Index Of Vmware Workstation Online
If you are looking for the manual or help guide for the software, this is the "Technical Documentation Index."
Where to find it: VMware (now owned by Broadcom) houses its documentation at a specific URL.
Key sections inside the index:
| Symptom | Likely Cause | Diagnostic File/Tool |
|---------|--------------|----------------------|
| VM won’t start | Locked .lck file | Delete *.lck folders |
| Poor graphics | 3D acceleration off | Check mks.enable3d = "TRUE" in .vmx |
| Network drops | VMnet8 misconfigured | Reset via Virtual Network Editor |
| Snapshot failure | Disk full | Check .vmdk free space, host disk |
| USB device not seen | USB arbitration service stopped | services.msc → VMware USB Arbitration Service |
| Slow cloning | Linked clone chain too deep | Clone to full clone (break chain) |
This is the streamlined version.
For power users, manual web browsing is inefficient. Use wget with recursive options to mirror an entire index:
wget -r -np -nH --cut-dirs=3 -R "index.html*" http://example.com/vmware/workstation/16.1.0/
Flags explained:
This command systematically downloads every VMware Workstation file from that index, preserving the directory structure.
Filename Version Build Platform
-------------------------------------------------------- ---------- -------- ---------
VMware-Workstation-Full-17.5.0-22583795.exe 17.5.0 22583795 Windows
VMware-Workstation-Full-17.0.2-21581411.x86_64.bundle 17.0.2 21581411 Linux
VMware-Workstation-Full-16.2.5-20904516.exe 16.2.5 20904516 Windows
VMware-tools-12.2.0-22676525.iso 12.2.0 22676525 Cross
Store this in a CSV or database with SHA256 checksums. Then use a static site generator to publish it as a private index. index of vmware workstation