Archive for category Virtualization
When running vm instance with workstation 8.0, we may get the error. This problem happened to me when using windows 7 64 bit edition with workstation 8.0
“You have an incorrect version of driver vmci.sys”
To resolve this
1. Open the vmx file related to the vm image
2. Change the following line
vmci0.present = “false”
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Pause or shut down the image
Go into the image file and add
mks.noBeep=”TRUE” to the *.vmx file
Start up the image
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Change network settings to use VMWare Network Adapter VMNet1 (Host only) – A private network shared with the host – this way you can access the host from on your guest OS.
source: http://jopx.blogspot.com/2010/11/quick-tipaccessing-guest-from-host-with.html
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Create a Virtual Disk
vmware-vdiskmanager -c -t 0 -s 20GB -a ide newVMDisk.vmdk
Expand the size of existing virtual disk
vmware-vdiskmanager -x 80GB existingVMDisk.vmdk
Renaming a Virtual Disk
vmware-vdiskmanager -n existingVMDisk.vmdk myNewNameDisk.vmdk
NOTE: We must remove the virtual disk before renaming it.
Defragmenting Virtual Disk
vmware-vdiskmanager -d myDisk.vmdk
Prepare virtual disk for shrinking
vmware-v Read More
