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This page documents how to install VMware Workstation version 12.5.9 in Mageia 6 (with kernel 4.14.65). The details below explain how to apply work-arounds to enable the default VMware 12.5.9 bundle work in Mageia 6.

VMware is virtualization software that enables the creation of one or more "virtual machines".

For example, it is possible to install a different operating system such as Ubuntu, Windows, etc as a "guest" virtual machine.

One of the benefits of this is to be able to run different operating systems at the same time on the same physical hardware. For example, you may prefer using Mageia Linux but need to run Windows to keep your satnav device up-to-date. In this case, Mageia is installed on the physical hardware and Windows can be installed as a guest virtual machine allowing the satnav windows application software to run.

VMware is commercial virtualization software which is not available in the Mageia URPMI sources. In order to download the install image it is necessary to register and login on http://vmware.com .

A license key (purchased from VMware) is needed to run VMware beyond the free trial period.

sudo

This page documents the installation of VMware using sudo where needed.

Check that you have sudo installed and configured as described here: Configuring_sudo

Install C++ development package

The C++ development package needs to be installed to enable compilation of some kernel modules used by VMware workstation.

# Install C++ development package # (copy & paste, run as root): urpmi task-c++-devel # (end copy & paste)

Install libcanberra-gtk0 package

/bin/sudo urpmi libcanberra-gtk0

Install required kernel packages

Kernel modules have to be compiled for VMware workstation. The latest kernel-devel package needs to be installed. Check which kernel you have with the following command:

$ uname -r 4.14.65-desktop-1.mga6

The above example shows a "desktop" kernel. Another kernel type would be: "server". Open a root shell and set a shell variable for the kernel type:

# Define shell variable "kernel_type" # (copy & paste, run as root): kernel_type=$(uname -r | awk -F- '{print$2}') # (end copy & paste)

Now, check that kernel-desktop-latest installed (NB: if it is "server" then check for kernel-server-latest):

$ rpm -qa | grep "^kernel-${kernel_type}-latest" kernel-desktop-latest-4.14.65-1.mga6

We do have kernel-desktop-latest installed. That is good. If you don't see that installed, you can install it:

# Install kernel "latest" meta rpm # (copy & paste, run as root) /sbin/urpmi kernel-${kernel_type}-latest # (end copy & paste)

Next, check the matching devel kernel rpm is installed:

$ rpm -qa | grep "^kernel-${kernel_type}-devel-latest" kernel-desktop-devel-latest-4.14.65-1.mga6

We see kernel-desktop-devel-latest and that is good. If kernel-desktop-devel-latest was not installed, install it with:

# Install kernel "devel" latest meta rpm # (copy & paste, run as root) /sbin/urpmi kernel-${kernel_type}-devel-latest # (end copy & paste)

Install other required packages

A library needed by the VMware installer when running in console (non-GUI) mode is "lib64ncursesw5":

# Install "lib64ncursesw5" # (copy & paste, run as root) /sbin/urpmi lib64ncursesw5 # (end copy & paste)

Download the VMware workstation 12.5.9 install image

A 30 day trial copy of the VMware workstation install image is available from http://vmware.com after free registration.

The VMware workstation 12 image can be found by searching for "VMware-Workstation-Full-12.5.9-7535481.x86_64.bundle" on the http://vmware.com page.

Example: https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=WKST-1259-LX&productId=524&rPId=20841

Verify download

In the VMware download page, click on "Read More" to display the checksums for the install image file. Copy the MD5 checksum to a local file like this:

# Copy MD5 checksum to local file same name but with .md5 name extension # (copy&paste run as non-root) f=VMware-Workstation-Full-12.5.9-7535481.x86_64.bundle echo "e5624d5ce1e82f16551d82d7c2e54bb8 ${f}" > ${f}.md5 # Verify MD5 checksum md5sum -c ${f}.md5 # (end copy & paste)

Example:

[user@localhost vmware]$ # Copy MD5 checksum to local file same name but with .md5 name extension [user@localhost vmware]$ # (copy&paste run as non-root) [user@localhost vmware]$ [user@localhost vmware]$ f=VMware-Workstation-Full-12.5.9-7535481.x86_64.bundle [user@localhost vmware]$ [user@localhost vmware]$ echo "e5624d5ce1e82f16551d82d7c2e54bb8 ${f}" > ${f}.md5 [user@localhost vmware]$ [user@localhost vmware]$ # Verify MD5 checksum [user@localhost vmware]$ md5sum -c ${f}.md5 VMware-Workstation-Full-12.5.9-7535481.x86_64.bundle: OK

In this example (above) the "OK" indicates the MD5 checksum matches correctly indicating that the download completed with no errors.

