Archive for category Virtualization

You have an incorrect version of driver “vmci.sys”

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” Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this post Recommend on FacebookShare with St Read More

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disable beeps in vmware image

Pause or shut down the image Go into the image file and add mks.noBeep=”TRUE” to the *.vmx file Start up the image Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this post Recommend on FacebookShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post Read More

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access guest OS from host OS – VMware workstation

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 Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this post Recommend on FacebookShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post Read More

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Virtual Disk Manager commands

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

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