hidden network adapters when importing from MS Virtual Machine to VMWare
When I converted my MS virtual machines to VMWare, ended up with hidden network adapters that are assigned the IP address it had when it was a MS virtual machine. When I try to set the IP address of...
View ArticleGhosting a VM
Is there a way to build a master W2K3 vm, run sysprep on it, then ghost it or clone using the free VMWare Server? Thanks in advance, Josh
View ArticleXFS filesystem problems
I'm using VMware server 1.0.1 on Fedora Core 5 host system. When the VM disks images are on a XFS filesystem my system crashes, mostly with high memory usage with big disk activity.The sistem returned...
View ArticleConnectivity Issues with VM Netware 4.11 server and VM XP SP2
Hi everyone, I'm running GSX 3.2.1, and VM'd a Netware 4.11 server and VM'd XP Pro. SP2. All running on the same host. The server is setup to use IPX and I've downloaded the client for the VM XP...
View ArticleLoading VM with WinPE - LSI SCSI driver not loading
Good day, I'm trying to test out WinPE to do our system loads and I'm testing it first on a VM running on VMware Server. I have the WinPE environment loading and I get the command prompt and the...
View ArticleDHCP and Virtual Machine
I have a AMD 64bit machine running Centos 4.3. I have two NIC's nic in the server. I'm just toying around with different configuration and using this as a test box, but here is what I'm doing: NIC1 -...
View Articlevmdk file signature and offset needed for data recovery!?
Hello,We have suffered file system corruption on a raid volume with 3x virtual machines on it.We are using data recovery software (EasyRecovery Pro) to find data on what is now identified as a RAW disk...
View ArticleVirtual disk corruption
Hello, I'm running VMware Server 1.0.1 on a Dual Opteron 265 server with CentOS Server 4.4, and 4 250GB SATA drives paired two each as RAID-1 (so two md devices) combined using LVM into a single...
View Articlevmware-user not running in ubuntu guest
Hi, I'm running an ubuntu feisty guest in vmware server 1.01, and the "autofit guest" doesn't work.I think it's because the vmware-user process stops when the session is launched. I've looked for this...
View ArticleProblem with OPManager-MSP running on a VMW-Server
We are evaluating the OPManager-MSP platform (=a Management tool of Advantent) and installed it a w2k3 as a quest on VMware Server. The OPManager-MPS collects data from remote probes via https. During...
View Article\Device\Scsi\symmpi1, did not respond within the timeout period.
I'm running VMware Server (free download). I have a Windows 2003 Enterprise edition, and running oracle grid 10g. I keep get multiple errors every couple of days. The server will stop responding,...
View ArticleIPX support?
Has anyone had any luck using Novell Netware with the IPX protocol in a GSX VM? VMware says its not supported. Does it work?
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Add VMXNet and Heartbeat to Monowall!
I consider M0n0wall (http://www.m0n0.ch) one of the best VMs i have. Since it's appliance based and FreeBSD, vmware-tools won't install on it, so it doesn't have support for VMXnet. It runs on a...
View ArticleWindows 2003 Product Activation dialog bypass
All, I'm currently in the midst of doing a massive conversion from physical machines to VMs. Unfortunately I've run into a snag on a machine conversion from a Dell GX280 to VM on Windows 2003. It seems...
View ArticleKswapd process taking up to 98% during backup of VM Host
kswapd process is taking up 98% CPU utilization when backing up host OS using FDR backup software. This has caused slow performance on the all client OS. I have talked to VMWare support and they told...
View ArticleNAT and host address problems
Hello, I have GSX 3.1 server setup on a SUSE 9.1 host, I am using a Windows 2003 Enterprise VM to test some software. I however can't seem to get the virtual network to function correctly. I am...
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Shared SCSI plaindisk Oracle RAC 10gR2 on two node RHEL U2(Nahant) OCFS2
Ok I know the subject is a bit too long... What have I already done?[/b] o Have a ADS domainoInstalled 2 nodes RHEL U2 on Disk 1 and Disk2 = swapo Two NIC's per machine one public and one Host onlyo...
View ArticleHost performance optimization
I have been searching some knowledge for an optimization of gsx 3.2 as a host. What I mean is which services should be turned of and what would be the page file be .Do we need page file for both host...
View ArticleProcess cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion
Why am I getting the following error.....Operation on file ".\Windows XP Professional.vmdk" failed (The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file.Pressing...
View Articlesmall problem with quick switch
small problem with quick switch is that when it is selected, you do not get the minimise, maximise and close on the right hand side of the screen (when your mouse moves to the top of the screen). You...
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