Fusion Professional Version 11.0.2 (10952296) on 15" 2018 MacBook Pro 32Gb mem 1TB NVMe SSD running Mojave 10.14.3
Can someone explain to me what exactly happens when i boot a VM in Fusion? The reason i ask is because i notice that it takes a long time, sometimes minutes, between the moment VM shows up on the screen (black screen with large Play icon greyed out) and the moment the OS inside the VM starts booting.
This is quite annoying if you quickly need a VM to do something rapidly or if, like me yesterday, a customer is looking over your shoulder how you set up an environment waiting for you to deliver a demo.
Again, it takes minutes to pass from the black startup screen to the first boot messages. I think it's a Fusion issue.
Config of my two main VM's:
.encoding = "UTF-8"
displayName = "Windows 7 x64"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "16"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsisas1068"
sata0.present = "TRUE"
memsize = "2048"
mem.hotadd = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.fileName = "Virtual Disk.vmdk"
sata0:1.present = "TRUE"
sata0:1.autodetect = "TRUE"
sata0:1.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
sata0:1.startConnected = "FALSE"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
usb.present = "TRUE"
ehci.pciSlotNumber = "35"
sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.virtualDev = "hdaudio"
sound.fileName = "-1"
sound.autodetect = "TRUE"
mks.enable3d = "TRUE"
svga.graphicsMemoryKB = "1048576"
serial0.present = "TRUE"
serial0.fileType = "thinprint"
pciBridge0.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"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
hpet0.present = "TRUE"
usb.vbluetooth.startConnected = "FALSE"
tools.syncTime = "TRUE"
guestOS = "windows7-64"
nvram = "Windows 7 x64.nvram"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
tools.upgrade.policy = "upgradeAtPowerCycle"
powerType.powerOff = "soft"
powerType.powerOn = "soft"
powerType.suspend = "soft"
powerType.reset = "soft"
extendedConfigFile = "Windows 7 x64.vmxf"
numa.autosize.vcpu.maxPerVirtualNode = "1"
numa.autosize.cookie = "10012"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 5f 6d 39 fb 33 d8-11 27 e7 ab c0 0f 80 a4"
uuid.location = "56 4d 00 fb c4 a8 d1 17-f2 78 a5 31 37 b1 c1 26"
migrate.hostlog = "./Windows 7 x64-58ff889b.hlog"
scsi0:0.redo = ""
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "160"
usb.pciSlotNumber = "32"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "33"
sound.pciSlotNumber = "34"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "36"
sata0.pciSlotNumber = "37"
scsi0.sasWWID = "50 05 05 6d 39 fb 33 d0"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0C:29:0F:80:A4"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
vmci0.id = "-1072725852"
monitor.phys_bits_used = "43"
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "8388608"
vmotion.checkpointSVGAPrimarySize = "268435456"
softPowerOff = "TRUE"
usb:1.speed = "2"
usb:1.present = "TRUE"
usb:1.deviceType = "hub"
usb:1.port = "1"
usb:1.parent = "-1"
ethernet0.bsdName = "en7"
ethernet0.displayName = "USB 10/100/1000 LAN"
checkpoint.vmState = ""
gui.lastPoweredViewMode = "fullscreen"
svga.guestBackedPrimaryAware = "TRUE"
gui.fitGuestUsingNativeDisplayResolution = "FALSE"
tools.remindInstall = "FALSE"
toolsInstallManager.updateCounter = "10"
toolsInstallManager.lastInstallError = "0"
gui.viewModeAtPowerOn = "fullscreen"
isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "FALSE"
hgfs.mapRootShare = "TRUE"
hgfs.linkRootShare = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.present = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.enabled = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.readAccess = "true"
sharedFolder0.writeAccess = "true"
sharedFolder0.hostPath = "/Users/tmachielsen/Documents/SDK"
sharedFolder0.guestName = "SDK"
sharedFolder0.expiration = "never"
sharedFolder0.shareTags = ""
sharedFolder.maxNum = "1"
