Virtual machines are losing their connection to the outside networks every night?

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• Virtual machines are not able to access the network after you have moved the host

  We moved our 4 ESX host to a different physical switch and now our VMs cannot access the network.

  I can access the host via client vsphere.  Our host has 2 network cards.  They are both members of the vSwitch0.  I have 1 VM network defined, and they are both members of it.  The network adapters, vmnic0 and vmnic1 are also part of my VMkernel which I do not know that I need because I have 1 ESX Server and do not use iscsi or NFS.

  the two cards are also part of my service console.

  According to my host "configuration / display: vitual switch, it looks like all my virtual machines are defined to use the vswitch."

  the two physical network adapters is connected to the same switch.  I did not go to any configuration on the switch.

  

  The steers would be appreciated.

  Thank you

  Paul

  

  Welcome to the community,

  It sounds as if the physical switch ports are not configured correctly. Please check that port security is disabled on the switch (switchport mode access) ports and spanning tree portfast is (if any).

  André

• Offline host, virtual machine running, can not connect from the console

  I have a box of ESX 3.5 U3 that runs on an IBM x 3850 I've lost any connection to.  The host and guests all show in VC as disconnected, but all guests are still running.  I feel that it is running out of disk because there is an error message on the Alt - F11 screen that says cpu0:1024) VMNIX: & lt; 0 & gt; SCSI: device can be offline - recovery on failed command error: host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 0.  No lights error on the server or players.  If I ssh, I get ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host.  If I go to one of the other Alt + F, I can type a logon, but he never returns with a password.  The server responds pings and has backup management networks, but those who don't offer no connectivity either.

  All guests are on SAN LUN with 1 exception.  I tried to turn off one of the servers and the re-registration that it on another host, but it won't because there always is in a disconnected state.  I tried to remove the aggressor, but he sat in class for almost an hour now.  I would prefer not to have to drop this box there are some productions s VM on it.

  Sounds like you'll have no choice, but to power cycle the host. I recommend you contact vmware support befor taking this action. You can also prepare a scenario of recovery before taking any action.

  I am familiar with your SAN provider, but are there indications of errors on the SAN?

• Several virtual machines are running, but are not in stock

  Hi all

  I hope that someone has experienced this condition and can help.

  Here's what I have.

  I have 13 VMs (Windows-based) I did some tests with the help of EMC RP DR. All servers in a group to ensure consistency with the two LUNs. I was able to failover of the environment on the site of copy and then restore to the original location.

  However, today when I didn't return the case I lost 4 virtual machines.

  -J' have 9 virtual machines I see in vCenter Server

  -The virtual machines that I've "lost" are running, and I can connect using RDP, but they do not appear in vCenter Server

  -Virtual machines are in their records in their data warehouses. When I find the appropriate folder and try to add to the inventory, the option is grayed out. Which suggests that the VM is saved, but when I search I do not see the instance.

  PowerCLI command revealed that the two Mas I have 9 powered on virtual machines. Like I said all 13 virtual machines are running.

  I asked each his vmInventory.xml of the host in the cluster file servers registered on all hosts are 9 instead of 13.

  I have not disassembled the DS during operations of RecoverPoint failover, power off just the virtual machines.

  Fortunately, this environment is not in full production, but which is the right thing.

  Someone at - he encountered this rather odd situation.

  If relevant, Bay storage is EMC VNX and access is any block.

  Kind regards

  no problem you are welcome!

• Need to connect to the home network wireless - Windows XP Pro - error with network password - needs to be 40bits or 104 bits...

  I have a new laptop at home which has windows xp sp 2 is installed.  I am trying to connect to my wireless network.
  I get the following error;
  The network password needs to be 40bits or 104bits depending on your network configuration.  This can be entered as 5 or 13 ascii or 26 hexadecimal characters.

  I gave my father a new laptop computer this fall and he gave me one that had given him his friend... I've never worked with XP Pro...

  We have several other phones on this account wireless at home.

  You try to login with the wrong encryption method and you have this implemented extremely secure wireless network.

