VMware Fusion Cannot Unlock a Virtual Machine from the CLI

Thu, 07 May 2026 00:10:21 +0000

Unlocking a virtual machine from the command line was not reliable in VMware Fusion on macOS. The limitation was easy to misread as an incorrect command, a damaged virtual machine, or a stale lock file, because all three can produce similar-looking failures.

The useful comparison was running the same task in VMware Workstation on Windows. Against a comparable virtual-machine setup, the command-line workflow worked there. That moved the focus away from the VM and toward the difference between the two VMware products.

Command Line - Tag - Dimas Maulana

VMware Fusion Cannot Unlock a Virtual Machine from the CLI