Access Host disk from within vmware?
I tried searching through the forums as well as through google. I was wondering if it is possible to give a VM (specifically freeNAS) access to a host drive (or simply folder on a drive) whether it be...
View ArticleProcess cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion
Why am I getting the following error.....Operation on file ".\Windows XP Professional.vmdk" failed (The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file.Pressing...
View ArticleWindows 2003 Routing.
I have a little problem, and cant see what it wrong. I have a complete Virtual Environment of 7 servers with there own Domain Controller etc running on a VMNet 7 I need the entire environment to be...
View Articlevmauthd error
Hi, I am getting an error in eventlog "EventID(100) in Source(vmauthd) not found. I can't start any of my vmimages and I am not sure how would I go by troubleshooting thie error? I googled on this...
View ArticleVMWare Server vs. VNC
I am having an issue with VNC on my host machine. I use VNC extensively for remote administration. Whenever I shut down the last VMW guest on a particular machine, it crashes the VNC server and I...
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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 ArticleLinux Host - Bonding support? (Linux bonding)
Linux based (kernel) network bonding doesn't seem to be supported by vmware-server. Linux host using Bonding (I desire mode 6, adaptive load balancing) with 3 gigabit nics. The bond0 adapter functions...
View ArticleSuppose you want to increase the HD limit - can you?
Hi All, I've created a VM with 4GB of HD and 128MB of RAM.I installed CentOS 4.3 on it with no problem, it runs great!After the OS install, I'm left with only 2.3GB of HD space (in the VM of course, as...
View ArticleExpand virtual disk with vmware-vdiskmanager.exe
Hello!I got a VM that was made in Workstation 4.5x. To be able to run the VM in Server 1.0, I had to upgrade the VM.Everything works fine, but I want to expand C:\ from 5GB to 10GB. The folder...
View ArticleWhere is config file for network adapters in linuc
I have VMWare Server 1.0.0 up and running on Fedora Core 5. I have two physical network adapters in the computer, each setup for bridged networking. The vmware install script gives me the option of...
View ArticleFailed Network on Win XP guest on FC5 Host with IPW2200 Wireless card
I have installed VMServer 1.0.1 build-29996 on FC 5 Kernel 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5. The physical machine is an IBM T40 with an internal Ethernet card and the infamous 2200BG (driver version 1.1.4). The...
View ArticleLoading VM with WinPE - LSI SCSI driver not loading
Good day, I'm trying to test out WinPE to do our system loads and I'm testing it first on a VM running on VMware Server. I have the WinPE environment loading and I get the command prompt and the...
View ArticleHow to forward host \*alias* IP address traffic to a virtual machine?
I have a tricky networking setup that I really need some advice on. The story goes like this: we have a new physical host at a well-known hosting company (VMware Server 1.0.1, RHEL, 2.6.x kernel). We...
View ArticleCreating a .vmc file
I am currently running the latest version of VMware Server (1.0.1 build-29996) and I need to share the virtual machine I have created with another employee, but I can't. When I try to do an import in...
View ArticleCentos 4.4 bridged networking problem
I am trying to install vmware in Centos 4.4 ( RHEL clone )I used the rpm to installI ran /usr/sbin/vmware-config.plI enabled one of each type of interface bridged,nat and host onlynat and host only...
View Articlevmx options
Is there a complete list of options/values that can be used in a vmx file ? Regards,William.
View ArticleDHCP and Virtual Machine
I have a AMD 64bit machine running Centos 4.3. I have two NIC's nic in the server. I'm just toying around with different configuration and using this as a test box, but here is what I'm doing: NIC1 -...
View Articlebest hard drive/RAID configuration?
Wer'e just setting up a new Dell 2900 w/- 4gb and 5 hard drives; 2 x 80Gb configured as RAID 1 (so 80Gb total), and 3 x 160Gb in RAID 5 (so 320Gb total). I'm wondering about the best way to set up the...
View ArticleVMWare server live backup
I am new to VMWare so sorry if this is a silly question but has anyone come up with a reasonable strategy to backing up VM Hard drives while VMWare Server (the free one) product is running? I mean...
View ArticleRename Bridged Network Adapters
Hello: I am running VMWare Server 1.01. I have a Windows 2003 SP1 host with several multi-port network cards. When I look in the Virtual Network Editor, these cards show up with the same name (e.g.,...
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