VMware Workstation supports bridging to existing host network adapters, CD-ROM devices, hard disk drives, and USB devices (including USB Isochronous devices such as webcams, microphones etc.), and provides the ability to simulate some hardware. For example, it can mount an ISO file as a CD-ROM, and ...
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How can I copy one vmdk to another one? [closed]
I want to expand current vmdk disk but it shows error what about there is no free space even there is.
I couldn't find a way to expand vmdk disk and decided to copy every byte of virtual machine to ...
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How to access Virtual Machine in LAN with proxy
I have setup a website in a virtual machine running in VMWare Workstation (Trial).
I need to access that website in our LAN network. But there is a proxy on our the LAN.
When I try to access the ...
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Fence device for RHEL cluster node on vmware workstation
I have a host with Windows 7. I installed VMware Workstation where I have installed two virtual machines. Each virtual machine is a rhel 6.2 node running clustersuite.
Do you know which fence device ...
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Where is the ifcfg file of a (Host-only) virtual network adapter on CentOS?
I'm using a CentOS virtual machine, i have already assigned two network adapters using the VMware Workstation but the Virtual Network Editor lets you change only the Subnet IP, the Subnet Mask and the ...
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Increasing performance of a vmware windows server 2003 vm for developers
I have the following machine setup as a 32bit virtual machine:
Base Machine:
HP Storage work san solution
HP ProLiant SL230s Gen8 Server 256 gb ram, 8 xeon processors.
Virtual System:
System:
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Create Development Environment out of a Live Production Linux System?
I have an Ubuntu 10.04 LTS server running production and I'd like to create a development and staging server. One option is to install everything the way it's installed on production, but this will ...
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cannot ping VMware Ubuntu machine from other machines in network (other than host machine)
I am running an Ubuntu VMware image under VMware Workstation. The host OS is Windows 7.
I can access the Internet from the guest. I have my Windows firewall disabled; also, Windows Defender is ...
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Convert VMware image to Virtualbox image (Guest OS Windows Server 2008)
I am trying to convert several VMware images towards Virtualbox images. I have succesfully been able to convert my Windows Server 2003 image, but I haven't been able to convert any Windows Server 2008 ...
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Add driver to existing installation of win2k3 in vmware
I would like to add some drivers to existing installation of Win2k3 in vmware workstation 8.
The installation was setup with IDE drives and now drive is connected as SATA.
How may I add SATA and ...
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Sharing Mapped network drives from host with VM on VMWare Workstation
Can I access my network drives on my host machine on the VM?
This is possible on Virtual PC but I can't find the setting on VMware.
I am running Windows 7, VMWare workstation 7.1.3 build-324285
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VMware Port forwarding and NAT. How to have the host's IP as possible hostname in the VM?
I'm trying to expose on my local network a very simple Ruby server running on Linux.
server = TCPServer.new(hostname, port)
My Linux VM runs on a NAT virtual network 192.168.73.X.
The port I use is ...
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Why don't I have write permission to my vmware virtual network device?
I want to allow my VMWare machine to force the virtual network it's on into promiscuous mode so I can play around with honeyd. I received an error message that told me to go to ...
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performance of vmware-machine on different computers
I'm working on a filesystem improving project, and found a paper says the cheating on benchmark, and it gives a solution that use VMs could help others to reproduce our result.
And the question is, ...
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Modifying Virtual Images Offline
I'm new to this vmware stuff. I was wondering if anyone knows how to modify virtual images offline or know of any tools. I used VM Converter to convert my current desktop to an image. This is for a ...
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VMWare performance for a build server - awful or wrong tests?
We are looking into virtualizing our C++ Build server(s).
The main reason being that our current toolchain that we use in addition to the build itself in Visual Studio only runs properly on Windows ...
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VMWare Workstation Failure After Suspend
I' using VMWare Workstation 7.1.1 build-282343 on a Windows 7 Ultimate x64 laptop (8gb). I run my VM machines from an external eSata drive. My VMs are all Windows Server 2008 x64. When I finish work I ...
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Cloning a VPS into a local VM?
