Convert SCSI vmdk -> IDE vmdk: is it possible?
Hello *, is it possible to convert the virtual LSILogic oriented SCSI disk into an IDE one? 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 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 ArticleAIX on VMWare
Has anybody setup an AIX 5.2 image on a VMWare server? Is it even possible?
View Article\Device\Scsi\symmpi1, did not respond within the timeout period.
I'm running VMware Server (free download). I have a Windows 2003 Enterprise edition, and running oracle grid 10g. I keep get multiple errors every couple of days. The server will stop responding,...
View ArticleRestarting vmnet-natd after changing nat.conf
I need a way to programatically restart the vmnet-netd process with the correct arguments after changing the natd.conf for a specific interface. Is there an easier way than doing a "ps", grabbing the...
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VMware Server Console RootKit Vulnerability ??
Hi all, I am posting this comment to see if there isn't a security hole in the VMware Server Console Connection. It seems that a RootKit called: sucKIT (Version 1.3a, Jun 5 2006)...
View Articlesuspended VM doesn't want to resume but can't reset it either.
So, I suspended a VM and now it can't resume, fails with vmdb error after about 5 minutes, during which time vmware-serverd is doing nothing but spinning on CPU doing time() and read() repeatedly...
View ArticleVMware Server seems to collide with HP Proliant Management software
Anyone encountering this error on start of a newly loaded HP Proliant host? It happens (popup window on login) AFTER VMware Server 1.0.1 is installed and the host is restarted, and every restart...
View ArticleMy Virtual Windows XP machine takes up too much space
I have a virtual Windows XP machine running on VMware Server with Ubuntu 6.06 as the guest. The virtual machine runs perfect. I have alloted 8GB to the machine. However when it takes up 15GB on the...
View ArticleEasy backup Solution for Vmware Server on Windows
I know there are others out there, and probably better written, but I wanted something simple, and repeatable. Using Windows Task Scheduler, I used the following 4 scripts. Just be sure to allow enough...
View ArticleGive guest exclusive or raw access to IDE CD-RW?
Hello all,I'm having a problem getting some functionality I'd like out of VMware Server... my goal is to create a VM that can burn a Lightscribe label onto a cd using a normal Lightscribe CD-RW drive....
View ArticleWindows XP terrible slow as a guest
Hi all, I have setup a Windows XP guest on a debian host using vmware server 1.0.1. All works ok, except viedo acceleration. Windows is terribly sloow open menus, checkboxes, etc ... Somebody knows...
View ArticleQuad core Xeon, VMWare and multithreading etc....
Can anyone advise how Virtual Server (that is multiple VMs) will respond/behave on Server 2003 Enterprise 64bit using quad core Xeons.Specficially, each VM is NOT multithread capable across ALL CPUs in...
View ArticleVirtual Machine not starting (No error message)
When i try and start a Virtual Machine sometimes the virtual machine will not start. The screen with the "start" and "Edit" turns to the blank screen, but then nothing else happens, the usual HDD,...
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...
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VMServer Error: Cannot open the disk 'xxxx'...Failed to Lock the file
Hello, When I tried to startup my VM on VMServer running 1.01 build 29996 I get the following error: Cannot open the disk ' C:\....vdmk' or one of the snapshots it depends on. Reason: Failed to lock...
View ArticleCannot open the disk after using vmware-vdiskmanager
Hey Proffesional Pals! I am in trouble.i had a very fine W2K server operating but just run out of disk space.I have just expanded the disk using vmware-vdiskmanagerAnd was 100% done on a Linux Host.On...
View ArticleCreating a virtual linux router
Hi,I have an intranet Linux server with 2 NICs, one is the Internet NIC and the other the intranet NIC. I'm thinking of creating a Linux VM that will be used a router, so, the Linux client will have to...
View ArticleGetting Exception 0xc0000005 (access violation) has occurred.. HELP!
We're running GSX Server 3.2.0 and I'm using VMware Server Console 1.0.1 build -29996. Anyway I'm getting the error Exception 0xc0000005 (access violation) has occurred and my Console shuts down. I...
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