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Can VM Disk Mount in host system like a removable disk? cuz i need copy some file to the vm disk
View ArticleAMD vs Intel
Does anyone here run VMS on both AMD and Intel servers? I'm seriously considering migrating to AMD Dual-Core Opterons from Intel Xeon. I'm curious how well VMS works with AMD compared to Intel....
View ArticleMoving production AD to virtual lab
Has anyone had any luck in taking a system state backup of a production 2003 Server DC and then restoring it to a VMWare Server machine(beta version)? I'm getting Jet errors when I try to do an...
View ArticleStrange CPU behaviour
my GSX host runs 4 VMs. 3 linux ubuntu 5.10, 1 windows XP. now the weirdest thing happens. eventhough the VMs are running idle (0.00 load), the vmware-vmx monitors use 10 to 15% cpu! point is that...
View ArticleShould I install VMware Tools ??
I have Mandriva2006 as HostOS. I installed VMserver 20925 first and upgraded to 22088 end of last week. I have 2 VM running (1 W2Kserver and 1 Mandriva2006). So far, VMtools is not deployed in the...
View ArticleThe device, \Device\Scsi\symmpi1, is not ready for access yet
I had a virtual machine become unresponsive this morning. I had to hardboot it and this was listed over and over again in the event viewer for the past two days. These events were occuring less then...
View Articlevmscsi disk errors in event log...
I'm getting 2 errors repeatedly in my event logs across my machines.. first issource: vmscsitype: errorevent ID: 9description The device \device\scsi\vmscsi1, did not respond within the timeout period...
View ArticleFull Screen with multiple displays
Has anyone figured out how to make the console full screen on a display other than the primary? With build 22874 the console always goes to full screen on the primary display regardless of which...
View ArticleCan NFS work over NAT to share host files with guests?
I'm not an NFS nor a network expert, so I need some help with this. I usually use NAT networking with my VMware guests. I need to share files on my host with my two VMware guests, and since Server...
View Articleusb 1-3: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd vmware-vmx rqt 128 rq 6 len 4
Any idea why I can't use USB on a linux host/win2k3 guest? I get a malfunction message on windows and on the vmware log I saw the following! it seemed to work once but it only worked the very first...
View ArticleRouting ipsec tunnel to VM?
I have what appears to be a routing problem for traffic originating down an ipsec tunnel trying to gain access to the VM's running on the remote. The ipsec tunnel is natted on 172.16.129.254 so the...
View ArticleProblem getting ip from ISP using m0n0wall as VM
To save some electricity at home I am trying to migrate my servers into vmware-server under ubuntu. I am currently facing some problems getting an ip from my isp on my virtual machine though. I have...
View ArticleSerious SQL Server corruption under VMWare Server RC1
Hi...I'm trying to virtualize a small Windows Server 2003 network under VMWare for development and testing. The problem I am encountering is while guesting SQL Server 2000 SP4 on Windows Server 2003...
View ArticleVmware Server NOT registering USB Hard Drive
Greetings all. I've loaded VMware Server Beta 2 on top of SLES10. All seem to be working fine, except I have an External Western Digital Hard Drive, that I access with USB2. I've added the USB Device...
View ArticleAutostart Console instead of Windows Login
Hello We have computers for training purposes.And it happens from time to time, that someone is changing something in the training session. So we have to reinstall every machine after the session with...
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QnD VM Clone Bash Script
All, Below is my quick and dirty script to clone virtual machines that I use with VMware Server Beta/RC running on a Linux host. I KNOW it can be improved (by leaps and bounds), but "it works for me"...
View ArticleSound not working in vmware server 1.0 on debian sid with alsa-sound
Hi I am trying to get vmware working with alsa sound. A moment ago i did have it working but now it doesn't work anymore. And the steps i took to get it working also don't work anymore. Also a problem...
View ArticleWindows Server 2003: Mouse Cursor Stuck in Bottom Right Corner
After converting my VMs from Virtual Server 2005 R2 I installed VMware Tools. Since installing the tools the mouse cursor is stuck in the bottom right corner from the console. The only functional way...
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BUG? VMs are stuck due to miscalculation of free space
Lo, Every now and then I find some VMs stuck on my server. Running "vmware-cmd /.../*.vmx answer" shows: Temporary files for this virtual machine are stored in directory "/tmp/vmware-user", which is on...
View ArticleCan not start the second virtual machine
Hello, I have Windows 2003 EE r2 on my host. I've created a vm on this host that also has Windows 2003 EE r2. This all works perfectly fine. I can start it, run applications on it and shut it down...
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