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• Windows 7 64 bit host works very slowly after discontinuation of VMWare Workstation

  I am running 64 bit Windows 7 on a Dell laptop with an i7, 6 GB ram and VMWare Workstation 9 processor. Everything works well on the host and the VM, while the virtual machine is powered on but after the suspension of the virtual machine and station work out of the system host becomes very slow and applications become desensitized. This lasts for several minutes after the stoppage of work. In general, I have executed only a VM at a time, but even when I got a couple of them run both the host system and they are very sensitive. I started the task with great difficulty Manager when this occurs to see if I can see problems with the free time of processors and memory use, and everything seems fine. So far all my research turned discussions about this kind of problem during execution of the virtual machine so I am at a loss to know even where to go next to make this diagnosis.

  Kind regards

  Bruce Brandt

  This is because windows is the collection of memory the vmware used in the system and marking of these blocks of memory piece by piece as 'free '. If you shutted down of the virtual machine (not paused) then the memory can be returned to the system immediately. I guess if it was caused by the Intel RST driver because I noticed about there is also no question AMD computer used by my colleague.

  You can wait until the stops of HDD-light, keeping the stats of light, constant in the meantime try avoid to activate any application of consumption-e/s disk / operations.

• Networking question in VMware Workstation / nested ESXi network configuration problem

  Hi guys,.

  I am trying to set up a virtual lab, I setup a domain, a vcenter server and up to 1 ESXi host controller.

  I am really struggling with the network aspect in establishing a vmnic for storing shared, please see the attached screenshots and a few questions:

  1. Is a vmnic a real network map? or vmnic correspond to "network adapters" that you put in place since the setting of your virtual machine?

  I followed a tutorial and implement 3 NICs on the ESXi host, in Bridge mode, I tried this in my configuration of vmworkstation and I lose the connection to my server vcenter to the ESXi host.

  See screenshot attached to how I configured my ESXi host, screenshot is called 'screenshot2esxihost network', I run got each of the maps defined on NAT network.

  

  See also the screenshot of how I have my configuration of network settings in my VMWare Workstation, screenshot is called "screenshot1. the tutorial does not show how it has its editor of the virtual network configuration, but it puts its ESXi host NICs in BRIDGED mode, and I'm guessing that you can set this time within the virtual network adapter. If someone could tell me what changes should I make in there and on the network cards in my ESXi host, which would be really useful.

  

  My domain controller, server ESXi hosts and vcenter are currently on the 192.168.86 range, which currently stood at NAT

  See also a screenshot from the vsphere client - I don't see a vmnic "vmnic0", my goal is to be able to add a "vmnic2" for a separate storage network.

  

  any help would be received with gratitude, I VCP510 review at the end of the month and really hope to be able to get my lab setup as soon as possible.

  The vmnic is the rising 'physical' of an ESXi host. So with the 3 network cards that you configured for the host in VMware Workstation you will see under "Network adapters" and you can use them to vSwitches in the section "network".

  André

• Questions to install VMware Workstation

  Hello everyone and thank you for your interest in my post.  For the last 6 months I spent reviewing messages to build and run a secure Channel 5 on a laboratory at home and collected a lot of information.  Budget delays I am not near my goal I thought I'd be so I thought I would get something on my current equipment with VMware Workstation.

  I got a 64 bit Windows 7 with Intel I7 processor gaming computer and wanted to add Workstation 8 or 9 now that it is out.  Finally, I would like to build some virtual labs, but now want to get running in the virtual world.

  Help for the following questions would be appreciated.

  1 install Workstation 8 on a Windows 7 64 bit computer or do a clean install on the computer and run a Windows 7 as a virtual machine?

  If a clean install Workstation 8 or 9 is recommended how could I get my image of Windows 7 today converted to a virtual machine before the clean install?

  Guess the question would be, is I there a VM tool that can convert an image of current computer hardware in a virtual machine so that I can run on a new installation of VMware Workstation 9?

  2. what steps should be taken to migrate from a hardware configuration to a configuration of the VM on the same box?

  3. what risks are there to lose data?

  4. what license issued or limitations can I exect meet when I create several virtual machines, alias windows, Linux and others?  Can you build and run several different VMS at the same time?

