Unlocker 2.0.8

having the same issue here. 

unlocker 2.0.8 running with workstation 12.1 pro build-3272444 on windows 10 x64 10240

For those having the issue with the bar getting stuck half way across, starting win-install.cmd as an Administrator BUT FROM a folder copied to C:\ did the trick for me ! I'm using Windows 10 Pro x64 1511, VMWare Workstation Pro 12.1.1 build-3770994 and Unlocker 2.08.

I've ran this against the latest ESXi 6.0 update 2 version, build 3620759, and I get the following output

 

VMware Unlocker 2.0.8

===============================

Copyright: Dave Parsons 2011-15

Installing local.sh

cp: can't stat 'local-template.sh': No such file or directory

 

 

Any idea's?

 

 

______________________________________

 

 

Fixed it, the full unlocked folder hadn't copied to the ESX host, I was looking at the tree's and not the wood on this one, trying to figure out what had changed between update 1 and update 2 in terms of the file structure etc

Thank you. Great job!

I had VMWare Player 6 running Mac OS 10.10.5 Yosemite. I tried upgrading to 10.11 El Capitan but it got stuck at some point, even leaving it throughout the night.

 

So I forcefully stopped the VM, installed the latest VMWare Workstation Player 12 and Unlocker 2.0.8, then restarted the VM, and the update went through without a hitch.

 

Thanks a lot!

one more pre-requisite - be connected to the internet when you run this up so you can DL VMware tools etc.

thanks heaps for this, really REALLY helps!

Here is the software I'm running... Windows 10 x64 build 14393, VMware Workstation Pro 12.1.1 build 3770994, and Unlocker 2.0.8.  I have a Mac OS X virtual machine that I'm trying to install the latest updates on as well as a Windows 10 virtual machine that I'm trying to install the updates on.  Both virtual machines keep crashing.  They were working fine before I reinstalled everything on my computer.  I was just wondering if anyone knows if there are any known issues using Unlocker on VMware 12.1.1 or on Windows 10 build 14393.  I think I might've been running a slightly older version of VMware before I reformatted my computer.  The Mac OS X virtual machine does have smc.version = "0" in the configuration file.  Any ideas why my virtual machines would be crashing?

 

Update:  I tried removing the Sound Card, USB Controller, and CD/DVD Drive from both virtual machines.  The Windows virtual machine seems to be stable so far but the mouse wouldn't work on the OS X VM.  I added a USB 1.1 controller back into the OS X VM and I'm going to see if it's more stable with that one.  It was set to USB 2.0 before.

 

Nevermind... none of that helped much.  The virtual machines still keep crashing a lot.  Maybe Unlocker 2.0.8 is causing VMware 12.1.1 to be unstable.  I ran WhoCrashed in the Windows VM and it says the crash is due to a memory error... I wonder if Unlocker could be causing a memory issue in the VMs or if there is a memory bug in VMware 12.1.1.

I think I'm going to try a slightly older build of VMware Workstation.  What was the latest build of VMware Workstation tested with Unlocker 2.0.8?

Does it compatible with Player 12.5?

Still works like a charm with Fusion 8.5! So I think it would be reasonable to infer it should work with Win/Lin 12.5.

 

8.5/12.5 really is NOT a major upgrade, pretty much some long overdue patches...

I upgraded to 12.5, and Unlocker still works as expected. I haven't seen any issues.

I can confirm, it's working with 12.5 (Win). I forgot to uninstall the unlocker patch before updating, but that wasn't a problem at all... uninstalled and reinstalled it after updating to 12.5.

Anyone able to get a 10.12 install running using the 2.0.8 unlocker on an ESXi 6U2?

10.11 is working fine, but even updating an existing 10.11 to 10.12 won't let it boot afterwards.

Anyone able to get a 10.12 install running using the 2.0.8 unlocker on an ESXi 6U2?

10.11 is working fine, but even updating an existing 10.11 to 10.12 won't let it boot afterwards.

 

I was getting the prohibitory sign in 10.12 on esxi 6U2 after a reboot or two.  Booting off the Sierra iso and reinstalling, got it booting again, but it would start having the same issue again afterwards.

 

I changed the hw.model from default VMware7,1 to something else (used Macmini6,2) as well as the s/n and board-id. I followed: http://daveparsons.net/blog/2013/12/30/pass-real-mac-details-to-vm/

Not sure if this fixed it, I only tested it for a few hours but it hasn't acted up on me yet.

Hi, Thanks for this great piece of software. Is there a torrent / link version? My http download keeps failing/ corrupt: Missing files: unlocker.exe gettools.exe Thanks in advance.

Running Windows 10, VMWare 12.5.2 -> intention osx 10.11

Anyone try ESXi 6.5 yet?

