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.
![](http://wiki.ahsay.com/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=public:5205_0.png)
Even though the guest virtual machines are available in the VMware Workstation UI.
![](http://wiki.ahsay.com/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=public:5205_1.png)
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.
![](http://wiki.ahsay.com/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=public:5205_2.png)
===== Keywords ===== VMware Workstation, virtual machine sharing, backup source, VM, configuration