32bit 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 ArticleIPv6 connectivity between guest and host
Hi all, Hope I got the right place, I find this forum structure very confusing. Anyway. Situation is this: I have a dual-stack network using router advertisments, putting all systems on the...
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Networking 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 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 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 ArticleAdding Hardware to VM
I am trying to add a CDROM to my VM using the "Add Hardware Wizard." The only option I can select is to use an ISO image, it will not allow me to use a physical drive on the host. Is this a bug or is...
View ArticleDataStore on portable drive not read
I have a VM on a portable drive. To add the VM to inventory, I had to create a datastore that points to the portable drive. On bootup of the server, the portable drive is not connected but is plugged...
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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 ArticleVmWare Server revert to snapshot from command line
Please, please please. Somebody knows how can I revert to snapshot with vmware Server? Thanks in advanced!
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 ArticleHow to add a nic to a VM via command line on vmware server 2.0 using command...
Hi there, I'm trying to add a nic to a VM that does not have one configured using the following command Command usage is: devices.createnic vmid unit number type network vmware-vim-cmd...
View ArticleWindows XP VMs fail to re-register dns
Hi, This subject as been discussed in the past but no solutions of feedback as been posted. HOST VERSION - VMWARE ESX SERVER 3.5 ACTIVE DIRECTORY INTEGRATED - SECURE DDNS with SCAVENGING...
View ArticleNorton Ghost 12 for P to V?
I want to perform a P to V of my old laptop (XP pro) before I decommision it and tried using the facility in ghost 12 to create a vmware disk. However the process did not go as planned. Although the...
View Articlelinux kernel panic only in VMWare environment (CentOS 5.3)
I i'm trying to install CentOS 5.3 in VMWare Server 2.x. The host system is running Windows 2000 SP4 with an AMD Athelon XP 1800 CPU, 1G RAM and an NVidia FX5200. Every time i try to install CentOS 5.3...
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 Articlerun vmware-vmx processes as non-root
I'm sure this question has been asked, but I have no idea of how to phrase my search. My issue is this - we have a NAS that's squashing root, the virtual machines reside on an NFS export on said NAS,...
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 Articleproblem with HostOnly interface
I am using VMware Server 2.0.1 on HP server with OS RHEL5. I have two HP servers on same LAN with same subnet. On the first server, I installed VMware, and created a HostOnly interface, then I get...
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...
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