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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
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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=&...
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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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-...
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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 ...
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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-...
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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 ...
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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?
