Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Vmware Copy/Paste (Clipboard)

While working with ESXi 5 vSphere Client i noticed that i couldnt copy and paste into a VM.  After some searching i found the below article on the vmware website which resolved the issue.  

Summary:
Note: VMware Tools must be installed for Copy and Paste to work.
  1. Log into a vCenter Server system using the vSphere Client and power off the virtual machine.
  2. Select the virtual machine and click the Summary tab.
  3. Click Edit Settings.
  4. Navigate to Options > Advanced > General and click Configuration Parameters.
  5. Click Add Row.
  6. Type these values in the Name and Value columns:

                                Name                                                Value

    • isolation.tools.copy.disable    false
    • isolation.tools.paste.disable   false
    Note: These options override any settings made in the VMware Tools control panel of the guest operating system.
  7. Click OK to close the Configuration Parameters dialog, and click OK again to close the Virtual Machine Properties dialog.
  8. Power on the virtual machine.

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