vmnet-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): \-...
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Is there any way that you can shrink preallocated virtual disk space?
View Articlebooting from floppy
Hello, RE: free virtualization product, VMware Server. Can I boot to the G:\dos\disk1.iso? I would like to run MSDOS 6.22. I have my original MSDOS 6.22 floppy disks of which I made *.iso files....
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suspend / resume batch script for backup purposes
I don't support this script, but if anybody else has a use for it, here it is.This script, if given a "suspend" argument, will generate a list of running VMs, and suspend ONLY those VMs. If the script...
View Articlerunning VM's from USB HD or NAS
To be able to switch my VM's easily to an other physical server, I was tinking about an external harddrive, possibly one with a network connection. Can someone tell about the perfermance (or lack of)...
View ArticleSlow Mouse Behavior
I'm running VMware Server (Build 28343) and using the VMware Server Console (Build 28343) installed on a remote XP workstation to access the VM. I have a user experiencing a 3 second delay in the mouse...
View ArticleInstallation Problem: Error 1713
Hello! I just tried to install VM Server (VMware-server-installer-1.0.0-28343.exe) and the installation terminates with "Error 1713.VMWare Server cannot install one of its required products. Contact...
View ArticleWhat ports does VMware Server Console use to connect?
What firewall ports does VMware Server Console use to connect to the remote host server? My host server is within a "firewalled" lab, and I'm able to connect from devices within the lab, but outside...
View ArticleWindows: 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 ArticleGuest NIC running at 10MB/s when it should be 1GB/s
Host : HP Proliant ML370 with MS Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 R1 Guest : MS Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x32 R2 I have used HPs Network Utility to Create 4 Virtual NICs. Each Virtual NIC is...
View Articles001 and f001 files?
I start this topic because I found out from a painfull experience http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=48976&tstart=0 that virtual disks are stored in two files. If it is separated...
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Instructions for installing VMWare tools on OpenBSD (no X windows)
I tested this on OpenBSD 3.9, 32-bit on a 64-bit Linux host. The installation CD/floppy for OpenBSD 64-bit would not boot at all on my system with a Pentium D 950 CPU. I don't install X windows on my...
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 Article"Unable to change virtual machine power state. The process exited with..."
Hi all, i've istalled on my Fedora 3 pc (with a little help from our admin, i haven't root rights for my machine...). After installation everything was ok. I could install and work with vms. It was...
View ArticleNTLDR loader is missing
I am getting error message "ntldr is missing " on my vmware server, how do i restore it. It ia a windows 2003 vmware server. Thanks...
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 ArticleMinimum System Requirements For Server
I want to setup a Vmserver machine, but I only need to run a few of the appliances (janusVM,FreeNas,and maybe one or two others). I want to use a small formfactor pc to do this. Would this work on a...
View ArticleHow to set up a virtual DMZ on Linux with udev ?
Problem: I set up VMWare Server incl. MUI successfully and very straigthforward on Lineox Enterprise Linux 4.0. The server has two NIC's: eth0 and eth1. I like to build a firewall VM and a DMZ VM, but...
View ArticleNetwork speed limited to only 10Mbps in VM
Hello All, GSx build 3.2.0 14497. I have a network related issue. I have a gigabit network and the host is having two 1Gbps NIC and the switch to which it is connected is also a 1gig switch. The...
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