{"id":2066,"date":"2017-09-27T11:46:40","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T18:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=2066"},"modified":"2017-09-27T11:46:40","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T18:46:40","slug":"vmware-workstation-14-released-with-a-gotcha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=2066","title":{"rendered":"VMware – Workstation 14 released – with a Gotcha.."},"content":{"rendered":"

VMware Workstation Pro 14.0.0 has been released – a bit earlier than expected – and it has a (potentially) nasty surprise for those with ‘older’ CPUs..\u00a0\u00a0 Release notes are here:\u00a0 https:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/VMware-Workstation-Pro\/14.0.0\/rn\/workstation-14-release-notes.html<\/a><\/p>\n

I installed this on my test system without any problems, and was able to confirm that it compiles and loads\/runs OK with Kernels 4.13.x, and that the vmmon<\/em> patch for 12.5.x still applies, and this enables it to load\/run with Kernel 4.14-rc2..\u00a0\u00a0 The runtime # vmware<\/strong><\/span> also works correctly, with Fedora 26..<\/p>\n

However…\u00a0 As soon as I tried to run a VM, I was presented with the following error message:<\/p>\n

“<\/strong>This host does not support “Intel EPT” hardware assisted MMU virtualization.<\/em><\/span>
\nThis host does not support virtualizing real mode. The Intel “VMX Unrestricted Guest” feature <\/span><\/em>
\nis necessary to run this virtual machine on an Intel processor.<\/span><\/em>
\nModule ‘CPUIDEarly’ power on failed.<\/span><\/em>
\nFailed to start the virtual machine.<\/em>“<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

# cpuinfo<\/strong> reports the CPU in my test system as\u00a0 ‘Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz’<\/span><\/strong>..<\/p>\n

The Intel site reports that this CPU supports:\u00a0 Intel\u00ae Virtualization Technology (VT-x)<\/em> and Intel\u00ae Virtualization Technology for Directed I\/O (VT-d)..<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

According to the VMware release notes:<\/p>\n

“Systems using Processors (CPUs) launched in 2011 or later are supported except<\/strong>:
\n<\/span><\/em>Intel Atom processors based on the 2011 \u201cBonnell\u201d\u00a0\u00a0micro-architecture (e.g. Atom Z670\/Z650; Atom N570)
\n<\/span><\/em>Systems using Intel Atom processors based on the 2012 \u201cSaltwell\u201d micro-architecture (e.g. Atom S1200, Atom D2700\/D2500, Atom N2800\/N2600.
\n<\/span><\/em>Systems using AMD processors based on the \u201cLlano\u201d and \u201cBobcat\u201d micro-architectures (e.g. code-named \u201cHondo\u201d, \u201cOntario\u201d, \u201cZacate\u201d, \u201cLlano\u201d)
\n<\/span><\/em>In addition the following are <\/strong>supported:
\n<\/span><\/em>Systems using Intel processors based on the 2010 \u201cWestmere\u201d micro-architecture (e.g. Xeon 5600, Xeon 3600, Core i7-970, Core i7-980, Core i7-990)”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The VMware documentation for W\/S 14 is more vague, and states:<\/p>\n

“For supported processors to run 64-bit guest operating systems, the host system must use one of the following processors.
\n<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0 An AMD CPU with AMD-V support
\n<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0 An Intel CPU with VT-x support
\n<\/em>If you have an Intel CPU that has VT-x support, you must verify that VT-x support is enabled in the host system BIOS. The BIOS settings that must be enabled for VT-x support vary depending on the system vendor.<\/em>“<\/p>\n

I did try adding the monitor.allowLegacyCPU = “true”<\/span><\/strong> parameter in the VMware config file, but this still did not work, and left the “…The Intel “VMX Unrestricted Guest” feature <\/span><\/em>is necessary <\/span><\/em>… error..<\/span><\/p>\n

So… more testing is necessary, and it seems – at least – as if the VMware documentation is somewhat lacking in clarity or consistency…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I have a feeling that this new ‘feature’ is going to cause quite a lot of discussion….<\/p>\n

Robert Gadsdon.\u00a0\u00a0 September 27, 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VMware Workstation Pro 14.0.0 has been released – a bit earlier than expected – and it has a (potentially) nasty surprise for those with ‘older’ CPUs..\u00a0\u00a0 Release notes are here:\u00a0 https:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/VMware-Workstation-Pro\/14.0.0\/rn\/workstation-14-release-notes.html I installed this on my test system without any problems, and was able to confirm that it compiles and loads\/runs OK with Kernels 4.13.x, and that …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1298,1323,14,15,19,20,25],"tags":[1699,1697,1700,1173,242,1696,1695,1701,1694,1698],"class_list":["post-2066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fedora","category-hardware","category-intel","category-kernel","category-linux-2","category-opinion","category-performance-2","category-vmware","tag-cpuid-early","tag-error-with-older-cpus","tag-failed-to-start-the-virtual-machine","tag-kernel","tag-linux","tag-ok-with-fedora-26","tag-ok-with-kernel-4-13","tag-vmmon-4-14-patch-still-works","tag-vmware-14-released","tag-vt-x"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2066"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2069,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066\/revisions\/2069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}