  5. return to the VM tools, I know on the side of Vsphere there are tools to create virtual machines for ESXi, but what tools are there for Workstation 8 or 9 build and run virtual machines?

  That ye may know that my training and the ability to understand your answers I was in the field of information technology since 1990.  Currently, I am a network engineer and have experience as a non-virtuelle system administrator installs computer and server and operation.

  Thanks again to all who help out.  I hope that once I get the speed I can contribute to the community as well.

  David

  Since you are a "Network Engineer and have experience as a system administrator" then IMO shouldn't really ask!   How hard is it to type 'physical to virtual' in Google and get to VMware vCenter Converter?  Also read the documentation on it as well as VMware Workstation!   Yes I know you said "on non-virtuelle installs computer and server and operation" however do practically is fundamentally not different then do it physically, although with virtualization, there are additional methods that can be used, as using an ISO Image vs optical media to install from, etc.  Seriously with your course, you should be able to install VMware Workstation, browse and examine the different menu commands and create VM almost without having to read the documentation however takes the time to at least he skim initially and then jump in.    As a tip activate everything installs Windows without first installing VMware Tools, if you plan to install VMware Tools in the virtual machine, and wait until you are sure that you have configured as you want, and then select as appropriate.

  One thing you'll need to do if you are using the latest version of VMware vCenter Converter you will need to select the correct mass storage controller as you walk through the wizard because it is by default in the IDE and you want LSI SAS with Windows 7.

• Ubuntu 11.04 very slow after upgrade to VMWare Workstation 8.0

  Hello

  After the update to VMWare Workstation 8.0 my Ubuntu 11.04 comments system (which worked very well with Workstation 7) behaves very slow sometimes.

  Slowly I want to say first that it is very laggy when I scroll conent inside windows, and also when I move windows.

  And with sometimes I want to say that this is not always the case. Sometimes, everything works fine for 1 or 2 hours and she begins and, sometimes, that's the problem immediately after starting Ubuntu.

  The problem occurs when restart Ubuntu does not help. But what is stopping Ubuntu and also restart VMWare Workstation on the host (in my case Windows 7) completely. When I do this and I'm lucky everything seems normal again for a while (1 or 2 hours). After that starts all over again.

  VMWare Tools is installed and the comments system has more then enough resources. I also improved the virtuale image to the latest version so that the new features in Workstation 8.0 are available.

  I first thought that maybe it's a RAM problem but the system begins to lag when there is still 1 GB + RAM available and 0.0% swap used.

  Any ideas what I could do? This is quite annoying...

  You can see the same bug that is described in this thread: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1840185#1840185

• VMWare Workstation, VM and Acronis TruImage question converter?

  Ask a question about the latest version of VMWare Workstation V.  7.1.3 along with the latest version of the VM converter. This version has it can import an Acronis TruImage 10 (.tib) file and change it to a virtual machine. I tried this Win7, WinVista and WinXP running without success.

  VMWare VCenter Converter Standalone v.  4.3.0 when used to try to convert a backup returns TruImage 10 "source parameters are invalid", but does not offer a method of changing the settings of the source.

  During an attempt to 'import' TruImage 10 files in VMWare Workstation v.7.1.3 the conversion wizard returns a "failed to load the VM source or image." The file may be corrupt, or a format not supported. »

  The image files are not corrupt and TruImage backup and restore work correctly with files tested image. Rooms chat VM mention some possible solutions, but they are long and not really practical long term since VM wants to work with these images.

  A someone that has tried these conversions and found a successful solution.

  Thank you

  That's right, that the converter does not support certain versions of Acronis.

  of http://www.vmware.com/support/converter/doc/conv_sa_43_rel_notes.html

  Acronis True Image Echo 9.1, 9.5 and Acronis True Image 10.0, 11.0 (product Home)

  With versions not supported (such as 2010 and 2011), you can follow the suggestion of continuum.

  André

• My VMware workstation is very slow!

  I use a software called SAP ECC 6.0 through the VMware Workstation and software is installed in my computer, but the performance is very ugly. Even the mouse arrow moves slowly in the virtual machine window. My laptop is good, I have a processor intel 2.53 hz, 4 GB of RAM, HD (7200 RPM).

