Want to access vmware machine from host OS using putty
Hi friends ; Host : windows 7 Guest : Linux 5.5 I am using virtual machine version 9 (brigged n/w) I want to connect my vmware machine from putty without LAN connection. I strongly believe it is...
View ArticleWindows 2003 Standard 4 CPU 4 GB memory limitation
Windows 2003 Standard has a 4 cpu and 4 GB memory recognition limitation. But when virtualizing a physical server that is running Windows 2003 Standard, would it be possible to allocate more than 4...
View Articlemsg.vmxaiomgr.retrycontabort.rudeunplug:Operation on file
Hi FolksI have a guest operating server that keeps getting the error "msg.vmxaiomgr.retrycontabort.rudeunplug:Operation on file"If I abort and restart it comes up but can then for no reason get the...
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 Articlepptp timeout on vm windows server 2008 r2
Hello, on VMware Server 2.0.2 for Windows i have the following setup: Host: Windows Server 2008 R2VM: Windows Server 2008 R2 The VM has a bridged network adapter with its own public IP-Address...
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...
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Virtual Machine suspends randomly?
This one is driving me nuts, I have a virtual machine that randomly suspends itself. I checked the power options inside the VM, it's not set to any power plans (it should stay on). I checked the logs...
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Bootmgr is missing on Windows 2008 server
Hi All, I am receiving this message on one of my vmware servers, and I am desperate to access this drive again as there are database files I need to access that I don't have a copy of anywhere else. I...
View ArticleDuplicate network traffic from guest
When ever I ping something on the local LAN (or WAN), the replies are redirects from the HOST IP, then 4 duplicates of the reply packet from the correct IP. If I ping the host IP, they reply just fine....
View ArticleWindows 2003 system policy for Administrator prevents installation of VMware 2
I am login as Admin, but cannot find the specific policy preventing Windows installer from installing VMware2. The following is the pop up message received: “The system administrator has set policies...
View ArticlePerformance tuning in Server 2.0
Everyone has their favorite list of performance tweaks for the old 1.0 Server product. MemTrimRate, pshare, etc. Has anyone applied these tweaks to the 2.0 product? Do they still help with...
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 ArticleNew install Cannot access data stores
I am trying to create a new virtual machine on my Vmware 2 server that I just installed on Cent OS 5.1 and I cannot seem to access the datastores. I have tried every angle but I get the same result....
View ArticleUbuntu 8.10 Webcam in VM?!?!?
I am struggling here and really need help.I have Ubuntu 8.10 desktop installed and successfully installed VMware server 2.0. I built a Ubuntu guest VM and want to use my USB webcam in the VM but no...
View ArticleVMware server virtual disk creation wizard & utility don't know about...
VMware Server 2.0 running on Vista Ultimate. I have a small system drive mounted as C:, and many large drives mounted in the same file system: C:\vm\mnt\{sg32-a,sg32-b} etc. There is only 160GB free...
View ArticleConvert ext3 image / loop to vmdk?
I'm in a little bit of a jam... without going into details I will explain this as simple as I can. I have a loop image (ext3) that resides on a windows share. I need to convert this to a...
View ArticleMap or assign USB devices to virtual machines
Hi, I searched this for a while and didn't find any proper solution. Here is my case : I have three virtual machines, one under Linux, and two under WinXP. I also haveat least three USB devices...
View Article32bit Windows 2003 Server Won't Start
Hi All, I am new to VMWare server, so bare with me if I sound a bit nooby. I have a server running Windows 2003 SE 32 bit. I used Windows WMware converter Standalone to create a VM from the...
View ArticleRecommended Maximum:(3600 MB) - Can I assign more than this amount of RAM if...
I am running VMwaer 2.0.2 on 64 bit Linux, with 16GB RAM... eahc of the VM images are showing that the max ram i can allocate is Recommended Maximum:(3600 MB), is this correct?
View Articlewindows 2003 guest with slow network speed
I have vmware server 2 installed on Windows 2008 host. There are a few windows 2003 enterprise guests and they all have poor utilization of my host network. My host has 1Gbps connection and it is...
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