  Have a computer connected to the router with an ethernet cable. Examples given are for a Linksys router. See the manual of your router or the router mftr's Web site. for the parameters by default if you don't have a Linksys. Open a browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox and in the address bar type:

  http://192.168.1.1 [Enter] (it is default IP address of the router, which varies from router to router then check your manual)

  This will bring you to the login screen of the router. The default username is blank and the Linksys default password is "admin" without the quotes. Enter this information. You are now in the configuration of the router utility. Your configuration utility may be slightly different from mine. The first thing to do is to change the default password because * all * known default passwords for different routers.

  Click the Administration link at the top of the page. Enter your new password. MAKE A NOTE SOMEWHERE THAT YOU WILL NOT LOSE. Re-enter the password to confirm it, and then click Save settings at the bottom of the page. The router will reboot and show you the box of connection again. Do not fill in the user name and put it in your new password to enter the configuration utility.

  Now, click on the link wireless at the top of the page. Change the network name (SSID) wireless by default to something, you'll recognize. I suggest that my clients not use their surname as the SSID. For example, you might want to name your network wireless network "CastleAnthrax" or similar. ;-)

  Click on save settings and when you get the prompt that your changes were successful, click the wireless security link which is just beside the Basic Wireless Settings link (where you changed your SSID). Most computers purchased during the last 4 years have the wireless hardware that will support WPA2-Personal (also known as WPA2-PSK). This is the desired encryption level. If your wireless hardware is older, use WPA. Don't use WEP, because who is easily broken within minutes. So go ahead and set the Security Mode WPA2-Personal. Do this and enter a password. For example, you could use the password ' here be dragons, beware you scurvy dogs! The password is what you enter on all computers that are allowed to connect to the wireless network. MAKE A NOTE SOMEWHERE THAT YOU WILL NOT LOSE.

  At this point, your router is set up and if the computer that you use to configure the router will normally connect wireless, disconnect the ethernet cable and wireless of the computer should see your new network. Enter the password that you have created (exactly as you wrote it with all capital letters and punctuation) to join the network and start surfing. MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - don't panic!

• Virtual machines are stored, but the workload is not started

  I use Scheduler display 2.1 on vSphere 5.1 and 5.2 of the view. Try to start the load of local work on WIndows 7 32 bit.

  When I run the test, Planner is VM, it restarts and shows that VM is saved, but nothing happens after that. For hours, I can see only

  Status: [IP recorded: 1] [the workload began on machines 0] [Uploaded results-> desktop: 0]

  On the virtual desktop, I see this error:

  SvcRun() of the instance method failure
  Traceback (most recent call changed):
  File "c:\python26\lib\site-packages\win32\lib\win32serviceutil.py", line 806, in SvcRun
  cottages. SvcDoRun()
  File "C:\Package\serviceagent.py", line 32, of SvcDoRun
  IOError: (4, "Interrupted function call")
  2%: %3

  Device in viewplanner.log I find this errors:

