Convert a virtual disk from growable to preallocated - Failure
Hi, I am using "vmware-vdiskmanager" to convert a virtual disk from growable to preallocated. I have had enough of the defrags and poor disk i/o. To do this I have copied the vmwaredisk.vmdk file of...
View ArticleVMware server and installed memory on the x86 32bit system
Hi allSituation looks as follows:- I have destop Dell - Ultra Small Form Factor - with 8GB RAM and 32bit Windows 7 installed- on that desktop VMware serwer 2.0.2 is installed- on that VMware serwer...
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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 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 ArticleMaking an USB drive accessible to both host and guest
I need to make so that an external USB hard drive, plugged in to the host machine, is visible and accessible to both the host machine and a guest machine (both running Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2) at...
View ArticleProblem starting a Virtual Machine, hangs at 95 %
Hi I created an XP vm on a Vista 64 host and when I try to launch it status hangs at 95%... (the OS has not yet been installed that`s what I'm trying to do) Does anyone knows what the problem...
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 ArticleCannot connect to the internet
I am using Microsoft server 2003 I have been given this machine to reside in my room. I have two other PC's in the same room and are both able to connect to the internet no problem. I have...
View ArticleVM stuck at 95% Power On in VMware Server
I have a AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ processor PC with Windows Vista Premium 64-bit. I installed VMware Server 2.0 on it. I have created a VM but every time I power on the VM, it gets stuck at 95%. I...
View ArticleCan't shutdown Virtual Machine via VMrun
I have a Windows Server 2003 as host, with VMware Server 2.0 (build 122956), with a Windows XP (SP3) installed as a virtual machine. I'm trying to shut down the image from the host, but I'm having no...
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Virtual Machine suspends randomly?
This one is driving me nuts, I have a virtual machine that randomly suspends itself. I checked the power options inside the VM, it's not set to any power plans (it should stay on). I checked the logs...
View ArticleUnable To Remove Datastore-The Resource Is In Use
I am unable to remove a datastore from VMWare Server 2. It keeps throwing back an error: The resource is in Use. Is there a way to remove it manually? I'm new with VMWare Server. Any help would...
View ArticleVM will not start the bios (=black screen)
Hello all, i don't know how to solve my problem. I hope you can help me. My system: Core2Duo/4GB/2,66 GHz, Host system: a brand-new installed Windows Vista Home Premium with all updates. After...
View ArticleHELP!!! Server 2.x, Server 2003 guest - Install tools, guest hangs on reboot
As the title suggests, as soon as I install the vmware tools and reboot, the guest hangs on "Preparing network connections..." If I let it sit for a long time (30 mins), I'll get a logon prompt, then...
View ArticleNot finished installation of the guest machine
I have VMware server 2.0.2 on the Windows 2008 R2 serverI tried to install VM “Windows 7 – 64 bit”All procedure looks good, but it not finished.It freeze in windows “Install Windows” on the step...
View Articlepptp timeout on vm windows server 2008 r2
Hello, on VMware Server 2.0.2 for Windows i have the following setup: Host: Windows Server 2008 R2VM: Windows Server 2008 R2 The VM has a bridged network adapter with its own public IP-Address...
View Article'operating system not found' message after image restore
I'm new to to VMware server. I used Drive Image xml to image my Windows 2003 server and then booted to the Ulitmate Boot CD for Windows in the VM to restore the image.I used windows disk manager to...
View ArticleError while powering on: The process cannot access the file because it is...
After installation of Windows 2008, my player operates fine. When I close the program and attempt to play it again, I get, "Error while powering on: The process cannot access the file because it is...
View ArticleGuest network connectivity lost during terminal services logon to host
Hi I have several dell servers running VMware server 2.0.2 on Windows server 2008 R2 On each of these servers I have three or four guests, some guests are running windows server 2003 and others running...
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