I have a regular crash in my automated production VM host, and I would like to troubleshoot it and either apply a fix or work around it.
Symptom
When I shutdown my guest VM, VMware Fusion notifies me that the VM crashed. When I start the VM again, about half of the time it boots normally while the other half of the time it gives me the Windows Safe Mode prompt.
Changes
- I upgraded from VMware Fusion 4 to VMware Fusion 6.0.2.
- I upgraded the guest VM when I started it for the first time, as prompted by VMware Fusion.
- I upgraded the guest VM's VMware Tools when it booted, as prompted by VMware Fusion.
Information
Host
- Machine: Mac Pro 5,1
- OS: OS X 10.7.3
- CPU: Two 6-Core Intel Xeon @ 2.4 GHz
- RAM: 16 GB DDR3 ECC
- VMware Fusion 6.0.2 (build 1398658)
Guest
- OS: Windows 7 64-bit Enterprise Service Pack 1
- Allocated cores: 1
- Allocated RAM: 1024 MB
- VMware Tools: 9.6.1.1378637
Support Information .zip archive available upon request.
Research
Search filters
- "6.0.2"
- "Fusion 6"
Selected threads
Title: Fusion 6.0.2 Maverick has Win 7 VM freezing
Link: https://communities.vmware.com/thread/463152
Takeaway: Check VM settings, host specifications.
Title: VMWare Fusion 6.0.2 won't load Windows 7 64 Bit "The system cannot find the file specified"
Link: https://communities.vmware.com/thread/462817
Takeaway: Use "Help > Collect Support Information"
Title: Fusion 6.0.2 XP Windows crash report
Link: https://communities.vmware.com/thread/462831
Takeaway: No responses.
Title: VMWare Fusion 6.0.2 Freezes Windows Guest after nap/idle.
Link: https://communities.vmware.com/thread/463919
Takeaway: No responses.
Title: Fuison 6 won't shut down
Link: https://communities.vmware.com/thread/462438
Takeaway: No responses.
Title: Sometimes getting a shutdown error
Link: https://communities.vmware.com/thread/463484
Takeaway: No responses