Alert: Datastore usage on disk
I have some alarms/alerts in vSphere for two servers that say "Alert" and "Datastore usage on disk" I am not sure what these mean, since its a vague alert and I can't view any information about this...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 host, "Power on Virtual Machine" failed to complete...
Hello,I've installed VMware Server 2.0.2 onto a 64 bit Windows 2008 R2 machine [Dell R810 is the model]. I can create virtual machines, but I can't power them on.The first time I try, I get this:"Power...
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 Articlei have a vmdk created by vmware workstation 7 ... i need to create vm using...
i have a vmdk created by vmware workstation 7 ... i need to create vm using that vmdk in vmware server 2.0.2 ??? how ???
View ArticleLatest Version of Download available...
Can someone send me a link to where the latest version of Server 2.0 is available for download ?I do know that this is EOL but we had a server crash and I need to get this re-installed. Cant...
View ArticleGetting started with VMWare - which to choose - workstation, server or ESXi
I have a Dell PowerEdge server with a 4 core 64-bit Intel processor, 12GB RAM, a 500GB SCSI internal drive, a 2TB external eSATA drive, and some random external USB drives used for ad-hoc backup. I...
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...
View Article802.1q tagged frames over vmnet interface
Hello, Have someone experience with transmiting 802.1q tagged (VLAN) frames over vmnet interface (bridge to physical interface)? I have a linux router in vmware, which is capable to send and...
View ArticleDoes "options" work on vmware-vim-cmd command ?
I am wondering about this question because I had to setup a couple of vmware server with non-standard ports, let's say 10902 and 20902. No problems using web interface. but using command line doesn't...
View ArticleVM does not start anymore after moving to a LINUX-Machine
I have a VM which is running under VM Server 2.0 on a W2003 machine perfectly for months. Now, I have a new machine running OpenSuse11, also with VM Server 2. I copied all the files in the...
View ArticleVMWare Server2 on Linux: Guest on raw partiton (i.e. /dev/sdb6)
Hello all, How to create virtual disk mapped directly to raw partition? I just installed VMWare Server 2 on Ubuntu8.04 and can't find this option in virtual machine configuration. Previously I used...
View ArticleVista 64 host - VM won't start
I use ESXi 3.5 at the office and wanted to have a VM center at home to play with different OSes. I have Vista 64bit with 8gb of ram and dual processors. I downloaded and installed VMWareserver 2.0....
View ArticleServer 2008 64 bit very very slow
I have a Dell 2900 with 2 quad xeon processors (8 cores) and 24 gb of memory. This should be good enough to support quite a few virtual mahcines. I currently have windows 2003 x64 servers running, and...
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 disk has become corrupt? Disk is invalid/A file was not found.
Hi, I am having some issues with a Vmware virtual disk for one of my virtual machines. The disk is in 2 parts as I had created a snapshot previously, but it did not merge when i removed the...
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 ArticleHost with Intel Core i7
Hi all, I'd want to buy a notebook with Intel Core i7 and I'dwant to use VMWare on Windows 7 as host and boot a linux SO asguest. Is Core i7 a problem? Which type of processor would see linux SOguest?...
View ArticleDedicated Server with 2 IP Addresses
I have a dedicated server with two IP addresses on which I want to run an Ubuntu VM and a W2003 VM, my inention is to run them off separate IP's so that I can have Port 80 going to either of them...
View ArticleInstall VMware server 2 on Debian Squeeze 2.6.38
Hello, I want to ask you if you have some experience with instalation VMware server 2 on Debian Squeeze 2.6.38. I followed this...
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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