Boot and scan virtual machines

  • MetaDefender Drive supports hypervision: VMWare Workstation (Windows and Linux) and QEMU Virtual Machine Manager (Linux)

Boot and scan VMWare Workstation virtual machines

  • From VMWare Workstation, edit properties of a VM, make sure it is set to run with UEFI

  • Power On VM to Firmware

  • Connect the MetaDefender Drive into the VM

  • Enter Boot Setup

  • Select Boot from a file

  • Find the USB device

  • Navigate to EFI

  • Navigate to BOOT

  • Navigate to select grubx64.efi and wait until your virtual machine boots up