Quad Core host - disable or enable hyperthreading?
Dear all, Thanks for taking the time. New to the forum and to VMs. I have read up as much as I can before posting but are not 100% sure of the answer to my question. I know with old Intel...
View ArticleConfiguration file cannot be found
Hi,after a power failure, we have this issue on our vmware server..We have installed 7 virtual machines, only 2 of them are now recognized and running.for the other 5, we get an "configuration file...
View ArticleGuest can't be reached from the outside
Here's my situation. I have 3 network interfaces on one NIC.They all three have a different IP: eth0 eth0:1eth0:2 eth0 and eth0:1 both are being used by IP's for some server services. Now I...
View ArticleWindows 2003 Standard 4 CPU 4 GB memory limitation
Windows 2003 Standard has a 4 cpu and 4 GB memory recognition limitation. But when virtualizing a physical server that is running Windows 2003 Standard, would it be possible to allocate more than 4...
View ArticleCan't move VM in vmware server 2 from one host to another
Hi,I want to move a currently working VM from one host to another.The details are:1. Both hosts are running Vmware Server 2 their hardware specs are different.2. I created the VM using VMware Server...
View ArticleHost 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 ArticleMigrate ProxMox VMs to VMWare???
I see plenty of links talking about how to migrate VMWare VMs to ProxMox, but I haven't been able to find even one in the other direction! Can anyone provide instructions for migrating a ProxMox VM to...
View ArticleI want Install window 7 or window xp Dual Os in single vm image
I want Install window 7 or window xp Dual Os in single vm image window 7 or window vista install successfully on vm ware server in one image like dual boot but after install window 7 i have face the...
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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 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 ArticleError trying to increase vmdk hard disk capacity "file already exists"
I'm trying to expand a SCSI VMDK on VMware Server 2 build 122956 running on Windows Server 2008 x64 that does not have any snapshots. When I shut down the VM, go to edit Hard Disk 1 (SCSI 0:0) and...
View ArticleNew install Cannot access data stores
I am trying to create a new virtual machine on my Vmware 2 server that I just installed on Cent OS 5.1 and I cannot seem to access the datastores. I have tried every angle but I get the same result....
View ArticleHow to Install Ubuntu Linux on Windows XP using VMware Server - Thanks to...
Ubuntu linux installation is painless as explained in this document. Ubuntu is a valuable and completely free distribution of Linux. It is open-source and software libre meaning that it's free of any...
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 Articlei cannot connect client to domain
Hi I am new to oracle. I have just started studying for my AD exam so decided to follow train signal and set up a network. I have 2 DC set up both speaking to one another and updating through active...
View ArticleWant to access vmware machine from host OS using putty
Hi friends ; Host : windows 7 Guest : Linux 5.5 I am using virtual machine version 9 (brigged n/w) I want to connect my vmware machine from putty without LAN connection. I strongly believe it is...
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 ArticleMap or assign USB devices to virtual machines
Hi, I searched this for a while and didn't find any proper solution. Here is my case : I have three virtual machines, one under Linux, and two under WinXP. I also haveat least three USB devices...
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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...
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