hgfs.redirectShellFolder0.name = "documents"
hgfs.redirectShellFolder0.enabled = "FALSE"
hgfs.redirectShellFolder.maxNum = "1"
proxyApps.publishToHost = "FALSE"
vmx.buildType = "release"
vmxnet3.serialNumberV2 = "FALSE"
gui.exitOnCLIHLT = "TRUE"
checkpoint.vmState.readOnly = "FALSE"
cleanShutdown = "TRUE"
floppy0.present = "FALSE"
sharedFolder1.present = "FALSE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.linkStatePropagation.enable = "TRUE"
ethernet0.connectionType = "custom"
ethernet0.vnet = "vmnet2"
usb:0.present = "TRUE"
usb:0.deviceType = "hid"
usb:0.port = "0"
usb:0.parent = "-1"
ehci:0.present = "TRUE"
ehci:0.deviceType = "video"
ehci:0.port = "0"
ehci:0.parent = "-1"
And
.encoding = "UTF-8"
displayName = "ItemSense"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "16"
vcpu.hotadd = "TRUE"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
sata0.present = "TRUE"
memsize = "4096"
mem.hotadd = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.fileName = "Virtual Disk-000001.vmdk"
sata0:1.present = "TRUE"
sata0:1.fileName = "auto detect"
sata0:1.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet0.addressType = "static"
usb.present = "TRUE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"
ehci.pciSlotNumber = "35"
sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.fileName = "-1"
sound.autodetect = "TRUE"
mks.enable3d = "TRUE"
svga.graphicsMemoryKB = "786432"
serial0.present = "TRUE"
serial0.fileType = "thinprint"
pciBridge0.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"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "FALSE"
hpet0.present = "TRUE"
usb.vbluetooth.startConnected = "TRUE"
tools.syncTime = "FALSE"
guestOS = "ubuntu-64"
nvram = "ItemSense R1.nvram"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
sharedFolder0.present = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.enabled = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.readAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.hostPath = "/Users/tmachielsen"
sharedFolder0.guestName = "tmachielsen"
sharedFolder0.expiration = "never"
sharedFolder.maxNum = "1"
tools.upgrade.policy = "upgradeAtPowerCycle"
powerType.powerOff = "soft"
powerType.powerOn = "soft"
powerType.suspend = "soft"
powerType.reset = "soft"
extendedConfigFile = "ItemSense R1.vmxf"
numvcpus = "2"
gui.lastPoweredViewMode = "fullscreen"
uuid.bios = "56 4d f9 60 b6 38 2f 3d-47 c7 06 c1 8b 0d 25 9b"
uuid.location = "56 4d 1f e1 98 28 33 db-00 87 7e 43 eb de 32 be"
migrate.hostlog = "./ItemSense R1-2d9eefc7.hlog"
scsi0:0.redo = ""
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"
usb.pciSlotNumber = "32"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "33"
sound.pciSlotNumber = "34"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "36"
sata0.pciSlotNumber = "37"
vmci0.id = "-1962072677"
monitor.phys_bits_used = "43"
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "4194304"
vmotion.checkpointSVGAPrimarySize = "268435456"
softPowerOff = "FALSE"
usb:1.speed = "2"
usb:1.present = "TRUE"
usb:1.deviceType = "hub"
usb:1.port = "1"
usb:1.parent = "-1"
svga.guestBackedPrimaryAware = "TRUE"
sata0:1.startConnected = "false"
sata0:1.autodetect = "TRUE"
tools.remindInstall = "FALSE"
toolsInstallManager.updateCounter = "2"
toolsInstallManager.lastInstallError = "21004"
gui.viewModeAtPowerOn = "fullscreen"
ethernet0.bsdName = "en7"
ethernet0.displayName = "USB 10/100/1000 LAN"
ethernet0.address = "00:0C:29:C6:4E:F3"
checkpoint.vmState.readOnly = "FALSE"
checkpoint.vmState = "ItemSense R1-2d9eefc7.vmss"
gui.exitOnCLIHLT = "TRUE"
cleanShutdown = "TRUE"
vmxnet3.serialNumberV2 = "FALSE"
ethernet0.connectionType = "custom"
sata0:0.present = "FALSE"
floppy0.present = "FALSE"
ethernet0.vnet = "vmnet2"
ethernet0.linkStatePropagation.enable = "TRUE"
usb:0.present = "TRUE"
usb:0.deviceType = "hid"
usb:0.port = "0"
usb:0.parent = "-1"
ehci:0.present = "TRUE"
ehci:0.deviceType = "video"
ehci:0.port = "0"
ehci:0.parent = "-1"