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Shared Folder on Ubuntu has all ?? question marks for permissions and user
I am running Mac OSX leopard, I have an Ubuntu virtual machine. On the Ubuntu virtual machine I have my development environment setup. However I used a shared folder on My Mac to hold all of the ...
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sniffing vmnet8 on VMware fusion and OSX 10.6
I'm currently using VMWare Fusion on Mac OSX and I have a VM running. In order to sniff out the network traffic I ran the following as root :-
$ /Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ ...
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VMWare Fusion 4.0 + Postgres
The setup:
Mac OS X Lion, PostgreSQL 9.0.4 Host
Windows 7 VM
I used to be able to connect from the VM to Postgres via pgAdmin and / or the software I'm developing on Windows just fine. That was ...
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Trouble running a virtual machine in the background on osx server
On a computer running OSX (snow leopard server) with VMWare Fusion installed I'm trying to start a VM via SSH without being directly logged in to the GUI.
Based on looking around I figured the ...
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Cannot connect into WindowsXP on VMWare Fusion by IP
I have a SQL Server instance running on VMWare Fusion (WinXP) on my Mac. My development environment is on the Mac itself and my test server is failing to connect over the divide. VMWare is configured ...
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VMWare Fusion network dropping for OSX clients
We have a continuous integration server which runs a series of tests over several different client OSs (different version of Windows and OSX). It is running on an Apple XServ which is running OSX ...
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VMware: How to keep time in guest after suspend
I have Gentoo installed as guest OS. I have hardware clock synced with host system, but the clock of OS tend to be wrong after suspend.
The only solution I find out is run hwclock -s frequently via ...
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I swear I'm not a VM!
Some programs do not offer support for VM environments. Is there a way to trick them when using VMWare Fusion?? Say a program does a check and discovers that I'm on a VM environment, how could I ...
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oracle access on vmware fusion
I'm running snow leopard and I'm doing some development that requires some network knowledge.
I've installed vmware fusion 3.0 and I've set up a virtual machine with windows 2003 server.
I need to ...
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VMWare networking mode (NAT or Bridged)?
I am running Windows 7 within a virtual Machine from my Mac. I use Windows 7 for Visual Studio primarily and also to host a dev install of IIS. There are two things I need and I am not sure what ...
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Sharing Mac OS X internet and pushing all traffic through a VMWare VM
Hey all,
I have a Mac Mini connected to the internet via ethernet. I'm sharing that connection via the Mini's Airport (creating it's own wireless network). Computers can connect to the Mini via WIFI ...
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how can I access a webserver running on my NATed VMware Fusion guest from the rest of the subnet?
I am not allowed to run my VMWare guest in bridged mode, and I want to somehow tunnel from an agreed port on the Mac's external network interface to the webserver running on the VMWare fusion guest.
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VMWare fusion NAT + host tunnel; access from vm
I'm having trouble accessing a port on my OSX host from a vm.
I'm using NAT in VMware fusion. In my (OSX host) hosts file, I have the ip address for vmnet8 mapped to 'mac'.
From my vm, I can 'ssh ...
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What is the recommended Mac desktop VM software for Linux guests?
I use a MacBook Pro as my primary machine, but my work targets Linux servers. I'm currently on a project with multiple dependencies, and which is configured for Ubuntu.
Configuring all these ...
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VMware Virtual Machine (Ubuntu) Move Image to Machine
I have a Ubuntu Server 8.04 VM set up with VMware. Is there any way to take this image and make it not a virtual machine. i.e. put it on a real machine.
If there is absolutely no way to do it, what ...
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Install Oracle XE on a Centos Virtual Machine
I get the following error trying to install Oracle XE on a CentOS 5 virtual machine:
You have insufficient diskspace in the destination directory (/usr/lib/oracle)
to install Oracle Database 10g ...
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Automating cloning and postprocessing of virtualmachines
I have a "template" virtual machine that I maintain (OSX Server, running in VMWare Fusion). It runs on 5 different machines at the same time. When I want to make a change, I change the base VM, and I ...
