Install vmware server on debian custom kernel.
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View ArticleHow to clone a Windows 2003 virtual machine with all data, software, etc.
I read the information on cloning a Windows 2000 server however I have two Windows 2003 Virtual Servers that I want to clone. The servers include network configurations and software. Is this done the...
View Articlevmwsvr console turns off numlock led when moving mouse from guest to host
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View ArticleBlack Screen on console?
Hello Forum,i've VMWARE Console installed on my machine (XP Prof), and i get the connection to the server, but i see only a black screen from the virtual machines, but the server reacts on inputs or...
View ArticleHow to merge the new disk space as original virtual disk?
Hello, My VMware GSX 3.2 server is running out of disk space, so I have assign more disk space from my HOST machine by the following steps: 1) select "VM" in the menu of VMware Virtual Machine...
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Hello I have installed VMware GSX 3.2 in a Dell 6850 with 4 NICs, two Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit (on board) and two Intel PRO/1000 MT. When I create my VMnets using the Broadcoms they work ok, but...
View ArticleBlack screen on Virtual Machine console (remote)
All right folks, I've read about 12 other threads about this and nothing has worked to fix my problem. Loaded VM console on my workstation (XP x64) and connect to GSX 3.2.1 on 2003 x64 host.Try to open...
View ArticleVMware Server installs as Workstation
Hi,I just installed VMware Server on a Debian Sarge. Installation worked fine. Then I tried to install the MUI. But it proclaimed: VMware Server must be installed on this machine for the VMware...
View ArticleSupport for thin clients via RDP
Does the server product offer native RDP support; I know it has its own client for remote access of machines. I have been doing some research on thin client machines such as...
View ArticleSlow VM because of I/O on host system? (VMEM file)
Hello! VM: Windows XPHost: Linux 64bit, 2.6.15.6System: Opteron 175, 4 GB RAM, 2 fast disks in RAID0 I noticed a huge performance hit in the VM when the host system does disk I/O. Whenever I have some...
View ArticleConsole Access
I have an XP (SP2) laptop, connecting to a RHEL3.0 server running VMware Server beta. I have installed everything on the server side, and can access the console of the guests from any location, except...
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Hello, I am using Windows XP as a Host OS on an IBM X41 Tablet and have Ubuntu 5.10 installed as a Guest OS using the latest VMWare Server Beta. My setup includes a bridged network. I was wondering if...
View ArticleWindows - write caching off
I recently set up a Windows 2003 64-bit server, with one virtual host, also Windows 2003 64-bit. The performance was terrible. Both servers would run, but when any load was put on them - copying...
View ArticleUnable to use multiple interfaces / VMNet
We are trying to set up the VMWare Server Beta 2 on a Linux host to use multiple bridged interfaces: "The following bridged networks have been defined:. vmnet0 is bridged to eth0. vmnet1 is bridged to...
View ArticleGuest can't ping Host on bridged network; can ping other devices on network
Ok, this is the ODDEST thing. First, the problem and then I will give you my configuration.... My Guest machine can ping other devices on the physical network but cannot ping the host machine at all....
View ArticleVMWare-Tools on SuSE 10.0 and 10.1: Problem with YAST
A friendly hello to anybody reading this.First of all excuse my english as it is not my native language. I have a VMWare Server build 23869 on Windows XP(same happens on Workstation 5.5) and created a...
View ArticleDoes VMware Server support an IEEE-1394 FireWire Interface?
I am running VMware Server on RedHat Linux Enterprise 4.0. I created a Virtual Machine on VMware, running MS Windows XP Professional and am running an MS Windows application in the MS Visual Studio...
View Articlevmware-serverd uses primary console ttyS0, gets SIGHUP on creating vm
Hi all I have a Linux server (Debian 3.1, kernel 2.6.8-2-686-smp) on which I've installed VMWare server. The server is configured with a serial console on ttyS0 to permit remote management - the kernel...
View ArticleGuests do not start anymore... VMware Server RC1 Build 24927
Hello, after updating to the RC1 I can't start my virtual machines any more ;( Host: Windows 2000 Server; domain member. While booting, I get the message produced by host: "At least one service or...
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