Upgraded to the full server 2 and still have the 95% power on issue
Hi, I have upgraded now from server 2 RC 2 to the full server 2 and am still experiencing the problems with an issue were my machines get to 95% when powered on and then nothing. Host is a Windows...
View ArticleCan a VM use two NICs at the same time?
Hi, I'm wondering if this is possible. Can I setup a VM so that it can use BOTH NICs that are active on the server? All the options that I see in 'settings' make me pick only one. I need to provide...
View ArticleBooting the OS from image file
I assume I can boot the OS from image file, rather then burning it and booting from CD drive. What are the steps I need to do? Or how can I tell the boot loader of the sequence to search for boot...
View ArticleWhat is the proper syntax for runProgramInGuest?
Hi, if I run: vmrun -T server -h https://intel-ht-005/sdk -u root -p passwd listRegisteredVM, I get this result: Total registered VMs: 4 test/Clone of SLES10sp1-64bit.vmx 1/Clone of...
View ArticleDefault VMware server images
I have a virtual machine server, which runs a few virtual machines, one of which being Windows XP Pro. I want to create another VM with the same OS, so would I be able to copy the existing Win XP Pro...
View ArticlePoor win2003 guest performance on linux host vs win2003 host
Have just updated to VMWare Server 2.00 GA from rc2 and for the first time have compared guest performance using two different host O/S on the same hardware. The box has a quad core X5355 cpu @...
View Articlecannot start vmware 2
i have installed vmware server 2 and i have no icon in my menu. when i type vmware into my console it says Launching VMware Web Access using /usr/bin/xdg-open and it opens a window in my browser. why...
View ArticleLinux Host, Linux Guests running Apache -- load handling issues
Heres the scoop: Host: Core 2 Quad 2.667 w/ 4GB and mirrored disks running Fedora Core 9 x64 Guests: 2 processors w/ 512MB, 40GB. Three total guests. Host is running MYSQL, NFS, and VMware. No X...
View ArticleOk, New Issue Installing 64 bit Guest....79% Creating User
It seems to be stuck at 79% Installing System - Creating User Been in this spot for 10 minutes now.... Ideas?
View ArticleVMware Console Plug-in for Firefox 3.0.3 with Hardy 8.04 Drama???
Boo! I have tried a number of things from restarting, changing permissions for the user, being root and so on BUT when I go to the console to get at my VM XP, I am told that the The VMware Remote...
View ArticleUnable to set permissions
Greetings all, I am unable to make any changes to permissions. If I select the host, then the Permissions tab, New Permissions, select a user, select a role (Administrator) and then OK, I get an...
View ArticleUnable to connect to Guest when Host is not connected to Internet!!
I know this may sounds odd, but when I was out at a library I noticed I couldn't connect to the remote virtual machine. and when I could get back home everything was fine. Then I disabled my wireless...
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 ArticleWorkstation 9 and vmrun stop question
We're running a Windows Server 2012 and VMware Workstation 9.0.2 with 2 shared and 1 unshared VMs.The shared VMs are on the C: and the other VM is on the D:When I run "vmrun list" I get "Total running...
View ArticleDuplicate network traffic from guest
When ever I ping something on the local LAN (or WAN), the replies are redirects from the HOST IP, then 4 duplicates of the reply packet from the correct IP. If I ping the host IP, they reply just fine....
View ArticleVM Unknown (Inaccessible) - Configuration file cannot be found
I am running a single VM on a small HP Proliant server with ESXi 5.0 which boots off a thumb driveThe box has two drives mirrored with a raid cardThe machine was powered down safelyThe drives were...
View ArticleCould not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory. Please make sure that...
I am receiving the following error when trying to start any vm through the webui. Vm Server 2.0 on SUSE ent. These have been working fine for weeks Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or...
View ArticleHow to start VMs after reboot of the VMWare Server host (Windows 2008 R2 64-bit)
Hi, I have 3 VMs running on the Windows 2008 Server R2 (64-bit) - Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 SE and SCO Unix 5.0.5. The virtual machines don't start automatically after reboot of the host. The...
View Articlevmware cron job
Sorry if this sounds like a very newbish question but:What are the commands I need to automate guest shutdowns, guest startups and guest restarts under CentOS 5.3? (in case it helps, cat /proc/version...
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...
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