Summary:
I started encountering this problem in November and have been beating on it ever since including using VMware support and Apple support.
Full message in virtual machine window:
==== VMware Fusion has encountered an error and has shut down
==== down Windows.
====
==== Click Restart Windows to start Windows again. Click Report to
==== collect and to request support from VMware.
====
==== <Ignore> <Report...> <Restart Windows>
Clicking <Report...> generates the the report
Clicking <Restart Windows> hangs system.
Various VMware Fusion, Virtual Machine commands do nothing.
Only way I have found to get going again is to Apple, Force Quit of VMware Fusion.
Two systems involved, iMac and MacBook.
Sound familiar to anyone else?
Gory Details: =====
Both systems were fine working well over multiple years.
Start point status was.
- iMacs and MacBook running VMware with no problems for multiple years.
- This includes multiple upgrades of MacOS and VMware Fusion.
- OS X 10.9.5 on both systems with latest upgrades.
- VMware Fusion 6 on all systems with latest upgrades.
- Virtual Machines on both systems nearly identical -- Windows 7, all derivatives of one base VM.
Problem started occurring only on iMac.
Over the weeks, with encouragement of VMware and Apple support have updated to Yosemite, installed VMware Fusion 7, and built Windows 8.1 machines from scratch.
Now problem happening on both systems with MacBook staying alive for about 15 minutes and iMac perhaps several hours.
Any insight appreciated.
Thanks.
Paul