  Anyone know how I can speed this softaware?

  My OS is windows 7 (64), and I'm running windows server 2003 in the virtual machine.

  Thank you

  OK, after reviewing your vmware.log file...

  -Your host has a dual-core processor, so you don't need to configure a single host with more than 1 vCPU.  Please reconfigure your comments for 1 vCPU.

  -You said that your host has 4 GB of RAM installed, but you have allocated 3.5 GB of RAM at your prompt, that leaves only 500 MB of RAM to your host run.  Suggest to lower the amount of memory live allocated to your guest.  Start with 1 GB and move up from there.

  -I see some indications of slow storage host.  What type of storage is your guest stored on?  (External USB?  Network drive?  Others?)

  -I see you are using Workstation 6.5.1.  6.5.3 workstation is now available and is free to download for you.  I don't think that 6.5.3 has specific fixes for your problem, but something to think about.

  -If not already done, please configure CD-ROM of your invited to start "disconnected."

  Give the above a try and tell us if it helps.

• Question for staff: VMWare Workstation 7: end of life?

  Can any of the VMWare team please clarify the situation concerning VMWare Workstation 7. My security software said 7 Workstation is end of life, and it won't pass me with rating of 100% because of this. Is there still some security fixes and stability issued for VMWare Workstation 7? What is the date of end for security patches support?

  I do not see where it is noted the end of Support (EOS) for VMWare Workstation 7.

  It does not separately, because it is not already EOS.

  from the link:

  VMware will support the previous major version and its minor versions for 18 months

  André

• Question of VMWare Workstation

  I recently bought the latest version of VMWare Workstation, it runs on Windows 7.  I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction.  I created two VM.  Both virtual machines have been built with the CentOS operating system.  I installed Oracle 10 g on VM #1 database server and installed the WebLogic Oracle 11 g on VM #2 application server.  Basically, I'm trying to figure out how to get the WebLogic application server (on VM #1) connected to the Oracle database server (on VM #2).  When I set up my database connection in WebLogic he asks the login information database (IP address, Port number, db name, db user, password, db etc.).

  Is the only way to do what I ask to give each VM is the own distinct IP address?    Do I have other options?  I did this on my home network that is behind a router, so I don't have that 1 IP address unique that is given to every computer on my network.

  Wes

  Welcome to the community - Yes, you must assign an IP address to each virtual machine - if you do not need to access the virtual machines from outside you workstation, you can do so with a single host network - see pages http://www.vmware.com/pdf/ws71_manual.pdf 290

• Reboot required question when trying to install VMWare workstation version 7.1.3

  My latest version of Vmware workstation is 7.0.0 build-203739, which I run on Windows 7 (64-bit) machine. I downloaded the latest version 7.1.3 (VMware-workstation-full - 7.1.3 - 324285.exe) and I am trying to upgrade the software I get the error message "Restart required".

  

  I restarted many times computer but the error message does not disappear.

  I also checked and cleared the following keys in the windows registry key, but it also did not help as the above message comes back.

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations
  EntVersion entVersion\RunOnce
  EntVersion entVersion\RunOnceEx
  EntVersion entVersion\RunServicesOnce
  NtVersion ntVersion\RunOnce
  An advisor to work around this problem will be much appreciated.
  Thank you.

  A few thoughts:

  • Run the installer by right click and "Run as Administrator"
  • Remove the current installation, see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1308
  • read http://faq.sanbarrow.com/index.php?solution_id=1113 for clues

  André

• 6u2 ESXi host nested on VMware Workstation for Linux referee v12

  Hello all, I have

  I have a lab environment virtual running in VMware Workstation for Linux v12, and my ESXi hosts do not work correctly on one of the virtual networks. All my troubleshooting suggests a problem with nested ESXi hosts that may be a bug, but I want to assure you that I did everything properly first. That's why I post here with the hope that if I made a mistake that maybe someone else can point out he me.

