Windows Vista in VMware Server can not see CD ROM Drive
The Driver is listed as NECVMWar VMWARE IDE CDR10 ATA Device with a yellow ! mark. I need to install VMWARE tools but can not because CD is not found..... How can I update this Driver? Thanks in...
View Articlefailed to acquire lock to grab keyboard error
Hello, I'm running VMware server 1.0.1 on RedHat ES 4. I have a Windows XP vm that usually runs fine the first time I start it, but on subsequent boots it often crashes just after booting up....
View ArticleAsterisk (CentOS) VM - How to install VM Tools for a real linux n00b
Hi, My knowledge of linux is comparable to an Amoeba's grasp of quantum physics in n+1 dimensions. All I am trying to do is install VM Tools on the guest, as the application image (Asterisk-Trixbox)...
View ArticleRunning more than 1 guest locks the server up.
I am not sure what I did but luckily this is a test machine! I installed SLES 10 64bit and VMware server 1.0.1 The machine is an Intel dg965ry with a core 2 duo 1.8ghz, 1-80gb sata, 1-250gb sata and...
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Linux Bonding and VLANs Problem
I'm trying to setup a new Vmware Server installation on top of Ubuntu 6.06 (server) with two Intel Pro 1000s bonded to a 6509. I would then like to trunk the VLANs and bridge these VLANs in Vmware to...
View ArticleRemote access to virtual machines over slow VPN
I have a couple of VMWare servers (one on a Windows 2000 host, one on a Ubuntu host), running a handful of virtual machines between them. I want to access them remotely over a VPN using ADSL, which...
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 ArticleNetwork interface not correctly detected
Hi all;I have a vmware host which has 3 nic, one unplugged (eth0) and 2 connected to 2 network (eth1 and eth2). I had configured vmnet0 as a bridge to eth2 and vmnet1 as a bridge to eth1:\# ps -ef |...
View ArticleIBM 4690 Supermarket Application as guest
I am trying to boot an image of an IBM 4690 Supermarket Application OS into VMWARE Server. I used LiveView to create a VM from a DD image of the hard drive.The system boots to a blank screen with an...
View ArticlePort Forwarding Issues - NAT
I have vmware server installed on Debian Linux 3.1 (Sarge) running a Windows 2000 Virtual machine. I have 1 NIC and 1 public IP address. I set up a remote console in Windows to access the server. I...
View Articlehow to justify 1 VMware server for 3 VMs vs. 3 separate single servers??
Hello, I've asked for one server to run VMware Server and 3 VMs.I kind of got a 'yes,' plus a request for what it costs for 3 single servers.So far I have thought of several advantages of virtualizing:...
View ArticleCan't SSH to VM via SSL VPN Tunnel
I'm attempting to SSH in to a SUSE Linux 10 VM over an SSL Tunnel via an AEP Netilla SSL VPN box. VMWare Server is running on SUSE10. SSH connections from the local network are fine. However when...
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 Articlevmware management interface
i can't get my vmware management interface to work on a windows 2003 64-bit host I checked for listening ports and 8333 & 8222 are missing. Is the mgmt interface installed with the product or does...
View ArticleSolaris 10 x86 as Host OS
Hello,in the "beta-documentation" Solaris 10 is listed as supported OS for the Host-Operating System.But the install-script fails with root@win02:./vmware-server-distrib # ./vmware-install.plSetup is...
View ArticleConvert disk to 2GB split files.
There is a GUI tool to convert disk types. Can someone refresh my memory as to what it was again?Having a Senior moment. I want to convert a growable .vmdk to a split 2GB disk. Thanks
View ArticleVMServer will not start - 'Failed to configure scsi0.'?
Going into the VMWare Console, one of our Virtual Machines is powered off. When I select it to power it on, I get three error pop-ups:1) "Unable to open the disk '(location\filename).vmdk.' Failed...
View ArticleRAID or not RAID
I'm installaing a VMWare GSX Server on a RHL Ent.3 WS. I will install two Windows 2003 with Exchange Server and two Windos 2003 domain controller.I have some doubtes. 1.I can't buy a NAS or SAN.I will...
View ArticleDate
I'm running a linux guest on a linux host, after booting i got the following error message: set_rtc_mmss: can't update from The time and the date is not updated, the host is running 2.6.8 and the guest...
View ArticleGSX 3.2 on Linux SLES 9 EM64T SP1 host shows a NUMA error
Hi, we are currently running GSX 3.2 on a SLES 9 EM64T SP1 host. Hardware: hp DL580 with four 3.0 GHz intel xeon (EM64T) cpus and 6 gb ram. Everytime we start a vm a message box appears: Your host's...
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