Moving to ESXi
I'm undergoing the conversion of moving two host machines (RHEL5 64) running VMWare Server 2 to ESXi. I'm trying to backup the VMs from one of the hosts to the other. I took a snapshot of a 32bit...
View ArticleVMware Server Issues
Maybe I am mistaken, but it appears to me that vmserver 2 is actually a step back, forcing some users to buy other products. On server 1 it was possible to configure it to be used by several users...
View ArticleI can't log on to my vmware server
Hello; I currently have virtual server 2.0, the newest version. I use windows vista and the name of my laptop is maxevans-pc and I have been using port 8333. I have been logging on to this server since...
View Articlecorrupt files
Hi Systeminfromation: HP DL365 G5 Server, 4GB Qlogic Fibre card, our servers are connected to QLogic Sanbox 5600, they are connected to Promise VTrack610F, most (90%) of our hosts have VMware Server...
View ArticleAdvanced Open File Backup
Is it a good idea to use Symantec Backup Exec with the Advanced Open File option to backup running Virtual Machine VMDK files?
View ArticleHow to access VMware Server 2.0.1 Web GUI from non-localhost
It looks as if the vmware-hostd.exe only accepts requests from localhost and not from any PC on the network. How do I remove this limitation so that I can manage my vmware servers withou physically...
View ArticleDisable communcation between host and virtual machine
I have VM Server 2.0 and one of the virtual machines has the same name as the server and although the VM is connected to the host only network it will generate the Windows error message : Duplicate...
View ArticleI need help with "no bootable device detected..."
My host is Vista home premium x64bit. I was able to install vmware server 2 with no problems and created a virtual machine(ubuntu) with no problems. When I try to start it, it goes to 95% status and...
View ArticleHow to create a virtual subnet?
Okay, I want to have all my guest traffic managed by a virtual switch so that guest traffic is kept off the physical LAN unless absolutely necessary. But I also want the guests to be able to talk to...
View Article"vmauthd event ID 100 - cannot connect to VMX" in event log & "Failed to read...
Hi, I have a problem with VMware server 2.0 running on Windows 2003: Guests do not start when VMware server starts. Instead vmauthd error is logged in event log and hostd.log. I already checked...
View ArticleVMnet vs. vlan
Hello,I kindly ask you one definitive answer to my question. The environment is an host (Fedora 9) with two NIC. The host is a firewall between eth0 (wan) and eth1 (lans).On eth1 there are five vlan...
View ArticleVMW server 2 Web GUI doesn't listen on 8222 or 8333
Hi all, I have been installed a VMW server 2 X86_64 in a ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsty) server, all the process of installation and configuration follows normally, but at the end of these, when I try to access...
View ArticleI cant access my Virtual Machine when the internet connection is off....
Hi there..... I am newbie here... I dont know whether Iam asking stupidquestion or right question.......Well I cant access my Virtual Machinewhen the internet connection is off..... is it quite...
View ArticleUnable to start the VMWare host agent service
I have been working on this issue for quite some time with no resolution. I initially had a problem executing the VMWare Server Home Page so I installed the VMWare Server Console and receive the...
View ArticleVM's very unstable..core dumping and writes to disks taking too long
The two VM's I have keep crashing....with the following messages in the Event logs. Can someone guide me to track down what could be causing this? One of the messages talks about the resick.timeout...
View ArticleVM network connections get sluggish
I have a host server running Server 08 and VMWARE Server 2.0.0There is a VM on the host running Server 2003. It's been running for about 6 months great. No one has touched it. Recently, only the VM has...
View ArticleIO throughput issues with VMWare Server 2 and SLES 11 on Host and RedHat on...
I am unsure if this is the best way to measure this but I have VMWare Server 2 installed on an SLES 11 (64-bit) host. This host has 6 GB of ram with 5 GB allocated for VMWare. I have 2 SATA disks...
View ArticleMultiple application developers on one screaming vmware server
I have a group of 10 (with growth expected to 16 or so) developers. I want to give them each a screaming desktop machine (quad core 3.0 gigaherts, 64 bit, 4-8 gig or memory) OR a screaming virtual...
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VMware Server 2 - network connectivity gone after install
Hello I'm running a server with Windows 2003 and recently obtained VMware Server 2 to test out virtual machines. After installing VMware and rebooting, the machine informed me that a service failed to...
View ArticleServer keeps crashing
I have been trying to use Vmware server for a couple of years now and am about to throw in the towel and re-invest in new hardware to get stable servers again so any help would be greatly...
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