Hello.

This is a warning to all users.

Few days ago my VM crashed (I have posted a message here Re: VM crashed! Desperately trying to recover files!).

I lost ALL of my VM contents after some kind of writing error. There was no accidental disconnection, no power failure, no HD damage.

Since then I cannot run/access the VM anymore and AFAIK there's no recovery tool available.

This would not happen with a physical disk, unless I got an electronic/mechanical failure.

If there was a writing problem in a physical disk I would lose some files, not the ENTIRE disk.

Also, sometimes it's possible to install the problematic HD as a secondary disk and read the information using the primary disk or a bootable CD/DVD, etc.

This is not possible with VMs (AFAIK).

When you use a physical hard disk, the only threat to lose ALL your data is an electronic/mechanical failure.

But a VM is just a bunch of files, so you have that mentioned threat MORE the threat of writing errors by operating system.

Please, note that this is not a problem of VMPlayer. It's a problem related to all VM software available.

Virtual machines is a fragile and vulnerable technology. They are good only for small tasks, to test a new software, to test your own software if you are a developer, etc.

But NEVER use it as your main system. NEVER keep important data saved on it for a long time.

DON'T TRUST IT! Unsless you want to end up with a large file in your HD full of important data but totally useless.

This is my warning so that none of you lose ALL you data as happened to me.

Thanks.

My AV (Comodo) is scanning the VM paging file (.vmem) to death (making host unusable).  I would like to assign the file to the SSD and give it a permanent name.  I have read that I can assign the VM working files directory and this will help.  The problem is Comodo.  I can exclude a file or folder from scanning, but the changing .vmem filename is preventing the exclusion for working each time I power off/on the VM.  Thanks for any help offered.  Enjoy, John.

EDIT:  I just rebooted both my VM and host and then brought the VM up.  It continued to have the same file name (.vmem).  Will it continue to be this way?

I've attempted to use the tools from the player, use the open-vm-tools package. I even tried compiling open-vm-tools from source and I could fix some compilation errors but it got too complicated. After spending half a day on it, I gave up.

Running the vmware-config-tools.pl script gives errors.

Some of the output of running the script is below.

The VMware Host-Guest Filesystem allows for shared folders between the host OS

and the guest OS in a Fusion or Workstation virtual environment.  Do you wish

to enable this feature? [yes]

Before you can compile modules, you need to have the following installed...

make

gcc

kernel headers of the running kernel

Searching for GCC...

Detected GCC binary at "/usr/bin/gcc".

The path "/usr/bin/gcc" appears to be a valid path to the gcc binary.

Would you like to change it? [no]

Searching for a valid kernel header path...

Detected the kernel headers at "/lib/modules/3.19.0-15-generic/build/include".

The path "/lib/modules/3.19.0-15-generic/build/include" appears to be a valid

path to the 3.19.0-15-generic kernel headers.

Would you like to change it? [no]

make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only'

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.

/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.19.0-15-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \

  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules

make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.19.0-15-generic'

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/dir.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/rpcout.o

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/./shared/vmware.h:39:0,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/rpcout.c:43:

/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/./shared/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: "DEPRECATED" redefined

    #define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)

^

In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/./shared/kernelStubs.h:36,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/rpcout.c:33:

include/linux/printk.h:103:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition

#define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "

^

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/hgfsUtil.o

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/hgfs.h:40:0,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/hgfsUtil.h:55,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/hgfsUtil.c:33:

/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/./shared/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: "DEPRECATED" redefined

    #define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)

^

In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,

                 from include/linux/list.h:8,

                 from include/linux/preempt.h:10,

                 from include/linux/spinlock.h:50,

                 from include/linux/seqlock.h:35,

                 from include/linux/time.h:5,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/hgfsUtil.h:32,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/hgfsUtil.c:33:

include/linux/printk.h:103:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition

#define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "

^

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/hgfs.h:40:0,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/hgfsProto.h:37,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/dir.c:37:

/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/./shared/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: "DEPRECATED" redefined

    #define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)

^

In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,

                 from include/linux/list.h:8,

                 from include/linux/module.h:9,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/dir.c:29:

include/linux/printk.h:103:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition

#define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "

^

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/cpName.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/message.o

/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/dir.c: In function ‘HgfsPackDirOpenRequest’:

/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/dir.c:417:26: error: ‘struct file’ has no member named ‘f_dentry’

                      file->f_dentry) < 0) {

                          ^

/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/dir.c: In function ‘HgfsDirLlseek’:

/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/dir.c:707:32: error: ‘struct file’ has no member named ‘f_dentry’

    struct dentry *dentry = file->f_dentry;

                                ^

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/dir.c:39:0:

/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/dir.c: In function ‘HgfsReaddirNextEntry’:

/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/dir.c:993:31: error: ‘struct file’ has no member named ‘f_dentry’

    si = HGFS_SB_TO_COMMON(file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_sb);

                               ^

/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/module.h:78:62: note: in definition of macro ‘HGFS_SB_TO_COMMON’

#define HGFS_SB_TO_COMMON(sb)             ((HgfsSuperInfo *)(sb)->s_fs_info)

