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Windows Forum / Virtual PC / February 2007VPC 7 files
I copied the original vhd and vmc files to a second location and renamed them. I added a second VM to my console with the wizard (add an existing VM) using these files, thinking I would have 2 separate VMs. Any changes I make in 1 also appears in the second. How is this happening? Can I use a clean install as a template to avoid reinstalling a VM? How do I do this? Len, How did you do that ? Are you able to open both VPCs at the same time ?  SignatureWesley > I copied the original vhd and vmc files to a second location and renamed > them. I added a second VM to my console with the wizard (add an existing VM) > using these files, thinking I would have 2 separate VMs. Any changes I make > in 1 also appears in the second. How is this happening? Can I use a clean > install as a template to avoid reinstalling a VM? How do I do this? Wesley, Cannot open both at same time. Get error msg " not enough memory on host". How I did it is explained below. > Len, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> in 1 also appears in the second. How is this happening? Can I use a clean >> install as a template to avoid reinstalling a VM? How do I do this? Len, Don't copy the .vmc, make a new one and point it to your renamed .VHD file. Simply changing the name of the .vmc won't chance any of the data inside it, like the VHD's filename from the original. What you've really done is create a 2nd .vmc and VM that's still pointing to the original .VHD. There is no .vmc pointing to the renamed .VHD you created. > I copied the original vhd and vmc files to a second location and renamed > them. I added a second VM to my console with the wizard (add an existing VM) > using these files, thinking I would have 2 separate VMs. Any changes I make > in 1 also appears in the second. How is this happening? Can I use a clean > install as a template to avoid reinstalling a VM? How do I do this? >I copied the original vhd and vmc files to a second location and renamed >them. I added a second VM to my console with the wizard (add an existing >VM) using these files, thinking I would have 2 separate VMs. Any changes I >make in 1 also appears in the second. How is this happening? Can I use a >clean install as a template to avoid reinstalling a VM? How do I do this? Len, I think that your mistake was in copying the vmc files. I just looked at one of mine and it contains the full path/filename of the corresponding vhd file (obvious really, how else would VPC know where to find it). So by all means copy the vhd file, but create a new vmc. Just make a note of all the settings in the old one that you want to keep, and transfer them into the new one. Or use notepad to edit the copied vmc file. Mark and eesjae, thank you. I am new to VM and now understand the connection between these files and that they can easily be modified and/or created in a useful manneer. As usual, it is easy if you know how to do it. Two other questions, can USB be used in a VM machine? I see no USB setting and my USB printer is not seen. Also Mouse integration is greyed out and not changeable. It is checked, but could not be unchecked. Len >I copied the original vhd and vmc files to a second location and renamed >them. I added a second VM to my console with the wizard (add an existing >VM) using these files, thinking I would have 2 separate VMs. Any changes I >make in 1 also appears in the second. How is this happening? Can I use a >clean install as a template to avoid reinstalling a VM? How do I do this? > ... can USB be used in a VM machine? No, VPC doesn't support USB. You'll have to use a printer share from your host to print. >Also Mouse integration is greyed out and not changeable. It is checked, but >could not be unchecked. The VM has to be running and have the additions installed for that option to be changed. SignatureBob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine> > Mark and eesjae, thank you. I am new to VM and now understand the > connection between these files and that they can easily be modified and/or [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >>make in 1 also appears in the second. How is this happening? Can I use a >>clean install as a template to avoid reinstalling a VM? How do I do this? Just a heads up, but you clock is ahead by 12 hours... SignatureBob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine> > Mark and eesjae, thank you. I am new to VM and now understand the > connection between these files and that they can easily be modified and/or [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >>make in 1 also appears in the second. How is this happening? Can I use a >>clean install as a template to avoid reinstalling a VM? How do I do this? Robert. Thanks for both Len > Just a heads up, but you clock is ahead by 12 hours... > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >>>a clean install as a template to avoid reinstalling a VM? How do I do >>>this? |
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