Unable to start the workstation on a virtual machine

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• Closing and reopening the workstation with running virtual machines

  I have recently upgraded to 10 Workstation and I am having a strange problem. In preferences, I have checked option which says "continue to VMs run after the closure of workstation. In workplace planned 9 this option worked exactly, but workstation 10 seems that partially works as expected. In Workstation 9 I could close my computer, and then open then in from the tray icon to always see my virtual machines running with the small green icon play on them. However, in the 10 workstation I close the workstation and all my virtual machines continue to run, but when I reopen it workstation all my virtual machines appear in the workstation as if they are off; but they run because I can RDP for them. If I right click on one of them all is grey with the exception of mark it as a favorite and delete. I can't power off, change the settings, see the console, or anything like that. The shows the icon that VMs are being run, but even suspend, stop or suspend tray icon options or background open VMs do not work either. The only way I found actually to get my computer working again is to use the Task Manager to kill the task of vmware - vmx.exe. As soon as the task is killed for each workstation running, they operate again in the workstation.

  If anyone has encountered this problem, or know a fix for this? I have run several virtual machines and never have any idea that vmware - vmx.exe is for what VM when needing to change something on one of them. I make sure that I can kill them all in order to make a change to one of them.

  David Moore

  Ok. I have this problem. However, the fix has been an awareness in desperate need of repair. I ended up uninstalling the VMware Workstation and then remove all references to the registry with REGEDIT. I then restarted the computer and reinstalled VMware Workstation again. After this heavy treatment, it works again the way it should work. It seems that the upgrade to the latest version of Workstation 9 to the latest version of 10 break something somewhere.

  By the way, Dayworker, it was and is version 10.0.3.

• Unable to start the virtual machine after restoration

  Guests including Test host: ESXi 5.1.0.1065491

  Vm problem: 32-bit, Server 2003

  I use Veeam Backup & Restore 6.5 to back up my vm.  I always do a test restore to ensure that my backups are good.  I'm having a problem with a restore.  The 32-bit Server 2003 vm starts just fine on the main host it runs on.  All the vm are 64-bit except for one who is a 32-bit Server 2003 vm.  Restoring the machine virtual and implemented on a host except the 32-Bit vm Server 2003 test.  After restoration and trying power to the top, I get the following error:

  Unable to start the virtual machine.

  Turn on VPCM module has failed.

  Viewed performance counters require version 3 or greater of architectural performance monitoring.

  Anyone know if there is a fix for this problem?

  TIA,

  Mux

  I assume you are using different hardware (CPUs, the BIOS settings) for VMS restored!

  The virtual machine has VPCM enabled, which causes the problem. You can either disable it in vSphere Web Client (you can do this in the vSphere Client Windows), or directly modify the .vmx VM by setting vpmc.enable to "FALSE".

  For how toggle this setting in the Web Client see allow virtual in the Web Client vSphere CPU Performance counters. If you want to edit the .vmx file manually, you need to delete/re-add the VM from the inventory or recharge (see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1026043)

  André

• Unable to start the virtual machine after failing to remove the snapshot

  Recently, I tried to delete a snapshot on a Windows XP virtual machine in VMware server 2.0. After a few minutes, the operation has failed, then the GUI crashed. I was not able to manage one of my virtual machines until I rebooted the server. My other virtual machines still work fine. I can't just run the virtual machine on which I tried to remove the snapshot. This virtual machine is very important to me and I would try to get it back. Does anyone have advice? Also, I upgraded this version of VMware server 1.x to 2.x, so please let me know if this may have something to do with this problem. Thanks in advance.

  An additional note. If the virtual machine starts, I suggest that you run chkdsk, just to make sure that there are no problems with the file system of the client.

  André

• Unable to start the virtual machine after Migration - ESXi hosts

  Last night I wanted to move a virtual machine to a host of test to a production cluster.  All hosts (test and production) have shared access to the same LUN, so I usually am able to simply remove the virtual machines of the inventory in the test environment and add them to the production environment by accessing the .vmx on the data store file.  Two of the 3 hosts migrate perfectly and are running in the production environment.  However, the third server, while the migration starts.

  First he gave me errors that it was missing some files.  The only thing I did was different to rename the folder for the virtual machine on the data store.  It was called 'New Virtual Machine' for a reason, so I renamed it to "Antivirus."  However, something strange happened.  Instead of renaming the folder, it seems was created a new folder named "Antivirus" and the old folder 'New Virtual Machine' was still there.  In addition, the renamed folder 'Antivirus' had only SOME of the files needed.  So I just copied from the old folder in the folder "Antivirus" and he hung up the virtual disk of 20 GB file.  So I closed the VI client and checked the vdmk 20 GB folder and back this morning is in the folder with other files.  However, when I try to start the virtual machine, I get the "cannot access a file because it is locked" error message.

  I've done some detective and I noticed that in my second datastore where was the other folder vdmk, the file was now .40kB in size.  Looks like I've lost my other vdmk folder.  What happens here?

