Install Device USB Skystar (B2C2) on Guest (W2K3).
Hi,My DVB USB Skystar don't work in Guest (W2K3). My device is recognised by my virtual system but it finish with a Error Code 10. My device have to create a Custom LAN for work, and I think that is he...
View ArticleWhy such bad disk performance (FreeBSD guest)?
I spent the past few days configuring a FreeBSD virtual server on top of a Windows 2003 host. The host is running on a 6-disk SATA RAID5 array, and the disk performance is rather good. The virtual...
View ArticleWMware server and Terminal Server
In the past I used GSX server with a Terminal server session to Administrate. I try to make the same with VMWare Server but the keys Ctrl Alt don't run from the terminal. Host is Windows 2003 SBS Guest...
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 ArticleDos network driver
I know It's old. I've been searching the net without finding a net-driver for dos.it's the executeable i'm looking for.like ne2100.com or am2100.com files has anyone seen/found or made this ? it's for...
View Articlehyperthreading on gsx-server host
I just noticed that vmware-mui on my gsx-server show's two cpu's, even though I have xeons with hyperthreading (4-cpu). I know I have a 2cpu license, but is vmware actually using "all" the cpu's, or...
View ArticleClone a Solaris 10 VM
Host is Ubuntu - VMWare Server 1.0.1.Guest is Solaris 10.Guest works GREAT. Shutdown the guest, copied the .vmdk, and tried to create a new VM pointing to the copy of the file.Consistently get this...
View ArticleProblem running vmware-config-tools.pl on Slackware 11 ... Urgent
Hi ! I have a problem running vmware-config-tools.pl on my slackware 11.0 (kernel 2.4.x). I did all that needed to be done (rc0.d -> r6.d stuff ... etc). But when I launch ./vmware-config-tools.pl I...
View ArticleHelp with remuvable devices (Shut down)
Hi all.A few days ago i instaled virtual Windows XP SP2 on my machine , the host platform is Linux Mandriva. My printer&scanner is Canon MF3110, and Mandriva has no drivers for it, so i decided to...
View ArticleVirtual guest able to use Pci PVR cards
Will a virtual linux guest (Ubuntu, Fedora) detect and use a PVR card.Example: TVTuner card connected in a PCI slot (Hauppauge PVR-250) The card would be recognized by the Ubuntu host. I'm curious if...
View ArticleHigh Context switching on Vmware Server host
Hi, I've got a machine (2xDual Core Opteron, Centos 4.4 x86) running VMware Server 1.0.1 with reasonably high context switching (10K+) on the host with little load. It doesn't seem to be effecting...
View ArticleMalformed Response From Server
I've finally got everything running, but when I try to power on a VM, I get "Unable to change virtual machine power state. Malformed response from server" at the console, and a similar message is...
View ArticleWindows: P2V with nothing but NTBACKUP
I've recently duplicated our producion environment into VM's to allow us to test upgrades and patches without having to arrange outage windows, come in on the weekend or waste a night rebuilding a...
View ArticleCannot open the disk after using vmware-vdiskmanager
Hey Proffesional Pals! I am in trouble.i had a very fine W2K server operating but just run out of disk space.I have just expanded the disk using vmware-vdiskmanagerAnd was 100% done on a Linux Host.On...
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Instructions for installing VMWare tools on OpenBSD (no X windows)
I tested this on OpenBSD 3.9, 32-bit on a 64-bit Linux host. The installation CD/floppy for OpenBSD 64-bit would not boot at all on my system with a Pentium D 950 CPU. I don't install X windows on my...
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vmware-authd.ex uses high CPU
Hi all, I've installed VMWare GSX 2.5 (eval) on a Windows 2000 server. Since then my CPU is very busy. The proces vmware-authd.ex uses 30%-80% CPU, even when I don't have any Virtual Machine active....
View Article-14:Unexpected respone from vmware-authd: The process exited with an error
Hi, we use gsx server 2.5.1build-5336 , fresh installed on gentoo 1.4 or Fedora1, Dual Xeon2.4ghz. With both installs we cannot start the vm via webinterface, we get above error. vmware-authd is being...
View ArticleVeritas BackupExec 9.1 on W2000 or 2003 Server guest on GSX 2.5.1Linux Host
Hi Community, I've tried Veritas BackupExec 9.1 on W2000 or 2003 Server guest on GSX 2.5.1 Linux Host with one DAT (yet, later there should be few DLTs). ntbackup and Removeable Storage Functions are...
View Articlequestion concerning growable virtual disk
Hi There - I'm new to GSX (used ESX), and I have a really basic question about "growable" virtual disk. Can anybody tell me, real high level, how it works? I know how to use[/i] it, I'd just like a...
View ArticleVM Host with multiple NICs
So here's what I'm trying to do...I have a Linux GSX server with two NICs. I want one NIC (eth0) to be used for my internal private network only. The second NIC (eth1) I want to be on my DMZ. I...
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