Step 4: Remove the old scsi adapter and switch over to use the new one
(Start menu -> right click -> Device Manager) LSI SAS Adapter Log in and verify that we have indeed loaded a new SCSI adapter. If you followed the directions carefully, then the VM should still boot without any issues.
Step 3: Load the drivers for the new scsi controller.īoot your VM. We are adding a new LSI SAS adapter in addition of the scsi adapter we already had. Note that instead of scsi0 it now says scsi1.
So instead we are going to let Windows load the new driver for us.Īdd the following line to your. We cannot change that here now as Windows will not be able to boot. We need to be able to use the LSI Logic SAS scsi driver. If you have a parallel LSI scsi adapter, then you will have this snippet: scsi0.present = "TRUE" If you have a buslogic scsi adapter you will have this snippet: scsi0.present = "TRUE" Please be aware that the lines do not have to be in this order, they can be anywhere in the. With all that out of the way, now look for the following bit of text in your vmx file. (File menu -> Preferences, the checkbox should not be ticked) In TextEdit, make sure you do not have smart quotes enabled.
In the context menu, the option “Show in Finder” will change into “Open Config File in Editor” Hold down the option key to edit the config file Then select the VM, use right click (Ctrl+click) and hold down the option key. With the VM shut down and the VM window closed, go to Virtual Machine Library in VMware Fusion. Step 2: Add the LSI SCSI SAS controller to the VM. You can make a backup by closing VMware Fusion (or VMware Workstation) and make a copy of the complete VM to an external disk. Step 1: Shut down your VM and make a backup that VMware Tools is installed and the most recent version.that the virtual hardware is up-to-date and.This article is written for VMware Fusion, but the same trick also works for VMware Workstation Professional and VMware Workstation Player. The screenshots below are for Windows 8, but it will also work for Windows 7. So cancel the upgrade and follow these steps. There is however an easy way around that issue. Luckily though we are running a VM and changing hardware is therefor relatively easy and comes at a minimum cost (it is free!) But, you can’t just change the adapter as then you will end up with problems booting.
Neither of those adapters have drivers for Windows 10 and as such the update gets stuck in a continuous loop. You would see a similar error if you happen to use a Buslogic scsi adapter. “This device isn’t compatible in Windows 10. This week at the VMware Forums there was a few people who had problems upgrading to Windows 10. Upgrading from Windows 7 (or 8) is as simple as downloading and running the installer from This is still free, even today in Januari 2020. You don’t really want to keep on running with a VM that is no longer receiving Windows Updates. Now might be the right time to update to Windows 10 if you have a virtual machine running Windows 7.