"Hosts and Clusters" in the Inventory panel not showing
Hi, No wonder I can't use this software, I have MS Virtual Server 2005 working just fine and virtualise workstations on MS Virtual PC, all fairly intuative... But I am having a pig of a time with...
View ArticleDisk thrashing on Host and poor guest performance
Hi all We have a Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise x64 host with 48GB memory, First data partition is 375GB (RAID1 120GB free) and second is 558GB (RAID1 50GB free)Windows is managing the paging file and has...
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 ArticleHost Only network: Unable to ping Fedora Core 11 guest/host
Hi All, On a Fedora Core 11 machine, I have set up a host only network with Fedora Core 11 also as guest. Host (Fedora Core 11):vmnet1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:01 inet...
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 ArticleProblem starting a Virtual Machine, hangs at 95 %
Hi I created an XP vm on a Vista 64 host and when I try to launch it status hangs at 95%... (the OS has not yet been installed that`s what I'm trying to do) Does anyone knows what the problem...
View ArticleMore than 4GB memory on 32bit Linux with VMWare Server 2?
Hi All, Do you have any experience to use more than 4 GB memory by a 64 bit guest on a 32 bit host OS? The host computer is Intel Core2 Duo T6600 CPU with 4 GB phy. RAM, but I want to upgrade to...
View ArticleNew install Cannot access data stores
I am trying to create a new virtual machine on my Vmware 2 server that I just installed on Cent OS 5.1 and I cannot seem to access the datastores. I have tried every angle but I get the same result....
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Problems with WMWare Server 2.0 and the VMware® Remote Console - blank screen
I have installed VMWare Server 2.0. I have a problem when I am connecting to the VMware® Remote Console. The window is appearing blank. I have one VM Machine with Red Hat 4 AS working well in...
View ArticleVMWare 2.0 USB Scanner not working
I'm running VMWare 2.0 and have an XP Professional operating system. I'm trying to connect a USB Scanner (Canon 2580c) but the virtual machine doesn't seem to recognize it. It shows that the scanner...
View ArticleConstant NullPointerException: Operation failed. errors in web UI
I just did a fresh install of VMware 2.0 on a single core Athlon server using Fedora Core 9. I have another FC9 server running vmware more stable then this though it still flakes out at times. This...
View ArticleIs there any value to enabling Intel-VT for 32-bit Linux host and 32-bit...
Hi All, I have a quick question concerning my VMWare Server 2.0 installation on my Linux host workstation. The Linux host is 32-bit, and I am running a single guest, which is Windows XP Professional...
View ArticleDisabling hgfs mount in Solaris
Hi All, We've just deployed two Solaris 10 VM boxes and have found that the /hgfs (host-guest file system) mount causes problems with our backup software. I'd like to disable this if possible so that...
View ArticleHow to Install Ubuntu Linux on Windows XP using VMware Server - Thanks to...
Ubuntu linux installation is painless as explained in this document. Ubuntu is a valuable and completely free distribution of Linux. It is open-source and software libre meaning that it's free of any...
View Article2003 box Rooting/dhcp/pppoe & vm not bridging correctly, help.
Hey guys, I've been working on this for over a week, worked my way though lots of kb's, forums and what not, and I still couldn't find an answer to this. I'm new to 2003/routing/vm Server, and I might...
View ArticleUnable to Remote Desktop Connection after installing VMware Player
Hi I have installed VMware player on my Windows XP machine, but now I'm not able to connect to my XP machine using Remote Desktop Connection. I have checked the firewall configurations and there is...
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High idle CPU load after upgrade to server 2
Hi, I have two similar machines running vmserver, and one is exhibiting very high CPU load when all machines are idle. What should I look for to identify the problem ? Details: I have two servers to...
View ArticleA connection to the host could not be established
I'm running windows xp on a ubuntu host and it was working fine until I tried to start xp from my desktop shortcut today. I get the error message "a connection to the host could not be...
View ArticleVirtual Guests ( Windows Server 2003 ) performance degradation after patch...
POTENTIAL LONGEVITY BUG We observed two Windows Server 2003 Standard 32 bit virtual guests degradation of performance on VMWare Server 2 64 bit on a RHEL 5.1 64 bit host. The Linux vmx processes...
View ArticlePIng vm to vm on different hosts - is this impossible?
I have noticed that A VM on one host cannot ping a VM on another host, even though they are connected to the same physical network and on the same subnet. Is this just not possible or is there a way to...
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