I'm a VMware newb. Let's get that out of the way right up front. But I did honestly try to search through previous topics before starting this one at least.

In a small lab environment, I'm running Workstation 15 on a Windows 10 host.  I do not yet understand

1. the difference between .ova and .ovf files
2. why it is that some .ova files (example:  EMC's Isilon Simulator) import well into Workstation, but others (i.e. EMC Data Domain Virtual Edition) do not ?

I did succeed in building up a small vSphere environment within Workstation using a nested ESXi host, but I'd kinda, sorta rather keep all of the VMs at the same level (i.e. within Workstation.)

Help?   thanks!

Author : John Domenichini

URL : http:////docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15.0/com.vmware.ws.using.doc/GUID-8C477788-7700-4030-8C4A-039C02AABB74.html

Topic Name : Use Unity Mode

Publication Name : Using VMware Workstation Pro

Product/Version : VMware Workstation Pro/15.0

Question :

There is no View -> Unity option in LInux. Does this article only apply to Windows hosts or are there additional steps to enable Unity Mode on Linux?

Hi, good evening.

'Firstly i say sorry if i opened this topic in an incorrect forum. I have searched several topics but can't find any similar issue.

I use vmware workstation with a Windows 7 virtual machine saved on an external drive. I needed to create a bootable pen drive for Windows 10 installation, but accidentally selected the external disk and it was formatted. After that, i have already used various data recovery tools (Recuva, Disk Drill, SysTools Hard Drive Data Recovery, VMFS recovery, etc...) but none of them was able to find .vmdk files.

The problem is, i can find the S.O. (Win7) as file system and i can see all directories and files locate inside the VM. But if i try recover any file, i cannot open it. I see that the files are complete and have dates the last time I used the virtual machine, but I cannot restore them.

Has anyone had this problem or any suggestions on how to restore the files or even the virtual machine?

Thank You.

Regis.

Hi there,

If you are a Shared VMs(VMware Workstation Server) user, could you pls let us know:

1. How do you use this Shared VM feature?
2. What works and what needs to improved?
3. How important is this feature to you?

Thanks,

VMware Workstation team

Dear all,

I have HP 450 Laptop. The host OS is WIN 7 and I am running another on the VMware (WIN 98).

I have cloned the HDD to SSD because I do not have budget to replace the laptop. Everything was working fine after the cloning process.

My colleague recommend me to upgrade to WIN 10. I have upgraded the host OS to windows 10 and all application is working fine except the WIN 98 on the VM.

Whenever I start the WIN 98 on the VM the laptop reboot automatically.

Dropbox - Vmware error.mp4

please assist me

Hi

On my DELL laptop, XPS 15, running  Windows 10 64bits I can't increase the size of the text based VM (GNS3)

The windows i tiny and practically unreadable

I have toyed around with the vmware.exe (14.1) scaling settings and thos of the VM but to no avail

Can this be adjusted or not at all ?

regards

yann

Hi everyone, I have a problem with vmware tools when starting windows 7.

A window appears to update the latest version of this tool, type the password to allow the error to be downloaded and installed and the error is skipped.

I can't find the solution to the problem and I've tried to uninstall and install vmware workstation 15, but the problem continues.

The error capture is as follows:

Thank you.

I'm having trouble completing the VMware Installation on a newly installed Ubuntu 19.04.  The base install succeed, but the "VMware Kernel Module Updater" ends with the following failure message:

   Unable to start services.

   See log file /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-3403.log

In that log, things seem to badly starting here:

2019-04-17T14:30:11.522-04:00| host-3403| I125: The header path "/lib/modules/5.0.0-8-generic/build/incl

ude" for the kernel "5.0.0-8-generic" is valid.  Whoohoo!

2019-04-17T14:30:11.682-04:00| host-3403| I125: found symbol version file /lib/modules/5.0.0-8-generic/b

uild/Module.symvers

2019-04-17T14:30:11.682-04:00| host-3403| I125: Reading symbol versions from /lib/modules/5.0.0-8-generi

c/build/Module.symvers.

2019-04-17T14:30:11.696-04:00| host-3403| I125: Read 23232 symbol versions

2019-04-17T14:30:11.696-04:00| host-3403| I125: Invoking modinfo on "vmmon".

2019-04-17T14:30:11.700-04:00| host-3403| I125: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 256.

2019-04-17T14:30:11.700-04:00| host-3403| I125: Invoking modinfo on "vmnet".

