Questions tagged [vmware-workstation]
VMware Workstation is a virtual machine software suite for x86 and x86-64 computers from VMware.
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Best practice for keeping VMWare Workstation templates up-to-date with Windows Update [closed]
I have occasional projects (once every 2-3 months) which I start by creating a VMware VM from a template. I am running VMware Workstation 9.0, nothing fancy like vSphere so VMware Update Manager not ...
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Allow NTP to update by large amounts automatically?
Here is my scenario: I run multiple VMs on my workstation to simulate the production environment. At the end of the day I sleep my workstation (with my VMs running in the background) at 6PM. When I ...
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Is it possible to run nested VMs with in VMWare Workstation without Intel VT-x?
I need to fiddle with ESXi inside a VMware workstation 9 Virtual machine but my old Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 does not have Intel VT-x hardware assist technology!
Is there any mean to run a bare-metal ...
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VMWare access between different VMs [closed]
I have installed VMWare workstation 9.0.2 build-1031769 on my Windows 7 Laptop.
Then I have created 2 Windows 2003 VMs.
I have 2 Network connections under my network adapter settings.
They are VMNet1 ...
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How can I pass parameters to a sysprepped Windows 2012 image at first boot using an unattend.xml file?
I'm trying to create a Windows 2012 sysprepped image that I can boot from script, for creating automated test environments, and finding myself a little confused.
My understanding was that I could ...
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Is it possible to import VirtualBox 4.2.12 exported OVA file into VMWare ESX 4? [closed]
I have created an OVA file from VirtualBox 4.2.12, and someone tried to import this ova file into VMWare ESX 4. When he was doing so, VMWare ESX 4 promopted:
Line 25: Unsupported hardware family '...
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VMWare Workstation - how to automate or script changes to the virtual network configuration
VMWare Workstation (I'm using V8 on Linux) provides a GUI tool, Virtual Network Editor (vmware-netcfg) to edit the virtual network adapter settings for use by the VMs on the system. I'm dealing with ...
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Create image from VMWare Linux guest
I have a Debian Linux installed as a VMWare guest.
I want to create an .iso (or .img) from this installation, from which I can create a server installation.
How can I achieve this?
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corporate version of Windows 7 Ultimate no longer genuine after P2V migration [closed]
Windows 7 Ultimate edition on my corporate laptop no longer genuine after P2V migration...
I tried slui utility but it did not help. It asks me to either enter / buy a new key or contact Dell ...
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vmware to outside world
I have a vmware workstation VM [1] running on my desktop (physical host), on the host [2] I have an interface (eth0) which connects to a switch [3] (fa0/1).
I would like to be able to speak from 1 to ...
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Server 2012 DC in VMWare virtual network (NAT) unable to connect to the internet [closed]
I am trying to set up a virtual lab on my laptop in an attempt to get into some SharePoint development. As a developer, my knowledge of Windows Server and VMWare is limited so I'm following the blog ...
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When shall I use linked vs full VM clones?
I've seen documentation for the Full and Linked virtual machine clones, but I can't seem to fully understand when I should use one over another. I see that the full clone creates a copy of the VM, but ...
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Connect SSMS to SQL Engine on VMWARE machine [closed]
This my first question so forgive me if i did anything wrong and tell me about it please.
I have a VM on VMWare Workstation 9, it's windows 7 and i installed SQL Server Express on it.
And i am trying ...
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Unable to ping between host machines and guest vms running on Vmware
In order to learn a bit about system administration, I've installed a Centos vm using Vmware on my local machine running Windows 7. Everything seems to be working fine since I can access the internet ...
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VMWare Workstation and network isolation
When I install VNC or some other RAT to a container in my VMWare Workstation machine box, what ways can I prevent access to my local network and other machines on my network.
Is this where setting up ...
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Move a WMWare Workstation from an Intel 32-bits to a AMD 64-bits with two proccesors
I have moved a VMWare Workstation machine which was created in a 32-bit intel single processor system running VMware workstation 7 to a different system with a 64 bit AMD multiprocessor and running ...