  2013-04-30 09:06:26, 918 INFO-
  2013-04-30 09:06:26, 918 compliance INFO
  2013-04-30 09:06:26, 919 INFO-
  2013-04-30 09:06:26, INFO 919 checking in the ad group: local
  2013-04-30 09:06:26, 919 thinktime verification INFO: not OK
  2013-04-30 09:06:26, 919 INFO verification of iterations: OK
  2013-04-30 09:06:26, 919 applist verification INFO: not OK
  2013-04-30 09:06:26, 919 audit INFORMATION for the Protocol (PCoIP): not OK
  2013-04-30 09:06:26, 919 audit INFORMATION for (remote) mode: not OK
  2013-04-30 09:06:26, 919 audit compliance for vm INFO: Image-Planer
  2013-04-30 09:06:26, 991 INFO No. audit. of vcpu: OK
  2013-04-30 09:06:26, 991 INFO allocated virtual memory verification: not OK
  2013-04-30 09:06:26, 991 audit INFORMATION for the guest operating system: OK
  2013-04-30 09:06:26, 991 WARNING compliance failed for this virtual machine: Image-plane (jump..)
  2013-04-30 09:06:26, 991 INFO =.
  2013-04-30 09:06:26, 991 INFO 5 compliance violations have been
  2013-04-30 09:06:26, 992 INFO =.
  2013-04-30 09:06:26, 992 INFO waiting for virtual machines to settle and sleep during the time scale
  2013-04-30 09:06:52, 988 INFO Running query: INSERT INTO testinfo (test_name, ClientIP_FK, ServerIP_FK, Protocol, username, password, test_state, start_time, type) values ('Temp', '192.168.147.100', '192.168.147.100', "RDP", "local_1", "passw0rd", "waiting", "2013-04-30 09:06:52", 0)
  2013-04-30 09:06:52, 999 INFO Running query: SELECT * from testinfo where test_name = 'Temp' and test_state = 'pending' and ClientIP_FK = '192.168.147.100' and ServerIP_FK = '192.168.147.100. '
  2013-04-30 09:06:53, 000 INFO-
  2013-04-30 09:06:53, 000 INFO launch the execution plan for the run profile
  2013-04-30 09:06:53, 000 INFO-
  2013-04-30 09:06:53, 000 information from local workload for all virtual machines funds...
  2013-04-30 09:06:53, 000 NEWS Running query: SELECT * from testinfo where ServerIP_FK = '192.168.147.100' and test_state = 'waiting '.
  2013-04-30 09:06:53, the id of the test server INFO 001 is 7
  2013-04-30 09:06:53, 001 INFO Running query: UPDATE hostinfo SET state = 'Busy' where IPADDR = "192.168.147.100."
  2013-04-30 09:06:53, 002 INFO Running query: UPDATE testinfo test_name SET = "Adobe", Protocol = "RDP", username is "local_1", password = "passw0rd", test_state = "Running", start_time is "2013-04-30 09:06:53" where test_id = 7
  2013-04-30 09:06:53, 004 config of workload INFO pushing to the virtual machine: 192.168.147.100
  2013-04-30 09:06:53, 004 INFO running commands remotely with args: server: 192.168.147.100, test_name: Adobe
  2013-04-30 09:06:53, INFO 004 adding the callback function to get the object root remote to ipaddr: 192.168.147.100
  Error unhandled offline:
  Unhandled error
  Traceback (most recent call changed):
  Failed: twisted.internet.error.TCPTimedOutError: TCP connection has expired: 110: connection timed out.
  Error unhandled offline:
  Unhandled error
  Traceback (most recent call changed):
  Failed: twisted.internet.error.TCPTimedOutError: TCP connection has expired: 110: connection timed out.
  2013-04-30 09:23:58, register a new server 305 information: 192.168.147.100

  Any idea what could have gone wrong? Thank you in advance for your help!

  There are only these three things, you can see again:

  -The agent see Planner service is running in the desktop

  -All the firewall, including the domain firewall is disabled

  -The harness is able to ping the virtual desktop computer

  Can you check and also download the viewplanner.log?

• Smart card reader does not correctly connect once the virtual machine is restored from sleep using the vmrum controls

  Smart card reader does not correctly connect once the virtual machine is restored from sleep using the vmrum controls

  Scenario is,

  1. smart card reader is connected to the VM with card inserted in

  2 initiate a prompt suspension of the VM toolbar

  3. now to resume the virtual machine by using vmrun command into the host machine

  WS t vmrun start xxx.vmx

  Now, the recovery of VM but the smart card reader that was previously connected does not work properly in VM that is to say, sometimes after CV chip card reader driver is uninstalling and a few other times, chip connected to the drive is not available on a virtual computer

  My requirement is after power, smart card reader can stay connected to the virtual computer with the already installed driver and the smart card.

  Kindly help with this problem.

  Host operating system: Victoire 2012 R2

  The VM OS: win 10 x 64

  Thank you!!

