Questions tagged [vmware]
VMware software provides a completely virtualized set of hardware to the guest operating system.
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How to Properly Import .ovf and .vmdk from VMware into VirtualBox
The .ovf and .vmdk don't seem to work with VirtualBox, giving me an error saying that the .vmdk has not been created yet, even when I point the program to the file in the .ovf import screen. It doesn'...
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Linux windowed GPU passthrough
I've read that GPU passthrough on linux (ubuntu/mint) is possible with the correct types of hardware. I'm looking for a specific use case of passthrough and I'm wondering whether technology has ...
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VMware Player disables the numpad on the host
I have a Linux Mint host and a Windows 7 Pro guest OS in Vmware Player 12 with VMware additions are installed.
Each time the mouse and the keyboard are "grabbed" by the virtual machine, at the moment ...
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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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Virtual Hard Drive not booting - VMWare
I have a .vmdk (VMWare hard disk) file that I cannot use as the lone disk in a new virtual machine. If I attach it to an existing virtual machine then it works fine. It has Windows Server 2003 on it....
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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).
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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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Adobe PDF Preview Handler Error in Windows Explorer
I virtualized the installation of Adobe Acrobat Pro XI v11.0.11 together with Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 v14.0.7015.1000 x86, carried out on Windows 7 Enterprise v6.1.7601 x64, making use ...
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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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VMware Workstation linux installation stuck at "clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc"
During installation XCP-ng 8.2.1, installation stuck at "clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc".
I had the same problem with Virtual Box but this command "vboxmanage setextradata &...
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Screen Flickering in VMWare Workstation
I have a problem within using WMWare Workstation.
Sometimes, the VMWare screen is flickering occasionally. It happens in time gaps of extimated 30-45min. It flickers about 10 times in 5 seconds. I ...
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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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vmware horizon client : how to copy paste from vm to host client?
I see clipboard for copy/pasting from host client machine to VM works but not vice versa. Is there a way to move things such as text or entire files from the VM to the host client? Can a drive from ...
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VMware - "This host does not support Intel VT-x"
I am trying to install Fedora onto the most recently available VMware (VMware Player for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit specifically).
I am getting an error message stating that "This host does not ...
