'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 ArticleAll VMs Hang At 95 Percent at Power On
I've been running vmware server 2.0.2 for a couple of years and everything worked great up until last Friday. My host system got hit with a virus which has since been cleaned. After getting rid of...
View ArticleNT Server 4 vm - network does not work
I have cloned a vm from an old server running NT 4. I have vmware tools installed. I have removed the driver for the source machine's Intel nic and have installed the AMD driver for the vmware nic. I...
View ArticleCannot Start VM - File Handle Invalid
I have a recurring problem with VMware Server. The host server is Windows 2008 R2 x64 and the VMs are stored in a datastore hosting on a separate server running Windows 2008 Standard. If the host...
View Articlevmrun responds with "Error: Unknown Error"
Hello, OS: CentOS 6 x86_64, VMWare Server 2 of the latest known version. Everything works just fine when controlled via Web interface. I am trying to do batch VM stop/start to have its files backed up....
View Articleunable to communicate host with vm with bridged network
Hi I have installed vmware server 2.0.2 on windiows 7 ultimateI have created one vm and put network setting as bridged network its not ping the hostI change the mode to host only it able to ping the...
View ArticleUSB devidce on host is not "seen" from clients
I use VMware Server Ver 2.0 on my host WIndows 7 64 bit.Clients run WIndows XP SP2Problem is that any USB devidce on host is not "seen" from clients.In the Summery of the hosts the USB Controller is in...
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 ArticleUnable to browse internet from a VM on a private net connected to a router
I am trying to setup a test lab on a R410 running vmware server. My goal is to have multiple networks connected via a virtualrouter running Win 2008 R2 and RRAS router software. The physical box has a...
View ArticleOut of diskspace Due to Snapshot
Running VMware Server 2 , and created snapshot two years ago, VMDK's have overgrown, (2.6tb in total) have 130gb left is it possible to remove (Roll back Snapshot) of about 1.4tb, and any idea of time...
View Articlenew virtualization server & gpu
i'm in the process of spec'ing new hardare for a virtualization server for home. decied on ESXi for the OS. some graphics intensive games will be on windows guests and some on linux guests. as for a...
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 ArticleVMWare Server 2.0-WIndows 2012 Server
Has anyone had any sucess creating a Windows 2012 VM on VMWare Server via loading an iso image? I tryied loading the iso but keep rebooting, reporting "Your PC Ran into a problem and needs to...
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Disk I/O Latency increase
2-5 times a day I get a warning in the events log that looks like this... Device naa.600508b1001c2be40929c423819e3359 performance has deteriorated. I/O latency increased from average value of 5627...
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Bootmgr is missing on Windows 2008 server
Hi All, I am receiving this message on one of my vmware servers, and I am desperate to access this drive again as there are database files I need to access that I don't have a copy of anywhere else. I...
View Articlei cannot connect client to domain
Hi I am new to oracle. I have just started studying for my AD exam so decided to follow train signal and set up a network. I have 2 DC set up both speaking to one another and updating through active...
View ArticleUnable to allocate PCI Etnernet Controller. Too many PCI devices already...
I have created a GUEST with: VMWare Server Version = 2.0HOST : Dell Poweredge 1800 (linux Red Hat 4)GUEST: SUSE Linux 10PURPOSE: Oracle RAC Test 1. PROCESSOR = 12. Memory = 1.5 GB3. Hard Disks = 9...
View ArticleESXi or VMware Server on Big Machine
Okay, I am getting a replacment for my little 4 core 1U machine that I have run for the last 18 months and getting a large 16 core 48G machine, and now I have to figure out how to best utilize it....
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get vmware away from port 80 (or: how to tame proxy-settings in vmware)
I've vmware-server installed and vmware-hostd listens on port80 and redirects all incoming http to the MUI on 8333. Now I needed to install apache2 to install some low-level monitoring-software on...
View Articlep2v - vm contains hidden network connections
I hope this is the right forum. I'll try to keep this as brief as possible. Please keep in mind that I basically know enough about vmware to be dangerous, but am by no means an expert. I was asked by a...
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