Connect to SCSI tape drive
I have VMWare server running on top of RHES4. I have attached a SCSI tape drive (HP Ultrium) and Linux sees the device as liove. I can do eject, load & status and all work. But VMWare does not see...
View ArticleCPUFreq, VMware and Linux 2.6
Was there ever a solution found to address the grossly inaccurate VMware guest time synchronization due to CPU frequency throttling? I don't consider polling an NTP server every hour, or setting the...
View ArticleGive guest exclusive or raw access to IDE CD-RW?
Hello all,I'm having a problem getting some functionality I'd like out of VMware Server... my goal is to create a VM that can burn a Lightscribe label onto a cd using a normal Lightscribe CD-RW drive....
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 Articlevmdk file signature and offset needed for data recovery!?
Hello,We have suffered file system corruption on a raid volume with 3x virtual machines on it.We are using data recovery software (EasyRecovery Pro) to find data on what is now identified as a RAW disk...
View ArticleHow to let a VM allocate a hosts interface on its own?
I have a host with two nics. Today the host (ubuntu) allocates an IP-address for each nic and the VM is bridged to the second nic with its own IP-address. Totally 3 IP-addresses. Is it possible to let...
View ArticleStarting guest machine locks up for 20 seconds
Hi! When I power on a virtual machine ba clicking the green "play" button in the toolbar, the VMware GUI freezes for about 15 seconds.During that time the vmware-vmx.exe (IIRC) process eats 100%...
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...
View Articlevmnet-natd degrades periodically under load
We are observing the following behaviour with build 1.0.0-27828 (and earlier versions): Depending upon the number of network connections (the apache vm is getting roughly 100k pageviews per day): \-...
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 Articleproblems copying files from HOST to VM
I can't seem to be able to copy files ( regardless of size) from the HOST Box to any VM's on the host. When I initiate a file copy, it hangs up on 'preparing to copy', and the copy eventually fails....
View ArticleFailed to connect /dev/parport0
I use GSX 3.1 for Linux on RHL 3 Ent. 3. I try to connect Parallel port, but this error occur.I just try to stop cups service. Parallel port "/dev/parport0" is used by another program (such as another...
View ArticleVM Dont't start
I've a box HP DL740 8xCpu 24Gb ram with Windows2003 EE, with GSX 3.1The problem is that im unable to star any VM, when i press the start button, the machine dont start and it writes this log on Event...
View ArticleExpanding Virtual disk errors
I'm trying to expand a virtual disk but I'm getting the following error. Using log file C:\DOCUME1\xxxxxxx\LOCALS1\Temp\1\vdiskmanager.logFailed to open the disk 'Exchange Server-flat.vmdk' : The file...
View ArticleProblem after increasing virtual disk size
I am using a VM that has Windows 2003 as its OS. I increased its disk size using vmware-vdiskmanager.exe and the expansion was successful. However, when I checked in My Computer>Manage>Disk...
View ArticleFailed to do SSL handshake
when i try to use the Server Console on Windows and connect to localhost, i always get the error "Failed to do SSL handshake" I can Telnet to the local port 992 and get "220 VMware Authentication...
View ArticlePAM error messages in /var/log/secure
I am seeing the following messages in /var/log/secure. Everything seems to be working, but these are logging frequently. vmware-authd\[8725]: PAM unable to...
View ArticleBest video card for GSX
I'm a developer using Visual Studio 2003 and 2005, SQL Server, etc. What is the best video card to use with GSX? Should I focus on a workstation cards such as the NVidia Quado series or should I go...
View ArticleRunning Apache 2 under VM Server Beta problem
I am running a VMware Server Beta version and the guest OS is Fedora Core 4. The host is Windows XP Pro SP 2. Fedora has IP address of 192.168.248.128. I can ping it from Windows cmd line. I can ping...
View ArticleHow to migrate Physical machine to VM
I'm a newby to the Vmware scene and have been looking at the Beta Server product to host a test environment. I've been creating VM's from scratch and would like to know if their is a documented process...
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