VMware – Cannot Cut, Copy, or Paste to VM’s
KB ID 0000515 Problem Ever since ESX 4.1 this feature has been disabled and you have been unable to paste to VM, VMware say in their own documentation: Source (Page 215 – ESX Configuration Guide ESX 4.1 vCenter Server 4.1). To turn this feature back ON you have a few choices. Please be aware: We are talking about copy and pasting TEXT to and from a guest VM NOT files and folders. Solution ESX Option 1 (Enable Copy and Paste to...
VMware Fusion: Not Enough Physical Memory
KB ID 0001715 Problem I upgraded to macOS Big Sur this week, and was surprised everything still worked! That was until I tried to start up my Windows 1o Virtual machine. “Not enough physical memory is available to power on this virtual machine with its configured settings.” Solution Though it took me a while to ‘fix’, the fix is quite straight forward, I was running version 11 (see Below). As soon as I upgraded...
VMware Fusion: Windows 10 ‘Lost’ Mapped Drive to the Host
KB ID 0001394 Problem My Windows 10 VM decided it was going to do a major update last night, so I let it get on with it. However today I can no longer access the ‘shared’ drive that it had back to the host (my MacBook). Solution I’m pretty sure this is the second time this has happened, so after berating myself for not documenting the fix last time, this is the fix. Run Regedit (Windows Key+R > regedit {Enter})...
Booting USB: Boot VMware Guest from USB
KB ID 0000250 Problem Booting USB: Last week I wrote an article about installing Windows PE on a USB thumb drive, after making several trips across the room to test my progress by booting the spare PC with said USB drive, I thought “there must be a simpler way to do this?”. VMware Workstation guest VM’s do not support booting from USB devices, (its not built into their “BIOS”). However there’s...
VMware Error “The request refers to an object that no longer exists or has never existed”
KB ID 0000147 Problem Seen when trying to power on a client VM Solution Either Restart the Virtual Center service, or reboot the Virtual Center Server. Then retry to power on the VM. Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links NA