Symptoms
I am unable to start Windows virtual machine. It fails with an error message: PRL_ERR_VM_GUESTMEM_FAIL
Cause
Inability to create the .mem
file inside the .pvm
package (this file is needed to provide swap space to the virtual machine so it could store part of its memory on disk).
This can be caused by:
Resolution
Launch Terminal.app
Execute the following commands:
sudo su
(you will be prompted to enter your Mac OS X password)
chmod -R -N _path-to-VM_
where path-to-VM is a destination to your virtual machine, e.g.
/Users/parallels/Documents/Parallels/Windows 7.pvm
. In order to paste destination to terminal, please drag&drop virtual machine's*.pvm
file into Terminal window.Example:
chmod -R -N /Users/parallels/Documents/Parallels/Windows\ 7.pvm
- Launch the virtual machine.
- Open 'Disk Utility' on your Mac.
Check the available space on you main disk. It should be above 10GB for normal operation. If it is lower, delete the unnecessary files to make sure that the requrement is met.
- Additionally, to make sure that permissions are not involved, click Repair Disk Permissions as shown above.
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