Unable to install VMware Player: Module VPMC power on failed

vmware-player

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Solution 1

Edit the .vmx file and search for vpmc.enabled. Set it to FALSE.

More about performance counters here:

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2030221

Solution 2

Virtualized performance counters are not supported on the host CPU type

This error report clearly shows that your host CPU model won't support Virtualization. So you can't run any Virtualization softwares like VirtualBox,VMWare,etc.

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user277748

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

user277748 almost 2 years
I want to install Ubuntu on my VMware Player, but I facing the following error:
```
Virtualized performance counters are not supported on the host CPU type.
Module VPMC power on failed. Failed to start the virtual machine`
```
How can I solve this?
- AugustinJ about 10 years
  
  I also had problems with VMware but VirtualBox works like a charm. Have you tried it?
- levlaz about 10 years
  
  What kind of hardware are you using?
user277748 about 10 years

Thanks for your response, but how can I use VMWare player? maybe can I use another version of VM?
Avinash Raj about 10 years

try virtualbox. If the problem still persists, then you have to do with with host machine.
Chuck R about 10 years

Could also try with Qemu, which support both CPU-based VM emulation (which the host processor does not support) and fully software virtualization (which is much slower).
SeMa almost 7 years

Update: For me it is sufficient to only disable code profiling which uses performance counters of the CPU.
Инди Путный almost 4 years

Nice solution, this was help me! Thanks!