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VMWare Fusion cannot connect to the NAT connection on my Mac
I have been using VMWare Fusion on my Mac to check out my websites on localhost.
Now I can't connect anymore with the NAT connection.
There seems to be a problem with my IP address or Mac address?
I ...
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How can I check if VMware tools is running on my guest Ubuntu Server?
I have an Ubuntu 9.10 Server running as guest from VMware Fusion. How can I check if it's running VMware tools from the command line?
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Is it possible to a VM inside a VM (e.g., KVM on Vmware)? [closed]
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Is it possible to setup a virtual machine inside another virtual machine
I'd like to do some development on Eucalyptus, an open source project which provides an Amazon ...
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How do I convert a VM from VMWare fusion to ESX?
I have a buildVM running in Fusion that is in need of some more power so I want to move it to an ESX host.
What do I need to do to the VM before I move it?
where on the ESX host should I put it ...
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How do I sync the time for my linux guest VM through VMware Fusion?
I have Ubuntu server 9.10 running through VMware Fusion 2.0.6 on my Mac OSX 10.5 host. My linux guest VM's time keep being out of sync. I believe I have VMware tools installed because after running ...
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VPN running in vmware vm, is there any way to get the host to share that tunnel?
I'm running WinXP in VMWare Fusion hosted by MAC OS X 10.5. There's no mac client for the vpn I need to use so I'm going through windows. The vpn runs fine in the vm. Is there a way I can get my ...
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How do I install VMware tools on Ubuntu 9.10 Server 64 bits with no GUI?
Host OS: Mac OS X 10.5 with VMware Fusion 2.0.6
I have successfully installed and running Ubuntu 9.10 server edition on a VMware guest. When I select my VM and click Install VMware Tools, nothing ...
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Virtual Machine Library not updating
I have a problem with my library window.
I use to have a XP VM, which I deleted and now have a Vista VM.
Every time I start Fusion, the XP VM shortcut will still be in the library (File not found), ...
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Recovery files from a damage VM?
After search and search again, my VM still can't recovery. Does somebody know how to retrieve the files from the VM?
My VM is XP, it can't boot up anymore after my forced quit. In the Mac OS 10.6.2, I ...
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File Not Found error launching Guest OS in a non-administrator user account
I am running Fusion 2.0.6 (196839) on an iMac running 10.6.2 with 3 user accounts (1 Administrator). I have Fusion set up to share the Guest OS, and it's been working splendidly for nearly a year. ...
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VM from VMware Fusion to VMware Player, some questions
I want to install the VMware player on a Linux based host (CentOS 5.4).
questiion 1: Do i need a graphical surface like KDE or is it possible to run the VM (Windows XP Professional) on the text based ...
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How do I build my own Linux distribution in VMWare Fusion
Hey guys.
Let me start for apologizing for my bad grammar. English is not my first language.
So here is what I want to do.
I need to build my own Linux distribution for a class in college. It's a ...
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Physical Win98 hd to VM .vmdk
I am pretty new to VMware fusion.
Case is: I have an old Win 98 machine, on which I have a program i need to run, to which I do not have the installation CDs. For that reason I need to make a .vmdk ...
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Cannot establish a network connect to VMWare Fusion VM
I am running Snow Leopard 10.6.2 (not the server edition) with VMWare Fusion 3.0.0 and I trying to get my Ubuntu 9.10 x86_64 VM working. I am using a bridged connection, and I have an internet ...
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VMware Fusion: transfer programs/config from one Windows to another
Both virtual machines on VMWare Fusion - with the first one, it is impossible to connect to the internet, so I installed another XP.
What I want to do is to import all the programs in the new one.
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VM restoring issue
My VM has apparently crashed, probably due to a virus attack. Here's the message I'm getting
The saved memory file "/Users/fjacks/Desktop/Windows Vista.vmwarevm/Windows Vista.vmem" is corrupt and ...
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How do I access site.project.rails (running on host) from VMWare fusion?
I have a rails app setup and running on my snow leopard MacBook - the app is being served by Passenger. As part of the setup they had me add entries for 127.0.0.1 site.project.rails in my hosts file ...
