Questions tagged [vmware]
VMware software provides a completely virtualized set of hardware to the guest operating system.
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MOK with VMware Workstation modules vmmon and vmnet with Secure Boot
I'm using VMware Workstation Pro 17. I'm trying to register modules with MOK for vmmon and vmnet. Apparently how you register them so they work with secure boot has changed since Unbuntu 22.04.
I am ...
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WMware Player with Intel Core i7-13700H?
I consider buying a laptop with Intel Core i7-13700H, but I can't find any compatibility data for VMware Player.
Does anyone know if it will work together?
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HDD write cache not supported - how to enable it?
My HDD is terribly slow when it comes to writing big files (4-5MB/s).
KDiskMark result
Copy from laptop to HDD via 1Gb net via FTP
I read that I should enable write cache, but hdparm says "not ...
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Getting the ipv4 address of my VM
I just installed metasploit2 on VMware and changed its network to a Bridge Adapter. Now I want to get my Metasploit2 IPv4 but when I run ifconfig it shows only IPv6 for eth0. I need IPv4. What should ...
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What are the Vagrant limitations for VMware disks with snapshots?
The docs are a bit cryptic about this:
If snapshots exist for a VM, disk functionality will be limited.
What limitations does Vagrant impose exactly on a VMware VM that has snapshots?
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Kali does not detect Eth1 - VMware Pro
Working on an assignment where I need to create a new network adaptor (Host only) in VMware an I need to enter the following
sudo ifconfig eth0 down
sudo ifconfig eth1 192.168.150.129 netmask 255.255....
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VM not booting with UEFI
When setting up a Windows 11 VM, using VMware Workstation Pro 17.5.2 on a Windows 11 host, one can go to VM tab, Settings, Options tab, Advanced, and choose Firmware type: BIOS or UEFI with Secure ...
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Disable Unity in VMware Workstation Pro 17?
When doing malware analysis in a VM should I disable Unity? It’s a feature under: VM tab, Settings, Options tab. On the list there Unity is between VNC Connections and Appliance View. Unity has these ...
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Migrate a Windows 11 VMware guest to KVM/Qemu?
I have a Windows 11 guest that runs in VMware Workstation on a NixOS host.
It has TPM 2.0 and UEFI boot and encryption and all the standard hardware requirements of Windows 11.
I would prefer to run ...
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How to download VMware when “Not Entitled”? [closed]
VMware says that VMware Workstation Pro is free for personal use, but when clicking on the download button that has been migrated to Broadcom, I get a red stop sign saying: No Entitlement. So can’t ...
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Ubuntu 24.04 virtual machine on VMWARE ESXI very slow
I installed a virtual machine on an IBM server with a fair share of computing power using VMWARE ESXI. The virtual machine has Ubuntu 24.04 as guest OS and has allocated 100 GB of RAM and 12 vCPUs.
I ...
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Disable side channel mitigations for all virtual machines
After enabling WSL-2 under Windows 10 VMWare Workstation (Version 17.0.2 build-21581411) runs all virtual machines with side channel mitigations enabled.
Even after disabling the features Hyper-V and ...
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VMware shared folder: files created by guest are not visible on host
Windows 10 running vmware player with Ubuntu 24 guest.
I have a shared folder setup to always be enabled.
The command I used to mount (currently) it is:
sudo vmhgfs-fuse -o uid=$(id -u),gid=$(id -g),...
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VMWare Network Issue
I am having a strange issue on VMWare Workstation Pro. I have two VMs, Kali and Ubuntu. I gave both a static IP (this was the assignment), set them to the same network adapter (custom - vmnet8), and ...
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ARP request is successful, but TCP SYN is not visible in output of Wireshark
I was redirected from Network Engineering, hopefully below is in scope of on-topics.
I have a TCP server, its properties are the following:
It runs within a virtual machine (VMware).
The host OS is ...
