Problem with user permission on win2003 GSX server host
I am running half of my machines on 2.5.1 and half on GSX 3. In 2.5.1 I made the permission to machine "A" like this: Setting security on the folder for machine "A" to user1 with read,write and...
View ArticleFreeBSD 4.9 on GSX Server 3
Hi out there, has anyone successfully set up a FreeBSD 4.9 guest operating system? The host system is a Debian Woody system and any guest operating system is running fine. I'm using the FreeBSD 4.9...
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GSX 3.0.0 does not properly follow filesystem permission restrictions
We have an LDAP-integrated FC1 server with GSX 3.0.0 that's been configured so vmware-authd uses LDAP credentials for user logins.We're working toward allocating permissions to the virtual machines...
View ArticleRunning under "local system account" stops display
Hi all, we would like to run our VMWare Virtual Machines as the local system account. But when we do, the Console stops showing the Virtual Machine display. Only White blocks appear. Running the...
View ArticlePerl Scripting API
Hi ! I've installed GSX3.1 on SLES9-64.When trying to use vmware-cmd i get the following error: Can't locate VMwate/VmPerl.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ......) at /usr/bin/vmware-cmd line 130...
View ArticleHow to get GSX3.1 to work with bond0 interface ?
Hi ! We've installed GSX3.1 on SLES9, configured a bond0 interface, which is working properly. We've also installed the vmware-any-any-update88. We bridged vmnet0 to bond0. ps -ef root 22016 1...
View ArticleUpgrading NT4 Server VM to Windows 2003 Server
Hello, Has anyone had any problems Upgrading NT4 Server VM's to Windows 2003 Server specifically with Mass storage devices. We have created a PDC NT4 server and have tried upgrading it to windows 2003...
View ArticleChange vm owner
Hello, I want to change the ownership of some virtual machines hosted by a gsx server (3.2) on a Linux Host (SLES 9.2). I thought that it would be sufficient to change Unix permissions on files inside...
View ArticlePXE boot in NAT mode
Hello , I would like to know if there is a way i can PXE boot my VM into the DHCP server in my Network, while configured in NAT mode. Please note that the DHCP server is not a VM. Is there a way to...
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 ArticleProcess cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion
Why am I getting the following error.....Operation on file ".\Windows XP Professional.vmdk" failed (The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file.Pressing...
View ArticleVMXNet adapter not compiled in Debian Sarge
Hi, I've been testing with GSX 3.2 and ESX Server and I have this issue that is greatly bugging me.I'm unable to get the vmxnet adapter working with GSX. It simply won't compile during the...
View ArticleSupport for thin clients via RDP
Does the server product offer native RDP support; I know it has its own client for remote access of machines. I have been doing some research on thin client machines such as...
View ArticleLogin username/password incorrect
HELP! I am trying to install vmware server beta ontop of ubuntu 64 bit. After getting everything installed successfully when ever I try logging into the vmware server console from a windows xp machine...
View ArticleGSX 3.2 -- Virtual Switch Limits
Does anyone know what the virtual switch limit is for GSX 3.2 server running on RedHat Linux Enterprise 3? This link:http://www.vmware.com/support/gsx3/doc/network_component_gsx.html says that the...
View ArticleSlow Disk-Creation Performance
I've noticed that after having uninstalled GSX 3.2.1 and installing this beta on the same host (a Dell GX280, 4GB RAM, 200 GB EIDE hard drive) that creating the vmdk during the making of a new guest...
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 ArticleError at install vmware api package
Dear all, I'm installing the vmware-api package on my SuSE Linux 10 and installation script fails when is compiling some modules with gcc. Perhaps I need a package not installed on my system? This is...
View ArticleVery high load in linux host - about 40% of CPU is "system"
Dear forum, I do have the following situation: 1 HP DL380 Server2 XEON 3GHz CPUHyperthreading is enabled3GByte RAM170GB RAID1 SCSI The Host-OS is SLES9, VMWare GSX Server 3.2 bigone:~ # uname -aLinux...
View ArticleEmulate Intel 64 on AMD 64 (and vice versa)?
Hi, Can I install a 64-bit Intel-based (EMT64) OS as a guest on a VMware Server system if that host is a 64-bit AMD-based OS? (And vice versa for a 64-bit AMD guest on an Intel 64-bit host). Or are the...
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