Getting console full screen mode to true full screen mode
Greetings everyone! I am using VMWare Infrastructure Web Access w/ VMWare Server 2.0.0. This is on a Windows machine with CentOS as my virtual OS. Full screen mode (Cntrl-Alt-Enter) works...
View ArticleMissing "/etc/vmware/locations" file
Hello Everyone, I'm running VMware Server 2.0.1 on an RHEL 5 host. I wanted to change the configuration of VMware Server by running vmware-config.pl. As a result, I powered off all of the VMs and...
View ArticleVMware Server webAccess fails except from localhost, and guest power-down...
I'm experiencing a rather bizzare problem since I updated to RHEL 5.4 and vmware-Server.2.0.2 (rpm). vmware-config.pl completes without problems, but the webAccess console doesn't work at all. If I ssh...
View ArticleFedora Unable to print to Network Printer
When I had Fedora installed directly on my computer at school I was able to print to our network printer (HP Laserjet 4000 Series shared on Windows Server 2003 server). However all the computers at...
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Networking in a VM : can ping but can't browse !!!
Hello. This might sound trivial, but obviously I'm missing something here... So here's the setup : I have a Windows 2008 server (Web Edition) ; this server has a network card that's got a public IP...
View ArticleIPv6 connectivity between guest and host
Hi all, Hope I got the right place, I find this forum structure very confusing. Anyway. Situation is this: I have a dual-stack network using router advertisments, putting all systems on the...
View ArticleQuestion on VT-D support
I am trying to determine if Server 2 has the capability of using VT-D (Intel's directed I/O) to passthrough a network adapter (or other pci-based hardware). I can't seem to find documentation as to...
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 ArticleServer fails to boot when non-system volume is attached
We are currently receiving the following error from ESXi 5 upon booting one virtual machine:Event Details:Type:infoDescription:Message on Metric-Backup on esxi.spartan.local in ha-datacenter: There is...
View ArticleHost-Only networking not working
Hi everyone, I have been trying to get host-only networking working for two days now. This is my setup: Host: Debian 6.0.5, 64bit; VMware Server 2.0.2 build-203138; located in a data centerGuest:...
View ArticleHow to Migrate VM from ESXi to Server 2.0?
We are facing temporary resource constraints and wish to move VMs from our cloud ESXi environment to a vmware server 2.0 environment. We have a 500Mbps link between the two. What are the options for...
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 ArticleESXi or VMware Server on Big Machine
Okay, I am getting a replacment for my little 4 core 1U machine that I have run for the last 18 months and getting a large 16 core 48G machine, and now I have to figure out how to best utilize it....
View ArticleVista - VMware Host Agent Service Hostd fails with Event ID 7024 error...
-Services-Windows could not start the VMware Host Agent on Local Computer. For more information, review the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer...
View ArticleVMs power on stuck at 95%
Hello virtual people, I have a serious issue with VMware Server 2 on Windows Vista x64. When I try to power on a virtual machine, it stucks at 95% on the "Power On Virtual Machine" task. It...
View ArticleCan't stop vm through vmrun command
The following command always hangs there, i also tried use WEBGUI to stop the computer, failed too. vmrun -T server -h https://172.17.5.111:8333/sdk -u root -p aaaa stop "[vm] WindowsXP Professional...
View ArticleThe network bridge on device vmnet0 is temporarily down because the bridged...
I have instaled Vmware server 2.01 in Ubuntu 9.04 - Jaunty Jackalope, but the virtual machines have problems to connect : "The network bridge on device vmnet0 is temporarily down because thebridged...
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Moving vm server
Hello,I'm trying to move a windows 2003 vm server to a new host. The new host is configured, and ready to go. Both are on x64. When I start up the vm server on the new faster host, it shows that...
View Articleovftool "Couldn't resolve host name
I'm trying to create a new VM and have started with this command ovftool untanble.ova vi://username:password@ESXhost I've tried all sorts of options after the command but it always returns:...
View ArticleGraceful shutdown of RHEL 5 (CentOS 5) guest on Windows Server 2003 host
Greetings,I have VMware Server 2.0.2 Build 203138 running on a Windows Server 2003 32-bit host. The guest is a RHEL 5 guest that's actually running CentOS 5 (currently 5.7). Everything is fine as far...
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