As the title says I’m trying to get Genshin Impact to run on a Windows 10 VM on VMware ESXI version 6.7. It’s taken quite a long time but so far I’ve managed to set up a VM with a NVidia Geforce 2070 passed through to the vm. I added the line “`hypervisor.cpuid.v0 = “FALSE”“` to the vmx file and hooked up a dummy monitor to the GPU to allow Parsec to remotely connect to it. I’ve tested several games such as Minecraft Java Edition, Subnautica Below Zero(running on Steam), and Rocket League(running on the Epic Games Launcher) and they all work fine.

After looking for a while on line I’ve come up with several more lines to add to the vmx file that seem to fix a similar problem with a game called Sword of the New World. However, when I run Genshin Impact it still comes up with a gui saying “Sorry, this application cannot run under a Virtual Machine.”

I have also found that if running the vm off of KVM with Linux(which I am not willing to do after spending three weeks teaching myself how to setup ESXI with a VM that can be remotely accessed with parsec) apparently upon adding

“`

<cpu mode=’host-passthrough’ check=’none’>

…

    <feature policy=’disable’ name=’hypervisor’/>

</cpu>

“`

to the xml file, Genshin Impact works just fine.

I feel that there must be an equivalent string I can add to the vmx file for VMware ESXI that would do the same thing but after quite a bit of research I haven’t found anything that works. Does anybody know an equivalent command for ESXI?

 

 

.vmx file:

“`

.encoding = “UTF-8”

config.version = “8”

virtualHW.version = “14”

vmci0.present = “TRUE”

floppy0.present = “FALSE”

numvcpus = “6”

memSize = “11264”

bios.bootRetry.delay = “10”

powerType.suspend = “soft”

tools.upgrade.policy = “manual”

sched.cpu.units = “mhz”

sched.cpu.affinity = “all”

vm.createDate = “1602110300706076”

scsi0.virtualDev = “lsisas1068”

scsi0.present = “TRUE”

sata0.present = “TRUE”

usb_xhci.present = “TRUE”

scsi0:0.deviceType = “scsi-hardDisk”

scsi0:0.fileName = “Nix_1.vmdk”

sched.scsi0:0.shares = “normal”

sched.scsi0:0.throughputCap = “off”

scsi0:0.present = “TRUE”

ethernet0.virtualDev = “e1000e”

ethernet0.networkName = “VM Network”

ethernet0.addressType = “generated”

ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = “FALSE”

ethernet0.present = “TRUE”

sata0:0.deviceType = “cdrom-image”

sata0:0.fileName = “/vmfs/volumes/5f7df0e5-3420089e-16a9-002655daae9a/os_images/Windows.iso”

sata0:0.present = “TRUE”

displayName = “Nix”

guestOS = “windows9-64”

toolScripts.afterPowerOn = “TRUE”

toolScripts.afterResume = “TRUE”

toolScripts.beforeSuspend = “TRUE”

toolScripts.beforePowerOff = “TRUE”

tools.syncTime = “FALSE”

uuid.bios = “56 4d e9 ca 46 e7 34 5c-b4 66 e3 ce a8 07 1c ac”

uuid.location = “56 4d e9 ca 46 e7 34 5c-b4 66 e3 ce a8 07 1c ac”

vc.uuid = “52 9a c9 a3 02 99 09 28-07 36 8d 25 db 2c be cf”

sched.cpu.min = “0”

sched.cpu.shares = “normal”

sched.mem.min = “11264”

sched.mem.minSize = “11264”

sched.mem.shares = “normal”

ethernet0.generatedAddress = “00:0c:29:07:1c:ac”

vmci0.id = “-1475928916”

cleanShutdown = “FALSE”

sata0:0.startConnected = “TRUE”

nvme0.present = “TRUE”

config.readOnly = “FALSE”

extendedConfigFile = “Nix_1.vmxf”

sound.autoDetect = “TRUE”

sound.virtualDev = “hdaudio”

sound.present = “TRUE”

sound.allowGuestConnectionControl = “TRUE”

sound.fileName = “-1”

svga.vramSize = “268435456”

mks.enable3d = “TRUE”

pciPassthru0.present = “TRUE”

pciPassthru1.present = “TRUE”

pciPassthru0.id = “00000:010:00.0”

pciPassthru0.deviceId = “0x1e84”

pciPassthru0.vendorId = “0x10de”

pciPassthru0.systemId = “5f74b25d-327c-6a86-6713-002655daae9a”

pciPassthru1.id = “00000:010:00.1”

pciPassthru1.deviceId = “0x10f8”

pciPassthru1.vendorId = “0x10de”

pciPassthru1.systemId = “5f74b25d-327c-6a86-6713-002655daae9a”

cpuid.coresPerSocket = “6”

svga.numDisplays = “2”

svga.autodetect = “FALSE”

tools.guest.desktop.autolock = “FALSE”

nvram = “Nix_1.nvram”

pciBridge0.present = “TRUE”

svga.present = “TRUE”

pciBridge4.present = “TRUE”

pciBridge4.virtualDev = “pcieRootPort”

pciBridge4.functions = “8”

pciBridge5.present = “TRUE”

pciBridge5.virtualDev = “pcieRootPort”

pciBridge5.functions = “8”

pciBridge6.present = “TRUE”

pciBridge6.virtualDev = “pcieRootPort”

pciBridge6.functions = “8”

pciBridge7.present = “TRUE”

pciBridge7.virtualDev = “pcieRootPort”

pciBridge7.functions = “8”

hpet0.present = “TRUE”