                                                              ^

/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/dir.c:1082:26: error: ‘struct file’ has no member named ‘f_dentry’

          *entryIno = file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_ino;

                          ^

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/dir.c:30:0:

/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/dir.c:1088:44: error: ‘struct file’ has no member named ‘f_dentry’

          *entryIno = compat_parent_ino(file->f_dentry);

                                            ^

/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/./shared/compat_fs.h:120:46: note: in definition of macro ‘compat_parent_ino’

#define compat_parent_ino(dentry) parent_ino(dentry)

                                              ^

/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/dir.c:1093:52: error: ‘struct file’ has no member named ‘f_dentry’

      *entryIno = HgfsGetFileInode(&entryAttrs, file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_sb);

                                                    ^

/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/dir.c: In function ‘HgfsDoReaddir’:

/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/dir.c:1172:13: error: ‘struct file’ has no member named ‘f_dentry’

       !(file->f_dentry) ||

             ^

/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/dir.c:1173:13: error: ‘struct file’ has no member named ‘f_dentry’

       !(file->f_dentry->d_inode)) {

             ^

scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target '/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/dir.o' failed

make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/dir.o] Error 1

make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/backdoor.h:30:0,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/message.c:54:

/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/./shared/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: "DEPRECATED" redefined

    #define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)

^

In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/./shared/kernelStubs.h:36,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only/message.c:45:

include/linux/printk.h:103:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition

#define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "

^

Makefile:1394: recipe for target '_module_/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only' failed

make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.19.0-15-generic'

Makefile:130: recipe for target 'vmhgfs.ko' failed

make: *** [vmhgfs.ko] Error 2

make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-qFEK5D/vmhgfs-only'

The filesystem driver (vmhgfs module) is used only for the shared folder

feature. The rest of the software provided by VMware Tools is designed to work

independently of this feature.

If you wish to have the shared folders feature, you can install the driver by

running vmware-config-tools.pl again after making sure that gcc, binutils, make

and the kernel sources for your running kernel are installed on your machine.

These packages are available on your distribution's installation CD.

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I downloaded VM Ware Player because I was led to believe that I could import or open an existing windows XP .vhd file, have it load like it did in Virtual PC in Windows 7 Pro 64 bit, and not require activation. However, after wasting a significant amount of time with this program, I am wondering if in fact that is so.

I want to load an existing .vhd file. I don't want to install XP anew which is what VM Ware tries to do when I import it. When I open it through the file menu, I do manage to get my old XP installation but it asks me to re-activate it. How do I get past this? Can it even be done?

I see these posts about entering--xpmode.enabled = TRUE--but I haven't a clue what it means. Do I just copy and paste that anywhere in the .vmc file after opening it in Notepad?

Please help. Virtual PC crapped out on me and I'm desperate for a solution that is accompanied by clear, detailed instructions. Many thanks.

Hello, I have no Internet on my VM's. I've tried all settings in "Network Connections." This is the Third time this happened and I can't remember what worked (I think it was just choosing another Network Setting.) Does anyone know why this happens? How do I fix it? Please respond. Thanks

I am running VMWare Player 7 and for some reason when I run it with 3D acceleration enabled, the windows are sluggish when opening or closing and after a short period of time (10 to 15 minutes) the VM session will freeze and there is alot of disk activity. Sometimes there will also be a blue screen crash of the VM with verbage in regards to being stuck in a infinite loop. This locks the whole computer up, and it shuts down automatically on its own and reboots. This behavior does not happen when I disable the 3D acceleration and run in 2D mode.

Computer is as follows

Dell Precision M4800

32GB of RAM

750GB Samsung EVO 840 SSD with 243GB remaining, VMs are only about half full on drive space.

AMD Firepro M5100 FireGL V graphics card with 2GB onboard VRAM

I have the drivers setup to when VMWare is running it is utilizing the AMD graphics and not the onboard Intel 2D graphics, driver set to performance.

Any ideas? Dell is drawing a blank and AMD is saying that I need to make sure the AMD drivers are using the 3D settings when running the VM, which they are and it causes the crashes and sluggish behavior. If I run in 2D mode with the Intel onboard graphics there are no problems.

Additional information, I have run this same setup on another Dell M4800 with an Nvidia Quadro K2100 and everything worked fine in 3D acceleration mode on the VM.

Any help would be appreciated.

Steven

I'm looking to get my first vmware certification. Something that will not take to long so I can get motivated to keep going on to other certifications.

My experience with vmware is building servers via vcenter, using templates to build servers, have built esix hosts, created esxi clusters, vmotion knowledge.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Anthony

Am running VMPlayer 6.0.5 build-2443746 with VMTools 9.6.4, build 2441333 on Windows 8.1 for Windows Preview 10. Player will not run in full screen just a window. Any help would be appreciated .

