VC Server shutdown after 10 to 15 mn it is started
Since 4 days, the VC Server shutdown after 10 to 15 minutes with the message: "An unrecoverable problem has occurred, stopping the VMware VirtualCenter service. Check database connectivity before...
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 ArticleSharing a virtual disk file between VM guests
Hi,I am using vmware server 1.0.1. i am using redhat linux4 for both vmhost and vmguest. i want to share one virtual disk file between two vmguest.i created a virtual disk on first vmguest and i add...
View Articlediskmount and Drive Snapshot compatibility success!
You may or may not know "drive snapshot" (www.drivesnapshot.de) - it's a disk imaging tool I've been using to do P2V conversions together with Vmware importer. Also, I'm doing in-guest backups with...
View Articleproblem after unexpected shutdown of host.
i have this in the vmware.log of a windows xp guest: Jan 08 20:06:18: vmx| DISK: OPEN ide0:0 '/opt/raid0/VirtualMachines/europa/Windows XP Professional.vmdk' persistent R\[(null)]Jan 08 20:06:18: vmx|...
View ArticleExtending Disk on GSX
Hello All, We have a very old GSX Server that is running low on space. It has a disk0 which is our C, E, Z Drive, and it is only 3GB big. I have used the following command and I am unable to extend...
View ArticleCan't insyall PCLinuxOS in VM on Windows XP
Installed VM Server in Windows XP SP2. Can run up PCLinuxOS from Live CD in a Virtual machine but when I try to install it the Installer just says "can't find room to install". Is there any way round...
View ArticleCentos4.4: shutting down guest, VMX will hang for 8 minutes or forever?
I'm now running VMware Server 1.0.1 on a HP DL385 (2 dual-core athlon) box running CentOS 4.4 I have two guests OSs running on my install. One windows, one CentOS 4.4 If I shutdown a guest, from the...
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 ArticleHost unexpected reboots
Scenario: Compaq ML350G3 / 2x2.8 xeon / 4 GB ram. Host OS Windows 2000 std sp4 with all hotfixes. Guest OS's: a mix of W2k std (msdn edition), Windows 2003 std. 6 Guest OS's running concurrently,...
View Articlevmware-cmd start requires user input?
I tried starting a VM from the command line and got the following: VMControl error -16: Virtual machine requires user input to continue So I opened vmware and tried opening the VM and I can't hit...
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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 Articleslow networking speed... but ony in one direction
Hi, I have a weird problem here and I hope that somebody can help me. This is my setup: Host:CPU: AMD64 X2 3800+RAM: 3 GBOS: SuSE Linux 10.1 (x86_64)VMware-server: 23869 Guest:RAM: 3 GBOS: SuSE Linux...
View ArticleWrite cache error on disk
Hi,I have a windows 2003 server with GSX 3.1. I have installed a guest with Windows 2003 Server standard edition and performed an upgrade to domain controller. Now i have in the system event log the...
View ArticleTrouble getting MUI to work on VMware-gsx-3.1.0-9089
Hi All, I am trying to evaluate GSX server on an opteron box . The host os is redhat 3.0 AS \[root@localhost vmware-mui]# uname -aLinux localhost.localdomain 2.4.21-27.EL #1 Wed Dec 1 22:07:17 EST...
View ArticleCannot start VM when set to run as Local System Account or specific user.
I'm running GSX 3.1 Server on a Windows 2003 Server Host and Windows 2003 Server Guest machines. Everything works fine as long as I select "User that powers on the virtual machine" under...
View ArticleProblem with access: Remote Desktop -> Host -> VMWare client -> Guest
I'm connected through Remote Desktop Connection (RDP) to my Win2K3 host OS, run there VMWare client and connect to Guest OS. Problem is - no picture of GuestOS (just a black or white box). Related...
View ArticleCopying a Large File on a Windows Server 2003 Host to Guest fails...
Host OS: 2003 Server Ent x64Guest OS: 2003 Server EntGSX ver 3.2 I have a problem in GSX 3.2. From within the guest machine, I right click copy a large file that is located on the host machine, I get...
View ArticleVMWare Server - Bad disk performance vs MS Virtual Server
Hello, We are currently using MS Virtual Server but are looking to move to VMWare Server. Holding us up right now though is the number of virtual machines we can run. On Virtual Server with 4GB RAM,...
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