Guest network connectivity lost during terminal services logon to host
Hi I have several dell servers running VMware server 2.0.2 on Windows server 2008 R2 On each of these servers I have three or four guests, some guests are running windows server 2003 and others running...
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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 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 ArticleMore than 4GB memory on 32bit Linux with VMWare Server 2?
Hi All, Do you have any experience to use more than 4 GB memory by a 64 bit guest on a 32 bit host OS? The host computer is Intel Core2 Duo T6600 CPU with 4 GB phy. RAM, but I want to upgrade to...
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HOWTO: using a raw disk in VMware Server 2.0
I needed to use a raw physical disk from within a VMware image. This works in VMware Workstation and apparantly also in Server 1.x but somehow the ability to use physical disks was removed from the...
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 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 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 ArticleHost to VM network dodgy (bridge mode)
Problem: Connectivity between the host and the VM randomly drops out. Observed: The problem only seems to occur when the host network cards are teamed and the host OS is Windows 2008 R2 (x64). This...
View ArticleGPU passthrough with vmware
I'm stuck since 2 days trying to have my Graphic card working in a Vmware host. Specifications: - Vvmware ESXi 5.0.0 running on Windows- Ubuntu 10.04 running on host- Graphic card: AMD Radeon 6900...
View Article[VMware server 2.0] Unable to browse datastore on Debian 5.0
Hi everybody, I've installed VMWare server 2.0 on a amd64 based pc under GNU/Linux Debian 5.0 with 2.6.26-1-amd64 kernel. When i try to browse datastore in VMWare VI client 2.0, i've got the...
View ArticleVmware server2 newbie question.
Hallo, To start with on a test env, have installed active directory,openfiler and two vmware server on diffrent pc's. I managed to create a virtual machine on vmwareserver test1 with a iscsci...
View ArticleWindows 2003 Host, Virtual Domain, Permissions
Hey, Apologies if this has been covered before, but I could not find anything using the search. I have a windows 2003 server running VMware Server 2 which hosts a virtual domain controller. My...
View ArticleIntel Motherboard DG31PR no VT option available in the BIOS
I have an Intel DG31PR motherboard with an Intel e4600 CPU. I'd like to install a 64-bit OS in VMWare Workstation 6.5, but it says my host is not capable. I've read that I need to enable the VT...
View ArticleEmulate CD/DVD-RW in host OS with .iso?
Good morning all. I was wondering if there is a way I can connect an .iso file to my host os (win xp pro 64 in this case) so that I can save files dorectly to the .iso. Is there a way I can make the...
View Articlevmware problem with XEON?
Hi Im using Vmware on dedicated server: each 2 Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz 1- in vmware show: 2 CPUs x 2 Cores but i check in SSH we have 8 core ! # cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0...
View ArticleRandom HDD with "\\.\PhysicalDiskX"
Hi, can anyone help with following situation: I have 6 SATA drives on P35 ASUS motherboard and want to install FreeNAS as VM to access a few of 6 HDD directly from VM. Host OS is Windows Server 2008...
View ArticleVMware Server 2.0.1 and latest RHEL5 kernel (both host & guest) = RANDOM...
VMware Server 2.0.1 and latest RHEL5 kernel (both host & guest) = RANDOM REBOOTS ! I have VMware Server 2.0.1 running on CentOS 5.3 (x64 kernel-2.6.18-128.2.1.el5). Lately I started experiencing...
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 ArticleCD/ DVD Drive Not Found Error When editing CD/DVD Properties
Host: CentOS 5.4 - 2.6.18-164.15.1.el5 64-bit, 16 GB RAM, Dell Poweredge R610, VMWare server 2.0.1 build 156745, Web Infrastructure Web Access 2.0.0 build 128374 Guest: Windows 2003 Server Std. fully...
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