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Archive for the ‘VMware’ Category

Control the VMware VMs from the commandline: vmrun – the successor of vmware-cmd

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/05/19

In the process of upgrading from VMware server 1.0 to 2.0, I found out that vmware-cmd.bat has been replaced by vmrun.exe.

The command-line options are different, and this link explains the vmrun command-line options in detail (well, much better than the vmrun.exe built-in help). The official documentation is available as a PDF.

One of the changes I had to make was from: Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in *nix, Power User, VMware | 2 Comments »

Simple solution for “VMware Communities: Problem installing vConverter 4.0.1”

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/04/16

Sometimes you get an error message when trying to install VMware Converter 4.x:

A previous installation/reboot is still pending. Please reboot to complete the installation and try again to install.

Contrary to most solutions, this one is easy:
The message means “vConverter is already installed“.

So: check if you did not have it installed (or a previous version) before starting with hard measures :-)

–jeroen

Posted in Power User, Virtualization, VMware, VMware Converter | Leave a Comment »

Reminder to self: what to do if RDP (MSTSC) or VMware clipboard sharing is broken

Posted by jpluimers on 2009/09/18

Some things to check when clipboard sharing for Remote Desktop (RDP/MSTSC) or VMware is broken. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Fusion, Power User, Remote Desktop Protocol/MSTSC/Terminal Services, View, VMware, VMware Workstation, Windows, Windows 7, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP | Leave a Comment »