I've got a fun challenge for you all. A company I'm working with is setting up its development/release workflow and environments. The eventual production environment is a VPS hosted with a popular ...
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Convert EC2 instance to VMware workstation
How can I export one windows instance (with active directory, SQL, SharePoint) from amazon (EC2) to my local environment, and be able run it on a local VMware workstation?
I have used the VMware ...
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Is it possible to copy/clone a Vmware Workstation virtual machine along with virtual machine snapshots?
is it possible to copy/clone a Vmware Workstation virtual machine along with virtual machine snapshots?
I've tested:
cloning the virtual machine - I can only pick one snapshot and new VM will be ...
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can't open file with vmware workstation
I have a problem. I had file copy with veeam of my virtual machine on ESXi server, to my local hard disk.
I'd like to open it with vmware workstation 8, but I get message:
The disk ...
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Blank screen when setting console resolution on Ubuntu 10.04 Server
I've tried 3 different systems including VMWare with very same Ubuntu 10.04 (Server Edition) basic installation.
Phisical computer
VirtualBox
VMWare
On first two, I am able to easily change ...
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VMWare Workstation 8 with CentOS, PHP, Apache, MySQL
I followed some guides to help me install CentOS, PHP, MySQL, and Apache2 (httpd) on my VMWARE workstation 8 virtual instance. Seemed to go by without any issues. However, I can't for the life of my ...
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Volume to capture dropdown blank /Windows OS VM/
I have setup a 2008 R2 WDS server and I am trying to boot with capture image. /Both server and clients are VM on the Vmware workstation./
But when I PXE boot the VM and enter the windows deployment ...
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Export EC2 Instance to run on local vmware
How can I export a windows instance from amazon (EC2) to my local environment, and run it on a local vmware server or workstation?
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Connecting to SQL server instance on VM via host-only network
I've setup a virtual development machine with Windows Web Server 2008 R2 and installed SQL Server 2008 R2 Express on it as well. I didn't install any SQL tools on it, because I have them on the host ...
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Adding a second hard drive but how do I move virtuals on 2nd hard drive
I am using VMWare Workstation 8.x. and I have 2 virtuals running under this. Now, these are on my current c: which is 54rpm very slow hard drive. and therefore VMs are really really slow as I/O is bad ...
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Access site in vmware from host MAC machine browser issue
I have windows 7 installed in my MAC VmWare.
In windows I have dotNetNuke instalation hosted on iis.
I try to access this iis from MAC browser by typing ip address of my virtual machine:
192.168.x.y
...
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VMware workstation shutdown script bug. How to fix?
VMWare has a script that runs on shutdown:
if [ -x "$BINDIR"/vmrun ] ; then
for i in `pidof vmware-vmx` ; do
"$BINDIR"/vmrun suspend `ps -p $i -f | \
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Make vmware virtual machine from HDD with bad sectros
I have a notebook with a bad HDD (it has bad sectors). I would like make a virtual disk with VMware workstation from this computer.
I installed VMware Workstation & VMware vCenter Converter ...
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Vmware missing last snapshot data file what now?
Hi we had some problems with our server filling up because of snapshots then failing to turn on,
I have managed to copy everything across and repair the snapshot descriptor files (hopefully).
The ...
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How do I tunnel an HTTPS proxy through a virtual machine (VMWare)
I have a personal setup at home using VMWare Workstation. I also have a set of Virtual Private Machines that run Squid, and therefore provide me HTTPS proxy tunnels. Using Proxifier, I can tunnel all ...
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Bad Trust Certificate in VMWare Workstaion
I have a user who uses VMware on a Mac to run a Win7 environment that is a member of a domain.
The computer was his own and he installed Windows and doesn't remember the local Admin password and his ...
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VPN (PPTP) in Virtual Machine (WinXP in VM Workstation 8 )
i am trying to establish a VPN Connection in my GuestOS. But i get a timeout every Time.
The Host : Win 7
The Guest: WinXp
Software: VM-Workstation 8
The GuestOS is bridged to the Host network ...
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Can't set name property on a VMware Workstation VM
I have already asked a similar question on StackOverflow, but so far nobody has bitten. Maybe a VMware expert can help me out.