  It looks that the virtual machine was still running when you tried to change the name, so the old folder could not be renamed because of the lock. That's why a new folder has been created instead, and why your vm hung on the vmdk file until the lock has been released. Don't know what happened to the 2nd vmdk file, but the file vmware.log in virtual machine directory must have some info as to why does not start the virtual machine. If the 2nd vmdk is gone, this might be a reason.

  -KjB

  VMware vExpert

  Post edited by: kjb007: changed vm in vmdk

• I'm unable to locate the WORKSTATION. Where should I look?

  I'm unable to locate the WORKSTATION.  When I had windows 98 that was on my desktop but on my new computer, it is not and I don't know how to locate it.  I'm not computer savvy, so I would appreciate if possible very simple instructions.  Thank you kindly.

  In Vista, 'My Computer' is called 'computer '.  'My computer' no longer exists except as a junction file for backwards compatibility--a folder you will never need access to and shouldn't try again. Click Start (the ORB round to the left of the toolbar at the bottom) and look at the buttons on the right next to the screen.  We'll tell the computer.  Click on that no matter what you are in Windows Explorer at a very high level.  You can also click on your user name to go directly to your user profile, or you can click on Documents to go to your user documents.  You can check all the links on avialble at your leisure.

  If computer (or other default Windows desktop icons are missing, here is an article on how to recover: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/restore-missing-desktop-icons-in-windows-vista/.)

  I hope this helps.

  Good luck!

  Lorien - MCSA/MCSE/network + / has + - if this post solves your problem, please click the 'Mark as answer' or 'Useful' button at the top of this message. Marking a post as answer, or relatively useful, you help others find the answer more quickly.

• Can not activate sharing / "unable to configure the workstation server.

  Everything was going well until I made the mistake of upgrading to 12.1.1 build-3770994 12.0 (?)

  For some reason any sharing became disabled after upgrade.

  I can't activate the sharing, I get "unable to configure the workstation server.

  Seems every time I've upgraded to VMWare Workstation, something breaks

  I had to moce the VMs shared virtual machines 'normal' so I could run them.

  I fixed it, uninstalled and reinstalled and still the same failure.

  I took a look at the downloaded files and datastores.xml is empty, which is a little weird.

  Hostd.log, he crashed during the analysis of the datastores.xml file:

  2016-05-26 T 10: 11:07.572 - 07:00 verbose spend [08848] [sub Originator@6876 = Hostsvc] StorageNativeProvider: inventory filepath is C:\ProgramData\VMware\hostd\datastores.xml

  2016-05-26 T 10: 11:07.573 - 07:00 panic pass [08848] [Originator@6876 sub = default] error: class Vmacore::Xml:XMLParseException(not_well-formed_(invalid_token))

  2016-05-26 T 10: 11:07.580 - 07:00 panic pass [08848] [sub Originator@6876 = Default] backtrace:

  You may try to remove the config files during uninstall Workstation, and then reinstall the workstation.

• Need help message' w/error Unable to start the s window media Interface. Make sure you have at least WMP10. »

  I downloaded WMP11 to download another program and I get this message ("unable to start the s window media Interface. Make sure you have at least WMP10. »).  This message appears when I click on the new program and it loads.  As soon as it loads the first program screen appears and displays this error message on WMP 10.  When I click ok it goes, but I can't get the new program to do anything.

  So before asking on the problem of new program, I would like to fix this so it keeps popping up.
  I'm not too calculates saavy so I need clarification.

  Thank you

  Where did you downloaded WMP 11?

  Uninstall WMP 11 and check again the issue. If it stops then reinstall WMP 11.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-XP/help/Windows-Media-Player/11

  http://www.Microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&ID=8163

• Cannot start the workstation service, does not work error 1068 (Vista SP2)

  Hello
  It's about a year I can't start the workstation on my Windows Vista SP2 (HP Pavilion dv9000) service.
  It fails on: "Error 1068" "the dependency service or group could start.
  CBS.log sfc/scannow shows messages like:
  -Repair corrupted file [ml:520 {260}, l:62 {31}] '------? \C:\Windows\System32\Drivers"\[l:24{12}]"Mrxsmb20.sys ".
  -Repair corrupted file [ml:520 {260}, l:46 {23}] '------? \C:\Windows\System32"\[l:24{12}]"ntkrnlpa.exe ".
  -Repair corrupted file [ml:520 {260}, l:62 {31}] '------? \C:\Windows\System32\Drivers"\[l:20{10}]"Mrxsmb.sys ".
  -Repair corrupted file [ml:520 {260}, l:62 {31}] '------? \C:\Windows\System32\Drivers"\[l:24{12}]"mrxsmb10.sys ".
  A problem with the system audit reports:
  -on scname exitcode: 1068: LanmanWorkstation
  I have spent hours of troubleshooting and suspect I would need to replace the mrxsmb files but I'm not sure.
  I lived with the problem for months, but now he keeps me to install updates of Adobe software for Photoshop that requires the workstation service is running. I can't access an another XP workstation over the network.
  FYI: my mrxsmbxxx.sys files are all 23-02-2010.
  Windows updates are up-to-date, except one, the security update Windows Vista KB981852 which never succeeded to to install on my pc.
  Your suggestions are welcome.
  Thank you for your help.
  Eric

  I finally found a solution to this problem.
  I installed http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2272153/ .
  I hope it's useful to others.
  Eric

• Bridge CC (64-bit) is unable to start the cache even after several time of virtue. Help! So frustrated!

