Start a virtual machine in offline mode? (i.e. If it is not on the network)

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• How to start a virtual machine without vmx file

  Hello, I have a virtual machine that I want to start up using 10.0.0 on Ubuntu 14.04 32-bit workstation but I don't have multiple vmdk files and a file on me vmxf and apparently, that's all that is in the software. How do I run something like that?

  Hello
  You cannot start a virtual machine without a vmx file.
  If you do not have a vmx file - fly a.
  For example this one:
  -----------------------------------

  . Encoding = "windows-1252".

  config.version = '8 '.

  virtualHW.version = '8 '.

  scsi0. Present = 'TRUE '.

  scsi0.virtualDev = "free".

  memsize = "2048".

  scsi0:0. Present = 'false '.

  scsi0:0. FileName = "set-path-to-bootdisk-and-then-set-.present-to-true-to-activate".

  ethernet0. Present = 'TRUE '.

  ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000".

  displayName = "minimal-vm.

  guestOS = "windows7-64.

  virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted".

  ------------------------------------

  That cuts into a file and store it as a *.vmx.
  Then launch the new VM with
  VMware /path-to-vmx/name.vmx or
  vmplayer /path-to-vmx/name.vmx
  Other users may also recommend to simply launch the user interface and follow the file > New menu...
  and then order the new virtual machine to the card by selecting your existing virtual disks.

• Cannot start a virtual machine from an ISO stored on the NFS share

  We have an NFS share on our Windows 2003 server to serve the ISOs for virtual machines

  However if we have attached an ISO to a virtual machine and configured to boot from it, it does not find the ISO, just attempts to boot from the network, but if copy us the ISO in a data store local it will start and install correctly.

  We set the NFS share for anonymous access on Windows Server, we tried with both read and write permissions, but still no luck

  Anyone can get an idea about this

  Thank you

  Kimble

  ESXi must connect to the NFS share with the root account.  You will have to map the root login to an account on the Windows Server.   You can see a sample of the instructions here - http://www.sohoadvisers.com/tutorials/vmware-esxi/connect-esxi-to-windows-nfs.

  Dave

  VMware communities user moderator

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• What HA refusing to try to start a virtual machine?

  I'm trying just to clear on how this process works. If HA is enabled, there is a failure of the host, and he's trying to restart the virtual machines on one or several other hosts, when the host will refuse to restart (failover) a virtual machine? Assume that there is no reservation other than the default 37 MHz CPU and some booking fees calculated generals for RAM (these are the default values, right?). A host would continue to attempt to restart the virtual machines as long as there are at least 37 Mhz and a few hundred MB of RAM available for the moment he is trying to restart? And if so, there are algorithms maintains the host master to decide where to start these VMs? I just think that she should try to startups VM alternately between the available hosts and wait a little bit to make sure that there are still some available resources before you start the following, or something like that.

  Also, if there is fragmentation of resources (for example, 8% of availability on each of the 15 hosts), but HA needs to start a virtual machine that requires 15% of host resources (I realize that there is a reserve in order to decide this question of the requirement, even), would automatically make migration of VMS to other hosts (if the DRS is also enabled) or he'd just sorry cannot start this virtual machine, even if the group as a whole has space for him.  [in this case, must not make large reserves because without a reservation, the virtual machine would start upward and like CPU or memory has increased its use would cause some DRS force other virtual machines out of the host, and perhaps that would work.]

  vSphere 5.1 (vCenter and ESXi)

  The master knows where virtual machines are running and try to balance where virtual machines are started. Reservations and overhead costs are the only things taken into account from a point of view of its use (not the actual resources consumed on a host) because HA does what VMs restarted (and if they have reserves prompting these resources, they need to have to start).

  If the DRS is turned on and available, HA will work with DRS to move workloads so that the largest VMs can begin. If you have virtual machines more the thing to think about is what admission control policy you use. It may be wise to use the location function if all your virtual machines are large and close to the same size, or dedicated host of failover so you won't have to deal with shuffling DRS of workloads. Everything depends on your environment and your needs.

