VMtools 8.3.12 + Ubuntu 10.10 -- Install Problems
UBUNTU 10.10Linux Kernel 2.6.35-31-generic-pae Always used standard vmtools not open-vm-tools. We have several ubuntu linux servers that are not upgrading properly after the last ESXi updates to the...
View ArticleEdited Hard Drive size of vmdk now wont boot
Hi Guys, I'm quite new when it comes to VMWare and I am running vmware server 2.0. I have a virtual machine that has been humming away nicely for a long time and was setup quite a while a go to host...
View Articlei cannot connect client to domain
Hi I am new to oracle. I have just started studying for my AD exam so decided to follow train signal and set up a network. I have 2 DC set up both speaking to one another and updating through active...
View ArticleVMware 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 ArticleError trying to increase vmdk hard disk capacity "file already exists"
I'm trying to expand a SCSI VMDK on VMware Server 2 build 122956 running on Windows Server 2008 x64 that does not have any snapshots. When I shut down the VM, go to edit Hard Disk 1 (SCSI 0:0) and...
View ArticleHost OS hangs up
Hi, I am having a host OS opensuse 10.2 with vmware server 2.0 installed. I am having XP running virtualized. After some time the host OS hangs up... This is what I have from the log:...
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 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 ArticleIntermittent guest network connectivity loss under network load
Greetings Vmware experts, Fairly new to both Linux and Vmware. I am having an odd issue that I cannot isolate on Vmware Server 2. My Server 2008 guest is intermittently dropping the network...
View ArticleProblems with WMWare Server 2.0 and the VMware® Remote Console - blank screen
I have installed VMWare Server 2.0. I have a problem when I am connecting to the VMware® Remote Console. The window is appearing blank. I have one VM Machine with Red Hat 4 AS working well in...
View Article2nd bridged network not working
I setup a new nic (USB) on my main linux server, I was having DHCP issues (wont get an IP) but if I set it static it works. But I only want to use it for bridged VMs so I did not set an IP. But I...
View Articlevmhgfs.sys causes ASSERT() failure
When I create a VM for Vista x64 on Workstation 6.5 and then 'move' it to Server 2.0, the following ASSERT() occurs (debugger attached, of course). Assertion failed: Missing StreamContext Support:...
View Articleno internet in VM with SBS 2003 on SBS 2008 host
I installed a Virtual Machine with SBS 2003 R2 SP2 on a SBS 2008 Host server. Normally, two computers with SBS in a network will never work, however should the VM with SBS 2003 nevertheless work on a...
View ArticleVMware Server 2.0.1 - Can I Use Image from Mac on an XP box?
VMware server 2.0.1 Mac OSX laptop has working version of Windows XP hosted on it. I created a share on another XP host laptop, and copied the XP image from Mac host to XP host. I now have XP image...
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 ArticleUnable to access serial ports on a VM
Hi, I'm using VMWare Server 2 on a Windows 2003 server. This server has a Digiboard device, a box with 16 serial ports connected to the computer via a serial connection : Server ---> com 1 / com 2...
View ArticleNetworking 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 ArticleQuad Core host - disable or enable hyperthreading?
Dear all, Thanks for taking the time. New to the forum and to VMs. I have read up as much as I can before posting but are not 100% sure of the answer to my question. I know with old Intel...
View ArticleCan't move VM in vmware server 2 from one host to another
Hi,I want to move a currently working VM from one host to another.The details are:1. Both hosts are running Vmware Server 2 their hardware specs are different.2. I created the VM using VMware Server...
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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