  Dear all,

  I had a work around for this problem. By adding "usb.autoConnect.device0 ="0xVID:0xPID"" this statement to the VMX file, solves this problem, that is, whenever the VM is wake-up by clicking on the link CV or using vmrun commands, it connects the unit in question automatically and it is charging correctly with his driver. Obtaining smart card detected after sleep\hibernate with no problems.

  VID & PID is respective ID of the device that can be seen in the properties of the Device Manager "Device Instance path".

  For more information about this, visit VMware KB: automatic connection of USB devices to the virtual machine power on

  ~ Surendra

• SCSI driver is missing in the virtual machine. Driver is missing in the provided website. Instructions on how to install the driver (once you find) are missing.

  I get the text following error encrypted every time that I boot Windows XP in VMWare Fusion, since I've upgraded to version 4.02 a few months ago.  So I upgraded to version 5.02 hoping the error would go, but he didn't.

  When I try to start it, it says "he has at least a virtual SCSI device installed on this virtual Windows XP computer.

  Windows XP does not include the drivers for the card SCSI BusLogic VMware Fusion uses virtual SCSI devices.
  To use these virtual SCSI devices, install the VMware driver in the virtual machine. "Download the driver of"http://vmware.com/info?id=43"."
  Once I have to dismiss the message, everything seems to work properly.  How can I make this message disappear?

  I tried to go to the useless link that is provided (http://vmware.com/info?id=43), but it takes me just for a general download for all VMWare products page.  Then I tried searching for "SCSI" but it does not have the driver, I'm supposedly dedicated research

  After doing a bit of searching around, I finally found a driver called "vmscsi - 1.2.0.4.flp ', I connect to my virtual floppy drive.  Once I did, my virtual machine wouldn't boot (I get the error "NTDLR is missing.)  I then unplugged the virtual floppy drive, and now my virtual machine starts again.  I then re-connected the drive floppy and discovered the following content:
  Disk.Tag
  Txtsetup.OEM
  vmscsi.cat
  vmscsi.inf
  smscsi.sys
  OK... Now what?  No installer?  What the hell am I supposed to do with it?  I tried a double click on all of these files and have no significant results.  When the pilot is supposed to go?  No instructions? -What VMware calls "support"?

  The VMware Tools GUI has been removed because it has now integrated with the Virtual Machine settings, however you can still use the command line.

  C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools>vmwaretoolboxcmd help
  Usage: vmwaretoolboxcmd  [options] [subcommand]
  Type 'vmwaretoolboxcmd help ' for help on a specific command.
  Type 'vmwaretoolboxcmd -v' to see the VMware Tools version.
  Use '-q' option to suppress stdout output.
  Most commands take a subcommand.
  Available commands:
     device
     disk
     script
     stat
     timesync
     upgrade (not available on all operating systems)
  

• What concurrent virtual machines are launched to start the failover or failover test

  Hi friends,

  What the simultaneous virtual machines are started when the failover or failover test is started?

  6 virtual machines are cocurrently recovered or the number can be configured?

  Thank you.

  Hello

  The number of virtual machines simultaneously recovered was 2 virtual machines per host up to a maximum of 20 virtual machines with MRS. 4.x ( http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware-vCenter-SRM-WP-EN.pdf document "Best Practices" 18 States, but I have seen 20 myself several times).

  With SRM 5 the number is unlimited by default (http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/srm5-perf.pdf, page 13), but can be changed (overall or specific cluster): http://blogs.vmware.com/uptime/2011/10/working-at-the-edge-of-srm-5-limits.html

  Michael.

• All virtual machines are dead

  Hi, I discovered today that all virtual machines on my ESXi 4 has been arrested.  There are balls I can check what happened?  4 virtual machines are all CentOS 5.5 64-bit and very lightly loaded (IE TOP shows 0.1 for loading).  There is no more validation of CPU or memory.

  You can... How to do this depends on your configuration... For example, if you use vCenter or not. If this isn't the case, then connect to the host, go to the tab "Configuration", under the heading 'Software', ' Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown ' select and then click on the 'Properties' link (top right of this window)... This is where you can select the VM power on with the host country, what order they put under tension, or if they "Manual start" value when the host starts.

