I found that using the latest VMWare tools (as this article is written), the files on shared folders are out of sync if they are modified from the host (Windows 7). After searching for the solutions, I found the discussions on the VMWare communities forum here: https://communities.vmware.com/message/2313778.
It seems that VMWare teams are still addressing the issues (as this article is written). Meanwhile, the solution is to revert back to older version of VMWare tools.
Here is the steps:
- Before turning on the VMWare, modify the VMWare file .vmx setting, otherwise, the downgrade can be overridden:
tools.upgrade.policy = "manual"
- As super user, unmount the current shared folder. Example:
# umount /mnt/hgfs
- Download the older version of the VMWare tool here (select the appropriate one based on the OS):
https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/fusion/6.0.1/1331545/packages/
In my case, I downloaded com.vmware.fusion.tools.linux.zip.tar. - Extract the file. If you are using linux, extract linux.iso file as well or just mount it.
- using super user, execute the vmware install script:
# ./vmware-install.pl
- After completed, make sure the build version is build-1294478:
root@ubuntu:~# vmware-toolbox-cmd -v 9.6.0.26048 (build-1294478)
That's all :)
Could you elaborate on step 4)? I extracted the package using "tar -xvf " but it doesn't seem to have extracted correctly (Linux).
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DeleteSorry for my late response. The detail steps are as follows:
1) extract the package using "tar -xvf" (the output will be com.vmware.fusion.tools.linux.zip)
2) unzip the zip file using "unzip"
3) The file of linux.iso is at ./com.vmware.fusion.tools.linux/payload/linux.iso. Mount the linux.iso using "sudo mount -o loop ./linux.iso /path-to-mount-folder/"
Thanks for this post, I had found the VMware solution of downgrading, but I think that first step stopped it from happening.
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