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Add Big Sur specific known issues to the provider documentation
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layout: docs
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page_title: Known Issues - VMware Provider
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sidebar_title: Known Issues
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description: |-
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This page tracks some known issues or limitations of the VMware provider.
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Note that none of these are generally blockers to using the provider, but
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are good to know.
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---
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# Known Issues
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This page tracks some known issues or limitations of the VMware provider.
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Note that none of these are generally blockers to using the provider, but
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are good to know.
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## Network disconnect
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When Vagrant applies port forwarding rules while bring up a guest instance,
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other running VMware VMs may experience a loss of network connectivity. The
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cause of this connectivity issue is the restarting of the VMware NAT service
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to apply new port forwarding rules. Since new rules cannot be applied to the
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NAT service while it is running, it is required to restart the service, which
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results in the loss of connectivity.
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## Forwarded Ports Failing in Workstation on Windows
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VMware Workstation has a bug on Windows where forwarded ports do not work
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properly. Vagrant actually works around this bug and makes them work. However,
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if you run the virtual network editor on Windows, the forwarded ports will
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suddenly stop working.
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In this case, run `vagrant reload` and things will begin working again.
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This issue has been reported to VMware, but a fix has not been released yet.
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## Big Sur Related Issues
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### Creating Network Devices
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Starting with the Big Sur release VMware Fusion is no longer able to create
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network devices with custom subnet and mask settings to attach to guests. This
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means custom IP addresses are not valid when creating a private network. When
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creating a private network device to attach to a guest, simply define it with
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no options:
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```ruby
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Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
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config.vm.box = "hashicorp/bionic64"
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config.vm.network :private_network
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end
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```
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### Port Forwarding
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VMware Fusion currently does not support port forwarding to the localhost. To
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work around this issue, the vagrant-vmware-utility provides functionality to
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simulate port forwarding behavior available within VMware Fusion prior to
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Big Sur. The port forward management is contained to the vagrant-vmware-utility
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and is not accessible via the VMware Fusion networking UI.
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### DHCP Reservations
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Due VMware Fusion no longer utilizing its own service for DHCP, defining DHCP
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reservations is currently not working with VMware Fusion on Big Sur.
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