User contributions for Wila

6 January 2024

• 14:0214:02, 6 January 2024 diff hist +1,370‎ Shrink guest on hosted platform ‎ →‎Zero out using fstrim current

3 January 2024

• 18:3318:33, 3 January 2024 diff hist +292‎ Shrink guest on hosted platform ‎ →‎Zero out using fstrim: adding a small example

22 September 2023

• 19:0519:05, 22 September 2023 diff hist +586‎ Fixing a VM that had AutoAddVTPM set ‎No edit summary current
• 19:0219:02, 22 September 2023 diff hist +566‎ m Fixing a VM that had AutoAddVTPM set ‎ →‎Here's one solution where you have a few manual steps
• 18:5518:55, 22 September 2023 diff hist 0‎ m Fixing a VM that had AutoAddVTPM set ‎No edit summary
• 18:5318:53, 22 September 2023 diff hist +1,371‎ N Fixing a VM that had AutoAddVTPM set ‎ Created page with "You might have made the mistake to use an experimental solution that was offered for a while by VMware to install Windows 11 as guest OS. It involved adding a line to the .vmx file and after that you could add a TPM and thus install Windows 11. This would encrypt parts of the VM, but not give you a password and as such some people to find out that their VM won't work on some other hosts. The good part is that your data isn't actually encrypted, the bad part is that it is..."

12 September 2022

• 13:3813:38, 12 September 2022 diff hist −5‎ m Vmware-vdiskmanager ‎ Update vddk link to version 7.0 current

7 September 2022

• 22:3722:37, 7 September 2022 diff hist +171‎ Shrink guest on hosted platform ‎ →‎Shrink the disk

18 July 2022

• 12:1012:10, 18 July 2022 diff hist +810‎ Vmx hacks ‎ Player - disable mitigations current

19 March 2022

• 12:3012:30, 19 March 2022 diff hist +674‎ Vmx hacks ‎ →‎Linux Host - switch back from Vulkan to X11

8 December 2021

• 03:4103:41, 8 December 2021 diff hist +492‎ Vmx hacks ‎ →‎Any platform

27 November 2021

• 21:0321:03, 27 November 2021 diff hist +24‎ DOS ‎No edit summary current
• 21:0221:02, 27 November 2021 diff hist −67‎ Windows 3.1 ‎No edit summary current
• 20:5320:53, 27 November 2021 diff hist +230‎ N Windows 3.1 ‎ Created page with " http://www.scampers.org/steve/vmware/#31pack http://www.stankowic-development.net/?p=6674&lang=en https://sites.google.com/site/chitchatvmback/misc [https://github.com/Nat..."

17 November 2021

• 14:0714:07, 17 November 2021 diff hist +143‎ m Vmx hacks ‎ Note about multiple GPU's when having issues with Vulkan
• 14:0514:05, 17 November 2021 diff hist +449‎ Vmx hacks ‎ Disable all USB devices

12 November 2021

• 12:2412:24, 12 November 2021 diff hist +2‎ Vmx hacks ‎ →‎Linux Host - switch back from Vulkan to X11
• 12:2112:21, 12 November 2021 diff hist +652‎ Vmx hacks ‎ →‎Change thumbnail speed

2 November 2021

• 11:5511:55, 2 November 2021 diff hist +3,365‎ N Building Gallium3D ‎ Copy from my internal wiki on how-to build Gallium3D (hopelessly out of date now, but perhaps it helps) current
• 11:5511:55, 2 November 2021 diff hist +27‎ Vmwgfx ‎ →‎vmwgfx current
• 11:5411:54, 2 November 2021 diff hist +63‎ Vmwgfx ‎ →‎vmwgfx
• 11:4811:48, 2 November 2021 diff hist +137‎ Vmwgfx ‎ →‎vmwgfx
• 11:3211:32, 2 November 2021 diff hist +247‎ N Vmwgfx ‎ Created page with "== vmwgfx == 3D accelerated graphics in Linux This driver is nowadays part of the linux kernel, see: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tree/master/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx B..."
• 11:3011:30, 2 November 2021 diff hist +4‎ m Build guest vmware kernel modules ‎ →‎available kernel modules current

