Can you say class action lawsuit?

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by alvin moon, Nov 13, 2008.

  1. alvin moon

    alvin moon Junior Member

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    Parallels even deletes other VMs w/o your knowledge; I've never experienced anything like this w/ a Mac. Wintel, yes -- Mac, never.
     
  2. eliotw

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    I think you are correct...I just noticed that a CentOS applicance VM I had setup with PD3 is now missing from the PD4 config and it's HDD image is MIA. What's going on here ??
     
  3. eliotw

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    For a bit more detail, I had installed the 'CentOS-5.0.dmg' PVA in July with PD3.

    After upgrading to PD4, that entry is now missing from the VM Directory and the only remains of the VM are a broken alias file "$HOME/Libraray/Parallels/CentOS PVA" that pointed to "/Users/Shared/Parallels/CentOS" but is now not there.

    Maybe the PVA installed itself in a way that was not supported by the upgrade ? I failed to backup that VM so now the work I'd done with the Cent OS PVA is lost.

    Anyone else have similar issues ?
     
  4. eliotw

    eliotw Member

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    I opened problem report #11540 for this issue.
     
  5. sergeym

    sergeym Parallels Team

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    Hello, alvin moon!

    Could you please explain your problem in more details?
     
  6. sergeym

    sergeym Parallels Team

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    Hello, eliotw !
    We'll contact you by mail, regarding this issue.
     
  7. sandro

    sandro Parallels Developers

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    Hi.

    Could you remember when you're creating VM at version 3 whether you're creating it as shared for others VM or just for itself usage.
     
  8. sandro

    sandro Parallels Developers

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    Actually PD4 shouldn't do such actions. Could you specify your problem?
     
  9. alvin moon

    alvin moon Junior Member

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    I don't know how to specify the problem other than this: I have both VMW and Parallels. I had VMW machines installed on my computer. When I installed 4.0 and, after having problems, quit and rebooted, the VMW machines were gone. I'm not a techie, but I searched everywhere and could not find them. The biggest problem I have is that I no longer have PCLaw on my computer and I now have trouble installing that critical (for work) program. I've tried re-installing 3.0 and even 4.0 but I get a "preflight script" error. Parallels 3.0 wasn't perfect, but once I'd figured out how to use multiple monitors, I was fairly happy with it.

    When I started it up the other day and was advised that there was an "update", I thought that it was an update to fix a few bugs. Now, I've lost a week and $10,000.00 worth of billable hours. I know you guys are doing your level best, but its hard not to be incredibly angry. Releasing v4.0 seems pretty irresponsible and, at the very least, ill-considered. I just want solutions -- I don't want to b**** for the sake thereof.
     
  10. eliotw

    eliotw Member

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    Sandro - I don't recall when I setup the CentOS PVE, but it did seem a bit odd to find that broken alias in /Users/Shared, so maybe so. Would the PVE installer have automatically added it to PD3 ?

    Eliot
     
  11. sandro

    sandro Parallels Developers

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    Yes, PD3 PVA installer adding VMs automatically into VM directory. Could you please post here output of command:

    ls -l /Users/Shared/Parallels/

    performed from Terminal.
     
  12. eliotw

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    I was contacted via email by Parallels support and found that the *.hdd files had not been deleted, but the VM definition was lost when I upgraded to PD4. So it's as bad as I originally thought.

    Sandro - There are no files in the /Users/Shared/Parallels directory.
     
  13. MaximS

    MaximS Forum Maven

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    alvin moon, it is impossible PD4 to remove VMware VMs. Please, check their default location in ~/Documents/Virtual Machines/.

    I am sure if you will be less aggressive and describe your problems to our Support Team you will get them fixed.
     

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