  If you do the settings on the host computer, vCenter will extract these settings in the configuration... I would suggest testing to confirm that the auto-start settings stick when you vMotion a computer virtual to another host (if you have more than one host) or not.

  Network administrator

  VMware VCP4

  Review the allocation of points for "useful" or "right" answers.

• CentOS 5.4 + vmware server 2.0.2 - virtual machines are switched off automatically

  Hello

  I have a centos 5.4 with server 2.0.2 vmware server installed on it. I am running two virtual machines on it: Microsoft windows xp pro sp3 and Centos 5.4 (the two 32-bit).

  I have the last time, my virtual machines are automatically shut down, for example: I start the two vm at night and in the morning they are turned off.

  Often happens that vmware-mngm service is not accessible, I'm trying to access on browser, but is not accessible. After I restarted the service vmware-mngm, it works, but aflte some operations with virtual machines, it gives me an error and stop responding again.

  SELinux is disabled

  1. getenforce

  People with disabilities

  After I log in Panel of vmware server I get this error:

  The server cannot complete a request (HTTP 0).

  Ok

  The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented him from meeting the demand. If the problem persists, contact your system administrator.

  After the mgmt-vmware restart I can connect. I have attached the log files in a zip archive.

  Help, please!

  Thank you

  Hello

  first of all, check the host with a tool like memtest memory. Maybe the RAM is not ok.

  After that, perhaps your problem is this one: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1326842#1326842

  In above discussion, the solution is the following: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1431577#1431577

  Let me know if it works for you.

  A saludo/best regards,.

  Pablo

  Please consider providing any useful answer. Thank you!! - Por favor considered premiar las useful responses. MUCHAS gracias!

• Is it possible I can get the virtual computer connectivity after restart to connect to the local network in the host operating system?

  Hi all

  For some reason, I have to disable and then enable the LAN connection in the host operating system. If some virtual machines are running during this time, connectivity all VMs for out-of-world are lost, they cannot connect to the host even more (by running the ping command). I tried a few methods to retrieve the connectivity, but all have failed, for example,

  1. reboot the virtual computer

  2. restart VMware Workstation

  3. restart the corresponding system services in the host operating system

  The only way I can retrieve all is to restart the host operating system itself.

  Yes, is there short any path, I can retrieve the connectivity of these virtual machines?

  Thanks in advance.

  Yark

  yarkwang wrote:

  I use a Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet NIC, shows the date of the pilot 2006-5-15, but it works well, I think.

  Try installing a newer driver.  According to the site, you should be able to find a driver dated 2008 or 2007 (depending on which exact model of NetLink card you have):

  - http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/downloaddrivers.php

  1 came out of safe guard 360

  Sometimes out of some firewall programs is not enough (they keep still themselves installed in the network of the host stack, even if they are 'closed').  You may need to uninstall to make sure that it is not interfere.  (Search the forums for support for your firewall software see if anyone else is having problems with vmware and 360 safe guard).

• No Internet access, the 'Connect to the Local network' and 'Wireless network connection' are "Local only".

  I'm portable computer maintenance of the customer, a Toshiba Satellite L305-S5885, under Vista Home Premium x 86 SP2, with infections by malicious software and internet connection problems. I have managed to get rid of all of its 251 infections and I am now addressing the connectivity problem. I'm unable to achieve on its ethernet or a wireless connection to Internet. The two network status of connections 'Unidentified network', and also ' access: Local only ' all other machines hooked up to my router via CAT5e and some via 802.11 g/n, have excellent speeds with internet connectivity, so I know that the problem is limited to his machine. I tried the following:

  Deactivation and reactivation of these two connections: FAIL.

  "Diagnose and repair" on the two connections: FAIL.

  Under dynamic I.P. type to static/static to the dynamic: FAIL.

  Uninstalled all network via Device Manager devices, then restart: FAIL.

