Re: The simplies backup ever ? - with VMware Player
Yes, making a simple copy of the files that comprise a Virtual Machine is one way of backing it up. Just do it with the Guest OS shutdown, not suspended and VMware Player closed. You can also use the...
View ArticleCertificate error Vmware Tools
Hello i can not installing VMware tools? its says: A certificate error occurred for the update server. Check your Internet settings or contact your system administrator. Please help me with this OS:...
View ArticleRe: The simplies backup ever ? - with VMware Player
Hi, Thanks WoodyZ,could you please elaborate how to make a snapshot with VMware Player ? I understood that as following:1. I make a snapshot ...2. make same changes to VM 3 return to version "1." but...
View ArticleRe: The simplies backup ever ? - with VMware Player
If you have VMware Player only then it does not have the Snapshots feature and was mentioning it as a general point as I use VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion both of which fully support the...
View ArticleVmware Player 5 Win8 Guest SVGA slow, Graphics Performance 2.0
I have a Win8 guest running on a Win7 host. I copied a working Win7 guest and performed an upgrade to Win8. The upgrade went fine. However, I noticed that the graphics were sluggish/jerky as compared...
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try increasing memory on the windows 8 VM and see if it helps
View ArticleRe: new to vmware - how to dedicate Win7 host nic to Win7 guest?
The problem with memory speed turned out to be more complicated. While IMC and DDR3 voltage had to be increased slightly to stabilize the system, another setting (again on 'auto') caused many other...
View ArticleRe: Vmware Player 5 Win8 Guest SVGA slow, Graphics Performance 2.0
I upped it to 2Gb but no change. The host only has 4Gb on it... I also find it odd that Win7 and Win8 have a different Hz value for the Monitor. But I don't think that would impact what the guest...
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Re: new to vmware - how to dedicate Win7 host nic to Win7 guest?
Dedicating a NIC to a guest was fairly easy. Add the NIC to the system.Go into Windows network adapters and unbind TCP/IP (both 4 and 6) from the new NIC.Go into VMWare Player settings for the guest...
View ArticleRe: Certificate error Vmware Tools
I am having the exact same problem. “Error while updating software: A certificate error occurred for the update server. Check your Internet settings or contact your system administrator.” I noticed...
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https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds however when I go to that location directly in my web browser the directories are empty. I’m guessing this is where the problem is. On the contrary, If I add a...
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How would I go about changing the URL the update manager is using? and where did you get that URL from? I would have thought a complete uninstall/reinstall using the newest isntall package from the...
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As far as I know the User cannot change the path of the software update server and I posted the URL I did simply so one can manually get access to the VMware Tools and manually install them on the Host.
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Oh I see, I do appreciate the link but I am already aware that I can install the tools update manually. The main issue I am having is that VMware Player is not able to check for program or VMware tool...
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I'd say that at the moment VMware is experiencing some difficulties with there Server, nothing you can do about it, and uninstalling/reinstalling isn't going to fix it since I believe it's Server Sided...
View ArticleRe: The file specified is not a virtual disk: cannot open vmdk
Okay, that worked. I removed any reference to the raw drives in my vmx file, and I was able to resume the VM again and cleanly shut it down. As it turns out, the real problem was that my 2TB drive is...
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Re: The file specified is not a virtual disk: cannot open vmdk
Without the drive size problem, maybe the suspend/resume would've worked just fine, but I think I'll avoid doing that in the future just to be safe anyhow. If a Virtual Machine is using a Raw Disk then...
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Lesson learned, believe me. Things appear to be back up and running, and hopefully happy. Haven't yet verified if I lost data, but at least I have backups if I did. Thanks again.
View ArticleRe: SOLVED: Certificate Error Occurred For The Update Server (Can't...
thanks Chriss. It worked for me! I am very new to Linux!
View ArticleVM more trouble than it's worth-my nightmare experience
I guess the reason I am posting is I'm so pissed off I had to vent somewhere. After dual booting Win 7 and XP for several years I decided to jump into the VM world. I diligently did my homework,...
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