I am currently writing an application to manage our VMs which have three ...
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How to create a VPN between a Host and VMWare VMs?
I have a set of machines as follows
My home laptop running Win7 Ultimate with internet connection.
A vmware workstation vm running Windows Server 2003 Standard edition server in my laptop w/o ...
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How can I enable promisucous mode on vmware workstation for windows host?
I googled and only found instructions for Linux for 5.5. http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/ws_net_advanced_linux_vadapter_promiscuous.html
I am using Vmware Workstation 8.0.
I thought it would ...
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Ubuntu Server gateway networking issues on VMware Workstation
I have two Ubuntu 10 Server VMs on VMware Workstation, using bridged networking. I want to route internet traffic to ServerB through ServerA. At the moment, ServerA can access the internet, but not ...
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Random loss of SSH connection between virtual and physical computer
I work on a problem that has been bugging me for some days now, and I don't know where to go next. I got a Windows 7 computer with VMware workstation on, and in VMware I have an Ubuntu 10.04 server ...
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Is it possible to mirror port to capture packets between VM host and VM?
I have 2 physical machines, A and B. A runs VMWare Workstation with a virtual machine C. C is using Bridged network interface.
A and B are both connected via ethernet to a switch. B has two NIC's. ...
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I/O Activiy in a virtual disk after close the Virtual Machine
I am seeing this behavior and I find it interesting.
After I close a Virtual Machine on VMWare-Workstation, even closing the VMWware-Workstation console I see lots of hard disk activiy on of the ...
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Is it possible to setup a DHCP Server for localhost only?
I have a quick question. I have a bunch of VM's (VMWare Workstation) running on a Ubuntu server and have found that VMWare NAT (DHCP) service is unreliable and slow. I have to do use NAT instead of ...
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VMWare Workstation 7.1 on Ubuntu 10.04 Host NAT Connections Dropping
I hope someone can help me with this issue. We currently have VMware Workstation setup on an Ubuntu 10.04 host with NAT networking configured for the guests (b/c we don't have a router at the servers ...
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Testing VMware ESXi 5 on VMware Workstation 8
I keep getting an error message when trying to setup ESXi 5 on VMware workstation.
The ESXi installer boots up and there is a progress bar at the top. When this bar 'fills up' the installer wants to ...
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Performance Impact of Virtualization
I know that modern virtualization has minimal CPU impact. What about I/O? What about GUI work?
I'm asking specifically for VMware Workstation (Windows Host) and VMWare ESXi; Linux guest.
Edit: I'd ...
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Fast virtualizing Linux on top of Windows [closed]
I'm running a Windows workstation, and doing a lot of Rails (Ruby) development. Rails runs about 3x faster in Linux, so I intend to run a Linux VM on my workstation, to test the app. It's important ...
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VMware Host-Guest intermittent communication on bridged mode
I'm running 2 VMs (Unbuntu & Ubuntu Server), both of them are on bridged mode.
The host is a Win7 running VMware Workstation 7.
My purpose is to set up a PostgreSQL server on the Ubuntu Server VM, ...
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How to fetch new IP address under Ubuntu Server on VMware Workstation?
I have VMware Workstation 7 and Ubuntu Server 10.10 installed on it. When I copied my virtual hard drive to another PC it took same IP address.
Is it possible to somehow receive another IP address ...
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Difference between 'Custom' and 'LAN Segments' networking options in VMWare 8?
For communicating between VMs, what is the difference between the 'Custom' and 'LAN Segments' networking options in VMWare 8?
The documentation is not clear.
Does one of them have any advantage ...
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Copy VM from VMware workstation 8 to ESXi 4.1.0 Server and reduce maximum disk size
I want to copy a VMware Workstation 8 VM to a ESXi 4.1.0 Server and reduce the maximum disk size. My source VM has a size of 1.5 GB, the disk space is NOT preallocated and the maximum size is 100GB.
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How to copy files from one Host to another esxi 4.1
I have 2 VM ware host machine ( .110 and .115 ) which are running many virtual machine.
Both the servers are having datastore.
I have an ISO file on the Datastore 1 and i want to copy that to the ...
