleWorkstation 10.0.4 Kernel Module(s) fail compile on Debian Jessie Using...
Is the community patch for 10.0.3 compatible with 10.0.4?
View ArticleVMware Workstation 10.0.4 will not connect to internet in Mageia 5 Alfa 2...
The update to VMware Workstation 10.0.4 (Mageia 4,kernel 3.14.18) and a guest (Mageia 5 Alpha 2) with kernel 3.17.2 will not connect to internet.The same with VirtualBox 4.3.16 will work OK.Will the...
View ArticleProblem with power on virtual machine
Hi, A had a Mac OS X Mountain Line 10.8 virtual machine for VMWare Workstation 9 and it worked till today. But now I can't start it, progress spinner is stop on loading and that's all.I don't...
View ArticleFailed to build vmnet after last openSUSE update
Hello all I just did a mega zypper update of opensuse Factory tonight - v13.2 goes live on Monday so I thought that I would avoid the rush. This was a big mistake as far as VMware-Workstation is...
View ArticleBest practices for backing up a webserver VM??
This question stems from another thread I created, but I figure I might as well start a fresh thread since it is its own question. Basically I have an environment that I inherited when I started my new...
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