GSX on Windows 2000 Server with 6GB RAM
Hello, Can anyone tell me if GSX will run or is certified to run on Windows 2000 Server (not Advanced Server) with 6GB of memory. I believe i have to make a change to 2000 Servers boot.ini file to...
View ArticleWin2003 - Server install - Error 1713.
Hi there,while the installation of the vmware server - i get following message. Error 1713. VMware Server Installer cannot install one of its required products. Contract your technical support group....
View ArticleVMXNET is it available in SUSE 10
I could not get this to come up. I had vlance and each time I rebooted I would lose my network connection. I am running GSX 3.2.0. I am just learning linux but a bit of help would be great, thanks
View ArticleMassive performance hit during new VM disk creation
Scenario: SLES9 dual-Xeon host, GSX 3.2, two running Windows 2003 VMs While creating a new VM I specify that I want to create a 25GB virtual disk (all at once, no split), the host and the VMs become...
View ArticleConvert disk to 2GB split files.
There is a GUI tool to convert disk types. Can someone refresh my memory as to what it was again?Having a Senior moment. I want to convert a growable .vmdk to a split 2GB disk. Thanks
View ArticleWin2k3 - warning: multiple default gateway's
Has anyone come across this error before in Windows? I've installed vmware server beta3 on a debian host OS. (2.6.8-3-686-smp) I then used our RIS server to run up an existing image of W2k3 as a guest....
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Rebooting Guest Servers takes forever & poor overall performance
Hello, Hoping that someone can point me in the right direction... Summary of environment: HP DL385 Dual Processor server, Opteron 2.4Ghz Processors16GB Ram1.2TB Disks - 300GB - RAID 1 and 900GB - RAID...
View ArticleRun LinuxVM (created on Windows Host) on Linux Host
Is this subject supported on VMWareServer?
View ArticleSerious SQL Server corruption under VMWare Server RC1
Hi...I'm trying to virtualize a small Windows Server 2003 network under VMWare for development and testing. The problem I am encountering is while guesting SQL Server 2000 SP4 on Windows Server 2003...
View Articlerunning VM's from USB HD or NAS
To be able to switch my VM's easily to an other physical server, I was tinking about an external harddrive, possibly one with a network connection. Can someone tell about the perfermance (or lack of)...
View ArticleGuest OS can't detect bootable device
Hi all, I'am using VMware Server Beta and create a VM with an image from a server (PowerQuest Drive Image). When I want to start the first time, the VM can't detect any bootable devices. My...
View ArticleWindows: P2V with nothing but NTBACKUP
I've recently duplicated our producion environment into VM's to allow us to test upgrades and patches without having to arrange outage windows, come in on the weekend or waste a night rebuilding a...
View ArticleAnother backup-the-VM angle: LVM snapshot & Rsync
OK, Still checking out real-time synchronisation (sync or async) possibilities for Vmware server VM's... all solutions seem quite complex to set up. Now I was wondering about a LVM snapshot/Rsync...
View Articlegnu/linux console swaps left handed mouse buttons windows console doesn't !
which is correct behaviour ? btw i'd prefer auto swap my desktop(s) have lefthanded mouse (other peoples have righthanded mice)so when i connect to a vm from the gnu/linux vmware server console it auto...
View Article511 Error connecting to vmserverdWin32.exe
Hello, out of the blue today I started getting the above message. In the application event log I get this message: (no errors in any other log) The description for Event ID ( 100 ) in Source ( vmauthd...
View ArticleWindows 2003R2 Enterprise licensing question
This is found on the MS website: Q. If Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, is used as the host environment, am I granted four virtual licenses? What if VMWare is the host?A. Licensing...
View ArticleVMWare Server starts but no login screen
My VMWare Server session crashed over the weekend due to an internet failure and buffering of millions of files.Now, when starting the virtual machine, the MS Server 2003 load screen comes up, loads...
View ArticleGuest Server Disk Space Allocation
I have a VMware server running on Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition R2. Also, I have four guest servers running Windows 2003 Standard Edition. The question I have is related to the Hard Disk...
View ArticleVT Technology query
Hi All, I have just acquired a Dell D620 with Core Duo 2. Ive installed VMserver 1.0.1 on it and am just playing with a XP and 2003 guests. The servers are out of CONTROL! IT like they are on drugs, I...
View ArticleVMSS file...ok to delete?
My virtual server is running (ie not in suspended state) but for some reason, the VMSS file is still there? any ideas why? Can I delete it?
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