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 ArticleThe drive cannot find the sector requested.
I have a Blackberry enterprise server, running in Windows 2003 SP2, running on VMWare Server2. When doing a snapshot backup using AppAssure Replay4 application I am getting the following error in 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 ArticleProblem with programs connecting behind bridged DMZ
Oddly complex question, but if it wasn't, I'd have figured it out after having tried to fix it for 6 hours.... -_- Anyhow, I'm trying to run a server on the virtual machine. The VM is on a bridged...
View ArticleGuest VM uses 300% more memory
I have four hypervisor hosts. They are all running VMWare Server 2.0.2 Build 203138. Hosts 1-3 are Windows Server 2003 Enterprise SP2, 32-bit. Host 4 is Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard. I have 5 guest...
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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 ArticleHow to Migrate VM from ESXi to Server 2.0?
We are facing temporary resource constraints and wish to move VMs from our cloud ESXi environment to a vmware server 2.0 environment. We have a 500Mbps link between the two. What are the options for...
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 Articlemsg.vmxaiomgr.retrycontabort.rudeunplug:Operation on file...
Hi there, Anybody knows what this error message means: "msg.vmxaiomgr.retrycontabort.rudeunplug:Operationon file ".\PhysicalDrive1" failed.If the file resides on a remote file system, please make...
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VMware 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 ArticleVIA Nehemiah CPU, linux 2.6.26.5 and vmware Server 2.0
Hi! I am using vmware since about one year on my quite slow machine - worked great for small systems.Via Nehemiah 1GHz, 1GB RAM, Debian Etch with selfcompiled kernel 2.6.26.5. vmware server 1.0.4 run...
View ArticleUSB webcams only recognized as audio device (Ubuntu 8.04 host system)
While it was possible to use USB webcams within vmware-server 1.x, the 2.0 version only detects them as audio devices. As an example a plugged in Logitech Quickcam shows up as "Logitech Audio Device"...
View ArticleProblem unzipping the file after its downloaded
I went to the site downloaded the server 2.0 for debian the TAR versionOnce this is done i try unzipping it and it give me the following HELP. ! C:\Documents...
View ArticleVMware Server and Shorewall?
Hey! I've hit a dead end and would greatly appreciate a little help if anyone would kindly guide me in the right direction. The setup currently stands with a ubuntu 8.10 server running vmware server...
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 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 ArticleVMWare Tools install hangs
Hello all - Bit of a VM newbie here, so please have mercy :). Running VMW Server 2.0 on Vista SP1 32-bit - no problems. Guest OS is fully patched W2k Pro, also running without problems (this is...
View ArticleHow to add vmnet10, 11, 12, 13...
Dear All, I would like to configure a number of custom networks within VMware Server 2.0 and have noted that the VMware Server 2.0 User Guide states that up to 255 virtual switches can be added under...
View Articleusing VMrun to start/stop a linux guest OS on a windows host
We have a windows server 2003 running vmware server 2.the virtuale machine is located at "F:\Virtual Machines\server\SUSE.vmx"the guest system is a linux Suse. i'm trying to start and stop the guest...
View ArticleDeleting "Starting... 95% done" hung vm from inventory
Hi, I ran into that famous problem where a VM fails to start and we see the progress marked as "95%" starting. Then I deleted that VM, the files aren't there on the server's disk anymore, neither...
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