2019-04-17T14:30:11.703-04:00| host-3403| I125: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 256.

2019-04-17T14:30:12.181-04:00| host-3403| I125: Setting destination path for vmmon to "/lib/modules/5.0.

0-8-generic/misc/vmmon.ko".

2019-04-17T14:30:12.181-04:00| host-3403| I125: Extracting the vmmon source from "/usr/lib/vmware/module

s/source/vmmon.tar".

2019-04-17T14:30:12.190-04:00| host-3403| I125: Successfully extracted the vmmon source.

2019-04-17T14:30:12.190-04:00| host-3403| I125: Building module with command "/usr/bin/make -j32 -C /tmp

/modconfig-jhdGal/vmmon-only auto-build HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/5.0.0-8-generic/build/include CC=/usr/bi

n/gcc IS_GCC_3=no"

2019-04-17T14:30:13.405-04:00| host-3403| W115: Failed to build vmmon.  Failed to execute the build comm

and.

2019-04-17T14:30:13.408-04:00| host-3403| I125: Setting destination path for vmnet to "/lib/modules/5.0.

0-8-generic/misc/vmnet.ko".

2019-04-17T14:30:13.408-04:00| host-3403| I125: Extracting the vmnet source from "/usr/lib/vmware/module

s/source/vmnet.tar".

2019-04-17T14:30:13.414-04:00| host-3403| I125: Successfully extracted the vmnet source.

2019-04-17T14:30:13.414-04:00| host-3403| I125: Building module with command "/usr/bin/make -j32 -C /tmp

/modconfig-jhdGal/vmnet-only auto-build HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/5.0.0-8-generic/build/include CC=/usr/bi

n/gcc IS_GCC_3=no"

2019-04-17T14:30:14.764-04:00| host-3403| W115: Failed to build vmnet.  Failed to execute the build comm

and.

When I attempt to execute the first vmmon compile command as such:

usr/bin/make -j32 -C /tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only auto-build HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/5.0.0-8-generic/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc IS_GCC_3=no

I get the following output:

root@WSTATION01:/tmp/vmware-root# /usr/bin/make -j32 -C /tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only auto-build HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/5.0.0-8-generic/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc IS_GCC_3=no

make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only'

Using kernel build system.

/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/5.0.0-8-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \

  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules

make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.0.0-8-generic'

Makefile:203: ================= WARNING ================

Makefile:204: 'SUBDIRS' will be removed after Linux 5.3

Makefile:205: Please use 'M=' or 'KBUILD_EXTMOD' instead

Makefile:206: ==========================================

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:43,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:60:

/tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:130: warning: "MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES" redefined

#define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES            0x140

 

In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h:11,

                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:10,

                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:68,

                 from ./include/linux/irqflags.h:16,

                 from ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:39,

                 from ./include/linux/rculist.h:11,

                 from ./include/linux/pid.h:5,

                 from ./include/linux/sched.h:14,

                 from ./include/linux/binfmts.h:5,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:32:

./arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:661: note: this is the location of the previous definition

#define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x00000140

 

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:43,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:60:

/tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:466: warning: "MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK" redefined

#define MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK        0x00000001ULL // Lock SMM environment

 

In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h:11,

                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:10,

                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:68,

                 from ./include/linux/irqflags.h:16,

                 from ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:39,

                 from ./include/linux/rculist.h:11,

                 from ./include/linux/pid.h:5,

                 from ./include/linux/sched.h:14,

                 from ./include/linux/binfmts.h:5,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:32:

./arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:470: note: this is the location of the previous definition

#define MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK  BIT_ULL(MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK_BIT)

 

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:41,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86_64.h:40,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:46,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:60:

/tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/./include/x86_basic_defs.h:78: warning: "CR3_PCID_MASK" redefined

#define CR3_PCID_MASK  0xFFF

 

In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:5,

                 from ./include/linux/irqflags.h:16,

                 from ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:39,

                 from ./include/linux/rculist.h:11,

                 from ./include/linux/pid.h:5,

                 from ./include/linux/sched.h:14,

                 from ./include/linux/binfmts.h:5,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:32:

./arch/x86/include/asm/processor-flags.h:39: note: this is the location of the previous definition

#define CR3_PCID_MASK 0xFFFull

 

/tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_EstimateLockedPageLimit’:

/tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:1641:25: error: ‘totalram_pages’ redeclared as different kind of symbol

    extern unsigned long totalram_pages;