  Physical system

  8 core Intel Xeon 2.1 GHz CPU

  128 GB of RAM

  OS - kernel Linux 64 - bit w/3.19.0-32-generic Linux Mint 17.3 (fully updated from this announcement)

  VMware Workstation 12 Pro - 12.1.1. Build-3770994 (fully updated from this announcement)

  Nested ESXi host VM

  ESXi v6.0.0 (Build 3825889, completely updated from this announcement)

  4 cards 'physical' (only 3 used for now)

  -all use the e1000 NIC hardware virtual, but also tried vmxnet3 NIC with no difference

  -vSwitch0 use vmnic0 & 1 vmnet16 of virtual network in a pair of active / standby

  -vSwitch1 uses vmnic2 on network virtual vmnet18

  -vmk0 used for management on vSwitch0 and vmk1 for iSCSI on vSwitch1

  -"Promiscuous" mode and forged passes enabled on all Port vSwitch groups (activating or turning off these features makes no difference)

  Test performed until now

  I checked that all the IP addresses and network masks used are correct.

  With the help of vmkping I ping other nodes on the network vmnet16 with success.

  With the help of vmkping I tried to ping the other nodes in the network vmnet18, but that has failed.

  I have depolyed other non - ESXi VMs on the vmnet18 network, and they are able to ping each other, but are unable to ping or ping by the ESXI host.

  I tried various material virtual NIC as mentioned before, but without changes in the results.

  I tried to use only local network instead of the vmnet18 guest network segments with no change in results.

  When I find out the status of the network adapters on the ESXi host through vCenter or host incorporated client vmnic0 & 1 time display network information, but vmnic2 shows no networks. Yet, I know that there is a network with different VM communicate on it. Moreover, I was able to get all of this work on a Windows system running 10 Workstation (this is the laptop that my employer gives me with).

  Having built nested ESXi labs on different platforms as well as physical environments in the past, I'm very confused as to why I can't get this special configuration to work. At this point my gut tells me that this is probably a bug any with the nested themselves ESXi hosts. Since I can get all this work on vmnet16 including the management of ESXi hosts and the VCSA that I use, I am sure that my vSwitch configuration is correct (other than the IP address space and vmnic configurations is bascially the same). Because I can get other virtual machines to communicate over the network vmnet18 I don't see how can be a VMware Workstation for the issue physical Linux host. Is there something obvious I'm missing here? I read on the ESXi hosts nested under VMware Workstation after having known problems and bugs with networking. If anyone else has experienced this?

  Thanks for any help others can provide!

  Kind regards

  Patrick

  Well, the problem is now resolved. The problem was what covelli was trying to explain, but I couldn't because the physical host network adapters being mentioned.

  The problem on the Linux host, but it was a problem of permissions with the virtual Ethernet adapters. The following article has the fix:
  With the help of Ethernet virtual cards in Promiscuous Mode on a Linux host (287) | VMware KB

  Even if I launched the workstation under the root user I have yet met this problem and which still makes no sense to me, but change the permissions solve the problem. I was not getting an error message on my Linux Mint and Ubuntu system, but when I tried on a second box of Linux Mint that I just got the error has been generated, and the error message was the above link it contains.

  So, here's what I learned:

  (1) the question has nothing to with a VMware Workstation definition that you can configure.

  (2) the question has nothing to do with a physical network card.
  (3) the question has nothing to do with any vmnic on the nested ESXi host.

  (4) apparently virtual Ethernet adapters are not the correct permissions when created.

  All you have to do to fix this is:

  (1) open a terminal.

  (2) run the command ' sudo chmod a + rw/dev/vmnet * "(don't forget to run this each time that you create a new virtual network).

  You can also create a group, as shown in the link above and simply give this group the correct permissions. Personally, I think it's easier to just give everyone the rw permission.

  I appreciate the help that others have offered. I did not understand what was asked for in previous answers because of the terms that have been used.

• 15 Ubuntu won't start in VMware workstation 12 after a recent update of Ubuntu

  I'm quite new to the environment virtual system and linux. Someone could me help on my question below?

  I have a virtual system installed using VMware workstation 12. It works fine, until the upgrade of Ubuntu this morning.

  I have no idea what the update installed.

  After the required reboot, Windows VMware has always stop a black page.