  Does that answer your questions?

• backup of the virtual machine fails HotAdd mode if the virtual machine is running?

  backup of the virtual machine fails HotAdd mode if the virtual machine is running?

  sometimes. When vmware tools is outdated, some os comments will be omitted to suspended snapshot. During this time, the backup may have failed.

• Stop/start multiple virtual machines with names created automatically

  Hi all

  in my test environment, I want to stop or start multiple virtual machines via the script.

  Their name is always like this:

  'vm-100-qa', 'vm-101-qa","vm-100-qa","vm-102-qa '...

  Now I would like to just stop every VM 'vm-140-QA' to 'vm-160-qa.

  I created a table "$a = 140.160", but I don't know how to implement this in a script 'Shutdown-VMGuest-comments '.... »

  Sorry for this stupid question. I am a beginner absolute powershell.

  Thank you very much in advance,

  Petrie

  You can do something like this

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• [Q] cannot start a virtual machine - internal error [SOLVED]

  Hallo,

  I installed Workstation 8 and cannot start a virtual machine - or those created those previous or new. Turn the machine gives me an "internal error."

  My characteristics: Win 7 64-bit (SP1), Core i7 2600 K with 8 GB of Ram

  The newspaper of vmware:

  011 10 - 03 T 19: 22:38.013 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Log for VMware Workstation pid = 3424 version 8.0.0 = Build = build-471780 option = output
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.013 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: The process is 64-bit.
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.013 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Host = encoding windows-1252 = windows-1252 codepage
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.013 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Host is Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:37.713 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: VTHREAD initialize main thread id 0 "vmx" host 6336
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:37.738 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Settings REGIONAL windows-1252-> user NULL = System = c07 c07
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:37.738 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Msg_SetLocaleEx: HostLocale = windows-1252 UserLocale = NULL
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:37.743 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: FILE: FileLockDynaLink: other process validation tools are: available
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.014 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Hostname = KOENIG
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.017 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: IP = d fe80::41: e6a3:5dd2:fa9f % 11
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.017 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: IP = fe80::1cf:3682:36e8:4ccb % 17
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.017 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: IP = fe80::1 d 80: 2f6e:979 c: b57d 18%
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.017 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: IP 192.168.1.4 =
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.017 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: IP = 192.168.30.1
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.017 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: IP = 192.168.158.1
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.017 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: HOSTINFO 1074415970 @ 3331240Hz-> 0 Hz 1000000000
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.017 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: HOSTINFO ((x * 2518163806) > > 23) + 322527338056
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.037 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: System uptime 321912074 us
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.037 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: command line: "C:\Program Files (x 86) \VMware\VMware" "-s" 'vmx.stdio.keep = TRUE' "-#" "product = 1; name = VMware Workstation; version 8.0.0 =; BuildNumber = 471780; licensename = VMware Workstation; licenseversion = + 8.0; ""-@ ""pipe=\\.\pipe\vmxf3ce37cf9b6f9c3e;" "D:\VM\Windows 7 x64\Windows 7 x64.vmx".
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.037 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Msg_SetLocaleEx: HostLocale = windows-1252 UserLocale = NULL
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.056 + 02:00 | VMX | "I120: UI connection on pipes '\\.\pipe\vmxf3ce37cf9b6f9c3e' user (null)".
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.057 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: VMXVmdb: local connection timeout: 60000 ms.
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.104 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: VmdbAddConnection: cnxPath = / db/connection / #1 /, cnxIx = 1
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.105 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Vix: [6336 mainDispatch.c:483]: VMAutomation: initialize VMAutomation.
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.105 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Vix: [6336 mainDispatch.c:780]: VMAutomationOpenListenerSocket() to listen
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.122 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Vix: [6336 mainDispatch.c:4067]: VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished: VarEtat = 0, newAppState = 1870, success = 1 additionalError = 0
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.122 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Past vmx/execState/val of poweredOff
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.122 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Vix: [6336 mainDispatch.c:4067]: VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished: VarEtat = 1, newAppState = 1873, success = 1 additionalError = 0
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.122 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Vix: [6336 mainDispatch.c:4067]: VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished: VarEtat = 2, newAppState = 1877, success = 1 additionalError = 0
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.122 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Vix: [6336 mainDispatch.c:4067]: VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished: VarEtat = 3, newAppState = 1881, success = 1 additionalError = 0
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.122 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: VMMon_GetkHzEstimate: calculated 3411189 kHz
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: VMMon_RememberkHzEstimate: calculated 3411189 kHz
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: TSC kHz estimates: Memoirs of vmmon 3411189, 3411189, osReported 3401000. With the help of 3411189 kHz.
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: CPU 0 # TSC = 1100186590922
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: CPU # 1 TSC = 1100186590888
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: # 2 CPU TSC = 1100186590603
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: CPU # 3 TSC = 1100186590637
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: CPU # 4 TSC = 1100186590948
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: CPU # TSC 5 = 1100186590906
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: CPU # 6 TSC = 1100186590898
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: CPU # 7 TSC = 1100186590836
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: TSC of measured first delta 345
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: TSC 387 min Delta
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: PTSC: RefClockToPTSC 0 3331240 Hz-> 0 to 3411189000 Hz
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: PTSC: RefClockToPTSC ((x * 4294966339) > > 22) +-1100565306901
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.124 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: PTSC: tscOffset-1100187618517
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.124 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: PTSC: using TSC
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.124 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: PTSC: material TSCs are synchronized.
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.124 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: PTSC: PTSC current = 289960
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.124 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Module CPUID initialization failed.
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.124 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Vix: [6336 mainDispatch.c:869]: VMAutomation_LateShutdown()
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.124 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Vix: [6336 mainDispatch.c:819]: VMAutomationCloseListenerSocket. Close the socket of the receiver.
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.125 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: VMX VMDB Flushing connections
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.125 + 02:00 | VMX | "I120: VmdbDbRemoveCnx: remove Cnx Db for ' / db/connection / #1 /"
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.125 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: VmdbCnxDisconnect: Disconnect: pipe closed for pub cnx ' / db/connection / #1 /' (0)
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.129 + 02:00 | VMX | W110: Failed to initialize the virtual machine.

