Windows 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 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 ArticleImpossible to get DHCP IP address on windows 2003 using bridge network
Hello,i'm using VMWARE server 2.0 and i need my virtual server 2003 SP2 to be part of the real network.I'm using VMNET0 to bridge my virtual card to the physical one.But I can not get any IP from my...
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 ArticleVMWare Server Access failure
Hi there, I'm in a bit of a pickle...... I have a Domain Controller running server 2003SP2 virtualised on vmware server. its a site i have recently taken over support for.... the phsical server is a...
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 ArticleUnable to Remote Desktop Connection after installing VMware Player
Hi I have installed VMware player on my Windows XP machine, but now I'm not able to connect to my XP machine using Remote Desktop Connection. I have checked the firewall configurations and there is...
View ArticleThe network bridge on device vmnet0 is temporarily down. Why do I need to...
G'day, I'm running VMServer 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.0.4 (Jaunty) hosting CentOS 4.7 guest VMs. I am continually seeing the following message when powering on a guest VM: The network bridge on device vmnet0...
View ArticleSticky keys in VMware Server 2 console under Linux/x64
Hi! I have strange issue, and i didn't find any answer. I installed VMware Server 2.0.2.203138 on Linux x64 and i experience a "sticky key" issue. I typing normally, but sometimes random key will be...
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 ArticleHost Profile error
During Host Profile configuration I have the following error:"DNS configuration doesn't match the specification". I read the followind link http://communities.vmware.com/thread/345272 but it does not...
View ArticleConvert 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 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 ArticleGetting error "vcpu-0:DoubleFault @ 0x4020:0xc9420" on vmware server 1.0.6
I was having no issues with vmware on windows 7, recently i brought windows 8 and while trying to start vm i get this error message "vcpu-0:DoubleFault @ 0x4020:0xc9420". I am trying to open an...
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 ArticleRandom BSOD on Virtual Server
I've recently joined a company and therefore inherited a number of Virtual machines but one in particular is causing me some concern as it randomly blue screens. The kernel memory dump exceeds 400Mb...
View ArticleBUG: "Lock this snapshot" doesn't work in VMWare Server 2
I've just found a bug in VMWare Server 2 and would like to report it. The "Lock this snapshot" function doesn't work as expected. It's overriden by "Revert to snapshot". Here are the steps to...
View ArticleGuest Swapping vs. Host Swapping
Since my host is low on physical RAM I unfortunately need to allow swapping. There are two options that I can do: I could tell the guest's OS to swap, so it will use the virtual disk to swap. *I...
View ArticleRunning VMs Halt After Running vmware-vdiskmanager
So I had 4 VMs running just fine on my Windows 2003 server (VMware Server host). I decided to convert a single growing VMDK (disk type 0) to a pre-allocated VMDK (disk type 2) to prevent fragmentation...
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...
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