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Upgraded Mac OS to Sequoia 15.5, then I got this message "This virtual machine might have been moved or copied. ..."

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Eric Soli posted Jun 02, 2025 11:08 PM

Complete message is:

"This virtual machine might have been moved or copied.

In order to configure certain management and networking features, VMware Fusion needs to know if this virtual machine was moved or copied.

If you don't know, answer "I Copied It"

I know I didn't move anything, but I'm afraid to select "I Copied It" without understanding if that will create more problems. Is this 'normal' when you upgrade to Sequoia 15.5? Is there a way to find out where my virtual machine is?

Thanks!

Broadcom Employee Himanshu Garg posted Jun 04, 2025 02:43 AM Best Answer

We are aware about this issue and this is already been tracked via an internal bug. Rest assured development team is working on it.

External Moderator Technogeezer posted Jun 03, 2025 09:56 AM

Counterintuitively, the safer answer in this situation (where you. know you didn't move the VM) is to answer "Moved", not "Copied". "Copied" will change things in the VM that will cause Windows VMs to think that the hardware has changed. In that case, re-activation of Windows may be required.

What version of macOS did you upgrade from?

To find the VM, the quickest way is to right click the VM in the Fusion Virtual Machine Library, and select "Show in Finder".

The things to check if you're getting this message include:

Open System Settings in the Mac, click "Wi-Fi" and find your connection. Click "Details" and check the "Private Wi-Fi address" setting. If it's "Rotating", switch it to either "Fixed" or "Off".
Go to the Finder, and open your system drive (Macintosh HD, for example). Open folders Library > Application Support > VMware > VMware Fusion > Shared , and see if there's a file named "vminventory". Check its contents to see if there are anything other than the following 2 lines:

.encoding = "UTF-8"
vmlist1.config = ""

If so, shut down Fusion and delete the file. Empty the trash, then restart Fusion. You may get the "moved/copied" message one more time,
but if you do, shut down the VM and restart it.

Eric Soli posted Jun 03, 2025 07:25 PM

Thanks Paul.

Regarding

Open System Settings in the Mac, click "Wi-Fi" and find your connection. Click "Details" and check the "Private Wi-Fi address" setting. If it's "Rotating", switch it to either "Fixed" or "Off"..... it was OFF
Go to the Finder, and open your system drive (Macintosh HD, for example). Open folders Library > Application Support > VMware > VMware Fusion > Shared , and see if there's a file named "vminventory". Check its contents to see if there are anything other than the following 2 lines ... this file is blank.

I think I was on Sonoma, but not sure. Do you think if I go to Time Machine backup, I can see? Also, would I be able to find the VMWare file too? The folder I thought the file was in is empty.... where could it have gone? Finally, id there a way to privately respond to you?

Thanks,

Eric

External Moderator Technogeezer posted Jun 03, 2025 10:03 PM

To find the VM, the quickest way is to right click the VM in the sidebar of Virtual Machine Library, and select "Show in Finder". A Finder window will open for the folder that contains the VM.

Did you check for the vminventory file as Indicated in my last post?