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Need some VMWare expertise
Posted on 9/15/15 at 5:49 pm
Posted on 9/15/15 at 5:49 pm
I am running VMWare player 12 and a vm of mine seems to have had an issue. When trying to start up the vm it says "Error while opening the virtual machine: VMX file is corrupt.". In the VM inventory list, if i try clicking on the VM it says "Error while opening the virtual machine: Internal error." So I can't even open up the spec's.
I have heard there are fixes to make a new vmx file although I am not sure since I am using VMWare player, that i don't have the same options since The instructions don't work for me.
Any suggestions on pumping life back into this VM? The VMDK file is still intact.
I have heard there are fixes to make a new vmx file although I am not sure since I am using VMWare player, that i don't have the same options since The instructions don't work for me.
Any suggestions on pumping life back into this VM? The VMDK file is still intact.
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Posted on 9/15/15 at 6:45 pm to flyAU
The VMX file is just a text file. Can you edit it with notepad and post the contents?
Posted on 9/15/15 at 7:19 pm to TigerRagAndrew
All you really need is the VMDK. You can rebuild the the VMX.
In vSphere I would just recreate the VMX and attach the existing VMDK. I'm not familiar with VMWPlayer but run ESXi and it wouldn't be difficult to save in ESXi.
You can also open the vmx in notepad and edit it manually.
In vSphere I would just recreate the VMX and attach the existing VMDK. I'm not familiar with VMWPlayer but run ESXi and it wouldn't be difficult to save in ESXi.
You can also open the vmx in notepad and edit it manually.
Posted on 9/15/15 at 8:02 pm to csorre1
holy shite. I came here to give a very dumbed down version of your answer regarding if he had a way to pull it into ESXi, but what do you do for a living?
I ask because I'm a Server Engineer, Virtualization SME
I ask because I'm a Server Engineer, Virtualization SME
Posted on 9/16/15 at 1:32 pm to csorre1
Ahh thanks. Just to give clarification this is my home PC that I had been running Workstation on. Both of those arre windows applications and are not hypervisorr's.
What would be the process to switching over to ESXi? Currently I am running Windows 10 with Player as the way to run the VMDK within Windows.
What would be the process to switching over to ESXi? Currently I am running Windows 10 with Player as the way to run the VMDK within Windows.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 1:39 pm to flyAU
Ah cool. Ok. From Workstation, create new VM with custom settings. Set all of the settings as you see fit. When you get to the "What disk do you want to use" page, hit "Use an existing virtual disk" then browse to the vmdk and you should be good to go.
You may want to consider making a copy of the vmdk just in case something goes wrong.
You may want to consider making a copy of the vmdk just in case something goes wrong.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 6:29 pm to csorre1
I appreciate your guidance. I am currently in NOLA, but before I had left home, I had ran a "new virtual machine" wizard. I never was able to get it to say "use existing virtual disk". It only asked if I wanted to use multiple disks or one disk. Also asked how much space i wanted to use. The next screen allows me to go into the resource allocations but there is no way to add a new HDD or point to an existing one.
Do you think there is a generic VSX file out there that I would be able to use and change the VM name in it where I would be able to then throw it in the vmdk folder and launch from there?
Do you think there is a generic VSX file out there that I would be able to use and change the VM name in it where I would be able to then throw it in the vmdk folder and launch from there?
Posted on 9/16/15 at 8:29 pm to flyAU
Even after you go through the wizard, you can hit edit settings and remove the vmdk that is attached, then add your old vmdk.
If you need help, you can email the vmx to me and I will fix it for you.
If you need help, you can email the vmx to me and I will fix it for you.
This post was edited on 9/16/15 at 8:31 pm
Posted on 9/17/15 at 8:30 pm to csorre1
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Even after you go through the wizard, you can hit edit settings and remove the vmdk that is attached, then add your old vmdk.
Ah ok. I will give it a shot and let you know if I need to call in the big guns
ETA: It worked! Thank you sir for the suggestion. just had to remove a drive from an existing vm and add a drive and pointed to the vmdk
This post was edited on 9/17/15 at 9:24 pm
Posted on 9/18/15 at 11:32 am to flyAU
Great job. Glad to be of service!
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