  I scored an error... I tried to reinstall, clean... nothing helps.

  Curiously, I can use the Player app to run all VM´s without problem...

  All solutions?

  Thanks in advance

  Marcus4Aspern

  Is - the name change "vmware.exe" with something else?

• VI Client shows 95% starting a virtual machine but the virtual machine is already up

  VI Client shows 95% starting a virtual machine but the virtual machine is already running and so for a few days. E customer VI is not refreshing or the management console should be cycled/restarted?

  ESXi, correct?

  See this link

  http://www.VM-help.com/ESX/esx3i/ESXi_restart_agents.php

• Start all virtual machines

  Hello

  A couple of weeks, I installed Vmware server 2.0 on Ubuntu 8.04 server, I must say that it works perfectly, I encounter any problem yet. At this point, I am trying to automate some processes such as backup and start and stop virtual machines.

  The thing is for the moment we have 4 virtual machines and im starting those manually now (1 by 1) using the vmrun command, now my question is, is anyway to start all virtual machines at the same time? I tried many things and I can't make it work, some help would be really appreciated.

  Thanks in advance and best wishes,

  Stone.

  OK - enter you requirement exactly, in my defense.

  I posted earlier, a shell script to the server 2.0 beta forum, which found all the *.vmx scripts, and then made a "suspend" their needs so very easy to change it to do a 'departure' instead.

  See the 'vmware - suspend' script in this post:

  http://communities.VMware.com/message/1036371

  Post edited by: guyrleech

• My printers they are in offline mode. How to reconnect to them on our network home?

  original title: unable to print

  My printers they are in offline mode. How to reconnect to them on our network home?

