I am hoping someone can help with this. I have a VM that was working fine using Player, but I needed to switch to Workstation because of the need to run multiple VMs. Workstation uninstalled Player as part of its installation process. Previously the VM am I running was working fine for network connectivity. After the install of Workstation I get no network connection. i am hoping this is a simple fix/config issue.
As per the FAQ guidelines, I have posted as much detail below as I can.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix the networking?
What exact version of VMware Workstation.
7.1.4 build-385536
What is your host OS and include if it is 32-bit or 64-bit OS. If Linux include the exact Linux distribution and kernel version.
Windows XP 32-bit
What is the guest OS and include if it is 32-bit or 64-bit OS. If Linux include the exact Linux distribution and kernel version.
Ubuntu Desktop (Lucid)
How often you see the problem (e.g. all the time, sometimes, rarely, etc.), and if it had previously worked in the same setup (e.g. same virtual machine, same computer)
Consistent - no network/internet connection since switch from Player to Workstation. It was working fine in player.
What seems to trigger the problematic behavior
??
If there are any conditions where it does work
None that I can see.
Post the output from "ipconfig /all" (Windows) or " ifconfig -a" (Linux) from both the host and the guest OS
Only posting the VMware related bits as I don't know if I can post stuff about out internal network. And that should have really no bearing as this VM was working just fine in Player:
A) Windows:
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for
VMnet8
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-08
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.133.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for
VMnet1
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.59.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
B) VM:
youngka@vadmin:~$ ifconfig -a
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0c:29:ef:ed:cf
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:feef:edcf/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:21 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2118 (2.1 KB) TX bytes:468 (468.0 B)
Interrupt:18 Base address:0x2024
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:98 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:98 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:7344 (7.3 KB) TX bytes:7344 (7.3 KB)
Post the .vmx file from the virtual machine.
VMX File:
#!/usr/bin/vmware
.encoding = "UTF-8"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "6"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
memsize = "512"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.fileName = "Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop.vmdk"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\linux.iso"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"
floppy0.fileName = "/dev/fd0"
floppy0.autodetect = "TRUE"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.connectionType = "nat"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
usb.present = "TRUE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"
sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.fileName = "-1"
sound.autodetect = "TRUE"
pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
roamingVM.exitBehavior = "go"
displayName = "Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop"
guestOS = "ubuntu"
nvram = "Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop.nvram"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
ft.secondary0.enabled = "TRUE"
tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"
extendedConfigFile = "Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop.vmxf"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
uuid.location = "56 4d 40 0a db ce 04 49-71 da 2b 6f 4e ef ed cf"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 40 0a db ce 04 49-71 da 2b 6f 4e ef ed cf"
scsi0:0.redo = ""
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "19005440"
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32"
sound.pciSlotNumber = "33"
ehci.pciSlotNumber = "34"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "35"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:ef:ed:cf"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
vmci0.id = "563789986"
tools.remindInstall = "FALSE"
ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"
checkpoint.vmState = ""
ide1:0.startConnected = "FALSE"
tools.syncTime = "FALSE"
cleanShutdown = "FALSE"
replay.supported = "TRUE"
unity.wasCapable = "TRUE"
isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "FALSE"
sharedFolder.maxNum = "2"
replay.filename = ""
sharedFolder0.present = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.enabled = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.readAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.writeAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.hostPath = "C:\_www"
sharedFolder0.guestName = "host-www"
sharedFolder0.expiration = "never"
sharedFolder1.present = "TRUE"
sharedFolder1.enabled = "TRUE"
sharedFolder1.readAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder1.writeAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder1.hostPath = "C:\_scratch"
sharedFolder1.guestName = "scratch"
sharedFolder1.expiration = "never"
debugStub.linuxOffsets = "0x0,0xffffffff,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0"
Details of how your host is connected to the network / Internet (Cable Modem, DSL, Router, Switch, Wired, Wireless,...).
Internal company Gigabit network
Details on how networking is configured for the guest (NAT, bridged, host-only).
Workstation is set to NAT. I have no idea what Player was set to before it was uninstalled by Workstation.
youngka@vadmin:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
Should there be more in the above file?
first of all you can run more VMsd in VMplayer then you can rin Workstation.
VMplayer has no limts - WS has a limit of 24
back to work: are you sure your host really has two virtual nics installed ?
are you connected to a network ? - your ipconfig does not list any external connection
if not - either fix that - or set the VM to use "bridged" instead of NAT
post a screenshot of Virtual Network Editor please
I was under the impression Player could only play 1 VM at a time (and I need to be able to run multiple at a time now)?
In any case, your suggestion got me to accidentally fix the problem.
I went to take a screenshot as requested, and decided instead to first set the VM to bridged. It picked up an IP off the network which is not how I wanted it to work, so I switched back to NAT. A couple seconds after doing that Ubuntu reported it had a working connection. A reboot of the VM confirmed it kept the connection. I don't know why switching from NAT -> Bridge -> NAT suddenly made it work, but I am not going to spend too much time worrying about it.
Thanks for your response!
Cheers!