 

I was not able to get the unlocker working on 6.5 and it seems like it actually affects other VM's from starting, not just mac VMs. Uninstall fixed other VMs but mac VM's won't boot still.

nzalog - thanks for that comment. I upgraded to 6.5 and couldnt' start any VM and got the error 'failed - transport (vmdb) error -45: failed to connect to peer process.'. Couldn't find any troubleshooting help until I came across your comment and realized I had the unlocker installed. Once I uninstalled it VMs started successfully.

 

I should note that I was able to resume my OSX VM successfully. I'm not going to reboot or power it off though. =) 

Hi,

 

I'm having issues with the unlocker 2.0.8 and ESXi 6.5 on PowerEdge 2950III.

 

With the patch, which i need to run OSX, none of my vm would start

I keep receiving this message;

 

Key

haTask-8-vim.VirtualMachine.powerOn-170465547

State

Failed - Transport (VMDB) error -45: Failed to connect to peer process.

Errors

• Transport (VMDB) error -45: Failed to connect to peer process.

 

 

Now, I had these VM working fine under 5.5 using unlocker 1.3.0, unfortunately this older version did not allow me to connect USB devices from the host to the guests.

Now with 6.5 I can do this but then I lost the ability to launch my OSX VM's.

 

I was wondering if anyone of you guys knew how to get OS X guests to run on 6.5 ?

 

Actually, I had few machines which were on Suspend and those works fine as long as I dont reboot.

After reboot they just freeze on the wheel...

 

 

Any help would be appreciated.

Same error here with unlocker 2.0.8 and HPE ESXi 6.5 on microserver Gen8: 

 

Transport (VMDB) error -45: Failed to connect to peer process

 

Any recommendation?

Looks like 2.09 is being worked on...just tried it but still have the same error -45 on ALL vm's...not just osx.

 

https://github.com/DrDonk/unlocker/tree/a95a7511fbc1fa44ef7909effb7d621200389453

Transport (VMDB) error -45: Failed to connect to peer process

seems to always occur if a buggy system trashes the (swap) space with logs

 

The esxi-uninstall.sh luckily fixes the Problem for now.

 

Interresting is, that an OSX-Install will start without the unlocker (adding cpuid.1.eax = "----:----:----:0010:----:----:1010:0111" of course) and proceed to 50% until it hangs.

I confirm the Unlocker is working on VMware Wokstation 12.5.2

Testing my VM... but till now it is fine....

Does not appear to work in Wayland on Fedora 25:

 

[root@xps13 unlocker207]# ./lnx-install.sh
VMware Unlocker 2.0.7
===============================
Copyright: Dave Parsons 2011-15
Creating backup folder...
'/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx' -> './backup/vmware-vmx'
'/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx-debug' -> './backup/vmware-vmx-debug'
'/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx-stats' -> './backup/vmware-vmx-stats'
'/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwarebase.so/libvmwarebase.so' -> './backup/libvmwarebase.so'
Patching...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./unlocker.py", line 402, in <module>
    main()
  File "./unlocker.py", line 352, in main
    vmx_version = subprocess.check_output(["vmware", "-v"])
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 567, in check_output
    process = Popen(stdout=PIPE, *popenargs, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 711, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1343, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
 

[root@xps13 unlocker208]# ./lnx-install.sh
VMware Unlocker 2.0.8
===============================
Copyright: Dave Parsons 2011-15
Creating backup folder...
'/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx' -> './backup/vmware-vmx'
'/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx-debug' -> './backup/vmware-vmx-debug'
'/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx-stats' -> './backup/vmware-vmx-stats'
'/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwarebase.so/libvmwarebase.so' -> './backup/libvmwarebase.so'
Patching...

(vmplayer:11376): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./unlocker.py", line 413, in <module>
    main()
  File "./unlocker.py", line 361, in main
    vmx_version = subprocess.check_output(["vmplayer", "-v"])
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 574, in check_output
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd, output=output)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['vmplayer', '-v']' returned non-zero exit status 1
 

[root@xps13 unlocker208]# vmplayer -v

(vmplayer:11409): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

 

I've had some issues with a few other applications, something about the :0 display I presume.
 

I can confirm it works with 12.5 too

DrDonk/Dave has a release candidate available for ESXi 6.5 on his GitHub page (https://github.com/DrDonk/unlocker)! For those that can't wait for it to be posted here, go download the master branch from GitHub and run that on ESXi. I can confirm that it is working on a white box ESXi 6.5 instance! Thanks for your awesome work Dave and all those that have helped on the project!

This might be a dumb question but what does unlocking vmware fusion do?

Is it for hackintoshes only?

I'm just asking because I've ran OSX in Fusion on my macbook without any unlockers.