Convert disk to 2GB split files.
There is a GUI tool to convert disk types. Can someone refresh my memory as to what it was again?Having a Senior moment. I want to convert a growable .vmdk to a split 2GB disk. Thanks
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View Article/tmp is full and all vms are shutdown automatically
Hi,I installed GSX v3.2.1 in RH AS3.0 and had about 6 VMs.Yestoday, I found that all VMs were shutdowed.So, I checked the messages and I found something was odd.When I used command "lsof" to check out...
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How can we recover the password of virtual machines running CentOS and Windows 2003 server?Thanks.
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We are running VM Server on a Windows 2003 Server machine with one network card. There are 2 VM's running Windows 2003 Server. From other external machines I can access the VM host machine and both...
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View Articlevmdk-File corrupted after host crashed
Hi everybody, I can´t start my virtual machine - in the vm-console I always get this error:"unable to open either the disk /data1/win2004.vmdk or the redo log ./win2004.vmdk.REDO_jcswXA.Failed to...
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 ArticleDestination host unreachable; cannot pass traffic through interface.
We have 1 HP dl385 running Windows 2003 R2 64 Bit Server Service Pack1 (up to date with patches). We have 3 guest vm servers running Windows 2003 Standard SP1 and they are all up to date with patches...
View ArticleSplit Virtual Disk into 2GB files
Hello, Is there advantage or disadvantage off splitting the virtual disk into 2 GB files? My Virtual disk file is 20 GB, my host server is Windows 2003 and my vm server is NT 4.0 TSE. Thanks.
View ArticleSLES 10 and vmware tools installation
Hi there, can someone please offer some light on an issue I am currently having. I am installing SLES 10 into a VM, and it works well. I have installed the gcc compilers, and the kernel source so that...
View ArticleDisable Write Cache
Inside of the virtual machine I tell the Windows XP Pro SP 2 guest OS that the virtual disk shall have disabled write cache. Does VMware Server 1.0.1 take respect of this flag? Does it really switch of...
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Vista Host OS & VM Incorrect MAC address
Not sure if anyone has seen this before, but I'll give it a shot. I am running VMWare Server 1.0.1 build 29996 on Vista Business with all the current MS Critical Patches. On my host os, a PING to...
View ArticleVMSS file...ok to delete?
My virtual server is running (ie not in suspended state) but for some reason, the VMSS file is still there? any ideas why? Can I delete it?
View ArticleGuest Server Disk Space Allocation
I have a VMware server running on Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition R2. Also, I have four guest servers running Windows 2003 Standard Edition. The question I have is related to the Hard Disk...
View Articlesmartd fail When run Redhat Ent. 4 on GSX 3.2
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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 ArticleNetwork connectvitity issues
I have installed VMWare for the first time on two different machines; in both cases after creating an vm of Windows 2003 Server Enterprise in Ethernet Bridged mode I have the same issue. VM starts and...
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