Problem expanding virtual disk
I'm running a VMWare Win XP image on an Win XP host. I used the following command to expand my virtual diskvmware-vdiskmanager -x 7GB "Windows XP Professional.vmdk" Things seemed to be going along ok...
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 Articleserial0: Overrun
I've tried to migrate our Fax Server over to VMWare. We are running GSX3.1. We have a DigiBoard Acceleport RAS 4 Port and have started experiencing issues with incoming faxes having horizontals...
View Articlewindows - delayed write failed
With windows 2003 server SP1, I've got the same problem.My windows 2003 standard server (in a vmware gsx server box) shall make a backup (with its backup application) to a windows 2003 sbs premium...
View ArticleNfs performance issues over a NAT network
Hello, I am facing NFs file transfer performance issues when my RHEL VM is configured for NAT network. I see enormous delays in file transfers. The problem is not there when i use the birdged network....
View ArticleError with Win98se and emm386 noems setting
While windows starting up, it show the following screen, While initializing device DOSMGR:Insufficient memory to initialize Windows. Quit one or more memory-resident programs or remove...
View ArticleHow do I determine 'display name' inside a VM?
How does one go about getting information about a VM or the host running a VM? I am writing a script that runs inside a VM, and this script needs to be able to determine the display name of the VM it...
View Articleextending a virtual disk
Is there a way to extend a virtual disk - I initially allocated a 10G file and now need to extend it to 40G. I have plenty of room on the physical partition
View ArticleVMXNET is it available in SUSE 10
I could not get this to come up. I had vlance and each time I rebooted I would lose my network connection. I am running GSX 3.2.0. I am just learning linux but a bit of help would be great, thanks
View Articlekeystrokes to multiple VMs?
In our test labs the KVMs that we use have a broadcast feature which allows the same keystrokes to be sent to all machines connected to the kvm. This feature is very useful when installing software or...
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 ArticleSlow VM because of I/O on host system? (VMEM file)
Hello! VM: Windows XPHost: Linux 64bit, 2.6.15.6System: Opteron 175, 4 GB RAM, 2 fast disks in RAID0 I noticed a huge performance hit in the VM when the host system does disk I/O. Whenever I have some...
View ArticleStore .vmem files in /dev/shm
Hello, I noticed that VMware Server creates a .vmem file with size of the memory used in the guest OS. Will performance be improved if VMware Server stores the .vmem-files in a temporary directory...
View ArticleW2K3 RRAS not routing between custom VMNets and LAN
I have a host machine VMHOST with one physical adapter (10.2.0.1) and two VMnet adapters (10.2.13.1 and 10.2.22.1). VMGUEST1 is a guest OS running on VMHOST and connected to VMnet2.I can reach the host...
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How can I speed up CentOS or Red Hat RHEL guest installation time?
Since VMware are not accepting performance SRs I'll post this question here.P4 1.4 756M 2x80G disksa) takes 60 mins to install CentOS or Red Hat RHEL "everything" physically.b) take 360 mins to install...
View ArticleLocking up when connecting to host
Okay, I'm realtively new to this so go easy on me if I say "newbie" things:I am dealing with all-linux (Gentoo) host machines. I have installed vmware-server beta 22088 successfully on two different...
View ArticleHow to simulate Windows VPN
I'm new to VMWARE, and I've setup a Windows SBS 2003 Server, made it a DC and then added a WinXP client and joined it to the domain. What I'd like to simulate is a Windows VPN connection on...
View ArticleHow to migrate servers
I have been searching but can not find guidance on how to migrate a standard standalone server into a VM server. Could someone please point me in the right direction. To be clear on what I am trying to...
View ArticleNeed recommendations on Raid stripe size
Hi, I'm trying to get a windows 2003 host to run as fast as it can. My attention has turned to the disk subsystem. I would like to hear the group's recommendations regarding RAID Stripe Size for the...
View ArticleNo VM startup under SuSE Linux 10.0 on dual Opteron
This kinda worries me.. It's found in vmware-ccagent.log The problem is filed as SR Id: 249661. Apr 26 11:33:37: app| VMServerdConnect: connecting to /store3/vmware/hulda/winNetEnterprise.vmxApr 26...
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