DataStore on portable drive not read
I have a VM on a portable drive. To add the VM to inventory, I had to create a datastore that points to the portable drive. On bootup of the server, the portable drive is not connected but is plugged...
View ArticleHow to access a newly created Virtual Machine?
I am new to Vmware... and not sure what to do... I downloaded the Linux version of VMware Server 2.0. I installed it on a Fedora 5 host as see in the report below. """"""""" Starting VMware...
View ArticleCannot create snapshot
"Create Virtual Machine Snapshot" failed to completeUnable to access a file since it is locked. </span>Getting the following error when trying to create any single snapsho on VMServer 2...
View ArticleUnable to Power on Any Virtual Machine
Dell PowerEdge 2950 2.5gHz dual-quad core / 16GBWindows Server 2008 SP1 (64-bit) - new installVMware Virtual Server 2 - new install When powering on any newly created virtual machine (x86/64-bit) the...
View ArticleDownloaded and Installed...Now Nothing???
I installed Server 2 on my 64bit Quad Core. Seems like the install went ok. I told the instal to put an Icon on my desktop. It's there but it goes to the internet? Also, I can't seem to find the...
View ArticleCan't Start Guest On VMware Server
I cannot seem to get my guest OS up and running. I am trying to creat a Ubuntu 8.04 64bit guest. I am using the .iso file and not a CD. I have attached the Remote Console output.. What am I doing...
View ArticleVMWare Server 2 on Windows Vista 64Bit - Console Problems
Hello all, Help please want to build an Exchange 2007 server under vmware server 2 - installed Windows Vista 64 bit as host OS. Everytime I try to start a console I get a message complaining about...
View ArticleCan't boot new guest from CD
I have a Dell 2950 server with Fedora 9 (64-bit) installed. I installed VMWare Server 2 with no problems and created our first guest (Red Hat Enterprise) in a VM. A CD was not involved in this...
View Articlehow to restart vmware server 2 on a linux host
OK This has got to be the most simple task and I obviously am a stupid person for not being able to find this in any of the help manuals. I have Ubuntu 8.10 64bit and running vmware server 2.0...
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Installed 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 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 Articlecan't install tools - unsupported guest os (should be Server 2.0)
I'm using vmware-server, I think latest 2.0 release, on a gentoo linux host and running WinXPHome. I've recently upgraded from vmware-server 1.0 something, and I get an error that my guest is now...
View ArticleVMware Infrastructure Client
Does Any one know how to add a machine to the inventory from the client... I have looked but cannot find it. Any help would be appreciated. I really don't like the web client and I have esx servers so...
View Articlemounting a virtual disk in vmserver 2?
Previously when using vmserver 1 I could mount a drive. I tried to do that today and....couldn't. I did some research and found that the release notes for version 1 say it allows you to do that....
View Articletrouble with web ui
I've 2 server, one upgraded from 2.0rc to 2.0, the other upgraded from 1.0.x to 2.0 (all linux server & linux client) I've a dedicated user with firefox 2 for web ui but if i try to use the...
View ArticleLinux kernel options
Hi, With VMWare 1.x it was needed to set some legacy options in the linux kernel: - Disable Dinamic ticks - Use SLAB instead of the replacement SLUB - Set timer frequency to 100 HZ (instead of...
View ArticleCan't start virtual machine on host windows xp x64
I've installed vmwar server 2 on my windows xp pro x64 machine as host, i create a new virtual machine but when i go to start it, the machine status is freezed to 95% and i can't view the machine on...
View ArticleRunning VMserver in production
If you are running VMserver in the production envs can you drop a line on your use case and how you use it. we are lookingat running this at smaller sites for some light weigh production stuff like...
View Article2 Virtual Linux machine with the same name in vmware? Is it possible?
Hi all, I am in a great problem as I need 2 virtual machines, with the same name, in vmware. Even I tried to run 2 processes in the same vmware linux machines, but while I suspend the one, and...
View ArticleCIFS Datastore is inaccessible after every reboot
I've tested VMware Server 2 on several machines and had to go back to VMware Server 1 because of this issue: I create a CIFS datastore using a Windows file share, then add some virtual machines to...
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