  Bridge CC (64-bit) is unable to start the cache even after several time of virtue. Help! So frustrated!

  Hi julesmom,

  Please reset the Bridge preferences and then try it.

  Measures

  Start Adobe Bridge, and immediately press Ctrl + Alt + Shift (Windows) or command + Option + shift (Mac OS down) until the dialogue box reset settings appears.

  Select all three options - reset preferences, reset Standard Workspaces and all miniature Purge Cache - and then click OK.

  Reference: troubleshooting errors, freezes | Adobe Bridge | Windows, Mac OS

  Let us know if it works.

  Kind regards

  ~ Mohit

• Can I change the order of starting the computer using Powershell virtual?

  Hello

  I'm trying to find a way to change the order of boot virtual machine using Powershell VI. Is there a possibility cmdlet to do?

  Any help is appreciated.

  Thank you.

  As much as I know there is no way to change the boot order in the virtual machine with the VITK.

  But you can configure devices which the guest can start.

  Take a look at specify bootable for a virtual machine devices

• VMWare Workstation - movement of virtual machines

  I created a virtual machine using VMWare Workstation 6.5.1 on an Intel Core 2 Quad CPU PC processor. My intention is to put this VM on a USB hard drive and then use it on the other 2 work stations, which are all two Core 2 Duo CPU.  All 3 hosts are running 64-bit Vista Ultimate. The guest for this virtual machine operating system is also 64-bit Vista Ultimate.

  I copied the files on the computer, virtual on a USB drive and then plugged into one of my workstations. I selected the file & gt; Open and open the virtual machine. Everything seemed good, so I turned on the virtual machine. When I did, I got an error screen that says:

  "Unable to start Windows. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. »

  "Leadership: \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe.

  «Info: attempt to load a 64-bit application, however this CPU is not compatible with the 64-bit mode.»

  I mounted my Vista install DVD iso and started for her, but even the installer wouldn't start. The error seems to make no sense as the Core2 Duo is a 64-bit processor and the host is running a 64-bit operating system. The only thing I can think is that the virtual machine was originally created on an Intel Core 2 Quad processor, and that causes a problem when trying to open with a Core 2 Duo.

  Any suggestions?

  Check the BIOS of the machine with problems - perhaps VT extensions are not enabled.

  If you do a switch do a boot cold - unplug power for 10 seconds the change

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  Description of the vmx settings: http://sanbarrow.com/vmx.html

  VMware-liveCD: http://sanbarrow.com/moa.html

• VMware Fusion 6 Professional - where is the possibility of locking VMware using a single virtual machine and do not allow the creation of new virtual machines?

  This is a quote from the VMware Fusion Professional 6 product page:

  VMware Fusion 6 Professional comes with IT administration tools to help you deploy VMware Fusion using Apple or a management solution third Mac as of JAMF's Casper Suite. Further reduce the cost of support of Windows desktop using the mode of single virtual machine that limits user access to the library of the Virtual Machine, the ability to create virtual machines or migrate PCs and reduces the options of the menu.

  Where can I find these IT administration tools?  I want to block my VMware users to a single virtual machine so that they can not blow by creating new virtual machines, etc.

  How can I do this?

  Thank you!

  Glitch004,

  You could follow the steps to activate the single mode of VM:

  1. turn power off all running VMS and out the merger.

  2. Add the following line to/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion / config

  installerDefaults.simplifiedUI = 'TRUE '.

  3 restart merger and you will find:

  . VM library is hide in the VM menu.

  . only one virtual machine can be used, while click second VM Fusion of the reports ' Unable to open document. "

  Best regards

  Shanghai

• What is the difference between a virtual machine cloning and v2v conversion to a virtual machine

  What is the difference between a virtual machine cloning and v2v conversion to a virtual machine

  Cloning process is to duplicate a VM. V2V is deploy vm on vsphere environment to another virtual machine format (example: the workstation, hyper-v).

• How to configure the CD driver on the host for a virtual machine?

  After you create a virture machine and put the CD of driver on host, when powered on the vertual machine, may not start the drive form the CD only from NIC.

  How to configure the CD driver on the host for a virtual machine?

  Right-click on the virtual computer and go to edit settings. Click the Options tab and under the tip list, there should be Boot Options. Enter an amount of milliseconds to wait before your boot, so you can activate the CD-ROM. You can also activate the CD even if it boots to the NETWORK card option, and then reset the virtual machine. Get the focus of this virtual machine on the console session, and then press ctrl-alt-insert. Your CD-ROM will stay connected if you do not want to delay the startup process.