Cannot connect virtual device floppy0
Brand newbie on the VM products and I have what's probably an easy question but after RTFM, I'm stumped. I've got a Dell PowerEdge 1855 Blade w/Win2k Server SP4 installed as the host. I have a floppy...
View ArticleSlow network connectin in bridge mode
Hi, I have a performance problem in VMware server beta, build 20925.The network connection works at reasonable speed if I use NAT, while performances areunacceptably bad if I use bridged connection.My...
View ArticleHow do I Disable the SSL conection from the Console to Server
I've tried the checkbox on the console but it just says I don't have permission, so I'm guessing it is a server setting Message was edited by: isparkes
View ArticleHow to make a vmdk smaller?
Alright here's a question, how would I go about making a vmdk file smaller? (I don't believe I am talking about shrinking it). The original .vmdk file was created as a 20GB (total storage) and I am...
View Articlebeta 1 -> beta 2 upgrade problems
I attempted to upgrade a vmware server machine from beta 1 to beta 2 today. I have done this with linux hosts (running linux virtuals) with no problems before, but this was quite a differant story....
View ArticleRemove Disks or Other Media
Hi,I'm new here, so if this post is in the wrong place, please forgive me, thanks!I installed VMWare Server exp build 22874 and attempted to install Windows 2000 Server in a VM. I have the server cd...
View ArticleBest way to backup a VM
I am sorry if there is already a thread about this but I couldn't find it. My question is simple: I want to backup the ENTIRE vm in case of disk failiare or some serious software damage. What is the...
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Startup option : "localsystem" or "this user" don't works
Hi, On my esx server,when i starts virtuals servers which are configured with "local system account" or "this user" (with administrator defined) screen stay black, but resized as a normal boot... and...
View ArticleSlow Mouse Behavior
I'm running VMware Server (Build 28343) and using the VMware Server Console (Build 28343) installed on a remote XP workstation to access the VM. I have a user experiencing a 3 second delay in the mouse...
View ArticleSafely delete redo files
I have some big redo files in a virtual machine and I would like to know how to safely delete them. DISCO_E.vmdk.REDO_a00544DISCO_C.vmdk.REDO_a00544 Thanks CCA
View ArticleA question about changes in .vmdk files
Hello all, I'm currently making some extensive tests and benchmarks with copying and syncronizing .vmdk files. Running rsync between two linux guests on two different hosts (one windows, one linux), I...
View ArticleFail to initialize 0xc0000142
I installed the new VMWare Server on W2000 Advanced and successfully configured two virtual servers. WHen I try to configure a third or fourth, I get this error, fail to initialize 0xc0000142[/b] as...
View Article"Unable to change virtual machine power state. The process exited with..."
Hi all, i've istalled on my Fedora 3 pc (with a little help from our admin, i haven't root rights for my machine...). After installation everything was ok. I could install and work with vms. It was...
View ArticleProblems doing a "Power up" on one Guest from two seperate VM Consoles?
Did I make things worse by turning on the guest sever via my Server console on my computer, then Terminal Service into the host server, see that the server is registering "Powered off" and power up the...
View ArticleRAID setup using mdadm on VMs in VMWare Server
Hi, I have the following 64 bit installation of vmware server, which has a 64 bit Gentoo 2006 guest installed on it. I have 4 scsi virtual disks added to the VM, showing up as sda, sdb, sdc, sdd. I am...
View ArticleHow to resize disk?
We are running Windows 2003 server as gues OS.The disk size is 40gb but we want to resize to 20gb. Can anyone tell us command to do that.Thanks.
View ArticleSLES 10 and vmware tools installation
Hi there, can someone please offer some light on an issue I am currently having. I am installing SLES 10 into a VM, and it works well. I have installed the gcc compilers, and the kernel source so that...
View ArticleSerial ports - Windows host Linux guestts
I have Vmware Server on a Windows XP host with linux guests (Redhat and Suse) clients. How can serial ports be created on the guest machines to communicate between each other. If I create a window...
View ArticleHardware USB Dongle (iKey 1000)
Hello everybody.[/b] I have a big problem, cause I should test a programm that uses the FREngine from Abbyy for OCR, which needs an iKey 1000 USB Hardware Dongle. - Server Version : VMWare Server...
View ArticleNo sound in VM
I have a Dell Latitude D620 with Ubuntu Edgy as a main OS.I am running VMWare Server Console 1.0.1 build-29996. In a VM I have running Windows XP SP2 and PCLinuxOS.In both VMs I have no sound. Does...
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