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pecigonzalo / docker-machine-vmwareworkstation

VMWare Workstation driver for Docker Machine https://github.com/docker/machine
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vmware player requires separate download for vmware-vdiskmanager.exe and the driver can't find it #41

Closed pessimism closed 7 years ago

pessimism commented 7 years ago

https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/get-download?downloadGroup=VDDK65

() DBG | Unable to read registry key SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\vmware.exe\Path () DBG | Error finding VMware root: The system cannot find the file specified. () DBG | File not found: 'vmrun.exe' () DBG | Unable to read registry key SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\vmware.exe\Path () DBG | Error finding VMware root: The system cannot find the file specified. () Calling .GetVersion () DBG | File not found: 'vmware-vdiskmanager.exe' Using API Version 1 () Calling .SetConfigRaw () Calling .GetMachineName (flag-lookup) Calling .GetMachineName (flag-lookup) Calling .DriverName (flag-lookup) Calling .GetCreateFlags Found binary path at docker-machine-driver-vmwareworkstation.exe Launching plugin server for driver vmwareworkstation Plugin server listening at address 127.0.0.1:50650 () DBG | Unable to read registry key SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\vmware.exe\Path () DBG | Error finding VMware root: The system cannot find the file specified. () DBG | File not found: 'vmrun.exe' () DBG | Unable to read registry key SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\vmware.exe\Path () DBG | Error finding VMware root: The system cannot find the file specified. () DBG | File not found: 'vmware-vdiskmanager.exe'

the path detection logic needs improvement to accomodate vmware player which has the player, vmrun (from vmware VIX SDK) and vmware-vdiskmanager (from VDDK) all in different locations

pecigonzalo commented 7 years ago

Is this also related to VMWare Workstation 12? #40

pecigonzalo commented 7 years ago

Closing issue as no updates from the reporter.