prlctl

I'd like to make a recommendation to enhance the security of Parallels for Mac. By default, any standard user can leverage 'prlctl' to execute commands, in an elevated context, within VMs. If your goal is to have a somewhat containerized VM, your options are the 'isolated' mode in which it is...

Hi, For a special boot disk (SUSE OS), I do need to create a Linux VM with a UEFI bios. I have tried it with prlctl, it boots, but into default BIOS, not UEFI mode. What I have tried - prlctl create test-1 -o linux -d suse - prlctl set test-1 --cpus 1 --memsize 2048 --efi-boot on - prlctl set...

Hi, I have a MacBook Pro with Apple silicon and am using my Windows 11 parallels VM for development. I required an SQL server to be set up and followed this excellent article: https://www.parallels.com/blogs/microsoft-sql-apple-silicon-docker-desktop/ by Carlos Lapao. It works brilliantly...

Hello, I'm trying to create a memory dump of a running Parallels virtual machine on my Mac M1 using the prlctl command. I'm using the following command: sudo prlctl internal {UUID} dbgdump --path ~/Desktop//dumps/ I replace {UUID} with the actual UUID of my virtual machine. When I run this...

After beeing in discussing with the support for over 4 weeks now, I found my one solution. Post it here, though it might help: The common suggestion to use "ptrctl exec" did not work as the drive "Z:" was not available. For example prlctl exec <VM name> cmd /c dir Z: The solution I found is...

I have found the feature that allows the Windows Guest OS to use the Mac Host OS user folders as if they were there on the Guest OS. I can see how to turn that feature on and off through the GUI as described here: https://kb.parallels.com/en/6912 I would like to be able to use prlctl to do the...

I am installing ubuntu 20.04 arm on a VM using packer on mac m1. The VM works fine but after I installed parallels tools on the VM I cannot find the prlctl command which is required to mount drives later on vagrant. Here is the log: parallels-iso.ubuntu-pa: Started installation of Parallels...

I'd like to script some VM management, and would like to reclaim disk space from the command line (via `prlctl` or something similar). What is the command for doing that?

Parallels 17 added support for virtualizing macOS 12 on M1 Macs running macOS 12. But it seems prlctl is not aware of this fact :) Using prlctl list --all does not show running macOS 12 VMs, only the Ubuntu VM I also have running: torarne@m1-mini Parallels % /Applications/Parallels\...

So I'm creating a snapshot using command prlctl snapshot my_vm --name xyz --description abc But then there seems to be no way to use that name or description in other prlctl snapshot-x commands. For example how do I delete a snapshot called xyz? There just seems to be the option to do: prlctl...

When I try to enter a macVM using `prlctl enter --current-user`, it tells me that the user is not validated. If I try to log in with `prlctl enter --user XXX --password YYY`, I get logged in using root still. This is with the latest parallels desktop.

I have an existing .hdd file from a previous .pvm that I want to connect to a newly generated .pvm using prlctl I have one directory: oldharddrive.hdd This is what I've done so far: $ prlctl create newvm --ostype macos --no-hdd This works great. Now what I want is to connect oldharddrive.hdd...

Hi, So I'm currently using Parallels business edition 11, and have automated some processes for testing purposes. Part of these tests involve uploading files from my host Mac to the targeted Windows VM (in a Bash script using prlctl commands). In Parallels version 11, to upload a file I use the...

Firstly, as a long time Parallels user (since about v5) I have always considered Parallels as a product that rarely lets me down, and the gold standard for virtualisation on OSX. So it is with no pleasure at all that I must say I am totally ****ed off that prlctl is now a 'Pro/Business' version...