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Problem running a VMware VM created under Fusion on Mac under VMware Server on Linux
Hopefully the question says it all; materials I've found on the web suggest I should be able to copy my VM from OSX to Linux. I copied all the VM files from OSX to Linux, but when I try to open my VM ...
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How to delete the Boot Camp partition from the VM Library
I migrated the bootcamp partition as my first VM then later created a completely new VM within Fusion. I would now like to delete the bootcamp VM but cannot find how to do so.
Help please
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VMWare IP Question
I have Mac that has an IP, not of the kind 192.168...
I have a Windows guest OS in my VMWare Fusion, and its IP is of the kind 192.168...
I have report server running on my Windows virtual machine.
I ...
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Active Directory Group Policy: Script Errors
Anyone having issues with AD group policy script errors when enabling VMware Fusion's "Sharing" feature? I've run into this problem in version 2.0 and 3.0. I have a logon script applied on an AD OU. ...
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Fusion will not boot Win7 after ubuntu install
I can boot Win 7 and Ubuntu 9.10 boot fine natively.
When I try to boot win7 in Fusion I get this:
GRUB loading. error: unknown filesystem, grup rescue>
After installing ubuntu 9.10 I followed this ...
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Sniffing the Vmware vmnet1 network with Wireshark
I have a virtual machine deployed in vmware fusion which is communicating with the host over the interface vmnet1. Unfortunately, wireshark does not offer me to to listen on that interface.
Is there ...
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VMWare fusion cant get IP
Whenever I start my VM (Server 2003) it fails to pick up an IP address. It doesnt matter whether bridged or host and affects more than one image. If I set a static iP in the image on the same subnet ...
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Snow Leopard Server doesn't seem to install in a virtual machine on VMWare Fusion 3.0
I have purchased a new Mac Mini with Snow Leopard Server pre installed.
I plan to use many of its services: Web serving, calendar sharing, mail, file sharing, VPN, etc, for up to 10 users. Problem ...
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opensolaris VM physical disk conversion to vmdk
I have the following rather unusual demand for which I couldn't find any suggestion everywhere else, so I'm trying here...
I have a VmWare virtual machine with opensolaris 06/09. I used a physical ...
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Resizing partition in VMware Fusion didn't work
I migrated a Parallels VM to VMware Fusion. That worked well, although the original partition size was way too small (8GB). Following some instructions from VMware, I used the Fusion GUI to extend ...
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How do I get Citrix apps to open with Citrix client instead of VMware Fusion on Mac OS X 10.6?
I am trying to open an application from my work's citrix presentation server on my macbook. I just downloaded the latest citrix client for mac from their website but when I go to launch an app it ...
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How do I resize the partition of my guest Ubuntu OS in a VMware Fusion VM?
I'm running Ubuntu 8.04 in a VM in VMware Fusion 3.0. I understand how to resize the hard disk (Fusion makes that easy with a GUI). But how do I resize the partition in Ubuntu?
mount -l tells me: ...
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Why can't I ssh into (or even ping) my Ubuntu VM from the Mac OS X host?
I'm running Ubuntu 8.04 as a virtual machine using VMware Fusion 3.0 on Mac OS X 10.5.8. I want to be able to ssh into my VM from the Mac OS X host (so I can use MacFUSE and SSHFS to mount the VM's ...
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Overcommitting memory on an Ubuntu Server 9.10 running on VMWare Fusion 3.0 (osx)
I can't set the overcommit_memory from inside the shell:
root@ubuntu:~# /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory = 1
-bash: /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory: Permission denied
Also I tried putting that line in ...
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Virtualised Development Servers / Test Lab
I left mainstream development about 2 years ago to start my own company. Now we are finally ready to move out of the garage and employ extra developers.
When I left virtualisation was just taking ...
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How do I install VMware Tools in an Ubuntu VM running in VMware Fusion?
I have Ubuntu (Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS) running in a VMware Fusion VM, and I believe I've installed VMware Tools. But how can I confirm that VMware Tools is running correctly?
When I try step 8 of ...
