Diffing VMWare images
Hi Guys, I've been playing around with VMWare Server recently and was wondering if anyone had any idea on how I could effectively "Diff" and VMware image. For example I start up an image then after a...
View ArticleGuest OS shuts down by itself
We have a problem where newly created and cloned virtual machines shut down by themselves. When cloning we use NewSID to assign a new windows sid and tell VMWare to Create a new UUID. This happens...
View ArticleDo I need to create iso (win2003 on xp)
Hi, I installed vm-server on xp . Now I want to add guest OS win2003.I do not have the iso of win2003 .It has setup .exe . But VMwant .iso . How I can install win2003 on xp's VM. Please help. rgdivmuser
View ArticleForgot password for vmware server
I have vmware server running on a suse system that is falling apart. The video card in it has failed so everything I do has to be done remotely. I forgot the password used to connect to the virtual...
View ArticleProblems creating new VM's
Hi All I've run into an issue trying to create a new VM and can't seem to find an answer. Server is an HP DL360 dual processor, 8GB ram...etc. so lots of power. Installed is VMware server version...
View Articlertc: lost some interrupts at
Hello, I've just tried vmware server beta on my new AMD64 with Debian. took a while to set up but now it's working ok. My problem is that I get the following kernel message and my system respond time...
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 ArticleSlow network connectin in bridge mode
Hi, I have a performance problem in VMware server beta, build 20925.The network connection works at reasonable speed if I use NAT, while performances areunacceptably bad if I use bridged connection.My...
View ArticleUSB devices not usable under VMware Server
I've installed VMware Server under SuSE Linux 10.0 and make a VM of WinXP. It installs software as expected and can connect to the Internet without problems. However it has serious issues when handling...
View ArticleError on host-only even though I don't want to do host-only
Please excuse this lengthy post, but I am trying to be completely clear. I had a basically working vmware setup but then I had to reinstall with the new binaries, and it doesn't work now. I am trying...
View Articlevmscsi disk errors in event log...
I'm getting 2 errors repeatedly in my event logs across my machines.. first issource: vmscsitype: errorevent ID: 9description The device \device\scsi\vmscsi1, did not respond within the timeout period...
View Article\Device\Scsi\symmpi1, did not respond within the timeout period.
I'm running VMware Server (free download). I have a Windows 2003 Enterprise edition, and running oracle grid 10g. I keep get multiple errors every couple of days. The server will stop responding,...
View ArticleNeed to remove Unallocated Space from VM
Hi all, A colleague of my accidentally extended Disk0 with approximately 13GB of space. At this point, I would like to just remove the unallocated 13GB from the VM. Does anyone have any suggestions...
View Articletracing iowait
I have some question about a performance problems: we set up a vmware server on top of a SuSE 10.1 systemwith two opteron CPUs and 8GB of memory. Running vmwareserver, we currently run about 16 guest...
View ArticleIPX support?
Has anyone had any luck using Novell Netware with the IPX protocol in a GSX VM? VMware says its not supported. Does it work?
View ArticleTCP/sock/netoworking problem (Windows host & guest) (+)
Hello, Host: Win2003 Server Std EditionGuest: Windows 2000Pro or WinXP Corporate Editin SP2(tried on both)Networking: NAT, all default settings.DHCP DNS settings: 2 manually defined working DNS...
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 ArticleToken Ring with GSX Server
Hello, we want to use our virtual machines in a token ring network.Can I use VMs in a GSX server running on a Linux or Windows host system? regardsStefan
View Article511 vmware-serverd service is not running
"511 vmware-serverd service is not running." This is the message i've got after trying to connect to local computer. PentiumIII 900 mhzWindows XP SP28 GB harddisk512 MB memoryGSX Server 3.2.0...
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...
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