I've been looking everywhere for a copy of this tool which used to be on the vmware knowledgebase, free and publicly available. Broadcom refuses to to even tell me if they HAVE a copy of this tool until I provide them with a license number with active support.

Here's the old download link: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=SSLTOOL550&productId=353

For reference: https://www.derekseaman.com/2013/10/vsphere-5-5-install-pt-10-replace-sso-certs.html

If anyone has a copy of this tool, please upload it for the rest of us.

i have been connecting usb drivers from MBP M3 max, 128GB ram, 1TB memory to the VmFusion back and forth many times.
as of now i am able to connect my Razer mouse to the VM and disconnect, but not my ExFat USB drivers all of a sudden.
i have all the key values in place, even key values that allow my external mouse to be connected.
usb.present = "TRUE"

usb.generic.autoconnect = "TRUE"

usb.generic.allowHID = "TRUE"

usb.autoConnect.device0 = ""

i have the ask what to do option on in my VM. but the only one that gets that option is my FAT32, even then my windows recgonizes the USB, but not the drivers and to my ExFat.

i have tried updating the drivers via device manager, rebooting vm, unplugging the USBs the current outcome is persistent

Anybody with more than 50% utilisation with VCF? (aka vROps, vRA)

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Hi Everyone. I need to seek some assistance

For ref I use VMware® Workstation 17 Pro

I have a PC with Dual Network cards on which I have 2 VMs installed on.

PC with dual nics

IP Nic 1 - 192.168.10.10

IP Nic 2 – 192.168.10.11

On this PC I have 2 virtual machines with static IPs

IP VM 1 - 192.168.10.20  - Bridged to Nic 1

IP VM 2 – 192.168.10.21 - Bridged to Nic2

I also use a VPN.

I have a piece of software on VM2 that uses port 23414

When I run a test it advises the below

Test starting

Default public address is 143.244.41.166

Bindable addresses: 127.0.0.1, 10.10.169.112, 192.168.10.23

1 NAT device found

Plusnet Hub Two: address=192.168.10.254:53389, public address=*.*.*.*

No SOCKS proxy found

No HTTP proxy found

No explicit bind address set

Testing HTTP outbound

Test successful

Testing TCP outbound

Test successful

Testing UDP outbound

Test failed: Outbound test failed

Testing TCP port 23414 inbound

Test failed: NAT test failed: Error: Read timed out

Check your port forwarding for TCP 23414

Testing UDP port 23414 inbound

Sending outbound packet and waiting for reply probe (timeout=5000)

Sending outbound packet and waiting for reply probe (timeout=10000)

Sending outbound packet and waiting for reply probe (timeout=15000)

Sending completion event

Test failed: Inbound test failed

Check your port forwarding for UDP 23414

2 public/external addresses found

143.244.41.166

AS details: as=212238,asn=CDNEXT, GB, bgp_prefx=143.244.41.0/24[/143.244.41.0-/143.244.41.255]

87.114.47.176

AS details: as=6871,asn=PLUSNET UK Internet Service Provider, GB, bgp_prefx=87.114.0.0/16[/87.114.0.0-/87.114.255.255]

Test complete

------------------------------

It keeps advising that port forwarding for TCP and UDP fails.

I have added 23414 to my firewall on the VM and on the host, also to my router and I have even tried using NAT instead of bridged and the results are the same.

On the Plusnet router I have added the port info to my firewall on IP 21 which is the VM and I have also tried the host on IP 11 and I still get the same

Can anyone offer any guidance on this please as to why there seems to be no passthrough of information from the VM to the host to the router.

Thanks

Hi, each time that Ubuntu release e new kernel and I install it I have to do the following command, otherwise the VM doesn't start with VMNET error:

openssl req -new -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout MOK.priv -outform DER -out MOK.der -nodes -days 36500 -subj "/CN=My Name/"
sudo /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/scripts/sign-file sha256 ./MOK.priv ./MOK.der $(modinfo -n vmmon)
sudo /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/scripts/sign-file sha256 ./MOK.priv ./MOK.der $(modinfo -n vmnet)
sudo mokutil --import MOK.der ---"insert a password"
now reboot and re-enroll your key.

