Convert ext3 image / loop to vmdk?
I'm in a little bit of a jam... without going into details I will explain this as simple as I can. I have a loop image (ext3) that resides on a windows share. I need to convert this to a...
View ArticleRunning out of free space in this directory may corrupt the virtual machine's...
I've been running vmware server 2 for like 6 months now and all of a sudden this week I keep getting this error in VMware Infrastructure Web Access. Its a popup question with Ignore and Continue as...
View ArticleIntel Motherboard DG31PR no VT option available in the BIOS
I have an Intel DG31PR motherboard with an Intel e4600 CPU. I'd like to install a 64-bit OS in VMWare Workstation 6.5, but it says my host is not capable. I've read that I need to enable the VT...
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 ArticleDecoderIsInvalidInstruction:686 0xd0aa700d
Hi, i'm trying to diagnose a kernel panic that i'm getting on a linux virtual machine CentOS 5.3. When the kernel panic happens the last two lines on the vm log file contains the folowong string:...
View ArticleVMware Server 2.0.x webAccess interfaces flakey... "web service not available"
I've been having this problem for a while. Sometimes when I try to login or even after I login I get kicked out of the web GUI with "web service not available" message. I've seen this posted all over...
View Articlebad username or password
Hi, I am a students studying WM ware. I have downloaded VM Ware 2.0 successfully, BUT when I open up the icon I geta a logon screen. Login failed due to a . bad username or password. How...
View Article32bit 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...
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High idle CPU load after upgrade to server 2
Hi, I have two similar machines running vmserver, and one is exhibiting very high CPU load when all machines are idle. What should I look for to identify the problem ? Details: I have two servers to...
View ArticleBug: not well-formed comment in WebAccess.properties file
Much in the same line of discussion of my previous post (http://communities.vmware.com/thread/218890), there's another type of error spotted by Firefox's Error console. It happens with the file:...
View ArticleDirect 3d acceleration
I've tried researching this on my own and forgive me if I missed an obvious how-to but I'm attempting to enable direct3d acceleration on vmware server 2 beta. I see experimental support for VMW but...
View ArticleBridged vmnet interface duplicates broadcast packets
Hi everyone, I found that a bridged vmnet interface duplicates broadcast packets. I have a physical machine (vmhost, 10.10.252.254 on eth1) running several virtual machines. One of the virtual...
View ArticleVMware Server webAccess fails except from localhost, and guest power-down...
I'm experiencing a rather bizzare problem since I updated to RHEL 5.4 and vmware-Server.2.0.2 (rpm). vmware-config.pl completes without problems, but the webAccess console doesn't work at all. If I ssh...
View ArticletestAutomation-fd: File not found
I'm getting a spam of these messages in hostd.log and am currently unable to power on any VM's after having upgraded the kernel and vmware: 2009-11-18 00:05:04.907 'Libs' 139973486790992 info]...
View Articlewindows 2003 guest with slow network speed
I have vmware server 2 installed on Windows 2008 host. There are a few windows 2003 enterprise guests and they all have poor utilization of my host network. My host has 1Gbps connection and it is...
View ArticleVmware Server and T-Mobile Huwaei BroadBand Stick
Hi All, I came across this post in the woskstation discussions and its exactly the same issue as I am seeing: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1509413 The issue is that I cannot disable the VMware...
View ArticleCentOS 5.5 with VMWare & OpenVZ
I am running a CentOS 5.5 system which does NOT support VT Technology, so I am unable to use Xen HV. I am very happy with OpenVZ other than the fact that it doesn't support Windows, only Linux. I'd...
View ArticleWhen NAT is used Guest OS can't setup TCP connection but UDP is ok
I'm using VMWare Server 2 on WIndows 7 x64 and set up VM with NAT connection to the host. However I just found I can connect to outside with UDP from the VM but TCP connections always fail....
View Articlerunning vmware-vim-cmd as non-root
I have installed VMware Server 2.0.2 on CentOS 5.5 and configured a regular (non-root) user account as the VMware administrator.This works fine when using the web access interface, but the command line...
View Articlemsg.vmxaiomgr.retrycontabort.rudeunplug strikes again
Hello, I get this message msg.vmxaiomgr.retrycontabort.rudeunplug:Operation on file "D:\Virtual_Machines\Arbeit\Arbeit.vmdk" failed.... The last thing I have done in this VM was installing Microsoft...
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