VMSS file...ok to delete?
My virtual server is running (ie not in suspended state) but for some reason, the VMSS file is still there? any ideas why? Can I delete it?
View ArticleVM does not see Virtual Hard Disk (SCSI 0:0)
I am running VMware Server on a Centos 4.3 box (host)There is a VM guest of FdedoraCore3/2.6.11.6I have edited the VM settings to add a SCSI HD as 0:0However, the guest refuses to see the VHD.Upon boot...
View ArticleVmware Server Teaming / Bonding Multiple NICs in Linux
Is this supported? Has anyone had any luck implementing a simple Linux NIC bonding senario as is described here: ?...
View ArticleProblem Detecting SCSI Hard Drive
I am trying to create/install Windows XP Pro x64 on my machine. When I have finished creating the machine, when it boots up, I get an error message that there is no Hard Drive. When I go into the...
View ArticleCan't login to VM server console
I installed VM server console, and then I try to login as 'localhost' and my login for the computer. I keep being denied login. Anything else I need to configure?
View ArticleVPC and VMWare
So this may have been asked and answered before but I haven't seen it. I'm hoping someone can give me a bit of information. I started using VMware a little while back and I decided that it was time to...
View ArticleTerrible keyboard+mouse+display lag
I'm getting absolutely awful keyboard/mouse lag inside my Linux (2.6.16 kernel) guest OS (yes, I have tools installed). Keys will often repeat themselves (just typing "ls" results in "lllssssss"), the...
View ArticleHow to install Fiber Channel Adapter in Virtual machine?
Folks, Here is more info about my setup:Host OS: Windows 2003 R2 with Fiber Channel AdapterGuest OS: Windows 2003 R2 I would like to know if it is possible to make the fiber channel adapter available...
View ArticleVM keeps getting kicked out of the domain
I am running a VM setup for software build automation. I setup each VM as an independent Windows 2000 Advanced Server build machine (all cloned from a common snapshot and renamed using sysprep). I...
View ArticleUsing keepalived under guests os
Hi all, I am using vmware gsx 3.2 under RHEL 4 host. I need to some tests using keepalived (http://www.keepalived.org/) for load balancing and high availability features (VRRP based). For this...
View Articleserial0: Overrun
I've tried to migrate our Fax Server over to VMWare. We are running GSX3.1. We have a DigiBoard Acceleport RAS 4 Port and have started experiencing issues with incoming faxes having horizontals...
View Articleholy cow!
want to see something pretty damn impressive?? real freebsd box, pentium 4 1.8GHz, 1.5GB ram, single 120G disk on a standard IDE channel. here is its 'diskinfo -ctv': pollux# diskinfo -ctv...
View Articlecreate new vmnet interface in linux without shutting down VMs?
I would like to be able to set up new VMs to different VLANs, which requires a new subinterface and new vmnet interface. Is it possible to do this without shutting down the other VMs? How about with...
View ArticleNetwork speed limited to only 10Mbps in VM
Hello All, GSx build 3.2.0 14497. I have a network related issue. I have a gigabit network and the host is having two 1Gbps NIC and the switch to which it is connected is also a 1gig switch. The...
View Articletracing iowait
I have some question about a performance problems: we set up a vmware server on top of a SuSE 10.1 systemwith two opteron CPUs and 8GB of memory. Running vmwareserver, we currently run about 16 guest...
View ArticleVirtual SMP Support
1) Understand it is still at Experimental stage for Vmware Server 1.0 GA. I can notice a significant CPU usage difference on dual core host machine when enable and disable SMP on guest machine (I did...
View ArticleHow to disable DHCP, vmnet1, vmnet8 ?
Hi, In the Linux host there are vmWare's DHCP server as well asVMnet1 and VMnet8-Network cards with network-ip-rangesthat I do not want and also do not need.How can I say vmWare server not to start...
View ArticleWindows 2000 Advanced Server - Install Hangs on Fedora Core 4 (32) Host...
Hi Guys, Does anybody have any ideas how I could fix this problem. The first part of the installation goes fine, up until the part where the Windows 2000 Server installation reboots for the first time...
View Articleconnecting to a VM without a virtual NIC
Are there any ways of connecting to a VM that's configured entirely without networking, besides using the VMware console? I know about the legacy VNC support that can be turned on, which technically...
View ArticleMoving Virtual Machines from Linux to Windows
We've setup some machines on RedHat Linux with GSX server. These machines were shipped from a client on a DVD. We copied them over, added them to GSX and everything works great. When we try and move...
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