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 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...
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Vmware Server on windows 7 Host, Won't autostart guests after upgrade from vista
I upgraded from vista to winodws 7. I had to reinstall vmserver 2.01 to get the network working. The last problem is that Vmserver Won't auto start the guest. I've changed the settings in...
View ArticleWin2003 Host Linux Guest Network Problems
Hi, Im currently hosted at poundhost where bridging the connection is blocked. ive tried several steps to try to get an IP address on my Virtual Machinethe ethernet type on VMware im using is host...
View Articleproblem with HostOnly interface
I am using VMware Server 2.0.1 on HP server with OS RHEL5. I have two HP servers on same LAN with same subnet. On the first server, I installed VMware, and created a HostOnly interface, then I get...
View ArticleFirefox 3.6 and vmware remote console doesn't open.
After upgrading to firefox 3.6 I can't open up my virtual machine through the browser. I downgraded to 3.5 and it worked. This is the message I get: Cannot access virtual machine console. The...
View ArticleGuest bridged NIC disconnected and won't connect
I was having some issues on my host and one of the troubleshooting steps was to disable all the VMWare services and also remove VMBridging from the virtual nics in the host. Upon re-enabling...
View ArticleBOINC vs VMware Server, vmx CPU Starvation
Hi.... I'm running VMware-server-2.0.2-203138 and BOINC 6.10.18(x64). On a home PC, Generic, Tyan 3892, 2x AMD 275, 24G. OS Name: Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Server 2003 Standard x64...
View ArticleVMware Server Running on Headless Server?
I have a Debian Linux x64 installed on a server. I would like to know if I can install VMware Server 2 on this Debian Linux machine even if it's headless. I don't have any GUI installed on the Debian...
View ArticleIntermittent network connection issues
I have VMWare Server installed on an HP ML350 G5 running Windows 2008 Server Enterprise 64-bit, with 28GB RAM and two 2.33Ghz Xeon processors. This server is also the active domain controller,...
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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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Issues trying to SSH to virtual machine
Hi, First of all, my apologies if I've accidentially posted this in the wrong forumgroup, this is my first post here. I have been trying to search for a solution to my problem but I haven't managed to...
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...
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Can't get traffic to route outside of network
I've been banging my head against the wall for nearly a week now, trying to get external access to my VMware LAN. Let me start out by explaining what I have. First, I am running VMware Server 2.0.2 on...
View Articlewatchdog for guest os
Is there a watchdog available for the guest os or can it be added ?
View Articleerr installing open-vm-tools & Fedora 16
i try installing open-vm-tools-8.6.0-425873 on fedora 16 xfce. i got it to configure (with many dependencies via yum install). now when i execute make i'm returned the following error regarding...
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 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...
View ArticleUnable to delete "lock" files
I've a couple of old "lock" files from a long-dead host backup that I'd like to delete. However, whenever I attempt to delete them I get messages that indicate that I cannot do so. Using a Windows 7...
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