Fusion+MacOSBigSur - Vagrant encountered an unexpected communications error with the Vagrant VMware Utility driver

Vagrant
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Hey there,
I installed Vagrant 2.2.14 + vmware_desktop plugin + licence + vagrant-vmware-utility on my Macbook with BigSur and VMware Fusion 12 Pro. (didn’t use brew, all via dowload pkg and install manually)

I verified that the vagrant-vmware-utility is running via:

% sudo launchctl list |grep -i vagrant

  • 0 com.vagrant.vagrant-vmware-utility-stopper
  • 2 com.vagrant.vagrant-vmware-utility

I also restarted it via “unload” and “load”.

But still - if I try starting anything via “vagrant up” I get:
% vagrant up

Vagrant encountered an unexpected communications error with the
Vagrant VMware Utility driver. Please try to run the command
again. If this error persists, please contact support@hashicorp.com

I googled a lot - I tried to “sudo vagrant up” but no luck.

I also don’t see any vagrant processes while the vagrant vmware utility service is running - isn’t that odd as well?

Any tip for me?

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I tried A LOT - it’s “FIXED” (or worked around) now by simply downgrading from 1.0.18 to 1.0.17 of the vagrant-vmware-utility.

I HOPE you guys will release a fixed 1.0.19 soon

EDIT: I switched to virtualbox provider finally as another issue came right up with fusion after this one and fusion ui is not properly showing vagrant vms :frowning:

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Same situation here, upgraded to Big Sur, VMWare Fusion, VMWare provider, and I get the same error, all legit downloads, no Homebrew, Vagrant is no go now.

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It’s fixed see here: MacOs Fusion BigSur - Vagrant encountered an unexpected communications error with the Vagrant VMware Utility driver · Issue #12195 · hashicorp/vagrant · GitHub