Host 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 ArticleGraceful shutdown of RHEL 5 (CentOS 5) guest on Windows Server 2003 host
Greetings,I have VMware Server 2.0.2 Build 203138 running on a Windows Server 2003 32-bit host. The guest is a RHEL 5 guest that's actually running CentOS 5 (currently 5.7). Everything is fine as far...
View ArticleFailed to expand vmdk
Dear VMWare community, I wanted to expand the virtual disc of a vm. I'm using VMWare Server 2 on Windows 7 (64-bit) and the vm runs Ubuntu 10.04. I had assigmed 20GB for the vmdk but I run out of space...
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 ArticleVMtools 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 Articledmp files being created after uninstall
Hello, I am not sure I am posting in the correct section but here goes.We have a few servers that started running out of space on the C drive. After investigating we found that VMWare was still sending...
View ArticleVCenter Server Service crashing
I'm new to supporting VCenter and on our VCenter Server, the VCenter Server Service keeps crashing at startup. I've attached our log file and I hope someone can help me out. Researching the various...
View Articlenew virtualization server & gpu
i'm in the process of spec'ing new hardare for a virtualization server for home. decied on ESXi for the OS. some graphics intensive games will be on windows guests and some on linux guests. as for a...
View Articlekernel 3.2 early excption 0d on vmware server and workstation
Hi all I'm running debian lenny on vmware server 2 and all is working fine with my built kernel 2.6.35-14. I have built a new kernel 3.2.31 with quite the same options and it crashes on boot with an...
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...
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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 Article"Error 1718. File was rejected by digital signature policy" when installing...
We ran into the following error when trying to install VMWare Server 2.0 - on Windows Server 2003. "Error 1718. File was rejected by digital signature policy" There is a hotfix available to resolve...
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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...
View Articlecannot connect Windows Server 2003 R2 guest to internet
I have had constant problems with getting my server connected to the internet. At first, all I had to do was install VMware tools to get the network driver. Then, after I installed all the critical...
View ArticleNot finished installation of the guest machine
I have VMware server 2.0.2 on the Windows 2008 R2 serverI tried to install VM “Windows 7 – 64 bit”All procedure looks good, but it not finished.It freeze in windows “Install Windows” on the step...
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 Articlevmnet0 subnet 255.2.. / Limited or no connectivity
We have installed VMware server 2.0 on 64 bit Windows Server 2003. The vmnet0 is appearing with a strange subnet mask of 255.255.255.255and we can't find out why. VM guests getting Limited or...
View Articlevmware-server 2.0 audio and pulseaudio on the host (Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy")?
Has anyone got vmware-server 2.0 audio and pulseaudio running on the same host (Ubuntu 8.04 in my case). I notice that although version 2.0, vmware server seems to be still stuck in the "OSS stoneage"...
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 ArticleBlue screen (BAD_POOL_CALLER) when starting windows xp in vmware server 2
Since an unexpected reboot of the Linux machine (Ubuntu 8.10), the windows XP Professional that was installed in the vmware server 2 machine stopped working. Now everytimei turn it on, a blue screen...
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