Container's data in anonymous volume is lost after switching from Fusion 12.x to Fusion 12.0.0 or Workstation 16.x to 16.0.0
Article ID: 320284
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Products
VMware Desktop Hypervisor
Issue/Introduction
Symptoms:
If you use vctl utility in VMware Fusion 12.1.0 (or later version) or VMware Workstation 16.1.0 (or later version) to create and run a container with anonymous volume and then switch back to Fusion 12.0.0 or Workstation 16.0.0, the container's data stored in the anonymous volume is lost (when you start the container by using the vctl utility in Fusion 12.0.0 or Workstation 16.0.0).
If you use vctl utility in VMware Fusion 12.1.0 (or later version) or VMware Workstation 16.1.0 (or later version) to create and run a container with anonymous volume and then switch back to Fusion 12.0.0 or Workstation 16.0.0, the container's data stored in the anonymous volume is lost (when you start the container by using the vctl utility in Fusion 12.0.0 or Workstation 16.0.0).
Environment
VMware Workstation Pro 16.x (Windows)
VMware Workstation Player 16.x (Windows)
VMware Workstation Pro 16.x (Linux)
VMware Workstation Player 16.x (Linux)
VMware Fusion 12.x
VMware Workstation Player 16.x (Windows)
VMware Workstation Pro 16.x (Linux)
VMware Workstation Player 16.x (Linux)
VMware Fusion 12.x
Resolution
This is the expected behavior.
VMware Fusion/workstation has a change on how the data of anonymous volume is stored. In VMware Fusion 12.0.0 and VMware Workstation 16.0.0, the data of the anonymous volume is stored directly on the host, while in Fusion 12.1.0 (or above version) and Workstation 16.1.0 (or above version), the data of the anonymous volume is stored in the crx.vmdk file. This storage change causes the anonymous volume data created by the vctl utility in Fusion 12.1.0 (or above version) or Workstation 16.1.0 (or above version) cannot be used by the vctl utility in Fusion 12.0.0 or Workstation 16.0.0
VMware Fusion/workstation has a change on how the data of anonymous volume is stored. In VMware Fusion 12.0.0 and VMware Workstation 16.0.0, the data of the anonymous volume is stored directly on the host, while in Fusion 12.1.0 (or above version) and Workstation 16.1.0 (or above version), the data of the anonymous volume is stored in the crx.vmdk file. This storage change causes the anonymous volume data created by the vctl utility in Fusion 12.1.0 (or above version) or Workstation 16.1.0 (or above version) cannot be used by the vctl utility in Fusion 12.0.0 or Workstation 16.0.0
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