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VMware tools is a software installed in the guest operating system when using VMware Player, Workstation or ESX software for virtualization. It provides additional features such as network and video acceleration.

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Ubuntu 22.04 OVA Cloud Image does not get a DHCP IPv4 address in vSphere

I imported both Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 OVA into vSphere like this: govc import.ova -name ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-md -folder vm/DIA_RnD/RMD/buildenvironment/templates user avatar Martin Halder

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kcore file on /proc/ 128tb

my vm with windows with shared folders and my ubuntu showing the file on KDE Dolphin /proc/kcore - 128TB a link to the file ok, i creating a project in a Windows VM, the Linux+Windows, copying my host ... user avatar construyendo apps

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Export or convert files [ovf - mf - vmdk] to img

An exported VM of which I have 3 files. os.mf os.ovf os-disk1.vmdk I want to convert this to a * .img image user avatar AnonymousWebHacker

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How do I mount shared folders in Ubuntu (version >= 18.04) using VMware tools?

(migrating this ticket to have correct answer for recent Ubuntu-s. Originally asked here, but most answers are obsolete.) I've successfully installed VMware tools for Ubuntu. Everything seems to work ... user avatar TFuto

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Why can't I SSH in to my Ubuntu VM anymore?

I have a couple Debian based Linux distributions running on VMware Workstation Player on Windows 10. I used to be able to SSH in to the virtual machine from the host machine from a PowerShell or ... user avatar Justin Brunkow

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VMware tools could not locate components on 20.04

I am using Ubuntu 20.04 host and I tried to install VMware tools on MacOS 10.15 guest. When I tried to press "Install VMware tools", It shows Could not find component on update server. ... user avatar Adrian0811

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How to uninstall VMWARE-VMRC

I have this error when I try to uninstall using vmware-installer -u vmware-vmrc /usr/bin/vmware-installer: line 421: 8988 Segmentation fault (core dumped) LC_ALL="C" VMWARE_INSTALLER=&... user avatar MAH

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How to convert ubuntu 20.04 physical machine to virtual machine in vmware

I tried following this link but after doing half of the process the convertion failed in 97% saying grub failed and it does not work later got to know that vcenter conversion works only till ubuntu ... user avatar Peter Paul

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File has unexpected size (250 != 140516). Mirror sync in progress?

I have had a Ubuntu 19.04 system. I upgraded it to 20.04 some how I found Vmware tools were not giving desired results. So I decided to upgrade previously installed vmware tools. So I did following. ... user avatar political science

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VMWare Failed to start on Ubuntu 18.04

This is Error output from "systemctl status vmware" command : ● vmware.service - LSB: This service starts and stops VMware services Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/vmware; generated) Active: failed ... user avatar Ullman

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VMware issue after Kernel Update

has anyone had an issue with VMware after updating to Linux A 5.0.5-050005-generic? I have tried everything, I can think of and find. Thanks. Makefile:1553: recipe for target 'module/tmp/modconfig-... user avatar user939145

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Unable to run vmware tools with Ubuntu 16.04 on Workstation 14.1.2

I have installed VMware tools 10.2.5 successfully. When I reboot the VM for some reason VMware tools does not run correctly. I tried restarting VMware tools with sudo /etc/init.d/vmware-tools restart ... user avatar Raymond Carrasco

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Can't install vmware tools after update - Lubuntu 16.04

I applied some system updates and after the updates I realized that copy&paste wasn't working anymore. I remembered that this usually happens after a kernel upgrade. I tried reinstalling open-... user avatar beginner_

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Enable wmtools on 32 bit Ubuntu

I have installed 32 bit Ubuntu 14 in vmware virtual machine. Unfortunatly I can't copy/paste with host machine. I tried to install open vmtools: sudo aptitude install open-vm-tools Got answer is ... user avatar vico

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Restart vmware tools

Sometimes my Ubuntu virtual machine looses copy/paste from windows host functionality. I'm too lazy restart whole machine. How to restart just vmware tools? user avatar vico

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