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[V7] ISSUE: Guest virtual machines are not shown in AhsayOBM backup source when creating a VMware Workstation backup set

Article ID Reviewed AhsayOBM Operating System
5205 2017-01-23 7.5.0.0 to 7.x 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

public/vmware_workstation_guests_virtual_machines_are_not_shown_in_backup_source.txt · Last modified: 2021/12/21 08:51 by anna.olalia

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