Hi guys,
I have problem to move/copy vmware Server 2.0 vm from one physical server to another.
Orig physical server: Intel 1530CLR server with WinXP x64 Pro installed.
Destination server: Intel 1530AHLX server with WinServer 2003 R2 x64 installed.
On both servers VMware server 2.0 installed. VM's OS is RHEL ES 4.4 32bit.
The VM works perfectly on the orig server, but I have to move it to another machine. I switched off the VM, copied the whole directory to the same path on the destination server. Then I'm trying to add the VM in VMware server 2.0.
I'm receiving the following error:
<quote>The selected virtual machine is not recognized on this system. The cause of this problem may be that the virtual machine's .vmx file is corrupted, or that the virtual machine version is newer than is recognized by the host. You can remove the virtual machine from the inventory if you believe that it is not recoverable.Click the link below to remove the virtual machine from the inventory.Remove Virtual MachineTo help diagnose the issue, you can check the virtual machine files at their last known location: "[Virtual Machines] VSTESTS/VSTESTS.vmx" </quote>
Another thing which I tried to do is to create new VM and to attach the .vmdk file.. but another error here: "The selected file is not a valid virtual disk file. Please choose a different one"..
However, I uninstalled (on the destination server) the VMware server, and installed VMware player - and hooray!.. the VM is running.
It's not a specific Virtual Machine, because I tried to copy another two VM, and same result here..
So, the conclusion is that it's not a hardware fault (it works on VMware Player), but some annoying configuration miss.
I have these files within the VM folder:
ILLINUXVS01.nvram
ILLINUXVS01.vmdk
ILLINUXVS01.vmsd
ILLINUXVS01.vmxf
ILLINUXVS01-flat.vmdk
vmware-0.log
vmware-1.log
vmware-2.log
vmware.log
VSTESTS.vmsd
VSTESTS.vmx
VSTESTS.vmxf
This is the content of VSTESTS.vmx file:
.encoding = "windows-1255"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "7"
floppy0.present = "FALSE"
mks.enable3d = "TRUE"
pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge4.functions = "8"
pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.functions = "8"
pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.functions = "8"
pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
nvram = "ILLINUXVS01.nvram"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
ft.secondary0.enabled = "TRUE"
tools.upgrade.policy = "upgradeAtPowerCycle"
powerType.powerOff = "soft"
powerType.powerOn = "hard"
powerType.suspend = "hard"
powerType.reset = "soft"
displayName = "VSTESTS"
extendedConfigFile = "VSTESTS.vmxf"
memsize = "512"
ide0:0.present = "TRUE"
ide0:0.fileName = "ILLINUXVS01.vmdk"
ide0:0.writeThrough = "TRUE"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "D:\Virtual Machines\Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4 Update 4 (x86)\RHEL4-U4-i386-ES-disc4.iso"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
ide1:0.allowGuestConnectionControl = "FALSE"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.allowGuestConnectionControl = "FALSE"
ethernet0.features = "1"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet0.networkName = "Bridged"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
usb.present = "TRUE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"
guestOS = "rhel4"
uuid.location = "56 4d d2 68 6f 66 55 1f-82 95 43 f3 d6 03 76 70"
uuid.bios = "56 4d d2 68 6f 66 55 1f-82 95 43 f3 d6 03 76 70"
vc.uuid = "52 4d 4b 87 e8 36 f2 12-fd 23 1d 81 48 71 f6 5b"
ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:03:76:70"
tools.syncTime = "FALSE"
ide0:0.redo = ""
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728"
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
usb.pciSlotNumber = "32"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "33"
ehci.pciSlotNumber = "34"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "35"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
vmci0.id = "2040435782"
Please advise,
Thanks.