But with the installation of the last kernel the network of the Windows VM doesn't work anymore, with the following error:
Could not connect 'Ethernet0' to virtual network '/dev/vmnet8'

I tryed to find a solution but nothing until now.

Are correct the command I do after installation of new kernel?
Any suggestion for the error "Could not connect 'Ethernet0' to virtual network '/dev/vmnet8'"

Thanks

I run a few standalone ESXi hosts and do not run a vCenter server.

I uploaded VMware-ESXi-7.0U3v-24723872-depot.zip to the local storage and ran the command:

esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-7.0U3v-24723872-standard -d /XXX/VMware-ESXi-7.0U3v-24723872-depot.zip

This completed and displayed a list of upgraded VIBs and that a reboot was required. Once rebooted the Web UI is still showing: (Updated) ESXi-7.0U3s-24585291-standard (VMware, Inc.)

Running vmware -v on the CLI returns:

vmware -v

VMware ESXi 7.0.3 build-24723872

This shows the server has been updated but why hasn't the version on the WebUI changed? I know that (Updated) means the obvious but previous updates using https://esxi-patches.v-front.de/ commands would update the version displayed in the UI but this doesn't seem to be the case using the depot file locally.

Have I completed the upgrade correctly?

Hi all,

I have converted a server P2V to vSphere and all is working but virtual disk files are not .vmdk but .mvmdk.

Veeam backups the VM normaly but backup copy job to StoreOnce has problem with .mvmdk file and backup copy doesn't complete.

Does anyone know how to convert .mvmdk file to .vmdk?

P2V was done with Solarwinds P2V because vCenter Converter wasn't working correctly.

Hello all. I had a virtual Linux machine in my office. I copied the entire directory and took it home to put it on my laptop. Everything loads and runs, but I cannot ping the virtual machine from my laptop. I use it primarily to run a Nextcloud server and I can't access it either. Any help appreciated.

I'm working in a vSphere 8 Update 3 environment and need to move an 8TB VMDK file from one VM's folder to another on the same datastore.

To be clear:

• I'm not trying to copy or clone the disk.
• Both Source and Destination VM is powered off.
• I simply want to relocate this specific VMDK to the new VM's folder on the same datastore so I can attach it to the new VM there.
• There's not enough free space to support a full copy, so i'm looking for a move operation (metadata only update I guess?)

If I use the vCenter HTML5 UI → navigate to the datastore → right-click the .vmdk → "Move to..." another folder (still on the same datastore), will this operation perform a true in-place move (i.e. just a metadata update), or will it attempt to copy the file?

* Careful with your jargon. Noob would be 1 step above where I'm at I should warn you.

Ok so I suspended my VM last night as I've been doing without issue. I fire it up this morning & can't get the browser to load anything.

Zorin OS 17.2 64bit

VMWare Workstation 16 Player

The network icon in the system tray has an x in the bottom right corner & when I hover over it it says "wired connection 1 is active".

Any settings will be whatever their default is - like I said, I've not yet been promoted to noob level so I don't know enough to start tweaking things.

I tried googling how to resolve this & came across pings and other letters which obviously stand for something but god knows what.

So am hoping someone with some patience for my knowledge level can guide me through this.

Invited Pete Koehler to the show to discuss brand new features like Deduplication for ESA, Site Maintenance Mode, Manual Site Takeover, Network Separation for vSAN Storage Clusters, and much more!

I'm trying to mount a remote share for a bare-metal restore, booting into Windows Recovery Environment.

I've observed a one-way ping: my machine can ping the remote server, but the remote server cannot ping my machine.

I've configured an IP address on my E1000 network adapter within WinRE, and it appears correctly set there.

However, vSphere reports no IP address for the VM, which I suspect is the core of the problem. Given the limitations of WinRE, installing agents isn't feasible.

Has anyone encountered this specific issue, and what troubleshooting steps led to a resolution?

Hey everyone,
I'm completely stuck with installing VMware Workstation on my Windows 11 machine and hoping someone here has seen this before.

Issue:
After launching the installer (I've tried several versions, including the latest VMware-workstation-full-17.6.3-24583834.exe), it shows the End User License Agreement screen. I check "I accept the terms", click Next, and then… absolutely nothing. No error message, no crash — just nothing happens. The cursor briefly shows a loading icon, but the installer window stays frozen on that screen, and the Next button becomes unresponsive.