Execute the install image

If you have a license key for VMware workstation 12 then have this ready to copy and paste.

Run the downloaded install file. Example:

If we do not have a VMware license number we can install like this for 30-day free trial:

/bin/sudo /bin/sh ./VMware-Workstation-Full-12.5.9-7535481.x86_64.bundle --console --eulas-agreed

If you have a VMware license, use this:

/bin/sudo /bin/sh ./VMware-Workstation-Full-12.5.9-7535481.x86_64.bundle --console --eulas-agreed \ --set-setting=vmware-workstation serialNumber 12345-YOUR2-KEY00-GOES0-HERE0

Without the "--eulas-agreed" option then the install will display two EULAs:

1. VMware Workstation End User License Agreement
2. VMware OVF Tool component for Linux End User

If you respond that you agree then you should see something like the following:

[ text of EULA deleted for brevity ] If You have any questions concerning this EULA, please send an email to info@vmware.com. Do you agree? [yes/no]: yes Would you like to check for product updates on startup? [yes]: Would you like to help make VMware software better by sending anonymous system data and usage statistics to VMware? [yes]: Please enter the user that will initially connect to Workstation Server. Without setting this correctly, you will not be able to share VMs with other users. Additional users and administrators can be configured later in Workstation by selecting "Shared VMs" and clicking "Permissions". [user]: Please choose a directory for your shared virtual machines. [/var/lib/vmware/Shared VMs]: Please enter the port to use for https access to Workstation Server. (HTTPS port:) [443]: Enter license key. (optional) You can enter this information later.: The product is ready to be installed. Press Enter to begin installation or Ctrl-C to cancel. Installing VMware Workstation 12.5.9 Configuring... [######################################################################] 100% Installation was successful.

Workaround #1 for VMware 12.5.9 to work with kernel 4.9 or newer

In order to run VMware on 64-bit Mageia 6, it is important to apply the following workaround.

ref: https://communities.vmware.com/thread/564602 (Hint: search for "palko Jun 8, 2017 11:34 PM". )

# workaround for VMware workstation 12.5.9 on Mageia 6 with kernel 4.14.65 # (copy & paste, run as root) (cd /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libz.so.1 && mv libz.so.1 libz.so.1.old && ln -s /usr/lib64/libz.so.1 .) # (end copy & paste)

Workaround #2 for VMware 12.5.9 to work with kernel 4.9 or newer

Both vmware modules vmmon and vmnet need to be patched to work properly in Mageia 6.

Reference: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/blob/master/INSTALL

download patched vmmon and vmnet code

Download a copy of the vmware host modules to match the version of VMware we are using:

wget https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/archive/workstation-12.5.9.tar.gz

Example:

[user@localhost Downloads]$ wget https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/archive/workstation-12.5.9.tar.gz --2018-09-06 10:56:09-- https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/archive/workstation-12.5.9.tar.gz Resolving github.com... 192.30.253.112, 192.30.253.113 Connecting to github.com|192.30.253.112|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: https://codeload.github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tar.gz/workstation-12.5.9 [following] --2018-09-06 10:56:10-- https://codeload.github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tar.gz/workstation-12.5.9 Resolving codeload.github.com... 192.30.253.121, 192.30.253.120 Connecting to codeload.github.com|192.30.253.121|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: unspecified [application/x-gzip] Saving to: ‘workstation-12.5.9.tar.gz’ workstation-12.5.9.tar.gz [ <=> ] 412.58K 408KB/s in 1.0s 2018-09-06 10:56:11 (408 KB/s) - ‘workstation-12.5.9.tar.gz’ saved [422485]

un-tar the patched vmmon and vmnet code

tar zxvf workstation-12.5.9.tar.gz

Example:

[user@localhost Downloads]$ tar zxvf workstation-12.5.9.tar.gz vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/ vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/.gitignore vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/INSTALL vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/LICENSE vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/Makefile vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/README vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/ vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/COPYING vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/Makefile vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/Makefile.kernel vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/Makefile.normal vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/README vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/autoconf/ vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/autoconf/geninclude.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/autoconf/smpcall.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/autoconf/tsc_khz.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/ vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/apic.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/apic.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/comport.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/comport.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/hashFunc.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/hostKernel.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/hostif.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/hostifGlobalLock.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/hostifMem.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/task.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/task.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/ vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/address_defs.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/basic_initblock.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/circList.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/community_source.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/compat_autoconf.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/compat_cred.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/compat_highmem.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/compat_interrupt.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/compat_ioport.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/compat_kernel.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/compat_module.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/compat_page.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/compat_pci.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/compat_pgtable.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/compat_poll.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/compat_sched.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/compat_semaphore.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/compat_spinlock.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/compat_timer.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/compat_version.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/contextinfo.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/cpu_defs.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/cpuid_info.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/crossgdt.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/driver-config.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/hashFunc.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/includeCheck.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/initblock.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/iocontrols.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/memDefaults.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/modulecall.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/modulecallstructs.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/mon_assert.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/monitorAction_exported.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/numa_defs.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/overheadmem_types.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/pageLock_defs.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/pagelist.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/pcip_defs.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/perfctr_generic.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/pgtbl.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/pshare_ext.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/ptsc.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/rateconv.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/uccostTable.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/usercalldefs.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/vcpuid.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/vcpuset.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/vcpuset_types.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/versioned_atomic.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/vm_asm.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/vm_asm_x86.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/vm_asm_x86_64.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/vm_assert.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/vm_atomic.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/vm_basic_asm.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/vm_basic_asm_x86.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/vm_basic_asm_x86_64.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/vm_basic_asm_x86_common.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/vm_basic_defs.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/vm_basic_math.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/vm_basic_types.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/vm_time.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/vmm_constants.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/vmmem_shared.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/vmware.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/vmware_pack_begin.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/vmware_pack_end.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/vmware_pack_init.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/x86_basic_defs.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/x86apic.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/x86cpuid.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/x86cpuid_asm.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/x86desc.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/x86msr.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/x86perfctr.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/x86segdescrs.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/x86sel.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/x86svm.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/x86types.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/x86vendor.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/x86vt-vmcs-fields.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/x86vt.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/include/x86vtinstr.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/linux/ vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/linux/hostif_priv.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/linux/vmhost.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/linux/vmmonInt.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/vmcore/ vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/vmcore/driver_vmcore.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/ vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/COPYING vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/Makefile vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/Makefile.kernel vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/Makefile.normal vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/bridge.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/community_source.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/compat_autoconf.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/compat_module.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/compat_skbuff.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/compat_sock.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/compat_version.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/driver-config.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/driver.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/geninclude.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/hub.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/includeCheck.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/monitorAction_exported.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/net.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/netdev_has_dev_net.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/netdev_has_net.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/netif.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/nfhook_uses_skb.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/procfs.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/skblin.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/smac.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/smac.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/smac_compat.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/smac_compat.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/userif.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vm_assert.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vm_atomic.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vm_basic_asm.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vm_basic_asm_x86.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vm_basic_asm_x86_64.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vm_basic_asm_x86_common.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vm_basic_defs.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vm_basic_types.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vm_device_version.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vm_oui.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vmnetInt.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vnet.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vnetEvent.c vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vnetEvent.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vnetFilter.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vnetKernel.h vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.c

compile the patched vmmon and vmnet code

Change directory into the downloaded code directory and run a "make".

cd vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9 make

Example:

[user@localhost Downloads]$ cd vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/ [user@localhost vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9]$ ls INSTALL LICENSE Makefile README vmmon-only/ vmnet-only/ [user@localhost vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9]$ make make -C vmmon-only make[1]: Entering directory '/home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only' Using kernel build system. make -C /lib/modules/4.14.65-desktop-1.mga6/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/src/kernel-4.14.65-desktop-1.mga6' CC [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o CC [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o CC [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o CC [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o CC [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/apic.o CC [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o CC [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o CC [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/task.o CC [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/hashFunc.o CC [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/comport.o CC [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o CC [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o LD [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/vmmon.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 1 modules CC /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o LD [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernel-4.14.65-desktop-1.mga6' make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild make[2]: Entering directory '/home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only' make[2]: 'postbuild' is up to date. make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only' cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only' make -C vmnet-only make[1]: Entering directory '/home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only' Using kernel build system. make -C /lib/modules/4.14.65-desktop-1.mga6/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/src/kernel-4.14.65-desktop-1.mga6' CC [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/driver.o CC [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/hub.o CC [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/userif.o CC [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/netif.o CC [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/bridge.o CC [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/procfs.o CC [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o CC [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/smac.o CC [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vnetEvent.o CC [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.o LD [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vmnet.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 1 modules CC /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vmnet.mod.o LD [M] /home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernel-4.14.65-desktop-1.mga6' make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild make[2]: Entering directory '/home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only' make[2]: 'postbuild' is up to date. make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only' cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/user/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/vmnet-only'

run a "make install" for the patched vmmon and vmnet code

/bin/sudo make install

Example:

[user@localhost vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9]$ /bin/sudo make install [sudo] password for user: install -D -t /lib/modules/4.14.65-desktop-1.mga6/misc vmmon-only/vmmon.ko vmnet-only/vmnet.ko strip --strip-debug /lib/modules/4.14.65-desktop-1.mga6/misc/vmmon.ko /lib/modules/4.14.65-desktop-1.mga6/misc/vmnet.ko if test -z ""; then /sbin/depmod -a 4.14.65-desktop-1.mga6; fi

make tar-balls of patched vmmon and vnet modules

tar -cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only

Example:

[user@localhost vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9]$ tar -cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only [user@localhost vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9]$ tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only

backup original vmmon and vmnet modules

/bin/sudo mv /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tar.bak_$(date +%Y_%m_%d_%H%M) /bin/sudo mv /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar.bak_$(date +%Y_%m_%d_%H%M)

replace original vmmon and vmnet modules by patches ones

/bin/sudo cp vmmon.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tar /bin/sudo cp vmnet.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar

rebuild modules from command line

/bin/sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

Example:

[user@localhost ~]$ /bin/sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all Stopping vmware (via systemctl): [ OK ] make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-7YvQaK/vmmon-only' Using kernel build system. /usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/4.14.65-desktop-1.mga6/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/kernel-4.14.65-desktop-1.mga6' CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-7YvQaK/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-7YvQaK/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-7YvQaK/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-7YvQaK/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-7YvQaK/vmmon-only/common/apic.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-7YvQaK/vmmon-only/common/hashFunc.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-7YvQaK/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-7YvQaK/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-7YvQaK/vmmon-only/common/task.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-7YvQaK/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-7YvQaK/vmmon-only/common/comport.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-7YvQaK/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-7YvQaK/vmmon-only/vmmon.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 1 modules CC /tmp/modconfig-7YvQaK/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-7YvQaK/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernel-4.14.65-desktop-1.mga6' /usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-7YvQaK/vmmon-only' make[1]: 'postbuild' is up to date. make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-7YvQaK/vmmon-only' cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-7YvQaK/vmmon-only' Unable to install all modules. See log for details.

restart vmware service

/bin/sudo systemctl restart vmware.service && systemctl status vmware.service

Example:

[root@localhost ~]# systemctl restart vmware.service && systemctl status vmware.service ● vmware.service - SYSV: This service starts and stops VMware services Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware; generated; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Thu 2018-09-06 12:10:10 BST; 3ms ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) Process: 8960 ExecStop=/etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 10718 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CGroup: /system.slice/vmware.service ├─10812 /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmblock-fuse -o subtype=vmware-vmblock,default_permissions,allow_other /var/run/vmblock-fuse ├─10851 /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge -s 6 -d /var/run/vmnet-bridge-0.pid -n 0 ├─10861 /usr/bin/vmnet-netifup -s 6 -d /var/run/vmnet-netifup-vmnet1.pid /dev/vmnet1 vmnet1 ├─10871 /usr/bin/vmnet-dhcpd -s 6 -cf /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf -lf /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases -pf /var/run/vmnet-dhcpd-vmnet1.pid vmnet1 ├─10875 /usr/bin/vmnet-natd -s 6 -m /etc/vmware/vmnet8/nat.mac -c /etc/vmware/vmnet8/nat/nat.conf ├─10879 /usr/bin/vmnet-netifup -s 6 -d /var/run/vmnet-netifup-vmnet8.pid /dev/vmnet8 vmnet8 ├─10892 /usr/bin/vmnet-dhcpd -s 6 -cf /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf -lf /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases -pf /var/run/vmnet-dhcpd-vmnet8.pid vmnet8 └─10920 /usr/sbin/vmware-authdlauncher Sep 06 12:10:10 localhost vmnet-dhcpd[10882]: Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software Consortium. Sep 06 12:10:10 localhost vmnet-dhcpd[10882]: All rights reserved. Sep 06 12:10:10 localhost vmnet-dhcpd[10882]: Sep 06 12:10:10 localhost vmnet-dhcpd[10882]: Please contribute if you find this software useful. Sep 06 12:10:10 localhost vmnet-dhcpd[10882]: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contrib.html Sep 06 12:10:10 localhost vmnet-dhcpd[10882]: Sep 06 12:10:10 localhost vmware[10718]: Virtual ethernet[ OK ] Sep 06 12:10:10 localhost vmware[10718]: VMware Authentication Daemon[ OK ] Sep 06 12:10:10 localhost vmware[10718]: Shared Memory Available[ OK ] Sep 06 12:10:10 localhost systemd[1]: Started SYSV: This service starts and stops VMware services.

NB: Do not attempt to run VMware workstation without applying the workarounds (as shown above) or it will fail silently.

VMware workstation can be started from a shell with the command:

vmware

Alternatively, start via the desktop: Applications -> Systems Tools -> VMware Workstation

First time run

Note that the first time VMware workstation is run: if a license key was not entered when the install image bundle was executed then a prompt will appear:

Finally, you should see the VMware workstation 12 "Home" window appear:

This will enable the create a new virtual machine icon to be clicked to open:

Subsequent runs

Subsequent runs will display the VMware workstation 12 window.

Create a desktop launcher

For mate DE: Right click on the background image and select create launcher

Data for launcher:

name:	VMware
command:	/usr/bin/vmware
comment:	VMware Workstation 12.5.9
icon:	/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/vmware-workstation.png

When the Mageia Linux kernel gets updated it is necessary to rebuild the vmmon and vmnet kernel modules.

What to do:

1. Let the kernel update complete (eg when "/usr/sbin/urpmi --auto-update" is run).
2. cd to your Downloads/vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9/ directory
3. Compile and install vmmon and vmnet kernel modules for the new kernel by repeating the steps from:
   1. compile the patched vmmon and vmnet codeInstalling_VMware_workstation_12.5.9_in_Mageia_6#compile_the_patched_vmmon_and_vmnet_code
   2. up to and including: restart vmware serviceInstalling_VMware_workstation_12.5.9_in_Mageia_6#restart_vmware_service

This section is for issues and ways to work around them.

Mageia system boot gets held up

Something odd noticed with recent kernel updates is that after rebuilding the kernel modules (for new version) the system may get stuck in booting up. This may be evident with a message like "waiting for job to complete" that never seems to complete.

One work around is to disable vmware.service with systemctl. But how to do this if boot gets stuck?

The answer is to power down and restart using the Mageia rescue process and once you have chrooted into root run:

systemctl disable vmware.service

then ctrl-d, ctrl-d to reboot the system

This means that the vmware service will not be automatically started at boot time but you can start it later boot with:

systemctl start vmware.service

and then start vmware workstation

Version Release date Significant changes 1.0 15 May 1999 First release 1.1 11 October 1999 2.0 3 March 2000 3.0 11 November 2001 3.1 29 March 2002 3.2 16 September 2002 4.0 7 April 2003 4.5 15 March 2004 5.0 7 April 2005 5.5 29 November 2005 6.0 9 May 2007 6.5 23 September 2008 7.0 10 October 2009 7.1 25 May 2010 8.0 14 September 2011

• Shared Virtual Machines
• Workstation 8 is the first version that requires an x64-compatible CPU.
• Replay Debugging removed^[15]

9.0^[16]23 August 2012 10.0^[17]3 September 2013 10.0.1 24 October 2013

• Improved compatibility with some AMD Piledriver CPUs
• Easy Install support for Windows 8.1 RTM and Windows Server 2012 R2 RTM
• Fixes for certain hangs and freezes