  Before everything, there were some posts that I think they should be useful to target the issue here.

  

  He said:

  SMbus host controller not activated!

  No valid rapl area found within the package 0

  Thank you very much for your help!

  -Ninggang

  I found a solution!

  There is problem of ubuntu, new kernel is bad and it's a bug.

  To start again just hold SHIFT while your machine virtual machine to the menu shows ubuntu boot.

  Select Advanced, then choose more old kernel version and that's all.

  After you restart your virtual machine it always start on black screen, you need to delete newes kernel version linux-headers - 4.2.0 - 30 to begin on the old version and problem SOLVED!

  remove the kernel:

  sudo apt-get remove linux-image-4.2.0-30-generic
sudo update-grub2

  reboot.

• External client access VMware Workstation shared 11 VM?

  Hello world

  I have a small problem that we have a VMware workstation installed on my PC to 10 windows and I would allow a few colleagues access to the virtual machines shared on this topic.

  I enabled the shared virtual machine settings, and I can confirm that I can connect from another post on my local network.

  However, I can't seem to connect to the shared virtual machines from outside my network. I DynDNS and handed over port 443 to the Windows box with installed Workstation (192.168.2.10).

  I even tried changing ports internally using the shared virtual machine parameters.

  Also tried, is to have a different external port one internally (7000 ext sent to 443)

  Adding to this I tried the IP of my router (to rule out DDNS) - in regard to this, I can connect directly to the virtual machine via DDNS passed to image.

  The Windows Firewall is disabled on the host of the workstation.

  Then... Please this is; Is this really possible? Before that I continue to invest in any time in it.

  And... I tried to get that I promise you!

  Kudos to everyone for any help

  Hi SpoonRacer,

  Welcome to the community of workstation! Of course, this scenario is possible. Sharing of the VM has no difference with other standard network on the IP layer services.

  I think that General measures to be implemented are:

  1. Get the accessible external IP address of your private network
  2. Map the TCP 443 port to the external IP address on port TCP 443 of the Windows box workstation running by the DNAT
  3. Allow inbound network traffic on port TCP 443 on Windows machine running Workstation
  4. (Optional) Configure DynDNS point your domain name to the external IP address of your private network

  For example:

  1. Get the external IP address: 216.58.216.164
  2. Map 216.58.216.164:443 to 192.168.2.10:443 by the DNAT
  3. Open the TCP 443 port on host 192.168.2.10 (now you should be able to access your shared virtual machines using 216.58.216.164 for outside networks)
  4. (Optional) Configure ws.spoonracerdomain.org resolves to 216.58.216.164 (now, you should be able to access your shared virtual machines using ws.spoonracerdomain.org for outside networks)

  However, these steps are not very easy to implement due to some possible limitations of your private network:

  • If your private network is at home, the external IP address and it is very accessible from outside of the network depends on your ISP (internet service provider). I know, some ISP does not allow the public IP address used by individual users accessible via the public network. Some ISPS even not you assigned a public IP, other users and you share a single public IP, in this case, you would not be able to apply step 2.
  • If your private network is to your business, and you're not network administrator for your company, you would not be able to apply step 2.

  Anyway, you can try to open a Web site on the Windows machine running Workstation to the outside network. If successful, then the service share of VM can be done the same way (just change the port 80 of the site to 443 folder).

  Kind regards

  Shawn

• Cannot install VMware Workstation on Windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit 11.1.1 - Please help

  You want to install VMware Workstation 11.1.1 on new 8.1 Windows Pro 64-bit PC.

  I had VMware Workstation 11.1.0, and deleted the original installer but did not finish the installation of the new version

  The installer gets about 2/3 way (progress bar) and then crashes, Windows Installer says Event Viewer hung.

  Race tried without firewall and AV, always not install question

  A ran the installer with / clean option and then tried again, but still he did not finish the installation process (crashes at the same place)

  Noticed in the Manager tasks that VMware Installer runs at about 14% of CPU, but nothing happens

  I'm really at a loss as to why I can't install VMware Workstation 11.1.1, all the other soft\ware settles very well.

  Please could someone help me?

