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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...
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VMware Server vs Microsoft virtual server
Dear All has anyone compared VMware Server vs Microsoft Virtaul server from the performace prespective both running on windows host? If anyone knows or can point me to an article that refers to the...
View ArticleHyperThreading and Licensing
I searched on documentation and KB but didn't found anything about this: if I have a 4-way server with hyperthreading enabled I need to buy a 4-way or 8-way GSX license? TIAAlessandro
View ArticleBridged Net - Only access to local network. No routing.
I have Windows Server 2003 Host with several VMs with several OSs.My Host Server is at the same time the Default router for the rest of my Intranet. It has 2 NICs one connected to the Internet and the...
View Articleunable to remove snapshot and problem with client
Hi, now I have a big problem...:-( SituationeGSX Server installed from September 2004 on a Linux host with Red Hat 8.0 I have 3 virtual machines configured on host, one of them are a Windows 2000...
View Articlecomments in .vmx file
Is there a way of commenting out an entry in the VM's configuration file? I there a "comment character," like # or ; to use?
View ArticleVMX File options
Is there a definative list of options that are read from the VMX file? If not can we have one??
View ArticleExclusive Acces on Canon Jukebox via Generic SCSI?
We just installed a virtual machine which uses a canon optical jukebox via generic scsi.On the host the jukebox is accessible via /dev/sg6 /dev/sg7 and /dev/sg8 (medium changer and two disks).The two...
View ArticleVMWare Server installations
hi all, I'm trying to get VMWare Server running on my ArchLinux 0.7.1 box with the ArchCK patched 2.6.15 kernel. When I point the config script at my kernel headers, it says "The kernel defined by this...
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 ArticleHow do I determine 'display name' inside a VM?
How does one go about getting information about a VM or the host running a VM? I am writing a script that runs inside a VM, and this script needs to be able to determine the display name of the VM it...
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 ArticleCannot 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 ArticleInput keystrokes to a VM console using a script or program
Does anyone know how to input keystrokes to a VM at its console from a script or program? I don't want to use WinRunner or similar software together with the VMware console application since thsi...
View ArticleSuSE Linux Host Errors
In last 2 days I have several errors on my Linux logs and wish to know your opinion. Host: Suse Linux 64 bits (AMD Athlon)VMWare server last beta release Error 1: (/dev/hdc is my DVD RW) On this case...
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64-bit proc, but no VT - why no 64-bit host?
I've read that the lack of segmentation support in non-VT EMT64 processors will keep VMWare Server from being able to run a 64-bit guest OS. Can someone explain (in laymans terms) why this is the case...
View ArticleUSB HD bug?
vmware server beta3 on mandriva 2006_64, Athlon64 3800, win2000 guest Problem: A brand new install works fine and win2000 finds a USB hard drive without problem; get popup windows about installing...
View ArticleInstallation to Windows problem
I've tried installing vmware server onto three machines so far. One machine is Windows XP Pro with a lot of software already installed including MS Virtual PC. Another is the same without Virtual PC....
View Articleunable to run virtual machines with host running OCFS file system
I am unable to run virtual machines stored on ocfs2 filesystem If i move the vmdk to an ext3 FS it works. Please help
View ArticleDefault Gateway problem in a NAT and Routing Scenario
I have a computer running Windows Server 2003 installed with Routing and Remote Access to enable NAT from the inside NIC to the outside NIC, and to enable VPN connections from the outside to the...
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