10.0.2 17 April 2014

• The compatibility and performance of USB audio and video devices with virtual machines has been improved.
• Resolved an issue that prevents a USB device from being connected to Linux RHEL 5 guest operating system.
• Easy installation option supports Windows 8.1 Update 1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 as a guest operating system.
• openSUSE 13.1 is now supported as a host operating system.
• Resolved an issue causing burning CDs with Blu-ray drives to fail while connected to the virtual machine.
• Resolved an issue that caused using Microsoft Word and Excel in unity mode causes a beep.
• Resolved an issue causing host application windows to be blanked out in the UAC dialog on the Linux host of the Windows 8 virtual machine.
• Resolved an issue that prevented the Sound Card from being automatically added to the VM when powering on the virtual machine on a Linux host.
• Resolved an issue that could cause a Windows 8.1 guest operating system to display a black screen when launching Metro style applications in the launch menu.
• Resolved a hotkey conflict in the Preference dialog of the KVM mode.
• Resolved a compatibility issue of GL renderer with some new Nvidia drivers.
• Resolved graphics errors with for Solidworks applications.
• Resolved an issue causing virtual machines imported from a physical PC to crash on startup.
• Resolved an issue about shared folder when the user read and write file using two threads.
• Resolved an issue that caused Linux virtual machines to see stale file contents when using shared folders.
• Resolved the virtual machine performance issues when using the E1000e adapter.
• Resolved an issue preventing Workstation from starting on Ubuntu 14.04.

10.0.3 1 July 2014 10.0.4 30 October 2014

• Fixes memory issue in Workstation on Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012.

10.0.5^[18]27 January 2015

• Bug fixes
  • At power-on, a virtual machine hangs and a .dmp file is created.
  • The VideoReDo application does not display the video properly and parts of the application's screen are scrambled.
  • Copying and pasting a large file from host to guest may fail.
  • Memory leak in the HGFS server (for shared folders) causes VMware Tools to crash randomly with the error: Exception 0xc0000005 (access violation) has occurred.
  • New VMs have the same location UUID and MAC address so that the UUID and MAC address are not unique. This problem occurs with WS 9 and WS 10 VMs but not WS 7 and WS 8 VMs.
  • On RHEL 6.6, vmmon cannot be loaded due to incompatible kernel symbol versions. With gcc, kernel-headers, kernel-devel installed, vmmon module will be recompiled automatically.
  • Memory leak by the process vmtoolsd.exe when the guest NIC is disabled causes memory consumption by Workstation processes to increase over time.
  • When USB devices are autoconnected with a hub to a Renesas host controller, the devices are not redirected to the guest.
  • WS 11 license is accepted by WS 10.0.5 and future 10.0 updates.
  • When WS is installed on Linux in a non-default location, the Virtual Network Editor fails to run.

10.0.6^[19]5 May 2015

• Fixed a problem when uploading a virtual machine with Workstation 10.0.x to ESXi 6.0.
• Updated to OpenSSL library version openssl-1.0.1m.

10.0.7^[20]2 Jul 2015 11.0^[21]1 Dec 2014 11.1^[22]17 Feb 2015

• Added support for VMware vCloud Air Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand
• Bug Fixes
  • A Linux guest OS booted on EFI firmware sometimes failed to respond to the keyboard and mouse if any mouse motion occurred during a short window of time during OS boot.
  • Outlook 2010 would occasionally crash when running in Unity mode.
  • You could not compact or defragment a persistent disk.
  • The UI sometimes crashed when a user copied and pasted a file between two Windows guests.
  • Rendering corruption in UI elements in Fedora 20 guests with 3D enabled.
  • When creating a new virtual machine with SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 12, the Easy Install path was not available.

11.1.1^[23]9 Jun 2015

• Critical security fix for CVE-2012-0897, CVE-2015-2336, CVE-2015-2337, CVE-2015-2338, CVE-2015-2339, CVE-2015-2340, CVE-2015-2341
  • VMware Workstation and Horizon Client TPView.ddl and TPInt.dll incorrectly handle memory allocation. On Workstation, this may allow a guest to execute code or perform a Denial of Service on the Windows OS that runs Workstation.

