===== [V7] ISSUE: Guest virtual machines are not shown in AhsayOBM backup source when creating a VMware Workstation backup set =====
Article ID: 5205
Reviewed: 2016-10-12

Product Version:
AhsayOBM: 7.5.0.0 to 7.x
OS: Windows

ATTENTION 1st January, 2022: v7 officially End-of-Life [details] ===== Problem Description ===== When creating a VMware Workstation backup set no guest virtual machines are shown in the AhsayOBM backup source.


Even though the guest virtual machines are available in the VMware Workstation UI.


Cause:
This is a VMware Workstation configuration issue, the virtual machine sharing and remote access setting have not been enabled.

===== Resolution ===== On the VMware Workstation UI:

1. Go to [Edit]>[Preferences]>[Shared VMs].
2. Click on [Enable Sharing] and then [OK] to confirm.


===== Keywords ===== VMware Workstation, virtual machine sharing, backup source, VM, configuration