29 October 2021

• 11:0711:07, 29 October 2021 diff hist +373‎ m Vmx hacks ‎ Add Dark Mode setting

13 October 2021

• 01:1501:15, 13 October 2021 diff hist +118‎ Shrink guest on hosted platform ‎ →‎Zero out using fstrim
• 00:2300:23, 13 October 2021 diff hist +127‎ m Shrink guest on hosted platform ‎ →‎Zero out using fstrim
• 00:1400:14, 13 October 2021 diff hist +58‎ Shrink guest on hosted platform ‎ →‎Zero out using fstrim
• 00:1200:12, 13 October 2021 diff hist +292‎ Shrink guest on hosted platform ‎ →‎Zero out a part of your virtual disk

12 October 2021

• 00:5600:56, 12 October 2021 diff hist −2‎ m Open-vm-tools ‎ →‎old links current
• 00:5600:56, 12 October 2021 diff hist −2‎ m Open-vm-tools ‎ →‎old links
• 00:5500:55, 12 October 2021 diff hist +214‎ Open-vm-tools ‎No edit summary
• 00:4600:46, 12 October 2021 diff hist +448‎ Open-vm-tools ‎ →‎Open Virtual Machine Tools

7 October 2021

• 18:2318:23, 7 October 2021 diff hist +1‎ m Vmx hacks ‎ typo

9 August 2021

• 15:3515:35, 9 August 2021 diff hist +547‎ Shrink guest on hosted platform ‎ Added an example of the shrinking process in progress and listing the RDP side effect that I am seeing here.

7 June 2021

• 16:1016:10, 7 June 2021 diff hist +32‎ m Resources ‎ →‎VMware Developer targeted sites current
• 16:0816:08, 7 June 2021 diff hist +86‎ m Resources ‎ →‎VMware Developer targeted sites
• 16:0516:05, 7 June 2021 diff hist −47‎ m Resources ‎ Fixing link
• 16:0116:01, 7 June 2021 diff hist +9‎ m Pyvmware ‎ Fixing link current
• 15:5715:57, 7 June 2021 diff hist −17‎ m Protecting ESX VMFS Stores with Automation ‎ Fixing link current
• 15:5615:56, 7 June 2021 diff hist −14‎ m Protecting ESX VMFS Stores with Automation ‎ Fixing link

6 June 2021

• 01:4201:42, 6 June 2021 diff hist +12‎ m Vitoolkit: Status ‎ Moved from /wiki folder to wiki subdomain earlier this week current

5 June 2021

• 18:1118:11, 5 June 2021 diff hist +585‎ m PowerCLI: Change Virtual Machines Guest OS Names ‎ Adding the code itself (just in case) current
• 18:0918:09, 5 June 2021 diff hist +136‎ m PowerCLI: Change Virtual Machines Guest OS Names ‎ Updated link to point to a copy at web.archive.org as the site is no longer there.

21 April 2021

• 16:4816:48, 21 April 2021 diff hist +23‎ m Vmx hacks ‎ →‎Open file with host OS application
• 16:4716:47, 21 April 2021 diff hist +501‎ Vmx hacks ‎ →‎Pass OS X host serial number

16 April 2021

• 00:3900:39, 16 April 2021 diff hist +226‎ m Shrink guest on hosted platform ‎ and for Fusion
• 00:3000:30, 16 April 2021 diff hist +447‎ Shrink guest on hosted platform ‎ adding links to the official doc of VMware Workstation
• 00:2400:24, 16 April 2021 diff hist +377‎ Shrink guest on hosted platform ‎ Note about zero'ing out an encrypted disk

