Network Load Balancing on VMware server
I am attempting to use NLB on VMware server. VMware was so kind to include a section on this in their manual. That was helpful -- I have used NLB in the past, but I would not have know I needed to...
View ArticleHigh CPU - or is it?
I'm running VMWare Server on a Dell PE 2950 with two dual core CPUs with HT on (Server sees 8 logical CPUs). Running 16GB in host OS (Windows 2003 SP1 64-bit). My drives are SCSI in a RAID 5 config....
View ArticleQuestion regarding virtual machine BIOS options
Two quick questions: 1. If my VM HOST has ECC memory and I do not set the VM GUEST BIOS to recognize this via the menu: Advanced -> Advanced Chipset Control -> ECC Config | SERR signal...
View ArticleNTVDM encountered a hard error
System is Dual 3.4 GHz Xeon - 6 GB RAM - SATA HDD's Running VMWare Server RC 1 on Windows Server 2003 Enteprise R2 Host. VM's are Windows Server 2003 Enterprise SP1 or Windows Server 2003 Enterprise...
View ArticleRunning under "local system account" stops display
Hi all, we would like to run our VMWare Virtual Machines as the local system account. But when we do, the Console stops showing the Virtual Machine display. Only White blocks appear. Running the...
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 ArticleProblem with iSCSI and virtual disk with 70GB of size
Hello, I intend to use a Promise VTrak M500i from a Win 2003 host running GSX Server 3.2.0 which is connected via MS-Software-iSCSI-Initiator. The problem I have is, that GSX freezes when I want to...
View ArticleShinking Virtual disk
Hello, I'm trying to shrink a vmdk file and getting an error "failed to lock file" Any ideas why this may be happening? It is a growable disk so I assume I should be able to shrink it..... Jon
View ArticleLogRPCPanic: can't get userlevel lock.
What do all these messages mean? Mar 08 06:20:57: vcpu-0| LogRPCPanic: can't get userlevel lock.Mar 08 06:20:57: vcpu-0| MONITOR PANIC: VMM fault: regs=0x2f40, exc=7, eip=0x51eb3Mar 08 06:20:57:...
View Articlevirtual machine crash with bug 19580 while running the Kexec software
While running Fedora core 5 on a Fedora Core 4 64 bit edition the virtual machine crashes with bugnr 19580. I am running the Kexec tool. Details are here http://lwn.net/Articles/15468/ Kexec is a...
View ArticleCannot connect virtual device floppy0
Brand newbie on the VM products and I have what's probably an easy question but after RTFM, I'm stumped. I've got a Dell PowerEdge 1855 Blade w/Win2k Server SP4 installed as the host. I have a floppy...
View Articlebroadcast storms
Does anyone know if a virtual machine or it's host is a culprit of broadcast storms? We have a new cisco network, and tracking tools, and apperantly the network guys are saying that the vm's are...
View Articlecan't contact network outside host
I have a several servers running GSX. On two of them the guests running can't connect to the 'outside network'. I can ping the host and the other guests running on the same host. I can't ping any of...
View ArticleVirtual SMP Support
1) Understand it is still at Experimental stage for Vmware Server 1.0 GA. I can notice a significant CPU usage difference on dual core host machine when enable and disable SMP on guest machine (I did...
View ArticleBridged networking problems
Hey all. I'm having some problems with bridged networking on in VMWare Server 1.0.0 build 28343. I have the following setup: Host:Windows XP Pro SP2 (32-bit)Athlon64 X2 38003 GB RAMOnboard ethernet...
View ArticleSafely delete redo files
I have some big redo files in a virtual machine and I would like to know how to safely delete them. DISCO_E.vmdk.REDO_a00544DISCO_C.vmdk.REDO_a00544 Thanks CCA
View ArticleBooting a guest from USB-rawdisk
In case anybody is interested: I just managed to boot a 2k3 guest from a USB-rawdisk.All you have to do is rewrite the rawdisk descriptorfile so that it uses an IDE-geometry instead of the...
View ArticleConnectivity Issues with VM Netware 4.11 server and VM XP SP2
Hi everyone, I'm running GSX 3.2.1, and VM'd a Netware 4.11 server and VM'd XP Pro. SP2. All running on the same host. The server is setup to use IPX and I've downloaded the client for the VM XP...
View ArticleNLB - leaving the Cluster
I am attempting to use NLB on VMware server - my VM's are Windows 2003 Std SP1. VMware was so kind to include a section on this in their manual. That was helpful -- I have used NLB in the past, but I...
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