Stand Alone or VM
I've just inherited a mess of a network, but fortunately, some assets are on VMs. Access to the machines is via VNC, RDP, SSH and/or console. What I am wondering is, is there any way to tell once...
View Article'operating system not found' message after image restore
I'm new to to VMware server. I used Drive Image xml to image my Windows 2003 server and then booted to the Ulitmate Boot CD for Windows in the VM to restore the image.I used windows disk manager to...
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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...
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Vmware Server 2 Error!
Dear All,i managed to install Vmware server 2 on centos 5.9, however i am able to connect to the web interface after 10 second it kicks me off and comes with error!can someone please explain how to fix...
View ArticleUnable to delete "lock" files
I've a couple of old "lock" files from a long-dead host backup that I'd like to delete. However, whenever I attempt to delete them I get messages that indicate that I cannot do so. Using a Windows 7...
View ArticlePermissions problem! I locked myself out of one of the images.
Greetings, I did a bone-headed thing... I was expirementing with permissions and in one of my "test" images I added "Users role Read-Only on This object" but I didn't realize that as an "Administrator"...
View Articlevmrun - Error: The specified service provider was not found
Hi, i've installed vmware-server 2 on Gentoo 2008.0. Installed Versions: vmware-server 2.0.1.156745-r3 vmware-modules 1.0.0.24 vmware-vix 1.6.2.156745-r2 Everything works fine from a remote machine,...
View ArticleFirefox 3.6 and vmware remote console doesn't open.
After upgrading to firefox 3.6 I can't open up my virtual machine through the browser. I downgraded to 3.5 and it worked. This is the message I get: Cannot access virtual machine console. The...
View ArticleError while powering on: The process cannot access the file because it is...
After installation of Windows 2008, my player operates fine. When I close the program and attempt to play it again, I get, "Error while powering on: The process cannot access the file because it is...
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...
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VMware Server Web Access Service Not Starting
Hello -- I am having an issue where the Tomcat Apache Web Service won't start on my server. I am running on a Windows Small Business Server 2011. It has Apache Tomcat 6 installed. By looking at the...
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...
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...
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Vmware server 2 - Problem with snapshots
Hi,I have a problem regarding snapshots in a virtual machine.My server has the bellow identity:VMware Infrastructure Web AccessVersion 2.0.0Build 128374VMware ServerVersion 2.0.1Build 156745The...
View ArticleProblem starting a Virtual Machine, hangs at 95 %
Hi I created an XP vm on a Vista 64 host and when I try to launch it status hangs at 95%... (the OS has not yet been installed that`s what I'm trying to do) Does anyone knows what the problem...
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....
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Cannot connect to any USB device on my virtual machines
Hallo, need HELP. i had 3 virtual machines (1xW2k3 DC and 2xW2k3 as an virtual Cluster) with Virtual Server 1.05 on my Laptop (XP SP2) created. USB functions great. Then our IT installs Vista SP1 on...
View ArticleUnable to connect to Guest when Host is not connected to Internet!!
I know this may sounds odd, but when I was out at a library I noticed I couldn't connect to the remote virtual machine. and when I could get back home everything was fine. Then I disabled my wireless...
View Article"vmauthd event ID 100 - cannot connect to VMX" in event log & "Failed to read...
Hi, I have a problem with VMware server 2.0 running on Windows 2003: Guests do not start when VMware server starts. Instead vmauthd error is logged in event log and hostd.log. I already checked...
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