  Manually uninstalled all the drivers and utility and installed the latest versions: FAIL

  The command ipconfig/all text follows:

  ----------------------------------------------
  Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
  Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

  C:\Users\Brooklyn's>ipconfig/all

  Windows IP configuration

  Name of the host...: Brooklyns-PC
  Primary Dns suffix...:
  Node... type: broadcast
  Active... IP routing: No.
  Active... proxy WINS: No.

  Wireless network connection Wireless LAN adapter:

  The connection-specific DNS suffix. :
  ... Description: Intel (r) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
  Physical address.... : 00-21-5C-31-87-95
  DHCP active...: Yes
  Autoconfiguration enabled...: Yes
  Autoconfiguration IPv4 address. . : 169.254.174.235 (Preferred)
  ... Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0.
  ... Default gateway. :
  NetBIOS over TCP/IP...: enabled

  Ethernet connection to the Local network card:

  The connection-specific DNS suffix. :
  Description...: Realtek RTL8102E Family PCI - E Fast Ethern
  and NIC (NDIS 6.0)
  Physical address.... : 00-1E-33-4E-2E-F7
  DHCP active...: Yes
  Autoconfiguration enabled...: Yes
  Autoconfiguration IPv4 address. . : 169.254.74.29 (Preferred)
  ... Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0.
  ... Default gateway. :
  NetBIOS over TCP/IP...: enabled

  Card tunnel Local Area Connection * 6:

  State of the media...: Media disconnected
  The connection-specific DNS suffix. :
  ... Description: isatap. {C41651CC-0B3D-411D-8187-745214 C 69}
  B4B}
  Physical address.... : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
  DHCP active...: No.
  Autoconfiguration enabled...: Yes

  Card tunnel Local Area Connection * 11:

  State of the media...: Media disconnected
  The connection-specific DNS suffix. :
  ... Description: isatap. {816357D 3-D 8-494C-AA09-F622AE861 44}
  0FA}
  Physical address.... : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
  DHCP active...: No.
  Autoconfiguration enabled...: Yes

  Card tunnel Local Area Connection * 14:

  State of the media...: Media disconnected
  The connection-specific DNS suffix. :
  ... Description: Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
  Physical address.... : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
  DHCP active...: No.
  Autoconfiguration enabled...: Yes

  C:\Users\Brooklyn's >
  --------------------------------------------------

  Guys, I'm really hitting my head against the wall on this one, and I would be VERY happy for any help through this. Thank you!

  I thought about it, there was a corrupted installation of Norton 360, the origin of the problem. I've used the Norton removal tool and voila! Internet! Thank you.

• I keep losing my connection to the Media Center on my D-Link DSM 750

  I keep losing my connection to the Media Center on my D-Link DSM 750 when you try to view the video library. Music photos and everything else works fine?

  Hi Ghostrider457,

  Are a. When you facing this problem?

  B. you get errors?

  C. recent changes made on the computer?

  Method 1

  Try temporarily disabling the firewall/antivirus software and check if the problem persists.
  Turn on the firewall / antivirus after you check the status.

  Method 2: new user account

  1. open user accounts by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, click user accounts and family safety (or by clicking on user accounts, if you are connected to a network domain), and then clicking user accounts.

  2. click on manage another account.  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

  3. click on create a new account.

  4. type the name you want to assign to the user account, click an account type, and then click on create an account.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/fix-a-corrupted-user-profile

  Try and tell us the result.

  Bindu S - Microsoft Support
  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think

• Merge cannot make Boot Camp virtual machine: perhaps too many places of the VM?

  I get the error message, well known in the VM library window "Bundle" & lt; pathname & gt; "" / Boot Camp/%2Fdev%2Fdisk0/Boot partition.vmware.vm Camp "is damaged and cannot be opened."   However, my problem is not solved by the solutions proposed elsewhere in this forum.

  At the bottom of this post, I listed my host config and invited desired config.

  Here is a brief history, followed by what happened when I tried the solution of WoodyZ published here.