11.1.2^[24]15 Jun 2015

• Security Issues
  • VMware Workstation 11.1.2 has been updated to OpenSSL library version openssl-1.0.1m.
• Bug Fixes
  • Two interface items on the Access Control screen used the same hot-key combination.
  • Attempting to suspend a Windows virtual machine with the Sensor Diagnostic Tool running caused the virtual machine to become unresponsive.
  • Using audio conferencing software on a Windows 8 guest operating system caused a severe echo during both video and audio calls.
  • On the Windows 95 guest operating system, the mouse cursor jumped.
  • Symbolic links created within a Windows guest operating system on a Linux host did not list files under subdirectories.
  • Workstation did not display Regions in the VMware vCloud Air Subscription node.
  • Workstation could not automatically detect the Fedora 21 ISO when creating a new Fedora 21 virtual machine.
  • Under specific conditions, when the alipaybsm.exe file was installed on the Workstation host, network service was disrupted.
  • After connecting to vCloud Air from Workstation, no virtual machines were listed in the Workstation virtual machine library.
  • Using Easy Install for the Ubuntu 15.04 guest operating system with kernel 3.19.0-15-generic prevented you from enabling folder sharing.
  • Reverting to a snapshot failed following a specific set of steps.
  • A Windows 10 guest operating system running idly caused Workstation to crash.
  • Using the Easy Install option to install the Ubuntu 14.04 or Ubuntu 15.04 guest operating system failed to install VMware Tools.

12.0.0^[25]24 Aug 2015 The following features have reached end of life in Workstation 12 Pro and have been removed:^[26]

• Unity mode on Linux guest and host operating systems
• Virtual Debugger Visual Studio
• Connection to the VMware vCloud Air subscription service

Added support for, amongst other things:

• Later operating system versions, including Windows 10
• DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3
• IPv6 NAT

12.0.1^[27]29 Oct 2015 Maintenance release that resolves some issues. 12.1.0^[28]8 Dec 2015 Maintenance release that resolves some issues. 12.1.1^[29][30]21 Apr 2016 Maintenance release that resolves some issues. 12.5^[31][30]13 Sep 2016 12.5.1^[34]27 Oct 2016 Bug fixes, security updates for undisclosed vulnerabilities and performance improvements. 12.5.2^[35]13 Nov 2016 This release of VMware Workstation 12 Pro addresses an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability related to the drag-and-drop feature. This may allow a guest to execute code on the operating system that runs VMware Workstation 12 Pro. 12.5.3^[36]9 Mar 2017 Bug fixes, security updates, and performance improvements.

• Workstation Pro fails to launch on a Linux platform that uses kernel 4.9.0
• Occasionally, the Workstation Pro user interface crashes in Workstation 12 Pro version 12.5 and displays an error
• When you use a USB device that does not follow USB specifications in a virtual machine in USB passthrough mode, the guest becomes unusable
• You cannot connect a parallel port to a virtual machine
• Connecting an Active Braille device to the virtual machines fails
• After users execute Active FTP in the guest operating system, the vmnat.exe process continues to use a TCP port of the host
• ThinPrint technology does not work in a Windows XP guest operating system with VMware Tools 10.0.10
• VMware Tools service is not started in Ubuntu 16.10 guest
• You cannot use shared folders in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 virtual machine

12.5.4^[37]14 Mar 2017 This release addresses an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability related to the drag-and-drop feature. This vulnerability might allow a guest to execute code on the operating system that runs VMware Workstation 12 Pro. 12.5.5^[38]28 Mar 2017 This release of VMware Workstation Pro addresses the following issues:

• VMware Workstation Pro has a heap buffer overflow and uninitialized stack memory usage in SVGA. These issues might allow a guest virtual machine to execute code on the host. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifiers CVE-2017-4902 (heap issue) and CVE-2017-4903 (stack issue) to these issues.
• The VMware Workstation Pro XHCI driver has uninitialized memory usage. This issue might allow a guest virtual machine to execute code on the host. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2017-4904 to this issue.
• VMware Workstation Pro has uninitialized memory usage. This issue might lead to an information leak. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2017-4905 to this issue.

12.5.6^[39]18 May 2017 This release includes the following highlights:

• Day 0 support of the Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703)
• Bug fixes and security updates

12.5.7^[40]22 Jun 2017 This release of VMware Workstation Pro includes some bug fixes and security updates. 12.5.8^[41]16 Nov 2017

• VMware Workstation 12 Pro Version 12.5.8 has been updated to OpenSSL library version openssl-1.0.2l.

