Using Multiple Redo Logs on 1 master image
I currently use GSX and im trying to figure out how to run mutiple Windows 2000 server guests but with only 1 base read only image (that never gets changed) using redo logs. Prime reason is because...
View ArticleCD-ROM and DVD-ROM always spinning. Reason?
Hello, I have a new Dell PowerEdge 800 Server with SuSE 9.2 Professional host OS and latest VMWare GSX 3.1 Server. Even with no guest running all CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives are permanently spinning if a...
View ArticleDHCP with Bridged network ....
Hi. I must admit I am more familiar with ESX than with hosted products but I am getting a very weired issue when trying to work with GSX (3.1 latest build) on my XP box (XP1) for test purposes. The...
View ArticleVMware-mui Permission Denied
1.0.0-28343 on CentOS linux 4.3 x86_64 ive had this working before but now i get 'Permission denied' when i try and log into the mui. /var/log/vmware-mui/error_log contains lines below any ideas ?...
View ArticleThe parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created
I have a problem with a server that won't start after a resize of the disk using vmware-vdiskmanager.Unfortunately I didn't knew that disks with a snapshot isn't supported, so I resized the disk anyway...
View Articleinstall error "you will have to configure the vmware site manually"
hey gusy- I thought I would give vmware a shot- so I installed it on my win2k3 sp1 box. Upon installation, I got this error : "warning 25301. IIS configuration failed. You will have to configure the...
View ArticleKswapd process taking up to 98% during backup of VM Host
kswapd process is taking up 98% CPU utilization when backing up host OS using FDR backup software. This has caused slow performance on the all client OS. I have talked to VMWare support and they told...
View ArticleGSX on Windows XP host - Real World Experience?
I am about to install GSX on my Windows XP host because my HP workstation does not allow me to install any Windows Server OS. I am actually using GSX as an upgraded Workstation because I need to...
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 ArticleHost Hardware advice? Comments on GSX reliability/robustness?
I know that newbie posts about hardware can be annoying; hopefully the group won't mind helping me out. My need is to be able to support a small workgroup: 15 to 20 users; standard office stuff...
View ArticleProblems with installation of VMware Server Console - hal problem
I just want to share my experience with installation of VMware Server on my Slackware Linux. I am using slackware-current with Free Rock Gnome (FRG). The files I downloaded from VMware site on...
View ArticleVpn 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 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 ArticleVirtual Network Settings greyed out in VMware Server Console
Hi, I am using VMware Server v1.0.0 build-28343 on CentOS 4.3. CentOS was installed from the 'server' iso image When I ran vmware-config.pl I chose to automatically discover network addresses for NAT...
View ArticleError: 511 Error connecting to vmserverdWin32.exe process
Hi, Need help, the VMserver seems fail to start on my PC. When trying to connect to local host, I got this error: 511 Error connecting to C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Server\vmserverdWin32.exe...
View Articlewindows host / linux guest / network scanner against vmware nat
Hello! I have VMware Server running on Windows XP Pro with a Gentoo Linux guest system. The network setting in VMware is "NAT". When I scan with NMAP on the Linux system, my task manager on the host...
View ArticleClients cant connect to Internet. LAN & Intranet ok
Hello together A SBS2k3 SP1 (without ISA) with activated internal Firewall. 2 Nic´s.On the Server VMWare Server is installed with a XP Pro Guest System.With the Server (Host) a Internet connection...
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 ArticleInvalid system disk
This is my first experience with VMware. I recently built a new machine and installed SuSE 10.1 -- twice. The first time I installed VMware Server from the tarball. For a variety of reasons, within a...
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