This issue occurs because the virtual disk repair utility ( vmware-vdiskmanager) in Fusion 3.1 and Workstation 7.1 does not work as expected. To resolve this issue, you must upgrade to the latest version of Fusion / Workstation, or use the utility from Fusion 3.0.2 / Workstation 7.0.1. VMware Fusion 3.1 is now available as a free downloadable update for all VMware Fusion 3 users via the Automatic Update feature. Get more than 20 new and enhanced features, up to 5x faster 3D graphics and up to 35% better end-to-end application performance compared to VMware Fusion 3.0. I'm on Mac 10.6.6 using VM Ware Fusion 3.1.2. I created a Windows 7 image, but when I examine the files that make up the image, there are 21 'extent' files - e.g. Files with names like. Windows 7-s001.vmdk Windows 7-s002.vmdk Windows 7-s003.vmdk. VMware Fusion 3.1 - Slow Windows Phone Emulator. I'm working on a new Windows Phone 7 project. Unfortunately, I have only access to a VMware Fusion instance of Windows, from where I run Visual Studio and the Phone Emulator. My problem is that the phone emulator takes ages (well, seconds) just to show up for example the keyboard for user input. Yes, VMware Fusion includes a simple Migration Assistant for Windows that allows you to quickly and easily move your entire PC to your Mac as a virtual machine. Install a simple application on your PC, connect it to your Mac, and VMware Fusion will detect your PC and take care of the rest.
VMware has released its new version of Fusion, 3.1. It has lots of new features which have been listed below.
For more information visit the VMware Fusion Webpage
Improved Overall Performance – 35% Faster than VMware Fusion 3.0
*Reduced time for suspending virtual machines
*Faster Windows application launch times
*Greatly improved scrolling speeds in Windows Vista and Windows 7 with Mac OS X 10.6.3
2D/3D Graphics Improvements – Up to 5X Better 3D Graphics than VMware Fusion 3.0
*OpenGL 2.1 for Windows Vista
*OpenGL 2.1 for Windows 7
*Greatly improved graphics performance
*Aero is much faster on Windows Vista and Windows 7
*Some games up to 10x faster than VMware Fusion 3.0 with VMware Fusion 3.1 and latest Mac OS X release
*Greatly improved scrolling speeds in Windows Vista and Windows 7 with Mac OS X 10.6.3
Unity Improvements
*Minimizing Unity apps to the dock now shows app contents
*Works with Exposé and Dock Exposé
USB “EasyConnect”
*Easily assign USB devices to virtual machine or Mac when connected
*Remember USB device assignment between Mac and virtual machine restarts
Bigger, More Complex Virtual Machines
*8-way SMP
*2 TB virtual disks
PC Migration Improvements
*Improvements to Migrate Your PC assistant, including better validation of names and better location prompt
*Prompt user if Mac OS X guest account prevents guest access to shared folders instead of failing
*Open new virtual machine upon successful migration
*Enhanced user interface on PC being migrated including:
* New progress dialog on the PC being migrated as well as in VMware Fusion
* Option to show converter logs and troubleshooting steps on PC if PC migration fails
* Avoids port conflicts with Web server software installed on PC being migrated such as IIS, Tomcat, and Apache
Boot Camp Improvements
*Up to 5x disk performance in Boot Camp virtual machines
*New option to minimize prompting for password (authentication dialogs) when using Boot Camp virtual machines
*Handle Mac OS X disk changes better to avoid multiple references to Boot Camp partition in the Virtual Machine Library
*Support for Office 2010 activation in Boot Camp virtual machines
Vmware Fusion 15
OVF Tool 2 Comes with VMware Fusion 3.1
*Directly convert between any vSphere, VMX, or OVF source format to any vSphere, VMX, or OVF target format
*Deploy virtual machines to vSphere using OVF Tool
*Import and export of OVF packages into a vApprun 1.0 workspace. For more information about vApprun, see http://labs.vmware.com/flings/vapprun
User Interface Enhancements
*Drag a disk image or virtual disk to the installation media pane of the assistant
*Add shortcut for opening a virtual machines configuration file in default text editor for VMware Fusion (Hold down option and right-click in Virtual Machine Library)
User Interface Enhancements
*User Experience Improvement Program
Vmware Fusion 3.1 Pro
New Guest Operating Systems Supported
*Ubuntu 8.0.4.4: 32- and 64-bit
*Ubuntu 10.04: 32- and 64-bit
*SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 Service Pack 1: 32- and 64-bit
*SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1: 32- and 64-bit
*RHEL 5.4: 32- and 64-bit