Parallel port does not work
Hi,I am trying to create a parallel port in my Win2K3 guest and map it to the physical one (which works fine). But, when I power on the guest it gives me the following error: "Cannot get base address...
View ArticleVirtual Network Settings.... are grayed out
I've just installed VM WARE SERVER with Red Hat Enterprise 4 as the host OS. The machine is a Dell Poweredge 2650 with Dual Xeon 2.2 GHz processors and Dual NICs. The problem I'm having is that the...
View ArticleNAT and proxy
Hello,I have a Windows XP as host and installed Ubuntu as guest OS.The host connects to internet via proxy with authentication. Some servers in our LAN I can reach without proxy. The guest OS is...
View ArticleW2k3 Error when creating VMs : "The handle is invalid"
Hello, Has anybody got VMWare Server to work on W2k3 x64 (Enterprise) ? When ever we try to create any VMs after entering all the details and clicking finish just get a message box showing "The...
View Articlevmdk-File corrupted after host crashed
Hi everybody, I can´t start my virtual machine - in the vm-console I always get this error:"unable to open either the disk /data1/win2004.vmdk or the redo log ./win2004.vmdk.REDO_jcswXA.Failed to...
View ArticleRemove VMWare Tools icon
I am running a Windows 2000 Terminal Server VM on a Ubuntu 6.06 server and I would like to remove the VMWare Tools icon so normal users can't muck around with the settings. Can this be done? Thanx,Garth
View Articlewindows - delayed write failed
With windows 2003 server SP1, I've got the same problem.My windows 2003 standard server (in a vmware gsx server box) shall make a backup (with its backup application) to a windows 2003 sbs premium...
View ArticleLabel Virtual Networks From Host...
I would like to know how to label a vmnet from the host command-line on linux. I don't have the mui installed, and can't do it from the remote console.
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 ArticleVMWare GSX Server Remote Console Issue
A normal user with no admin rights try to connect to a GSX server VM. The person signs on the GSX server via remote console and tries to view a VM. Only a black screen is shown. If I try the same...
View ArticleSuse Linux 10 x64, 1 CPU = stable, 2 CPUs = death
Hey,I'm trying to get a Suse Linux 10.0 x64 system running with GSX server.I'm running a G4 HP ML370 with two 3.2Ghz Xeons, and therein lies the problem.Originally this machine had a single cpu, with...
View ArticleBridged Networking - No route to host
Hi all,I have a Linux FC4 host system set up with bridged networking (no NAT and no host-to-host) I have a WinXP and a Debian OpenACS VM running with full networking configured and working properly (I...
View ArticleNetwork Cards and Smoothwall
I want to run Smoothwall inside a VM as my firewall. One network card will be connected to the cable modem (RED interface) and the other to a switch (GREEN interface). What are the appropriate...
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Can't detect USB Hard drive
I have a USB SQP Pocket Hard DIsk Drive that i can't detect in my 2003 Server VM.I try to add its driver manually but always nothing any idea plz...
View ArticleStore .vmem files in /dev/shm
Hello, I noticed that VMware Server creates a .vmem file with size of the memory used in the guest OS. Will performance be improved if VMware Server stores the .vmem-files in a temporary directory...
View ArticleSuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9. Can't install on GSX Server 3.2.0
Hi! Trying to install SLES 9.1 on GSX Server 3.2.0. I specified iso-image SLES-9-SP-1-i386-RC5-CD1.iso in settings of Virtual machine CD-drive. It started fine until "Make sure that CD number 1 is in...
View ArticleVMware server Host OS, Linux or Windows
Hi, Maybe a stupid question, since ESXserver uses a stripped down RedHat kernel. What host OS would offer the best performance for virtual machines running on VMware Server, Linux or Windows server. In...
View ArticleP2V using Acronis True Image
Current config: Windows Server 2003 Std.Dell PowerEdge 28502 - 3.0GHz Xeon CPUs4GB MemoryRAID 5 - 273GB Disk Space VMWare ServerMemory Allocated- 1GBLSI SCSI Virtual Disk40GB Allocated to VM2 - CPUs...
View ArticleHow to test it, i only have DELL's cdrom to install OS....
Hi all, i'm currently trying to test virtualization but create 10 or more virtual Windows 2000 Pro computers that nned to accomplish a basic task.. my problem is that i try to use it under a dell power...
View ArticleNeed Optimal FreeBSD 6 Kernel Config for VMWare Server
Hello all. I am new to VMWare Server. Loving it so far. I have FreeBSD 6 installed on a VM on a Windows 2003 box. Its working well except the terrible network performance. (It gets about 2 megabytes...
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