For my usecase, I had to create 2 custom networks using “vmnetcfg.exe” and then use VMNet2 and VMNet3 in Player to create interfaces for the newly created VM. In the “extract” directory, we can find core.cab file and then extract vmnetcfg.exe and vmnetcfglib.dll and copy it.Īt this point, we can run the “vmnetcfg.exe” utility. I downloaded equivalent Workstation 10.0.5 version.
#VMWARE WORKSTATION 11 CLONE VM INSTALL#
Rename _vmnetcfglib.dll tp vmnetcfg.dll and copy vmnetcfg.exe ane vmnetcfg.dll to Player install location(\Program files\VMWare Player\).Look for core.cab file in the extracted content and extract vmnetcfg.exe and _vmnetcfglib.dll from it.Find equivalent Workstation version corresponding to the Player version and download it.By default, VMWare player does not provide this utility and following workaround can be used to get vmnetcfg and use it with VMWare player. Vmnetcfg utility is needed to modify dhcp servers, change ip address range allocation for dhcp, create custom networks, edit port forwarding for nat etc. Advantage with LAN segment is we dont have limit on the number of networks. Here, there is no host connectivity and no dhcp servers. LAN Segments – This is similar to Custom network.This is not available by default and we need vmnetcfg utility to create custom networks. Custom – This is a variation of Host only option where we can create more networks and associate with VMNet2, 3, etc.To change the default subnet created, we need vmnetcfg utility. This is available as VMNet1 is the host machine. The difference is that only 1 network is present by default. Host only – This is equivalent to Host only option provided by Virtualbox.This is available as VMNet8 in the host machine and is present by default. NAT – This is equivalent to the NAT option provided by Virtualbox.Bridged – This is equivalent to the Bridged option provided by Virtualbox.There were few recent scenarios where I had to use VMWare Player and in this blog, I will share some things that I learnt as part of this process. I have used Virtualbox for most of my VM needs. Following link covers the differences between different editions.
#VMWARE WORKSTATION 11 CLONE VM PRO#
Paid versions are available as VMWare Player Pro or VMWare Workstation.
VMWare Player is the Virtualization software/hypervisor provided free of charge by VMWare.
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