While we have discussed steps to perform shared folders or copying data between a virtual machine and the host system. In this article, we will discuss how to “Map and disconnect virtual disk in VMware Workstation”. This means that you can map a virtual disk directly to the host system. This approach allows you to…
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In this article, you will learn about how to disable side-channel mitigations on VMware Workstation. Recent version of VMware Workstation 17.x “Install Workstation Pro 17: Fix failed to initialise library for mounting and unmounting virtual disks“. The Virtual Machines have side channel mitigations enabled on Windows hosts. See this article on how to install VMware…
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VMware Workstation powers virtualization for optimal system utilization. VMware Workstation uses virtual hard disks to simulate the storage capabilities of physical hard drives within virtual machines. Please see how to fix “Error 0xc1420117: The directory could not be completely unmounted“, how to Mount an ISO image in Windows 10 and 11, and how to install…
VMware Workstation is the industry standard desktop hypervisor for running virtual machines on Linux or Windows PCs. It has multiple licensing options depending on your use case. In this article, you will learn the various ways to copy files from host to VMware Workstation VM. Please see how to Copy Deployment Share between Servers without…
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VMware Workstation is an excellent choice for learning, testing, and development purposes. It provides a user-friendly interface for setting up and managing VMs, making it accessible to a broader audience compared to its enterprise-level solutions. In this article, you shall learn how to fix “the VM appears to be in use: Taking ownership failed”. Please…
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Virtual Network Editor is a VMware network configuration program used to configure the network settings of multiple VMs. In this article, we shall discuss steps to resolve “Network Cable Unplugged: Fix VMware “Warning – Multiple default gateways are intended to provide redundancy to a single network”. Please see how to View RDP Configuration Settings: Connect…
VMware Tools is a set of services and modules that enable several features in VMware products for better management of guests operating systems and seamless user interactions with them. VMware Tools has the ability to pass messages from the host operating system to the guest operating system. Here are some interesting guides: VMware Workstation states: What…
The major difference between those two modes: Suspend writes memory to disk and the Guest OS enters hibernate/sleep state. Powers off the virtual machine. The virtual machine does not attempt to shut down the guest operating system gracefully. Kindly refer to these related guides: How to logoff, restart, or shutdown Windows PC or Server remotely…
VMware Inc. is a software company that develops many suites of software products, especially for providing various virtualization solutions. There are many cloud products, datacenter products, desktop products, and so on. People who are new to VMware’s virtualization platform often get confused learning about VMware vSphere and its components. So today I will be explaining all about vSphere and its components….
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vCenter Converter enables the conversion of virtual machines for the VMware vSphere platform (ie ESXi hosts, ESXi hosts managed by a vCenter Server, or a standalone VMware virtual machine) physical machines, VMware Server virtual machines or Workstation, Hyper-V virtual machines, and system images. Kindly refer to these related guides: How to extend a VM’s Hard Disk on…
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This article introduces the planning considerations and initial deployment process supporting the successful deployment of an Azure VMware Solution (AVS) private cloud. This guide assists customers in learning AVS concepts, identifying AVS prerequisites, planning for the initial deployment, deploying the first AVS private cloud, and establishing connectivity between an on-premises datacenter and the AVS private…
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In this article, we shall discuss how to fix “The validation process found problems on the server to which you want to install features, the features are not compatible with the current configuration of your server”. You may want to see these troubleshooting guides too: Windows failed to start, a recent hardware or software change…
A snapshot preserves the state and data of a virtual machine at a specific point in time. The data includes all of the files that make up the virtual machine. This includes disks, memory, and other devices, such as virtual network interface cards. A virtual machine provides several operations for creating and managing snapshots and…
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