Basic VM memory usage question
I've read a bunch of guides on VMware memory usage but still have a basic question. I have a 8GB Linux host with a windows VM which has 4GB memory allocated. If I run up the VM, and run top on the...
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The amount of host memory allocated to a VM depends on what the guest OS requests from the host. When Windows starts, it initializes it's memory, therefore requesting all memory pages (i.e. the...
View ArticleUnable to Uninstall Vwmare Player from my computer
Hello Community, I am unable to de-install any previous version of Vmware player. I have been attempting to force or remove vmware product. This is due to a end user corrupt de installation. Can you...
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Thanks André, that's really helpful. So would I be right in thinking that when the ballooning driver is taking effect, I won't see the memory usage change in top? Is there a way to see when it's in...
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I don't think you will see any changes on the host as the reclaimed memory from the ballooning driver will be used by VMware for other powered on VMs. To find out about the ballooned memory you can...
View ArticleRe: Unable to Uninstall Vwmare Player from my computer
Have a look at: Cleaning up after an incomplete deinstallation on a Windows host
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OK as this is just VMware Player, there aren't any other VM's running. Thanks for the info.Nick
View ArticleRe: XP Pro install unable to format partition
I'm getting the exact same hang at the 20% formatting mark. I'm new to VMware so your ultimate work around is something I'm not familiar with, but will keep digging. I was able to install a Win7 vm,...
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Re: XP Pro install unable to format partition
LDJones wrote: I'm getting the exact same hang at the 20% formatting mark. I'm new to VMware so your ultimate work around is something I'm not familiar with, but will keep digging. I was able to...
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Re: Basic VM memory usage question
mrnick1234567 wrote: OK as this is just VMware Player, there aren't any other VM's running. You say that as if VMware Player can't run multiple VM's simultaneously, which by the way it can by starting...
View ArticleNAT and network Configuration in VM Player 6
Hi,In version 5 i used to run rundll32.exe vmnetui.dll VMNetUI_ShowStandalone In version 6 i have no clue !!! anyone ??
View ArticleRe: VM Player & Windows 8
I am having the same garbled audio on a Win 8.1 PC hosting XP Pro. I even updated VM Player to latest 6.0 version.Problem persists, so, the engineers didn't get it fixed.Not a big deal for my user. I...
View ArticleRe: NAT and network Configuration in VM Player 6
VMware has removed the vmnetui.dll from VMware Player 6 and in VMware Workstation 10 has now implemented vmnetcfglib.dll in conjunction with vmnetcfg.exe where in the past vmnetcfg.exe was the only...
View ArticleRe: Switch between guest VMs in full screen mode in Vmware Player v5 and v6
There are keyboard shortcuts for switching among VMs: Ctrl+Alt+Left or Right arrow keys.
View ArticleRe: XP Pro install unable to format partition
Thanks...here is the log file. I'm stumped.
View ArticleRe: XP Pro install unable to format partition
LDJones wrote: Thanks...here is the log file. I'm stumped. Based on info in the vmware.log file, the attached file "Windows_XP_Professional.vmdk.zip" contains an SCSI 50 GB twoGbMaxExtentSparse...
View ArticleVMware Player v6 Tools shared folders not working in Ubuntu 12.10 guest
Host: AMD Quad Core, 8GB RAM, 13 TB HD space, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bitGuest: Ubuntu 12.10, kernel 3.2.0-40 Updated VMware Player v5 to v6.Updated Ubuntu kernel to 3.2.0-40.Reinstalled Tools via...
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Thanks! I will give that a shot. Not sure where the SCSI comes from...just doing this on a notebook with SATA drive on it.
View ArticleRe: XP Pro install unable to format partition
Okay...now I have a VM without a boot mgr and can't figure out how to trigger the XP install process. Digging around through the knowledgebase now...
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Re: XP Pro install unable to format partition
LDJones wrote: Not sure where the SCSI comes from...just doing this on a notebook with SATA drive on it. The type of controller and disk on the Host is irrelevant! Using VMware Player 6 when I...
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