Windows: P2V with nothing but NTBACKUP
I've recently duplicated our producion environment into VM's to allow us to test upgrades and patches without having to arrange outage windows, come in on the weekend or waste a night rebuilding a...
View ArticleDaily copy / sync of .vmdk files
Hello, Running VMWare Server 1.0 on a W2k3 host, with one single VM running SBS2003 Server. To quickly be able to restore the SBS2003 server after a total disaster, we plan on performing a copy of the...
View ArticleA question about changes in .vmdk files
Hello all, I'm currently making some extensive tests and benchmarks with copying and syncronizing .vmdk files. Running rsync between two linux guests on two different hosts (one windows, one linux), I...
View ArticleLinux Host - Bonding support? (Linux bonding)
Linux based (kernel) network bonding doesn't seem to be supported by vmware-server. Linux host using Bonding (I desire mode 6, adaptive load balancing) with 3 gigabit nics. The bond0 adapter functions...
View ArticleVMware memory usage increases slowly over time, why??
I have VMware Server running on Ubuntu LTS as the host. Over a period of a few hours, I have observed memory usage rise slowly from 100-something MB to 250-plus MB. This is for the "Other" part of the...
View ArticleUnattended installation of Server or GSX 3.x
I have these questions/issues with the unattended installation of both VMware GSX 3.x and Server 1. Undocumented usage of vnetlib.exe to remove the default installed vmnet 1 & vmnet8 NIC's in an...
View ArticleCompact Virtual Disks
I have searched the web and this forum for an answer, but I have not been able to find one so far... Does anyone know of a way to compact virtual disks? I have a virtual drive that is 100GB but only...
View ArticleTOE Adapters and VMWare Server, Worth it with/without iSCSI?
I am curious if a TOE type adapted would severely benefit VMWare host servers. In doing some research, the manufacturer that claims the best benefit of their "TOE" adapters is Alacritech. At approx...
View ArticleRecommeded partitioning for hosting with Linux?
Was wondering how everyone else is partitioning their Linux hosts. Thanks in advance
View Articlesimple script shut down one VM, wait, start again??
Hi, I searched this forum and didn't find anything.... What I want is a pre- and post-backup script that stops the VM guest, the backup runs, then the VM guest gets started again. The host is Ubuntu...
View ArticleFreeBSD 6.1 guest and ethernet driver (vmxnet or lnc)
Hello, I have a FreeBSD 6.1 guest in vmware-server. Originally I was using the lnc0 driver (module if_lnc). Then I installed vmware tools, which installed the vmxnet kernel module for me and told me to...
View ArticleBUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#1!
Hi all, Receiving this error and could use your help here BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#1! I am getting this on one of my Virtual Machines inside VMWARE Server 1.0.1 Host OS is: FC 5 64bitGuest OS...
View ArticleVM won't start - "can't configure scsi0"
Hi,Got a machine (RHEL3) hosting 4 VMs.The machine was unplugged, now 3 VMs come up nicely (RH9, XP, Win2003), the 4th (RHEL3) giving me the above error, and a second error "unable to open disk...
View ArticleGuest Premature Shutdown on 1.0.1
I have found a workaround for the issue when Vmware Server 1.0.0 and 1.0.1 shuts down the Windows guests prematurely.This issue only exists when you log off and restart the HOST in the same step. I...
View ArticleHow do you "lock" files that have failed to lock?
Hi,I could do withsome help on this one... My XP VM is failing to boot, giving the following message: Cannot open the disk '/vmachines/Windows XP Professional_vol_SP2/Windows XP...
View ArticleVM becomes really slow in server but normal in player.
i have this problem that every single VM becomes very slow in vmware server. i am not sure about processing but things like scrolling and movingthe mouse become extreamly laggy. however if i install...
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 ArticleVmware Server Teaming / Bonding Multiple NICs in Linux
Is this supported? Has anyone had any luck implementing a simple Linux NIC bonding senario as is described here: ?...
View ArticleBUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0!
Hello, On a VM Linux FC5 2.6.17-1.2139_FC5smp running on a Debian Linux host with VMWare Server 1.0.1 This error occurs when updatedb is running (during cron.daily). BUG: soft lockup detected on...
View ArticleVirtualize Windows NT 4.0 Server?
Hello, I would like to ask, if someone already done it... I already virtualized some dozens W2K and W2K3 machines according to following method: \- Image the HDD(s) using...
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