VMware Fusion 8 with win7 VM deployment via SSP

[mulcahyaudio]

Hey peeps,

so i have been struggling with this for a few days i downloaded VMware fusion 8 > show package contents> library > deploy Vmware fusion> show package contents > 00 fusion folder> inserted .app and VM and the installer wont install.. over and overi have redownloaded and the installer keeps failing.. any suggestions im on EL Cap 10.11.3.... anyone have this working?

[mulcahyaudio]

really.... no one? hello? bueller.. any ideas?

[mpermann]

@Colin_Mulcahy did you follow the knowledge base article found here from VMWare?

[mulcahyaudio]

Yes step by step.. failed every time... reimaged the machine (only one i have for testing) tried it again from scratch... failed... no luck.. have you tried this? cause i cant figure out what im doing wrong and i also cant confirm that anyone has actually got it working this way

[bpavlov]

@Colin_Mulcahy let's take a few steps here. can you share the config file you used (strip out the license key)? also, can you try deploying ONLY Fusion (no VMs). does that deploy successfully?

[mpermann]

@Colin_Mulcahy I built it based on the instructions and it didn't work until I cleared the extended attribute to allow the installer to get past GateKeeper. I ran:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /path/to/custom/vmware/installer

I've only ran the installer I haven't deployed it using Casper yet. The installer prior to removing the extended attribute wouldn't run by simply double-clicking on it. It does now and I would expect it should deploy fine in Casper.

Edit: By the way, thanks for mentioning your issue. I've been meaning to do this but just haven't gotten around to trying it. Your problem gave me a reason to give it a shot.

Edit 2: I'm embarrassed to say that when I said it didn't work the first time I tried deploying it prior to removing the extended attribute, I was wrong. I was looking at the wrong test machine. I have two test machines side by side and I looked at the wrong one. Ultimately, I don't think you would have to remove the extended attribute to get the installer to install using Casper. But I don't imagine it would hurt anything.