                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:42:

./include/linux/mm.h:52:29: note: previous definition of ‘totalram_pages’ was here

static inline unsigned long totalram_pages(void)

                             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~

/tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIFReadUptimeWork’:

/tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:1787:4: error: implicit declaration of function ‘do_gettimeofday’; did you mean ‘do_settimeofday64’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]

    do_gettimeofday(&tv);

    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    do_settimeofday64

/tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_MapUserMem’:

/tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3408:40: error: macro "access_ok" passed 3 arguments, but takes just 2

    if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, p, size)) {

                                        ^

/tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3408:9: error: ‘access_ok’ undeclared (first use in this function)

    if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, p, size)) {

         ^~~~~~~~~

/tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3408:9: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in

cc1: some warnings being treated as errors

make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:284: /tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o] Error 1

make[1]: *** [Makefile:1582: _module_/tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.0.0-8-generic'

make: *** [Makefile:110: vmmon.ko] Error 2

make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-1GMLtN/vmmon-only'

Any ideas on what's going on here?

Hello,

I am trying to use FreeNAS and ESXi virtual machines and use my host computer's broswer to access the GUIs but I am unable to connect with the host. I have tried reinstalling VMware Workstation Pro 3 times and Restore Defaults on the Virtual Network Editor 4 times. I was unsuccessful when trying NAT but am unable to use Bridged also. VMnet0 is missing when I Restore Defaults which I find very odd. This is the result from a Restore Defaults:

I have updated both VMware and Windows 10 to check if those are the reasons but it did not work. Any ideas or feedback would be greatly appreciated! This has be an ongoing issue that I just can't seem to resolve.

Hi,

I am encountering the oddest issue on a new machine I got. I think I can say with confidence that it's related to the display driver and specifically with the DirectX 11 support (or perhaps lack thereof?).

Anyway, here is what happens. Running a Ubuntu 16.04 (amd64, Xubuntu to be precise) guest on a Windows 10 (1809) host with VMware Workstation Pro 15.0.4 build-12990004 crashes reproducibly when executing the soffice binary from LibreOffice inside the guest to convert an .fodg file to a PDF file.

The error message box says:

VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (svga)

 

VERIFY bora\mks\hostops\DX11\DX11ShimOps.c:4962

 

A log file is available in "C:\Users\username\Documents\Virtual Machines\xubuntu1604_chr2\vmware.log". 

 

You can request support. 

 

To collect data to submit to VMware support, choose "Collect Support Data" from the Help menu.

 

You can also run the "vm-support" script in the Workstation folder directly.

 

We will respond on the basis of your support entitlement.

I collected the support information as per the instructions and now I am wondering where to send it. This is from the company and it's still running in trial mode as I have yet to receive a license key (in progress). But even if I had the license key there would be no guarantee that the "IT guy" (who isn't doing this as his main job) cares enough to forward the info to you folks. Being a developer, I do care, though.

Should I send the info from my personal VMware account or so? There I also have no support entitlement at this point, but I reckon your company is interested in learning about errors and details surrounding them.

Every time I edit a vmx file and save it back I get a corrupt file error when I try to launch the VM.

i Have tried several different txt editors and still they are all corrupt. I rebuild the vmx from the log file and at least I can get the original config running but I need to edit the file.

i have searched high and low and can’t find an answer.

what Is the trick?

thanks,

Chris

Hello volks,

a few days ago, a strange thing popping up.

The Workstation does not start anymore with message "missing gobject-2.0.dll and basichttp.dll". After re-installing the workstation, the files are present in "C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation". Workstation starts. But after the next hosts restart, the files are gone. Workstation does not start.

Who or what removed them? And i am not sure if there any other missing files.

• Workstation: 15.04
• AV: Avira (paid version)  / setting: ignore WS program folder
• Windows: 1809 / 17763.437

If i remember right, both win und avira were updated also a few days ago. But iam not really sure. I noticed some issues with Windows Update and Avira around my investigation but couldn't find anything that looks like a Solution … for me.

Any suggestions? Where to investigate?

Thanks a lot and have a nice day

ciao, Stefan

Hi,

I run some windows virtual machines in a Workstation and I am pretty confused about 'free' output:

Since 'used' without 'cached' is 6.8G, I assumed, until some days ago, that TPS was enabled and a lot of memory was deduplicated between my many windows VM's.