13 February 2021

• 19:3919:39, 13 February 2021 diff hist +455‎ DOS ‎ Added a few relevant links

13 December 2020

• 03:0503:05, 13 December 2020 diff hist +163‎ m Vmrun ‎ →‎External links current

11 December 2020

• 21:0021:00, 11 December 2020 diff hist +1,225‎ N Ovftool ‎ Created page with "== Ovftool == Ovftool is a command line utility that you can run to import/export a VM which is following the OVF standards between different virtualisation products. There'..." current

10 December 2020

• 03:1603:16, 10 December 2020 diff hist +1,297‎ N Vctl ‎ Created page with "== vctl == Both VMware Workstation as well as VMware Fusion nowadays have additional support to run and manage containers and the ability to run local kubernetes clusters. =..." current

6 December 2020

• 00:4300:43, 6 December 2020 diff hist +772‎ VIX ‎ workaround for getting VIX on VMware Player installed current

5 December 2020

• 19:3819:38, 5 December 2020 diff hist +170‎ m Vmx hacks ‎No edit summary
• 19:3619:36, 5 December 2020 diff hist −227‎ m Vmx hacks ‎ it's actually fine, remove the EULA notice
• 19:3119:31, 5 December 2020 diff hist +671‎ Vmx hacks ‎ Added a small introduction
• 19:1519:15, 5 December 2020 diff hist +18,758‎ N Vmx hacks ‎ Created page with " === VMX hacks === ==== Wait 5 seconds on booting ==== Wait 5 seconds on booting: bios.bootDelay = "5000" Time is in milliseconds, change it accordingly. ==== Open BIOS sett..."
• 18:5618:56, 5 December 2020 diff hist +34‎ m Main Page ‎ →‎Contribute / help out current

25 July 2020

• 11:3911:39, 25 July 2020 diff hist +114‎ m VIX ‎ →‎Download
• 11:3711:37, 25 July 2020 diff hist +339‎ m VIX ‎No edit summary

24 July 2020

• 16:2516:25, 24 July 2020 diff hist +322‎ m VIX ‎No edit summary

13 March 2020

• 01:0201:02, 13 March 2020 diff hist +388‎ Shrink guest on hosted platform ‎ added a note to look at the vmdk file ownership after shrinking via the command line.

7 December 2019

• 21:1621:16, 7 December 2019 diff hist +85‎ VMware Icons ‎ →‎VMware Icons current

2 July 2019

• 17:5317:53, 2 July 2019 diff hist +341‎ Shrink guest on hosted platform ‎ Added a few more words to indicate that these commands are to be run from within the VM

22 May 2019

• 19:1019:10, 22 May 2019 diff hist +123‎ m Shrink guest on hosted platform ‎ →‎Shrink using vmware tools

12 February 2019

• 00:5100:51, 12 February 2019 diff hist +117‎ Shrink guest on hosted platform ‎ →‎Shrink using vmware tools

5 February 2019

• 13:4513:45, 5 February 2019 diff hist +52‎ m Resources ‎ Update dev blog link
• 13:4313:43, 5 February 2019 diff hist −74‎ m Resources ‎ Dev center now points to {code} home, link is redundant
• 13:4313:43, 5 February 2019 diff hist −100‎ m Resources ‎ removing dead link
• 13:3913:39, 5 February 2019 diff hist −66‎ m Resources ‎ removing dead link
• 13:3713:37, 5 February 2019 diff hist −71‎ m Resources ‎ removing dead link
• 13:2113:21, 5 February 2019 diff hist +190‎ m Vmrun ‎ →‎Command line help contents

23 January 2019

• 23:4623:46, 23 January 2019 diff hist +8‎ m VSphere SOAP ‎No edit summary current
• 23:4423:44, 23 January 2019 diff hist +197‎ N VSphere SOAP ‎ Created page with " Blog post by Tony Ganchev * [https://blog.tonyganchev.com/accessing-vsphere-soap-apis-from-c/ Accessing vSphere SOAP APIs from C++] Category: C++ Category: vSphere A..."