Cannot Start VM - File Handle Invalid
I have a recurring problem with VMware Server. The host server is Windows 2008 R2 x64 and the VMs are stored in a datastore hosting on a separate server running Windows 2008 Standard. If the host...
View ArticleVMware server 2.0.2 Bridged network not working
Hi, I've just installed VMware server 2.0.2 on Ubuntu 11.04 Desktop and setted up 2 bridged network. One is bridged to a Ethernet card and the other one is bridged to a wireless card. My problem is...
View ArticleFailed to expand vmdk
Dear VMWare community, I wanted to expand the virtual disc of a vm. I'm using VMWare Server 2 on Windows 7 (64-bit) and the vm runs Ubuntu 10.04. I had assigmed 20GB for the vmdk but I run out of space...
View ArticleWin7/Srv2008 "Cannot execute scripts" Using shutdown vmwawre-vim-cmd
Hello All, I'm having a troubling issue with the vmware-vim-cmd command on all my Windows 7 and Server 2008 machines. I don't recall it being an issue in the past, but recently it has been. Anytime I...
View Articlestandard datastore has 0 GB Capacity and Free Space
Hello, I have installed VMware Server on my host Windows XP SP3 32 bit. Before to create a new Virtual Machine, I have to add new datastore or select existing one - standatd datastore.But my standard...
View ArticleConvert a virtual disk from growable to preallocated - Failure
Hi, I am using "vmware-vdiskmanager" to convert a virtual disk from growable to preallocated. I have had enough of the defrags and poor disk i/o. To do this I have copied the vmwaredisk.vmdk file of...
View ArticleVM not Seeing DVD RW Drive
VMware 2.0.2Windows 7 I've attached the vmware settings box for the drive and the win7 properties tab for the drive. This worked fine yesterday. I confirmed in the host machine that the disc in the...
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Disk I/O Latency increase
2-5 times a day I get a warning in the events log that looks like this... Device naa.600508b1001c2be40929c423819e3359 performance has deteriorated. I/O latency increased from average value of 5627...
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vmdk file showing 0MB
I am unable to start my VM machine due to below error message "Reason: 19 (No such device).Cannot open the disk '/vmfs/volumes/4fc925da-08b6f598-348b-002564fd3fa1/ITS-Treasury/ITS-Treasury.vmdk' or one...
View ArticleAssign valid IP addresses to virtual machines
Hello every one, First of all I wanted to mention that I'm totally new to this virtualization thing and forgive me if this is a dumb question, but I'm really confused about that. So I have a dedicated...
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Missing hardware storage adapters
So I have some hosts that are suddenly missing the hardware iscsi adapters, see screenshots. One shows the expected adapters the other shows them missing. The software adapter shows and the network...
View ArticleThe selected file is not a valid virtual disk file
Hi!, I'm having a problem with one of my virtual machines on VMWARE Server 2. Suddenly, after a server crash, the machine didn't boot up correctly. Apparently something went wrong with the hard disk....
View ArticleGetting error "vcpu-0:DoubleFault @ 0x4020:0xc9420" on vmware server 1.0.6
I was having no issues with vmware on windows 7, recently i brought windows 8 and while trying to start vm i get this error message "vcpu-0:DoubleFault @ 0x4020:0xc9420". I am trying to open an...
View ArticleRandom BSOD on Virtual Server
I've recently joined a company and therefore inherited a number of Virtual machines but one in particular is causing me some concern as it randomly blue screens. The kernel memory dump exceeds 400Mb...
View ArticleCan't shutdown Virtual Machine via VMrun
I have a Windows Server 2003 as host, with VMware Server 2.0 (build 122956), with a Windows XP (SP3) installed as a virtual machine. I'm trying to shut down the image from the host, but I'm having no...
View ArticleMapping scsi passthru to physical sata disk on 2.0.1
System is CentOS 5.3 64 bit running on a quad core AMD phenom with 8gb of ram. There are 4 1TB hitachi sata disks installed in the system, visible as /dev/sda sdb sdc and sdd. sda and sdb are beaing...
View ArticleThe network bridge on device vmnet0 is temporarily down. Why do I need to...
G'day, I'm running VMServer 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.0.4 (Jaunty) hosting CentOS 4.7 guest VMs. I am continually seeing the following message when powering on a guest VM: The network bridge on device vmnet0...
View ArticleWebinterface don't start
Hi, after many tries I can run the 2.0.2 Server Build on my 64Bit Gentoo with Kernel 2.6.28.10 All VM's running, but I had update the portage tree and now the webinterface don't start. All logs...
View ArticleCentOS 5.5 with VMWare & OpenVZ
I am running a CentOS 5.5 system which does NOT support VT Technology, so I am unable to use Xen HV. I am very happy with OpenVZ other than the fact that it doesn't support Windows, only Linux. I'd...
View ArticleHost Profile error
During Host Profile configuration I have the following error:"DNS configuration doesn't match the specification". I read the followind link http://communities.vmware.com/thread/345272 but it does not...
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