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How to automate a VM creation?
My company works on a project were we ship an appliance (a CentOS VM) that runs several services.
Currently this appliance is regenerated every time "manually" but I'd like to improve the process and ...
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Mail loops back to my self
I know there is a bunch of questions like that. But no one has the same scenario as described here. Here is the scenario.
I have a static IP. I am setting my postfix mail server in a virtual machine. ...
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name not resolve in vmware client PC
I have configured DNS server and DHCP sever on centos 6.2 vmware virtual machine. I have a windows xp vmware client machine.
nslookup command is work in server terminal But it won't work in windows ...
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How big is the performance loss in running a Debian server via VM Workstation under Windows Server 2003 [closed]
I have been using VM Workstation for a while, hobby projects mostly. However, now I'd like to build a drupal-based image DB system, and this legacy Win2003 is the only server available. There are ...
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Bridged network connection not working on Ubuntu VM
I am in a corporate environment and there is 802.1x authentication set up which is using my windows credentials + domain to authenticate. Setting up that information for my connection in the VM only ...
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LAMP make website public [closed]
POST EXISTS IN UBUNTU FORUMS ALSO
Hello all,
As the title describes i am trying to make my website public from a LAMP setup.
I trying but i am failing... so if you could give that extra push it would ...
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Could not connect to bridged VM with Win2012 host
I have the following setup.
A physical PC with Windows Server 2012 (host OS) with VMware Workstation 9.02 with:
Windows Server 2012 (guest OS)
Ubuntu 12.04 (guest OS)
The guest OS's both run as ...
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VMware Console Keyboard Map Wrong
I'm building a virtual disk image of an install from a script process (DD image, chroot to install). I then convert this image to a VMware vmdk image and boot it. I'm installing CentOS 6.4 as the ...
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Connect to SQL Server installed on vmware from outside
I have windows server 2008 r2 sp1 on my vmware, SQL Server 2012 Express installed there.
I want to use Sql Server management studio to connect to the Sql Server from outside (host, and other machines ...
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Access Code 304: Accessing nginx in vmware from host
I have successfully installed gitlab which use nginx (Thanks to this thread: gitlab installation: using localhost). I can run the software in localhost (http:// localhost will get me to gitlab front ...
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Getting ipv6 only on ubuntu server with vmware bridge connection [closed]
I have ubuntu server 12.10 on vmware.
When I have NAT network configuration I get ipv4 address (checking ifconfig eth0).
With bridged connection I get only ipv6 connection, but I need an ipv4 ...
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VMware causes BSOD on virtual machine boot [closed]
I've got VMware 9.1 installed on Windows 8 Pro. I'm trying to run a virtual machine of Fedora 13 created on this computer. It is installed on an external hard drive, and I last opened the vm on a ...
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Migrating network from VMware to Virtualbox [closed]
I need to get the following scheme:
my computer should be in the 2 networks: in the a real one network (for internet, it can be wifi or lan or something other) and the second virtual network (where ...
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Transferring Windows user profiles from a VMware vSphere VM to a physical PC [closed]
Currently we have a VMware vSphere virtual machine and we are thinking of moving away from it and using a physical PC instead. Is there a quick and easy way to transfer the Windows user profiles from ...
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lxc vm access outside the host
On Debian 64bit, I configured a lxc like this :
host ip : 172.16.0.25
vm guest on this host : 172.16.0.44
I've done the bridge on my host
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet manual
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Migrating virtual (VMWare) workstations from AMD to Intel hardware
We're a small dev team that runs instances VMWare Ubuntu hosted on AMD x64 machines. Our hardware will be upgraded to Intel i7, but we want to continue to use the virtual images we've built. But ...
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VMware Workstation Guest won't reply to external pings [closed]
I have a Windows 7 x64 machine running VMware Workstation along with a Windows XP x86 guest.
The Windows XP machine can ping every machine on my network, as expected, but none of them are able to ...
