Re: VMware 5.0.3 hanging on OSX 10.8.3 - MacBook Retina mid 2012 8GB Ram (SSD)
I have purposfully thrashed the machine rotten today, started stopped VM's fans running full, Virtual Memory at 3GB No crashes, hangs or anything - it would normally have crashed 3 or 4 times by now...
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Unfortunately, if Woody can't work his magic, there's not much else to try - he's the guru. The best thing you can do at this point is probably to give him the old virtual machine to use - at least...
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Great response. Thanks for the ideas related to alternatives to Time Machine. I will look into them right away. I especially like the shared folders method to the Mac.
View ArticleRe: Update from 5.0.2 to 5.0.3 killed my USB-Ports on Mac Pro
Shutdown windows and restart mac seems to have fixed it. Glenn P. SmithSent from my iPhone
View ArticleMS-DOS printing to LPT1 > send to networked printer ?
I need to run a legacy MS-DOS database application on OS X Mountain Lion Specifically,when anyone prints in this database application, it goes to LPT1. I need to automatically send this print job to a...
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Re: MS-DOS printing to LPT1 > send to networked printer ?
Just some thoughs... The first question is, why in the 21st century are you still dependent on a DOS Database program!? The second question, is the output to the OS X disk file in Human Readable...
View ArticleRe: Fusion 5.0.3 Unity Mode Window Focus Issue
joeyalex82, Thanks a lot for your input.we have one internal ticket to track this issue and would update you once we have final solution.thanks a lot for your patience. Best Regards,changhai
View ArticleRe: Folder copy on Windows 7 vm fails for "not enough space", but there is.
Michael, see my other response too here for some more details of the explanation of why your workaround succeeded.I have suggested that using the UI to temporarily disable a share to the second drive...
View ArticleRe: Shared Folder Issue in Fusion 5
My next question was going to be about the files you have on your shares.Explorer will as you say, go through and verify all files in a zip file. I have not seen this issue as I don't have any zip...
View ArticleRe: Folder copy on Windows 7 vm fails for "not enough space", but there is.
Stop the virtual machine either power down or suspend.Quit Fusion. Edit the VMX file for the Windows virtual machine you are using and either edit the following existing setting for the file or add a...
View ArticleRe: Folder copy on Windows 7 vm fails for "not enough space", but there is.
This a general issue that we see with our VMware shared folders and is a consequence of exporting the shares under "\\vmware-host\Shared Folders".Windows explorer will often ask for the for the volume...
View ArticleRe: Shared Folder Issue in Fusion 5
Hi Steve, The curious part about the story was that it only happens if you navigate the tree in a particular way.If you navigate the folders from the right hand view in Explorer it did not happen.Also...
View ArticleRe: Folder copy on Windows 7 vm fails for "not enough space", but there is.
Steve, Thanks so much for the info! My paranoia when it comes to hard drive backups has me to where I make sure anything important is backed up redundantly, so I'm usually well aware of the amount of...
View ArticleRe: Shared Folder Issue in Fusion 5
Hi Wil, So a quick clarification on your comment:If you navigate the folders from the right hand view in Explorer it did not happen. Do you mean if you only navigate on the left hand pane,...
View ArticleRe: Shared Folder Issue in Fusion 5
Hi Wil, Yes, please email me privately the pml file you have, that would be awesome.I would be very interested to generally see the file IO when your issue occurs. It will help confirm that I see the...
View ArticleRe: Folder copy on Windows 7 vm fails for "not enough space", but there is.
Yes, it is one of the issues of having the extra virtual folder. Normally for UNC format that would be the real share but we added the virtual folder to allow all the shares to be under a single drive...
View ArticleRe: Cannot start a suspended VM - cannot find .VDMK
I have an older backup that I tried that is also missing the same segment. However there are two VMDK files for this one - This one - which is missing 10, and another which is a "child" I can't mount...
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Re: Cannot start a suspended VM - cannot find .VDMK
You cannot arbitrarily remove one of the Extents and each Extent is required! Find attached and empty Extent to replace the missing one so as to effect User Data Recovery, not necessaraly make it a...
View ArticleMigrated to new MacBook Pro, Virtual machines can't see network
I just purchased a new MacBook Pro (15.4 inch retina display, 8GB memory, 512 GB SSD, Mountain Lion), I migrated my applications from my old MBP using Apple's migration utility, including VMware Fusion...
View ArticleRe: Migrated to new MacBook Pro, Virtual machines can't see network
Have a look at: Manually uninstalling VMware Fusion Clean up any remnants and try reinstalling again. Also if you still have your Virtual Machines on your other computer you can copy then over if they...
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