But after some problems running more VM's, and the OOM killer appearing when I disable swap, I think that TPS is not working, is it available for Workstation? If yes, how can I enable it?

I would like to know exactly why the used/cache values are so confusing when running vmware virtual machines.

Thanks.

hello vmware community

(Background: computer engineer focusing into cybersecurity and threats)

I had a desktop computer at home where I run my VM for software testing and hacking, mostly, I must admit, on VirtualBox, but some also on VMWare

Since getting used to a light windows tablet, I start to play with them remotely, connecting to my computer with TeamViewer and/or AnyDesk. That wise I can also work from university/lab computer without carry the computer weight.

That works, except for VMware, that as soon as it gets open, it freeze the display/mouse/keyboard or so no, loosing the control of the guess machine (the real one)

For example, I have successfully install AnyDesk on a Debian virtualized with VMware, minimise it, and from the tablet connect to both host and virtualized, everything goes ok, but as soon as I open the window of vmware, connection to host freeze.

There, I can only solve by:
     - remotely sacrificing the virtual machine (turning off)
     - accessing personally to the host computer and minimising the Devian window,

I presume is someting with VMware, as VirtualBox works perfectly and I can play with them trough AnyDesk on the host,

and the issue is the same with TeamViewer and Anydesk.

Any guess what can be the issue ??

Found an issue that I've tracked back to Nov. 2018.

Where using Bomgar is my remote access service i run VMWARE Workstation PRO 15 on my primary system.

I do NOT use VMWARE for remote access. It is installed and a few times a month i start Workstation PRO and address the issue of the day.

Problem: since Nov. 2018 it seems that each time i connect to a remote system the Sophos firewall logs show the presence of the VMWARE subnets touching the remote system (wrkstn or server).

192.168.17.x and 192.168.52.x

These subnets are industry wise assigned to Apple Xsan which was part of the confusion of searching for the source of why the subnets are reflected in the firewall log (maybe also in the remote system registry).

I also changed the VMWARE subnets and checked to see that the new IP Addresses showed up and yes, that is the case the source is truely my VMWARE installation.

Question is, why are they now showing up on the remote systems?

Why did this start in Nov. 2018 = maybe upgrade to PRO 15??

This looks like a Software BUG.

Tried calling the company support team but could not find my way past the First Line of phone call interferrance therefore I'm here in the community at this time.

workstation 14.1.7 on win7

The "auto detect available DNS servers" is the master switch that visually disables manual DNS config. However if a preferred DNS server is still present, despite being disabled (greyed out), it overrides the "auto detect" config and dns queries are sent to it.

В VMWare Workstation Pro 12 миниатюры обновляются в реальном времени а в VMWare Workstation Pro 15 миниатюры обновляются  1 раз за 3 секунды !  Как это лечится?

PS: команды для preferences.iniне помогают !pref.thumbnailRefreshIntervalMs = "0"   pref.closeInactiveMKSWindows = "false"

In VMWare Workstation Pro 12 thumbnails are updated in real time and in VMWare Workstation Pro 15 thumbnails are updated 1 time in 3 seconds ! How is it treated? PS: commands for preferences.ini does not help !  pref.thumbnailRefreshIntervalMs = "0"   pref.closeInactiveMKSWindows = "false"

Author : John Domenichini

URL : http:////docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15.0/com.vmware.ws.using.doc/GUID-0EE752F8-C159-487A-9159-FE1F646EE4CA.html

Topic Name : Using VMware Workstation Pro

Publication Name : Using VMware Workstation Pro

Product/Version : VMware Workstation Pro/15.0

Question :

how to install vmware tools with  Centos guest OS

This happens with any image that I use. Even known working images. Right after I make the instance and boot it up it then freezes.

I have reinstalled VMware workstation 15.

Downloaded a new copy of the program and installed that one.

When it freezes it will not shut down, and I can not kill vmware-vmx.exe. Even with psexplorer or cmd.exe. I have to reboot the computer. It looks like these two issues are hand in hand.

Event viewer doesn't seem to come up with anything related.

Maybe when uninstalling a corrupted file remains?

I am trying to use workstation 15 pro to install an image provided via pxe boot.  The pxe server is hosted on a Freenas server.

I am able to pxeboot on bare metal with the same setup.  Also, I can pxe boot from within the vm system in freenas.

What am I missing?  I'm assuming it's an option in the dhcpd.conf file or in pathing, but i've been unable to find an answer.