Bridged networking: LAN works but no Internet
Hello!I have the newest release of VMware Server running on a Win2k3 SBS host with 1GB Ram and two network cards.NIC1:192.168.100.1 (DHCP Server for network)6MBit DSL NIC2:192.168.100.253 (static...
View ArticleUse physical disk partitions as virtual disks
I've made three virtual WinXP-PC's using the physical disk of the hostsystem as bootpartitions for the virtual PC's. As individual partitions, that is. But when I've installed XP and shuts off the...
View ArticleVMware console command line switches
I am trying to get VMware server console to open and run a VM in full screen mode, by using a batch file. I have most of it working execpt the full screen portion. It seems that the -X switch isn't...
View Articlehidden network adapters when importing from MS Virtual Machine to VMWare
When I converted my MS virtual machines to VMWare, ended up with hidden network adapters that are assigned the IP address it had when it was a MS virtual machine. When I try to set the IP address of...
View Articleiscsi multipathing
I'm using IET iscsi target on 2 CentOS 4.4 images and the built in iscsi initiator on a 3rd. If i run the images on the windows VMWare Server 1.0.1 multipathing works and the wwid's are the same but on...
View ArticleVMWare server live backup
I am new to VMWare so sorry if this is a silly question but has anyone come up with a reasonable strategy to backing up VM Hard drives while VMWare Server (the free one) product is running? I mean...
View ArticleMy Virtual Windows XP machine takes up too much space
I have a virtual Windows XP machine running on VMware Server with Ubuntu 6.06 as the guest. The virtual machine runs perfect. I have alloted 8GB to the machine. However when it takes up 15GB on the...
View ArticleHow do I create a floppy image that VMWare server can use.
It is requesting a .flp or .img image.
View ArticleRemove Floppy Drive
Hello. Is there a way to remove the floppy drive from Guest OSs? I am running on Windows Server 2003, and do not have a floppy drive on this machine. It's creating some issues for me, and even...
View ArticleNIC card lost after reboot Guest OS
Hi, Installed Windows Server 2003 as guest os with 2 NIC. It was working fine. After a few reboots, Windows just lost 1 NIC and detected a new NIC. When I try to configure the ip address using the old...
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 ArticleShare VPN connection via ICS from XP guest to linux host
Hello I am trying to share a "Juniper Network Connect" VPN connection via ICS from an XP guest running in a linux host. No luck so far. this is what I have tried 1. configure one NAT ethernet...
View Articlewhere can i find "VMware Server.msi"
i'm trying to install a supplemental tools package that is asking for "VMware Server.msi". My installation package from VMWare is "VMware-server-installer-1.0.1-29996.exe". Is there a way I can extract...
View ArticleAMD vs Intel
Does anyone here run VMS on both AMD and Intel servers? I'm seriously considering migrating to AMD Dual-Core Opterons from Intel Xeon. I'm curious how well VMS works with AMD compared to Intel....
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 ArticleDISK: Failed to open disk; missing snapshot file
All, I was recently preparing a web server when I hit the dual cpu bug. I got a new license before I read the answers on the forum regarding the matter. Then I reduced my number of cpu's to one and...
View ArticleShutdown guest vs, Power off VM ???
Whats the difference between these two options? Thanks!
View ArticleWhy can't VM host ping guest VM or guest VM ping other guest VM?
We are running VM Server on a Windows 2003 Server machine with one network card. There are 2 VM's running Windows 2003 Server. From other external machines I can access the VM host machine and both...
View ArticleMS DTC Duplicate CID's
I've installed VMW Server and have built two virtual machines, both running Windows 2003. I have one network card and am bridging that into my LAN. One machine is for a Web app and the other is...
View ArticleNetwork connectvitity issues
I have installed VMWare for the first time on two different machines; in both cases after creating an vm of Windows 2003 Server Enterprise in Ethernet Bridged mode I have the same issue. VM starts and...
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