plugins orders player to create a snapshot, but it's not implemented !

[Philippe59710fr]

Using the latest version of Ubuntu LTS, vagrant, VMWare

Vagrant version

Vagrant 2.3.6

Vagrant VMware plugin version

vagrant-vmware-desktop (3.0.3, global)

Vagrant VMware utility version

1.0.22

Host operating system

Linux gt73 5.19.0-43-generic #44~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon May 22 13:39:36 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Guest operating system

Not startable

Vagrantfile

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
config.vm.box = "generic/ubuntu2204"
config.vm.provider "vmware_desktop" do |v|
v.gui = true
end
end

Debug output

https://gist.github.com/Philippe59710fr/f5823c46ad0f24dfe3fc2d559635c355#file-vagrant-log

Expected behavior

Execute a new virtual machine to be up.

Actual behavior

Error when launching, caused by the provider to try to create a snapshot using the player, that is not supported.

What actually happened?
Failled

vagrant up
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'vmware_desktop' provider...
==> default: Cloning VMware VM: 'generic/ubuntu2204'. This can take some time...
An error occurred while executing vmrun, a utility for controlling
VMware machines. The command and output are below:
Command: ["-T", "player", "snapshot", "/home/philippe/.vagrant.d/boxes/generic-VAGRANTSLASH-ubuntu2204/4.2.16/vmware_desktop/generic-ubuntu2204-vmware.vmx", "e99e27d5-0a43-41a5-abde-1973fbcfb108", {:notify=>[:stdout, :stderr]}]
Stdout: Error: The operation is not supported
Stderr:

$:/vagrant$ sudo vmrun -T ws snapshot /home/philippe/vmware/Ubuntu/Ubuntu.vmx snname2
$:/vagrant$ sudo vmrun -T player snapshot /home/philippe/vmware/Ubuntu/Ubuntu.vmx snname3
Error: The operation is not supported

Steps to reproduce

1.Installl Vmware workstation, or player, and vagrant plugins
2.create vagrant file
3.vagrant up

References

Official :
https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-player.html#compare

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3558809/vm-player-is-it-possible-to-create-snapshots

[Philippe59710fr]

After spending hours, I found a patch for this bug :
add -license-override professional to the utility command line...

[edricus]

After spending hours, I found a patch for this bug : add -license-override professional to the utility command line...

Thx for the workaround but how do you edit this command line ? I'm just using vagrant up and -license-override is not an option

[Philippe59710fr]

After spending hours, I found a patch for this bug : add -license-override professional to the utility command line...

Thx for the workaround but how do you edit this command line ? I'm just using vagrant up and -license-override is not an option

You need to setup the launch of the Utility like this for example :

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/vagrant-vmware-utility.service

[Unit]
Description=Vagrant VMware Utility
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/opt/vagrant-vmware-desktop/bin/vagrant-vmware-utility api -config-file=/opt/vagrant-vmware-desktop/config/service.hcl -license-override professional
Restart=on-abort

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

[wetzel-cam]

After spending hours, I found a patch for this bug : add -license-override professional to the utility command line...

Thx for the workaround but how do you edit this command line ? I'm just using vagrant up and -license-override is not an option

You need to setup the launch of the Utility like this for example :

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/vagrant-vmware-utility.service

[Unit] Description=Vagrant VMware Utility After=network.target

[Service] Type=simple ExecStart=/opt/vagrant-vmware-desktop/bin/vagrant-vmware-utility api -config-file=/opt/vagrant-vmware-desktop/config/service.hcl -license-override professional Restart=on-abort

[Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target

This solved the issue I was having. Thank you!