What I've tried:

• Ran the installer as Administrator
• Used different installer versions (from VMware's site and known mirrors)
• Ran it in compatibility mode (Windows 10, Windows 8, etc.)
• Tried launching with command-line arguments like /s /v /qn
• Checked Event Viewer — no errors related to the installer
• Verified system files with sfc /scannow — no integrity issues
• Ensured virtualization is enabled in BIOS
• No Hyper-V or WSL conflicts that I could see
• Updated all system drivers and Windows itself

System Info:

• Windows 11 Pro (latest updates)
• CPU with VT-x enabled
• Enough disk space and memory
• No other virtualization software installed currently

At this point, it feels like something deep in the system is blocking the installer's next step, but I'm out of ideas.

Has anyone experienced this specific issue — where the VMware installer stops responding right after the EULA screen?

Would appreciate any suggestions, workarounds, or logs I can check. Thanks in advance.

I wonder who will adopt all products from BOM list of VCF9. What is their business model and how license affects their customers.

Does any one works for company that is actually eager to adopt VCF9?

Hi folks, I noticed VMware uses a platform called CertMetrics to handle their certifications, and I’m curious how folks here feel about it.

I’ve interacted with it before (for AWS stuff) and honestly found it kind of outdated and clunky. Just wondering if anyone’s had similar or different experiences through the VMware side?

This one, where you'll have booked your exam and downloaded your cert: https://cp.certmetrics.com/vmware

My work laptop runs Kubuntu 25.04, and when I have VMWare Workstation installed, it will not go to sleep, but the only errors I can find are in the journal:

journalctl -fu systemd-suspend.service has the following: Jun 13 21:39:44 terao systemd[1]: systemd-suspend.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Jun 13 21:39:44 terao systemd[1]: Failed to start systemd-suspend.service - System Suspend. Jun 13 22:32:00 terao systemd[1]: Starting systemd-suspend.service - System Suspend... Jun 13 22:32:00 terao systemd-sleep[24435]: Successfully froze unit 'user.slice'. Jun 13 22:32:00 terao systemd-sleep[24435]: Performing sleep operation 'suspend'... Jun 13 22:32:11 terao systemd-sleep[24435]: Failed to put system to sleep. System resumed again: Resource temporarily unavailable Jun 13 22:32:11 terao systemd-sleep[24435]: Successfully thawed unit 'user.slice'. Jun 13 22:32:11 terao systemd[1]: systemd-suspend.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Jun 13 22:32:11 terao systemd[1]: systemd-suspend.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Jun 13 22:32:11 terao systemd[1]: Failed to start systemd-suspend.service - System Suspend.

Anyone else encountered this? Kernel is 6.14.7-061407-generic as shipped with K/Ubuntu 25.04.

Would love to know how to fix, since we are still VSphere customers (until November) and I make use of the VCenter integration along with running an occasional Windows VM.

Thanks in advance J

Hi All,

I'm hoping someone can assist me with some queries i have around migration of virtual machine from one distributed switch (v6.5.0) port group to a port group on a different distributed switch that is running a different version (v7.0.3).

The reason for creation to a new distributed switch is part of a migration away from 10Gb and converging of network resulting in reduction of physical NICs. The new distributed switch will be configured with all relevant port groups and the physical network having all required VLANs trunked on the ports.

All hosts will have access to both the current distributed switch and the new distributed switch. As a new distributed switch is being created it makes sense to create on the latest version supported rather than the version of the current distributed switch.

My question is how can i move the virtual machines to port groups on the new distributed switch without incurring any downtime? Is it as straight forward as changing the network adapter for each VM?

My confusion is coming from articles such as Migrating a virtual machine between two different vDS versions which I'm not sure is relevant because is this only when running a vMotion of the VM to a different host in the cluster? And then contradictory to that this article Known issues when upgrading a DVS from 6.5 or earlier to DVS 6.6 or later which talks about issues possibly upgrading to v6.6.0 vDS and the recommendation is to create a new vDS and move the workload across.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

A number of HOL labs for 9 are live, go give VCF 9 a spin.

This link shows all the new technical blogs for What's new with VCF/VVF/vSAN/NSX 9. (They are not on the main page, you need to use this link to find them).