RemoteDisplay.maxConnections = “1”

sched.cpu.latencySensitivity = “medium”

disk.EnableUUID = “TRUE”

numa.autosize.cookie = “60001”

numa.autosize.vcpu.maxPerVirtualNode = “6”

sched.swap.derivedName = “/vmfs/volumes/5f7df0e5-3420089e-16a9-002655daae9a/Nix_1/Nix_1-0b2ace3b.vswp”

pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = “17”

pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = “21”

pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = “22”

pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = “23”

pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = “24”

scsi0.pciSlotNumber = “160”

ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = “192”

usb_xhci.pciSlotNumber = “224”

vmci0.pciSlotNumber = “32”

sata0.pciSlotNumber = “33”

scsi0.sasWWID = “50 05 05 6a 46 e7 34 50”

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = “0”

vm.genid = “-1816076186780706416”

vm.genidX = “-8688614713756288280”

monitor.phys_bits_used = “43”

vmotion.checkpointFBSize = “4194304”

vmotion.checkpointSVGAPrimarySize = “268435456”

softPowerOff = “FALSE”

tools.remindInstall = “FALSE”

toolsInstallManager.lastInstallError = “0”

nvme0.pciSlotNumber = “256”

toolsInstallManager.updateCounter = “3”

sched.mem.pin = “TRUE”

sound.pciSlotNumber = “34”

svga.guestBackedPrimaryAware = “TRUE”

hypervisor.cpuid.v0 = “FALSE”

pciPassthru0.pciSlotNumber = “1184”

pciPassthru1.pciSlotNumber = “1216”

migrate.hostLog = “./Nix_1-0b2ace3b.hlog”

scsi0:0.redo = “”

monitor_control.virtual_rdtsc = “false”

monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = “true”

isolation.tools.getPtrLocation.disable = “true”

isolation.tools.setPtrLocation.disable = “true”

isolation.tools.setVersion.disable = “true”

isolation.tools.getVersion.disable = “true”

monitor_control.disable_directexec = “true”

usb_xhci:4.present = “TRUE”

usb_xhci:4.deviceType = “hid”

usb_xhci:4.port = “4”

usb_xhci:4.parent = “-1”

“`

 

This is what I got for “`systeminfo“` in the vm windows command line:

“`

Hyper-V Requirements:      VM Monitor Mode Extensions: No

                           Virtualization Enabled In Firmware: Yes

                           Second Level Address Translation: No

                           Data Execution Prevention Available: Yes

“`

 

And yes the virtual machine name is Latin for snow. I themed them.

Also let me know if you need any more info. I’d be happy to comply.

Hello,

 

I have several ESXi 6.0U3 hosts running VMs. I am purchasing a new server to run ESXi 7.0U1 and looking to do VM recoveries from backup (Veeam) to this host in the event of a hardware failure.

 

Is it possible/recommended to recover or migrate from ESXi 6.0U3 to 7.0U1 in a production environment.

 

Eric

I am trying to set a vdi’s timezone.  How do i do that with DEM, use the ADMX settings?  The GPO i think i need to set is below.

 

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMControlSet001ControlTimeZoneInformation

  

I believe I want to set the TimeZoneKeyName, StandardName and DaylightName.  I assume this would be in the Computer ADMX-based settings but couldn’t find it. I also checked in the User ADMX-based settings and didn’t find it.

 

I want to set the computer TimeZone to always be HST.

 

Hi Guys,

 

We have several clients running into this issue with the latest one being on ver 6.0u2. What happens is that I’ll try to edit a VM, when I click OK even without changing anything, it throws the error “The disk capacity specified is greater than the amount available in the datastore”. The datastore of the current one I’m working on is 500GB in size and the total amount committed + used was less than 400GB. It almost seems like it’s not calculating the used space and only looking at the free space available.

 

I have been unable to find a solution for this. Does anyone have any hints on how I should go about resolving this issue?

 

Thanks,

Andy

Hi all,

I’m trying to get all the VMs that are “connected” state(to exclude maintenance mode ones) and the “Connect at power on” network adapter setting disabled.

This is what I have but seems to be not working properly Im not getting any result even when I know there are VMs with this setting disabled:

 

 

Get-VM | Get-NetworkAdapter | Where-object {($_.ConnectionState.Connected ) -and ($_.ConnectionState.StartConnected -ne “True”)}

 

Any idea?

I am not able to connect either brand of our USB 3.0 hubs (Thermaltake or Sabrent) to the Win 10 VM with VMWare Workstation v14.1.8. The VM settings are for 3.0 compatibility. The bridge connects and can be ejected but the disk mounted in it does not mount (e.g. in diskmgmt.msc) like it does if I connect it to a PC 2.0 port or use a 2.0 cable into the PC 3.0 port. I did succeed in connecting a USB 3.0 hub to a Win 7 VM after following VMWare instructions (https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2128105). The 3.0 bridge/disk connects/mounts fine directly to my host PC. Any ideas why not in the VM?

HI gurus

 

I am looking for a script that will bring up all the information that RVTools gets and export it, but on an specific folder instead of the entire env., is this even possible with pscli?

 

Thanks for the help

Hello,

In the past I used VMWare Player and Workstation to run obsolete software packages on the newer OS.

This time I have a need to run Windows XP on Windows 10 host and be able to add PCI I/O cards to VM.
At this point I am curios if I am looking for a Unicorn.Thank you in advance,

Konstantin