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Trying to get an SVN running on a VM using a bridged connection and accessed from WAN using a DDNS
I am trying to get an SVN to run from a Windows 8 VM and accessed from a distant computer via WAN.
I am using a VMWare Workstation 9 for the VM and the host is Windos 8 and the guest is Windows 8 also,...
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Converting EC2 to local VM using VMware Converter, bluescreening
I initially wanted to copy locally an EC2 windows server instance and bring in to Hyper-V but have decided VMware workstation might be easier. None-the-less each method I try results in the exact same ...
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With the kernel compiled by myself, when install VMware modules, it prompts Kernel headers not found
With the kernel compiled by myself, when install VMware modules, it prompts Kernel headers not found.
My kernel source code is here:
/root/kernel/linux-3.7
Where is the kernel headers?
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Strange permission errors with Windows Server 2008
I just don't know a better way to describe my issue that is driving me nuts.
I am trying to establish a test domain with virtual machines on a box that has Win7 with VMwware workstation installed. The ...
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Kernel Panic on VMware Workstation 7.1.3 [closed]
I've been trying to install either Arch Linux or Fedora 17 on VMWare Workstation (7.1.3). After I point to the right ISO image, I get the following error:
Booting the kernel
PANIC: early exception 0d ...
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Server 2008R2 : DNS Server registering multiple IPs for DNS Server itself
Hi I have installed Active Directory with Local DNS Server
IPv4 only no IPv6
Local Area Connection
IP is 192.168.1.101
but it also has VMWare Workstation 9 Installed Locally
which created two VMWare ...
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Windows 8 x64 with VMWare Workstation or inside ESXi [closed]
I need to run several virtual machines on a core i7-920 box with 12GB or RAM and a 256GB SSD to host the VMs. It also has a Highpoint RocketRaid 2720SGL RAID controller with a 12TB RAID 5 array.
I ...
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Is disconnecting a network cable different from VMware "Connected" option?
I have an application that connects to a database and retrieves information from it. The way it is written is: for every request received, create a new connection to the DB server and retrieve data.
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can't connect 2 subnets through RRAS 2008 r2
I'm working on a project for a networking class. In VMWare Workstation, I have to set up a 2008 r2 server with DHCP reservations for 2 clients on separate subnets and have them ping each other.
Here ...
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backing up a virtual machine
I inquired with the support of justcloud.com telling them that I have a vmware vm that I was wondering if it could be backed up while in use. I can back up the vm once it is shut down but I was ...
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Single VMWare for Windows 2008, which version?
My current setup:
Dedicated server running Vmware Workstation. The vm is Windows 2008 R2.
It is running great. My problem is the backup. I wrote a script, even used other scripts from the Vmware ...
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Is it possible to run a "Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V Virtual Machine" on Windows 7x64 Pro machine?
Specifically, I want to run this:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=27417
This download contains a three Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V Virtual Machine ...
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Verifying that a Server 2008 VMWare Workstation VM is running every 15 minutes [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Inexpensive Network Monitoring tools for Windows
I am running a Windows 2008 server and it has a VMWare Workstation VM on it for another Windows 2008 server.
I need to make ...
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Running two Win XP VMs in VMWare workstation using the same .vmx file
I need to run two XP VMs one as a server and one as a client. I have a Windows XP Professional SP3 x86 English package for the VMWare workstation. I want to run two different XP VMs for the ...
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Export snapshot from VMWare Workstation 8
How can I export a virtual machine from VMWare Workstation 8 to another physical computer which has VMWare Workstation 8? i.e. how can I move snapshots between different instances of VMWare ...
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Create (linux debian) backup for VMWare
I want to create a backup of my server after the initial installation. Then I want to load/install this backup in VMWare.
The reason I want to do this is so I can experiment and improve my setup ...
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vmware DNS in host-only configuration
I want to connect a Linux VM running in VMWare on a Windows 7 laptop to an enterprise network using host-only configuration.
I was able to setup bidirectional routing between "host-only" VMWare ...