GPU passthrough with vmware
I'm stuck since 2 days trying to have my Graphic card working in a Vmware host. Specifications: - Vvmware ESXi 5.0.0 running on Windows- Ubuntu 10.04 running on host- Graphic card: AMD Radeon 6900...
View ArticleThe selected file is not a valid virtual disk file
Hi!, I'm having a problem with one of my virtual machines on VMWARE Server 2. Suddenly, after a server crash, the machine didn't boot up correctly. Apparently something went wrong with the hard disk....
View ArticleVMware 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 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 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 ArticleDriver_IRQL_Not_Less_Or_Equal - Minidump attached
I have a Windows Server 2008 64bit Datacenter edition server running in a VMWare Server 2 environment with a RHEL 5 host. I have just set this machine up, and I'm getting a blue screen, seemingly at...
View ArticleMount a virtual disk?
Did I miss something? I used to down a VM and then mount its virtual disk in order to do a direct backup instead of a .vmdk backup. That doesn't seem to be possible with VMware Server 2? I even...
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 Article802.1q tagged frames over vmnet interface
Hello, Have someone experience with transmiting 802.1q tagged (VLAN) frames over vmnet interface (bridge to physical interface)? I have a linux router in vmware, which is capable to send and...
View ArticleVista - VMware Host Agent Service Hostd fails with Event ID 7024 error...
-Services-Windows could not start the VMware Host Agent on Local Computer. For more information, review the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer...
View ArticleProblems with WMWare Server 2.0 and the VMware® Remote Console - blank screen
I have installed VMWare Server 2.0. I have a problem when I am connecting to the VMware® Remote Console. The window is appearing blank. I have one VM Machine with Red Hat 4 AS working well in...
View ArticleRun Guest OS on Linux (No GUI)
I installed Ubuntu Server 8.10 (No GUI) and VMware Server 2 on my computer. Could I run a guest OS (example Windows XP) on my computer and how control? I only run and control the guest OS from my...
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 ArticleGuest system crash
Hi All, I'm running VMware server on a MAC mini Host OS is Windows 2003 server Guest system is runing Windows XP Pro I have few other system running on the same system all are running well....
View ArticlePermissions problem! I locked myself out of one of the images.
Greetings, I did a bone-headed thing... I was expirementing with permissions and in one of my "test" images I added "Users role Read-Only on This object" but I didn't realize that as an "Administrator"...
View ArticleBug: Syntax errors in some .properties files
I'm using VMWare Server 2.0.1 (in Windows Server 2003 x64) By chance I spotted some syntax errors in some .properties files using Firefox's Error Console. Here are some of them:...
View ArticleMissing "/etc/vmware/locations" file
Hello Everyone, I'm running VMware Server 2.0.1 on an RHEL 5 host. I wanted to change the configuration of VMware Server by running vmware-config.pl. As a result, I powered off all of the VMs and...
View Articlenetwork connection sends but dont receive packets??
Hello, I have a strange problem, my network adapters were fine earlier today and nothing changed and all of a sudden now I cant get out of the virtual machine to connect to the network. my adapter is...
View ArticleInstalled VMWare server - Can't ping host server
Hi all, Well, i think im out of ideas, so some new ideas would be appreciated ... When i say ping, i'm pinging the IP not the hostname. All IP's are static Ok, Environment Server 2003 R2 with...
View ArticleA general system error occurred
Hi! I just installed a vmware 2 server on an ubuntu 8.04 64 bit fresh installation. I can access to the web interface, I added a new VM, and I've fully configured it. But when I launch the VM, I...
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