Vpn connection in guest.
I'm trying to use Netscren remote vpn client to connect to a server on a lan to get internet access. Trough the vpn server is the only way because otherwise our wireless network traffic could get...
View Articlevmx options
Is there a complete list of options/values that can be used in a vmx file ? Regards,William.
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 ArticleMemory Swapping
Hi,I was looking at one of the servers we have (2 CPU Intel with 8 virtual Windows 2000 running). The server has 16 GB of RAM and image is allocated 700MB to 2 GB. Each images application uses a...
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 ArticleNo sound in VM
I have a Dell Latitude D620 with Ubuntu Edgy as a main OS.I am running VMWare Server Console 1.0.1 build-29996. In a VM I have running Windows XP SP2 and PCLinuxOS.In both VMs I have no sound. Does...
View Articleerror loading operating system
Had a systems disk failure on my primary VM box.I moved the disk that contains the Guest OS' to another server. OS1 = 2003 Enterprise - 2 virtual IDE DisksOS2 = 2003 Enterprise - 2 virtual IDE Disks...
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 ArticleComparing ESX, GSX, and MS Virtual Server 2005
I really only have experience with ESX... My boss wants me to do a quick comparison of ESX, GSX, and Virtual Server 2005. I know that ESX supports the following Setting CPU Min/Max for each VMSetting...
View ArticleNeed recommendations on Raid stripe size
Hi, I'm trying to get a windows 2003 host to run as fast as it can. My attention has turned to the disk subsystem. I would like to hear the group's recommendations regarding RAID Stripe Size for the...
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 ArticleDifference between Workstation and Server
Does anyone know the real difference between VmWare Workstation 5 and VmWare Server, as far as I can see they both sit on Windows 2003 and there is no real different apart from workstation can have...
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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 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 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 ArticleShutdown guest vs, Power off VM ???
Whats the difference between these two options? Thanks!
View ArticleHow do I create a floppy image that VMWare server can use.
It is requesting a .flp or .img image.
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 ArticleNeed to remove Unallocated Space from VM
Hi all, A colleague of my accidentally extended Disk0 with approximately 13GB of space. At this point, I would like to just remove the unallocated 13GB from the VM. Does anyone have any suggestions...
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...
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