Poor Performance
Hi,I'm using VMware Server Consol of version 1.0.0 Build-28343.Memory Used by machine is 2040MB.Host OS Version is Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600, with Service Pack 2. I have installed .Net...
View ArticleMissing Apply button in Virtual Network Editor dialog, bug ?
Hi! I have VMware server 1.0.1 on windows 2003. I tried to configure a DHCP server on the virtual network VMnet9, so I started "Manage Virtual Networks", clicked "Add..." on the DHCP tab, selected...
View ArticleRemoving Virtual Hard Drive From Running System
This will sound like an unusual question. I'm using VMWare as part of a class that covers computer architecture. We talk about a wide variety of topics from servers to storage to infrastructure....
View ArticleVM frozen, stuck, busy.
I've seen postings for similar problems on this forum, but none of the solutions have worked for me. I have a VM that is frozen. It actually shows that it is suspended, but I believe that was a result...
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 ArticleGuest - SuSe Linux Enterprise 8 stop responding at random time
Hello, my SLES 8 guestystem stops responding at random time.I only could poweroff the guestsystem and restart it again. The Logfile shows the following entry:Nov 19 06:38:12: vcpu-0| VIDE: (0x1f0) OUTB...
View ArticleUsing GuestInfo to Set IP Address
Can someone explain to me how you might use GuestInfo or other tools to feed the IP address or other NIC parameters to a virtual machine, rather than requiring those to be set by the user inside the...
View Articlecopy & paste between guest and host
I have been searching the forum, but could not find an appropriate answer to my question. Therefor I decided to post my question. Sorry if the answer could be found. I am running VMWare Server Console...
View ArticleUnable to upgrade vmware tools GSX_v3.1 (build 8848) -> Server_v1.0.1
I have three Windows 2000 Professional VM's that I moved from GSX 3.1 to Server 1.0.1. I was able to successfully upgrade the virtual hardware and VMware Tools on only one of the machines. The...
View ArticleSloooooooooooooow Netware 4.11 server on GSX 3.2
I have a Novell Netware 4.11 server running on VMWare GSX 3.2, hardware is a HP desktop DL530.This works great. Now I want to move this to a production server, running Windows SBS 2003 as host, the...
View Articlevmwsvr console turns off numlock led when moving mouse from guest to host
vmwsvr host : desktop pc P4 2G RAM xubuntu 6.06 vmwsvr 1.0.1 numlock =ONvmwsvr guest : xubuntu 6.06 with vmwtools numlock=ON when i move mouse from within guest to the host server console "window...
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Vista Host OS & VM Incorrect MAC address
Not sure if anyone has seen this before, but I'll give it a shot. I am running VMWare Server 1.0.1 build 29996 on Vista Business with all the current MS Critical Patches. On my host os, a PING 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 ArticleThe maximum number of virtual machines is opened
When I try to start a machine I get this The maximum number of virtual machines is opened.You must close some virtual machines before opening new ones. I have no machines on right now. There are...
View Articlewhere can i find "VMware Server.msi"
i'm trying to install a supplemental tools package that is asking for "VMware Server.msi". My installation package from VMWare is "VMware-server-installer-1.0.1-29996.exe". Is there a way I can extract...
View ArticleSupport for Migrating VM's from WS 5.0 to GSX 3.2 is Poor
Support seems lacking for migrating guest VM's from Workstation 5.0 to GSX Server 3.2. However, I'm just getting familiar with GSX so maybe I'm missing something. What I found were customers coming up...
View ArticleRsync to offsite location
Hello,I'm running GSX 3.x on a SUSE 9.3 host. I'd like to make a cron job to rsync from GSX host-A to GSX host-B housed in another location. Given the link between site A and site B is a WAN link (~ 4...
View ArticleShinking Virtual disk
Hello, I'm trying to shrink a vmdk file and getting an error "failed to lock file" Any ideas why this may be happening? It is a growable disk so I assume I should be able to shrink it..... Jon
View ArticleVMXNET is it available in SUSE 10
I could not get this to come up. I had vlance and each time I rebooted I would lose my network connection. I am running GSX 3.2.0. I am just learning linux but a bit of help would be great, thanks
View ArticleAccess denied when copying files from HOST to VM.
As all server class products never have VM Shared folders capabilities, I'm trying to copy some files from host system (Win XP) to Guest System (Win2003). VM gives at the end of the copy: Access...
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