Hi,
I recently upgraded my Mac and now my Windows XP virtual machine fails with a "The file specified is not a virtual disk."
Note:
-I was on VM Fusion 5, when the error occurred I upgraded to v6 but still have the problem.
-I have looked into this "slice" error: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1020887
This does not seem to be the error (see config file below).
-Note that the virtual machine is suspended and that I do not have easy access to the old Mac so I cannot easily power down the virtual machine.
Any suggestions?
Thanks for any help you can offer.
Cheers,
Chris
.encoding = "UTF-8"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "9"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
memsize = "512"
MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.fileName = "Windows XP Professional-000003.vmdk"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.autodetect = "FALSE"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.connectionType = "custom"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
usb.present = "TRUE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"
sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.fileName = "-1"
sound.autodetect = "TRUE"
pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
buslogic.noDriver = "FALSE"
displayName = "Windows XP Professional"
guestOS = "winxppro"
nvram = "Windows XP Professional.nvram"
deploymentPlatform = "windows"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
sharedFolder0.present = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.enabled = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.readAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.writeAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.hostPath = "/Users/christophervanburen"
sharedFolder0.guestName = "christophervanburen On My Mac"
sharedFolder0.expiration = "never"
sharedFolder.maxNum = "1"
RemoteDisplay.vnc.port = "0"
tools.upgrade.policy = "upgradeAtPowerCycle"
powerType.powerOff = "soft"
powerType.powerOn = "soft"
powerType.suspend = "soft"
powerType.reset = "soft"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
uuid.location = "56 4d 51 49 43 82 e1 e7-a7 db 5f 17 b3 32 b8 33"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 55 8c d5 ad bc ec-1c ef 9a 3c f2 e0 e8 d6"
scsi0:0.redo = ""
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32"
sound.pciSlotNumber = "33"
ehci.pciSlotNumber = "34"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0C:29:E0:E8:D6"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
tools.syncTime = "TRUE"
ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"
checkpoint.vmState = "Windows XP Professional-40410379.vmss"
ide1:0.fileName = "cdrom0"
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728"
checkpointFBSize = "16777216"
sharedFolder.option = "onetimeEnabled"
numvcpus = "1"
extendedConfigFile = "Windows XP Professional.vmxf"
unity.wasCapable = "TRUE"
isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "FALSE"
hgfs.mapRootShare = "TRUE"
hgfs.linkRootShare = "TRUE"
rollingTier0.uid = "1"
rollingTier0.interval = "86400"
rollingTier0.maximum = "3"
rollingTier0.live = "TRUE"
rollingTier0.clientFlags = "8"
rollingTier0.displayName = "AutoProtect Snapshot"
rollingTier1.uid = "2"
rollingTier1.interval = "604800"
rollingTier1.maximum = "1"
rollingTier1.live = "TRUE"
rollingTier1.clientFlags = "8"
rollingTier1.displayName = "AutoProtect Snapshot"
rollingTier2.uid = "3"
rollingTier2.interval = "2419200"
rollingTier2.maximum = "1"
rollingTier2.live = "TRUE"
rollingTier2.clientFlags = "8"
rollingTier2.displayName = "AutoProtect Snapshot"
snapshot.numRollingTiers = "3"
rollingTier0.timeSincelast = "74764"
rollingTier1.timeSincelast = "595806"
rollingTier2.timeSincelast = "1200606"
pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge4.functions = "8"
pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge5.functions = "8"
pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge6.functions = "8"
pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
mks.enable3d = "TRUE"
ethernet0.linkStatePropagation.enable = "TRUE"
serial0.present = "TRUE"
serial0.fileType = "thinprint"
printers.enabled = "TRUE"
usb.pciSlotNumber = "35"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "36"
usb:1.present = "TRUE"
vmci0.id = "-220141354"
usb:1.deviceType = "hub"
skipAntivirusCheck = "TRUE"
gui.viewModeAtPowerOn = "windowed"
gui.fullScreenAtPowerOn = "FALSE"
tools.remindInstall = "FALSE"
gui.exitOnCLIHLT = "TRUE"
checkpoint.vmState.readOnly = "FALSE"
proxyApps.publishToHost = "FALSE"
cleanShutdown = "TRUE"
replay.supported = "FALSE"
replay.filename = ""
usb:1.speed = "2"
softPowerOff = "FALSE"
ethernet0.vnet = "vmnet3"
ethernet0.bsdName = "en1"
ethernet0.displayName = "Wi-Fi"
hpet0.present = "TRUE"
usb.vbluetooth.startConnected = "TRUE"
floppy0.present = "FALSE"
usb:0.present = "TRUE"
usb:0.deviceType = "hid"
usb:0.port = "0"
usb:0.parent = "-1"