How to install modem in VMWare Server Beta
HI, I have installed the VMWare Server installed on my office laptop having following 2 modems installed on my host OS (XP)1 - Actiontec internal modem - Connected to COM32 - PCMCIA Model card...
View ArticleSAN Connectivity / Presenting a Multipath Disk Device to a VM
Hello, We're running VMWare Server 1.0.0-24927, on RedHat Enterprise AS4 U3. We'd like to provide a Windows Server 2003 VM with access to our SAN - the two ideas we've been exploring are (1)...
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 ArticleRemove VMWare Tools icon
I am running a Windows 2000 Terminal Server VM on a Ubuntu 6.06 server and I would like to remove the VMWare Tools icon so normal users can't muck around with the settings. Can this be done? Thanx,Garth
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 Articleneed help with vmnet1
Hi,I am running vmware server 1.0.1 on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. I would like to disable dhcp on vmnet1. It's setup as host only right now but I can't figure out how to disable the vmware dhcp server. I have...
View ArticleHow do you merge multiple 2GB disk files to single monolithic vmdk file?
Has any body managed to merge multiple 2GB vmdk files into a single vmdk file as we are experiencing performance issues with a 100GB virtual machine exported from ESX to run on VMserver. Our 100GB disk...
View ArticleTemporarily turn off VMware server ?
Is it possible to temporarily turn off (stop running) VMware server ? I am not using it all the time, so it is just wasting resources (RAM mostly) for it s background services, like VMware...
View ArticleRemove Snapshot menu item greyed out
Host OS: XP Pro x64Guest OS: Windows 2000 I took a snapshot of my VM, but now I cannot "remove" the snapshot so that I may take another one. The "Remove Snapshot" menu item in the VMWare Console is...
View ArticleParent of this virtual disk could not be opened
Hi! I have a problem with my vmware-image. When I open Virtual Machine Settings and click on my Hard Disk in the list, I get the following error:"Failed to retrieve disk information for...
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Problem connecting to the database thats on virtual machine
Hi,I have Win XP Pro edition on my virtual machine and for some reasons the default bridging doesn't work[/u] So [u]I have chosen NAT[/u][/b] (with VMNet8) Its working properly with NAT With IPCONFIG...
View ArticleHow do I backup vmware server running on w2k3 host- HELP!
Hi everyone, I have searched the forms and looked at documentation on how to backup a VMware server but still can not really figure it out... i am sorry if there is a proper post out there answering my...
View ArticleVirtualize Windows NT 4.0 Server?
Hello, I would like to ask, if someone already done it... I already virtualized some dozens W2K and W2K3 machines according to following method: \- Image the HDD(s) using...
View ArticleVM Server Registration - Serial Numbers needed
Perhapss Im missing something but Im pretty sure i have VMWare Server working without having registered for a serial number. Why is ths ability to register and get a serial number on the download...
View ArticleAdded CPU not shown in TaskManager - why?
Hi! I p2v'ed a server with Converter 3.0 Beta and now want to add a second CPU to add more apps on it. The underlying host is a HP BL25p with 2 pCPU. I changed the vCPU from 1 to 2 in the properties of...
View ArticleCan I put a virtual NIC into promiscuous mode on VMware Server on XP?
Hi there, I am testing an application that requires one of the virtual NIC to be in promiscuous mode. How can do this for a VMware Server running on XP?I saw a number of posts regarding this, but they...
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 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 ArticleVirtual Network Settings.... are grayed out
I've just installed VM WARE SERVER with Red Hat Enterprise 4 as the host OS. The machine is a Dell Poweredge 2650 with Dual Xeon 2.2 GHz processors and Dual NICs. The problem I'm having is that the...
View ArticleVIDE: ATAPI DMA 0x25 Failed: key 0x2, asc 0x3a, ascq
Host OS: Server 2003 32bitVer: GSX 3.2Guest OS: Server 2003 32bit R2CPU: Dual Opteron 244'sRAM: 2Gig Just noticed one of my VM's shut down in the lab testing R2. What does this mean? Feb 24 13:11:07:...
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