can't access the web (firefox) via Solaris 10 guest or Ubuntu 9 guest
Hello Experts, I just installed VMware Server 2. I created 2 virtual machines: one Solaris 10 and the other one Ubuntu 9. No issues or problems during the install of VMware or guests. However, when I...
View Articlerun vmware-vmx processes as non-root
I'm sure this question has been asked, but I have no idea of how to phrase my search. My issue is this - we have a NAS that's squashing root, the virtual machines reside on an NFS export on said NAS,...
View ArticleBridged vmnet interface duplicates broadcast packets
Hi everyone, I found that a bridged vmnet interface duplicates broadcast packets. I have a physical machine (vmhost, 10.10.252.254 on eth1) running several virtual machines. One of the virtual...
View Article"/tmp/vmware-root/" has less than 149 MB of free space ?
HI some times we have this problem ... i dont know how solve this problem The directory "/tmp/vmware-root/" has less than 149 MB of free space.Running out of free space in this directory may corrupt...
View ArticletestAutomation-fd: File not found
I'm getting a spam of these messages in hostd.log and am currently unable to power on any VM's after having upgraded the kernel and vmware: 2009-11-18 00:05:04.907 'Libs' 139973486790992 info]...
View ArticleUSB Device not connecting in Guest OS
Hi I have installed VMware Server 2.0 on windows server 2K3 enterprise. also i have installed a new guest os win 2k3 standard. My issue: while try to connect USB into guest it won't connect. it...
View ArticleDHCP scope for bridged NICs
Hi, Many of our engineers use VMWare Server for development, demo and testing purposes. Their desktops are connected to our 192.168.1.x network. When a virtual NIC is bridged to that network it...
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 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...
View ArticleCan't install Windows Server 2008
Hello, I can't install w2k8 on VMware Server 2.0.2, because I still received error :"The installation was canceledAny changes that were made to your computer during installation process will not be...
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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...
View ArticleWhat are three services need to be started to start P2V conversation
What are three services need to be started to start P2V conversation
View Articlesupermicro X8DT3
hi i read a few post about supporting ICH10R for vmware Esxi , so esxi cant work with ICH10R.i want to know so can i install esxi with " 1 hard " without raid on this mainboard ( supermicro X8DT3 ) ?...
View ArticleProblem while trying to install VMware Tools on Ubuntu Server 9.10
Windows 2003 Server running VMware Server.I have slow network response from my VM. I'm therefore trying to install VMware Tools on an Ubuntu Server 9.10 (Karmic Koala) virtual machine.After booting...
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 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 ArticleVMtools 8.3.12 + Ubuntu 10.10 -- Install Problems
UBUNTU 10.10Linux Kernel 2.6.35-31-generic-pae Always used standard vmtools not open-vm-tools. We have several ubuntu linux servers that are not upgrading properly after the last ESXi updates to the...
View ArticleProblem shrinking a linux machine running on VMWare for Windows
Hello, I have some problem identifying how to shrink a Linux VMWare machine (guest) that is running on VMWARE server environment on XP(host). Normally, when the VMWARE guest machine is an XP, I simply...
View Articlemulticast subscription cannot transfer from the guest OS to host OS?
I have a Linux OS hosted on a XP box. When I start a program receiving UDP packets on a multicast address, like 224.2.2.2, it fails. netstat -g shows this Linux system successfully registers the...
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...
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