Support has been added for the following operating systems:

• RHEL 7.4
• Oracle Linux 7.3

12.5.9^[42]10 Jan 2018

• This update of VMware Workstation Pro exposes hardware support for branch target injection mitigation to VMware guests. This hardware is used by some guest operating systems to mitigate CVE-2018-5715 (also called by the name "Spectre").

14^[43]26 Sep 2017 This major version release includes the following highlights:

• Updated to support the newest versions of MicrosoftWindows 10 (including Enterprise), and Windows Server editions, as well as various Linux distributions
• Updated support for the latest Intel and AMD processors and limited or no support for pre-2011 CPUs
• Improved virtual firmware support, such as UEFI, and new Secure Boot support
• Support for Virtualization Based Security (VBS)
• Improved Virtual Networking
• New and improved support and controls for working with vSphere and the vCenter Server Appliance
• Network latency simulator
• New remote vSphere controls

14.1.0^[44]21 Dec 2017

• This release delivers improved guest support of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (Version 1709)
• Includes VMware Tools 10.2.0

14.1.1^[45]9 Jan 2018

• This update of VMware Workstation Pro exposes hardware support for branch target injection mitigation to VMware guests. This hardware is used by some guest operating systems to mitigate CVE-2018-5715 (also called by the name "Spectre").

14.1.2^[46]21 May 2018

• This update delivers guest access to the SSBD feature in IA32_SPEC_CTRL.

14.1.3^[47]14 Aug 2018

• This version has been updated to OpenSSL library version openssl-1.0.2o.

15^[48]24 Sep 2018 This major version release includes the following highlights:

• Updated to support the newest versions of MicrosoftWindows 10 (including Enterprise) as well as various Linux distributions
• This version enables support for 4K resolution.
• This version enables support for DirectX 10.1.
• This version raises the limitation of shared graphics memory to 3GB.
• This version adds a new RESTful API to automate common virtual machine tasks using standard JSON over HTTP/HTTPS.
• This version adds new Hosts and Clusters view when connect to remote vSphere.
• This version enables feature for USB devices to connect automatically to a powered on virtual machine.
• This version enables support for SSH login to Linux virtual machine.
• This version enables stretch guest display feature.
• This version enables support for Wayland protocol.
• This version improves performance for virtual NVMe storage.

15.0.1^[49]9 Nov 2018

• This version adds support for the newest versions of various Linux distributions.
• Bug fixes and security updates.

15.0.2^[50]22 Nov 2018 15.0.3^[51]14 Mar 2019

• Bug fixes and security updates. OpenSSL library updated to version 1.0.2q. libxml2 library updated to version 2.9.9.

15.0.4^[52]29 Mar 2019

• Bug fixes and security updates.

15.1.0^[53]14 May 2019 15.5.0^[54]19 Sep 2019

• This version adds support for new guest operating systems
• Adds support for virtual networks with configurable MTU up to 9 000 bytes
• Is able to save network settings after upgrades and to import and export network configurations.
• Adds support for VMware Paravirtual SCSI Controllers (PVSCSI).
• Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools), previously known as VMWare Tools, are made default for applicable Linux guests.
• Bug fixes and security updates.

15.5.1^[55]12 Nov 2019

• Bug fixes and security updates.

15.5.2 Pro^[56]12 Mar 2020

• Bug fixes and security updates.

15.5.5 Pro^[57]28 May 2020

• VMware Workstation 15.5.5 now runs on Windows hosts with Hyper-V features (For example: virtualization based security) enabled.
• This version adds support for new guest operating systems
  • Windows 10 20H1
  • Ubuntu 20.04
  • Fedora 32
• Bug fixes and security updates

15.5.6 Pro^[58]9 Jun 2020

• Bug fixes and security updates

16.0^[59]15 September 2020

• DirectX 11/OpenGL 4.1 support
• USB 3.2 gen 2 controller support (up to 10Gbit/sec)

• Larger VM: up to 32 virtual CPUs/128GB RAM/8GB VRAM
• Dark mode for UI
• vSphere 7.0 support
• Improved performance
• Security fixes
• Removes shared VM feature and restricted VM
• Requires at minimum Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 1809