{"id":1442,"date":"2020-06-24T10:08:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T08:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itsimple.info\/?p=1442"},"modified":"2020-06-24T10:08:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T08:08:18","slug":"how-to-enable-copypaste-in-vmware-when-connected-with-console-to-the-vms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsimple.info\/?p=1442","title":{"rendered":"How to enable copy&#038;paste in VMWARE when connected with console to the vm&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In vmware you can&#8217;t copy&amp;paste when connected to the virtual machine from the console. in order to enable it :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__step_8BF69553B8CA4FA5A1E675C93BA62B96\" class=\"li step stepexpand\"><span id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__cmd_9E26EBF25FAB4C51B79D14D8AE5ABFD0\" class=\"ph cmd\">Browse to the virtual machine in the <span id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__productname_B20CE1EDACD44E8F9463E30AA16B4D04\" class=\"ph productname\">vSphere Client<\/span> inventory.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Turn the VM off.<\/li>\n<li id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__STEP_D05018FBD48943CBB357F6D2ED9C716E\" class=\"li step stepexpand\"><span id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__CMD_60BBAC0980B24BC7A2901E915233949E\" class=\"ph cmd\">Right-click the virtual machine and click <span id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__UICONTROL_E59AEC7BF8234253A1AFC00F1AB7E729\" class=\"ph uicontrol\">Edit Settings<\/span>. <\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__STEP_9910FBD8DFFE441A94C3B9941AD29FDF\" class=\"li step stepexpand\"><span id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__CMD_837C3775B31E49D0B2724EC277D62FA7\" class=\"ph cmd\">Select <span id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__UICONTROL_1809B40DF664426DA18F4C2C67728269\" class=\"ph uicontrol\">VM Options<\/span>. <\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__step_AB04FD6686F0424CAAE7FB1C6F6AB036\" class=\"li step stepexpand\"><span id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__cmd_40C968E64EC743E6BAEF87A413B158C6\" class=\"ph cmd\">Click <span id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__uicontrol_CB659B7705DA471AAC42BEC5CE20D3B5\" class=\"ph uicontrol\">Advanced<\/span> and click <span id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__uicontrol_E5893CBCC3C141099B0EFD9FE2A3AD10\" class=\"ph uicontrol\">Edit Configuration<\/span>. <\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__STEP_B01509F8B33640E3B2E187BC90F23CE1\" class=\"li step stepexpand\"><span id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__CMD_9CF1637DED874EC2BBA1728F2646AA7C\" class=\"ph cmd\">Ensure that the following values are in the Name and Value columns, or add them. <\/span><br \/>\n<table id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__CHOICETABLE_8611CE3D1BFF442FBC147605DDB4483E\" class=\"simpletable choicetable choicetableborder\" border=\"1\" summary=\"\" frame=\"hsides\" rules=\"rows\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<colgroup>\n<col \/>\n<col \/> <\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"sthead chhead\">\n<th class=\"stentry choptionhd\" scope=\"col\">Name<\/th>\n<th class=\"stentry chdeschd\" scope=\"col\">Value<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"strow chrow\">\n<th class=\"stentry choption\" scope=\"row\"><code class=\"ph codeph vm-code-block prettyprint\">isolation.tools.copy.disable<\/code><\/th>\n<td class=\"stentry chdesc\"><code class=\"ph codeph vm-code-block prettyprint\">false<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"strow chrow\">\n<th class=\"stentry choption\" scope=\"row\"><code class=\"ph codeph vm-code-block prettyprint\">isolation.tools.paste.disable <\/code><\/th>\n<td class=\"stentry chdesc\"><code class=\"ph codeph vm-code-block prettyprint\">false<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"strow chrow\">\n<th class=\"stentry choption\" scope=\"row\"><code class=\"ph codeph vm-code-block prettyprint\">isolation.tools.setGUIOptions.enable<\/code><\/th>\n<td class=\"stentry chdesc\"><code class=\"ph codeph vm-code-block prettyprint\">true<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__INFO_CE586446CD054D47A9C3FBA143DA90AF\" class=\"itemgroup info\">These options override any settings made in the guest operating system\u2019s VMware Tools control panel.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__STEP_685AF307A20C421DB26AE7CA9EFE4C33\" class=\"li step stepexpand\"><span id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__CMD_1E8DB11CEBB443129BA5F55F6FE50190\" class=\"ph cmd\">Click <span id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__UICONTROL_5DFF9E9CE9A4461483F8E8487533809E\" class=\"ph uicontrol\">OK<\/span>. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>in order to disable this feature you need to change the values:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__STEP_B01509F8B33640E3B2E187BC90F23CE1\" class=\"li step stepexpand\"><span id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__CMD_9CF1637DED874EC2BBA1728F2646AA7C\" class=\"ph cmd\"><\/span><br \/>\n<table id=\"GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667__CHOICETABLE_8611CE3D1BFF442FBC147605DDB4483E\" class=\"simpletable choicetable choicetableborder\" border=\"1\" summary=\"\" frame=\"hsides\" rules=\"rows\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<colgroup>\n<col \/>\n<col \/> <\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"sthead chhead\">\n<th class=\"stentry choptionhd\" scope=\"col\">Name<\/th>\n<th class=\"stentry chdeschd\" scope=\"col\">Value<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"strow chrow\">\n<th class=\"stentry choption\" scope=\"row\"><code class=\"ph codeph vm-code-block prettyprint\">isolation.tools.copy.disable<\/code><\/th>\n<td class=\"stentry chdesc\"><code class=\"ph codeph vm-code-block prettyprint\">true<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"strow chrow\">\n<th class=\"stentry choption\" scope=\"row\"><code class=\"ph codeph vm-code-block prettyprint\">isolation.tools.paste.disable <\/code><\/th>\n<td class=\"stentry chdesc\"><code class=\"ph codeph vm-code-block prettyprint\">true<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"strow chrow\">\n<th class=\"stentry choption\" scope=\"row\"><code class=\"ph codeph vm-code-block prettyprint\">isolation.tools.setGUIOptions.enable<\/code><\/th>\n<td class=\"stentry chdesc\"><code class=\"ph codeph vm-code-block prettyprint\">false<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Good Luck<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In vmware you can&#8217;t copy&amp;paste when connected to the virtual machine from the console. in order to enable it : Browse to the virtual machine in the vSphere Client inventory. Turn the VM off. Right-click the virtual machine and click Edit Settings. Select VM Options. Click Advanced and click Edit Configuration. Ensure that the following [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,18,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tutorials","category-virtualization","category-vmware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsimple.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsimple.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsimple.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsimple.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsimple.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itsimple.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsimple.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsimple.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsimple.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}