Hi,

I upgraded vmplayer from 6 to 7.

but after upgrade existing guest os unbuntu 12 LTS not starting

it displays blank screen and high cpu usage

please find attached log when instance is hanging.

note: before upgrade the instance was working

regards

Babu

I have a fresh install of windows 8.1 with all the latest updates installed. Whenever I try to power on a virtual machine, I get the error "Error while powering on: Internal Error". I've searched the forums and tried all the suggested fixes including ensuring that the auth service is running, renaming the vmware.exe file and running vmware.exe as an administrator. Looking through the logs, it seems like there are major permissions issues, but I have no idea how to resolve them. Can anyone help? I've attached the relevant log files.

Has anyone set up a home Lab for Network virtualization  if so what devices can be used to accomplish this

I have configured the network setting on the player to be "briged", but during the installation of the linux distro I did not setup any network interface , so how do I go about setting up connectivity from the linux guest to my windows 7 in the laptop?

dear vmware community,

starting position:

- vm (os ubuntu) running on esx 4.1

- i moved the vmdk and vmx file on a windows client, for testing a local update

- when i power on the vmx with vmware Player 7.1 i receive the error message:  Error while powering on: The file specified is not a virtual disk.

anyone an idea for me? thank you!

Hi

I got the message that there is a new free player ready for update.

After choosing "update" I got the following message:

"Error while updating. CDS internal client error (3033) contact support"

Wat has ro be done?

Thanks for support

Armin

Guys,

Wondered if any of you could help as I'm pulling my hair out.

So I have a vmdk file which is an image of a hard drive. The hard drive has 2 logical drives on the physical disk, and they were both contained within this vmdk file. 1 logical drive is the bootable windows partition and the other is just data.

Anyway... I'm creating a VM and attaching the vmdk file as a hard drive so it can boot (Its a bootable image), however it will not boot (see the attached Blue Screen Of Death error that I get). I have tried booting the image in safe mode and get the same problem and also tried running windows startup repair but this also fails.

The image was taken from a laptop which will obviously have different hardware to what its expecting when launching through VM Player - is there any way round this? Anyone had this before?

Cheers

Jon

My VMware player was working fine until two days ago when I updated it from 6.05 to 6.06.  Since then whenever I press play on VMware Player, MS Windows Security Essential sends the following message, "TrojanDownloader:Win321/Kadena.gen!plock" is detected and safely removed;"Alert level: severe."  Also, inside MS Windows Security Essential I see the following error: "The following error occurred:  Error code 0x80508023.  The program could not find the malware and other potentially unwanted software on this computer.  Category: Trojan Downloader."

Afterward, the download of Apples OS X Yosemite freezes in the middle.  My computer operating system is Windows Vista 64-bit.  I deleted VMWare Player 6.06, and reinstalled 6.05 again; however, still I get the same Trojan virus message and the download of OS X freezes in the middle.  I ran a full virus scan, but found no virus.

Can anyone help?

As the subject feild states, what i want to do is to shutdown my host operating system when a user chooses to shutdown the virtual machine.

The reason for this properly unusual use, is that i want the user to have an as seamless experience as possible, therefore on boot the guest operating system

auto starts and goes directly to fullscreen. But when the user shuts down the guest operating system the illusion disappears when he is returned to the host operating system.

The setup is ass follows:

Host operating system:  Windows 7

WMware player 7 pro.

Guest operating system windows 8.1

so what are my options ?

Can i somehow run a script when the user shuts down the guest system?

or should i use a different setup. Help me out here plz

hi people  how are you

i'm new on this forum i need help...

i'm running  OSX yosemite in Vmplayer 7.1.0 , osx  run fine ..but  when  i will  play a sound,  the vmplayer go to crash

if disconnect the sound in emulator, this work fine without this   but.. i need sound ..

how fix this crash ??

Fix:  i have changed sound.virtualdev = "hdaudio" to  sound.virtualdev = "es1371"  in .vmx and downloaded  EnsoniqAudioPCI_v1.0.3_Common_Installer.pkg  and now work fine!  no crashes.. .

I have a Windows XP VM running on a Windows 8 host. The VM networking seems to be working correctly - I can ping and access shares on other computers on the network. However, I use some proprietary software that needs to connect to one of the other computers on the network (and it only runs in Windows XP, hence the reason for the VM in the first place). When I run this software on the VM, I get an error that says "Network services are not available! Make sure you are connected to a network."

Does anyone have any ideas as to what would cause this? I realize I am not giving you much to work with, but I was hoping there might be some common things that cause similar problems that you guys might know of. If I can answer any questions, please let me know.

David

Hi friends,

thank you for reading my discussion.

Im using

ubuntu 14.04 64 bit

vmware player 6.0.6

vmware vix installed from VMware-VIX-1.13.0-1295980.x86_64.bundle

starting vmrun:

vmrun -T player /path/vm.vmx nogui &

output:

SSLLoadSharedLibraries: Failed to load OpenSSL libraries. libdir is /usr/lib/vmware

VMware Workstation Error:

VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (vthread-3)

SSLLoadSharedLibraries: Failed to load OpenSSL libraries. libdir is /usr/lib/vmware

You can request support.

What have I tried?

1. sudo ln -s /usr/lib/vmware-vix/Workstation-10.0.0-and-vSphere-5.5.0/64bit/ /usr/lib/vmware

2. editing vixwrapper-config.txt

These tries did not help.

Can anyone help me? Thank you!!