  Thank you

  Peter

  Ran Windows Update Troubleshooter

  It fixed a number of things

  I could then install VMware Workstation

  No idea but why the installer got himself in this State

• Freezing of construction-2496824 VMWare Workstation 11.1.0

  Hello

  I have a Windows 7 x 64 using Workstation 11.1.0 host (assessment of the trial).  I have a Windows 8.1 Pro x 64 running virtual machine.  It is the only virtual machine running.  A few minutes after starting the virtual machine, the virtual machine and the Workstation locks.

  I do Ctrl + Alt + Delete and open the host Task Manager.  VMware.exe is always 25% of the CPU (I have a Core i7-4600U, so there are 4 cores with hypertheads).  VMware - vmx.exe CPU usuage varies.  My only option is to kill the process vmware.exe.  Then, the host runs normally.  To run the windows 8.1 host once again, I have to restart the computer, as it says the prompt is used.

  When the computer restarts normally that's fine.  But this time he started running slow after a minute.  I opened the windows Task Manager.  Once it is open (after 10 minutes) I found that the CPU utilization was only 1% or more.  After 10 or 15 minutes of looking around, I started to kill the VMware processes.  After that I took some to the host ran normally.  It's working normally now.

  The issue of freezing happened 4 or 5 times in two or three days.  When I kill computer vmware.exe always goes back to normal.

  I did a few things like proactive:

  (1) add folder VM to the exclusion list antivirus, windows search, exclusion of our backup software list exclusion list.

  (2) remove the floppy and CD drive from the list of virtual machine hardware.  I read that could cause a hang upwards.

  The event log does not contain something interesting.   I have attached all newspapers of vmware, I have for the machine virtual windows 8.1.

  Any suggestions on what I can do next to try to solve this further?

  The host is not lock it just the vmware workstation app.  I wanted to clarify that.

  Other than the VM Pro 8.1 Windows only other VM I have is Windows XP Mode.  I started the XP Mode VM and it has always worked very well after having worked in the virtual machine for an hour.  I then restarted the VM of Windows 8.1 and three minutes later, he locked and workstation.  I see two vmware - vmx.exe treated one to 25% CPU usage in Task Manager (I presume VM Windows 8.1) and the other with barley any use of CPU (likey XP Mode).  Vmware.exe also has 25% CPU usage as before.

  I'm in the resource monitor and to suspend the process vmware - vmx.exe which uses 25% cpu and now a workstation and the XP Mode VM work properly.  I then clicked on 'stop' the machine virtual windows 8.1 and has resumed the vmx process.  VM stop the 8.1 Windows workstation with success.  Workstation and the XP Mode VM still work normally.

  So certainly issue between the workstation and the machine virtual windows 8.1 but I am not a guru vm or work station, so I can't determine what is the question.

  Edit

  Repeat the question.  Is a wait analyze on vmware.exe chain in resource monitored and must wait on himself: "one or more threads to vmware.exe wait to finish i/o network." and "vmware.exe PID XXXX 6208" Thread.  So some kind of blocking of the thread?  When I suspend the vmware - vmx.exe running to my VM of Windows 8.1 then the vmware.exe CPU usage goes to 0%. But the wait vmware.exe watch chain still he waits on itself with the same message as above.  I then return to the vmware-vmx process and the CPU goes up to 25%.

  I can fix things without killing the process vmware or vmx suspend windows 8.1 vmx process, use windows 7 taskbar live preview for click shutdown (square button) and then resume the vmx process.  At that point the 8.1 windows vm shutsdown immediately and the workstation (with the xp mode vm) is operating normally.

  He has worked to find a few days but starting to give me this problem.

  Edit2

  OK problem solved I think.  Our IT technician installed Malwarebytes Anti-malware over another anti-virus/anti-malware program.   Which was causing the computer to 'lock' (run slow but cpu was near 0% so desire ' cpu loading) during start, sounds a different problem than what I saw, but it may affect both workstation.  Also my VMs used NAT so I tried to switch to bridged and disabled the NAT and DHCP service.  Featured two fewer services to run.  Don't know which of those (if any) was causing the problem, but after those changes it works (for the most part very well).

  Wes