  Hello

  What is the brand and model of the printer?

  Method 1:

  First of all I suggest you run the troubleshooter and check if that helps.

  For more information visit http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Open-the-Printer-troubleshooter

  Method 2:

  You can also try the troubleshooting steps in the link below.

  The new status of the printer is "offline" after you remove a print queue and then restart a Windows computer

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2027593

  To do: Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/322756

  Method 3:

  I suggest you to follow the steps and check.

  (a) open the start menu and click on the "devices and printers". This will open a window with a list of the printers currently installed on your computer.

  (b) double-click the icon of the printer that you want to change online. The status of the printer appears in the form "printer: Ready" or "printer: offline.".

  (c) click on "printer: offline" and the menu of the printer. Click on "Printer" in the menu bar and uncheck "Use printer offline." This action will change the printer from offline to online mode.

  See also: printer in Windows http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/help/printer-problems-in-windows problems

• This virtual machine to become protected vsphere HA and HA can not try to restart after a power failure

  I got a 5.1 cluster with some problems HA.

  a few virtual machines are showing this

  This virtual machine to become protected vsphere HA and HA can not try to restart after a power failure.

  When I try to reconfigure HA on the host. It times out and fails.

  any idea?

  Instead of reconfiguring HA on the concerned host, have you tried to disable HA on the cluster and enable again? See: VMware KB: State of the virtual machine changes from protected to Unprotected

• can fix wood? "/ Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows 7.vmwarevm/Windows 7.vmx ' is not a valid virtual machine configuration file

  Hi all

  I had this error on my windows machine 7

  "/ Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows 7.vmwarevm/Windows 7.vmx ' is not a valid virtual machine configuration file

  I know that there is a guy named wood that can be attached, if the vmx file and log files

  Hope that the joint can be used to repair

  Thank you

  Jack

  Welcome to the community,

  I'm sure that WoodyZ will be able to solve this problem and will come with a file like the one I've attached to this message

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• Is it possible to use a virtual machine like XP Mode to use a driver that is incompatible with Windows 7?

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• Start a virtual machine at startup

  I briefly looked for an answer to this, but I don't see anything, so if I missed it, I apologize.

  My mother has a bad habbit to fuck up his computer so I thought I'd be a good son and set up her laptop so that it starts in a VM at startup and if it breaks, I can just log in to the host operating system and take the backup I intend to take as a starting point and restore it.

  Keep in mind, she doesn't have a network boot server in a virtual machine. Is there a way to change the windows boot.ini file so that it will load only in virtual machine, unless I need for maintenance

  Hello

  You always need to install an OS to run VMware Player where do support (remote) that you are talking about the host.

  So put an option in the boot.ini file does not work.

  Basically you would have to auto-start the virtual machine when the host has started, and then put this one mode full-screen.

  You could do at least some of this with the vmrun command from the startup folder for example, but I'm not sure of the mode switch full screen on this one.

  He has been spoken before.

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  http://communities.VMware.com/thread/284777

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• ESX 4.0 - cannot start a virtual machine?

  I have recently install ESX 4.0 evalution in mode. We stopped for the licenses of our distributor who will take 3 to 4 days.

  ESX 4 installs successfully on DL 360 G5 and I use 30 MSA with 7 discs (1.6 to total) as a storage device. It detects the local drives and 1.6 to datastore perfectly. But when I create a simple virtual machine and start reading the BONES of CD ROM it does not start. Is it because I use eval mode. I think ESX 4 is fully functional and active for 60 days. When I start the virtual computer it concludes with the message "Operating System not found" and not even boot from the CD ROM After two or three configurations of chaning of VM, I'm still not able to understand. Can someone tell me where I am doing wrong. In ESX 3.5, I ran the virtual machine correctly but in ESX 4, I'm not sure. This is a new server and ESX 4.0 is also new facility. I also appreciate if someone tells me a guide that shows step by step how to create a virtual ESX simple machine. I have not yet install VC 4 as I have not yet received the licenses.

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  Please check the following things

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