  • I had Windows XP Pro SP2 on my Boot Camp partition, but somehow ended up 'inaccessible' SigmaTel audio device and the Leopard installation DVD could not repair it.  I imported this partition to Boot Camp in the Fusion as a virtual machine.  This virtual machine is now stored on the external hard drive in "/ Volumes/ExternHFS/_CCCnonBackup/virtualMachines/Boot partition.vmwarevm"+ Camp.»  This virtual machine still works when loading in the merger, but the sound does not work, nor made a called M-audio Transit USB connector.  That's why I decided to create a new partition in Boot Camp with a SigmaTel audio device cool.

  • There are Kubuntu and NetBSD virtual computers stored in another default folder: yangguizi/Users / / Documents/Virtual Machines /

  • Using wizard Boot Camp in Leopard, I erased my Boot Camp partition and then recreated with a new installation of Windows XP Pro SP2.  (By the way, I've formatted this partition in NTFS.)  This Boot Camp partition is the device of SigmaTel installed and accessible from the control panel.

  So I wanted to make a virtual machine of the new Boot Camp partition.  When I opened the merger, I highlighted the new Boot Camp partition down and clicked on the arrow of comments are starting to the right.  A window saying "Vmware Fusion prepares your Boot Camp partition to run as a virtual machine.  This may take a few minutes.  This will be possible once. "That window remained open for 45 minutes.  Finally, I closed merge by clicking the choice of menu to quit Vmware Fusion.

  Thereafter, whenever I opened the merger, I saw the message "Bundle" / Users/yangguizi/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Machines virtuelles/Camp/%2Fdev%2Fdisk0/Boot Boot Camp partition.vmware.vm "is damaged and cannot be opened.' " next to the new Boot Camp partition.

  When I highlighted this new Boot Camp partition in the VM library and you press the delete key, absolutely nothing changed, that I could see.  Right click on the list of this score showed that the menu choice 'delete' is gray.

  Then I closed the merger, and then manually moving the file to the trash "/ Users/yangguizi/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines / Boot Camp / '.

  The next time I opened the merger, a new icon for the Boot Camp partition has been displayed at the bottom, with the subtitle "Powered Off".  When I clicked on the icon start Guest, a new folder/Boot Camp / was created in the same place, and the never-ending open window showing "Vmware Fusion prepares your Boot Camp partition to run as a virtual machine.  This may take a few minutes.  This will be possible once. " Blah, blah, blah.  If the cycle turned up.

  I am at a loss what to try next.  Here are three assumptions about the problem:

  1. Fusion has been confused by the three communities during which I virtual machines.

• Fusion has been confused by the fact that I have, potentially, two virtual machines called "Boot Camp partition".  The older is actually a virtual machine hard disk external.

• When I installed XP in the Boot Camp partition, the external Firewire drive was running. Then installing Windows saw much more of partitions on which XP could in theory have been installed.  This may have confused merge somehow, even if I successfully installed XP on partition C, which was 32 GB.

Did fix you this problem?  Even if you haven't, what do you suggest me I try next?

Thank you, Yang Guizi

Host hardware: 17 "MacBook Pro; 2.33 GHz cpu; 3 GB of ram; Boot Camp 32 GB partition formatted in NTFS. external hard drive with Firewire 800 interface, partitioned in an HFS volume + and an NTFS volume.
Host software: OS X Leopard 10.5.5; running VMware Fusion 2.0.1 build 128865; Tracks of partition Boot Camp newly installed Windows XP Pro with Service Pack 2.
Software comments: I would like to convert the Boot Camp XP Pro SP2 in a VMware virtual machine.        Running VMs with Kubuntu and NetBSD since the hd internal.

You can just get rid of the all/Users/lincoln/Library/Application Support / directory / Machines/virtual VMware Fusion; It should all be recreated. The virtual machine to help naos is than the pretreatment of Boot Camp. You don't want to get rid of all the of them, the only one in the specified directory. For example, there is a blank template in Applications/VMware Fusion.app whence that of your home folder.