Host to VM network dodgy (bridge mode)
Problem: Connectivity between the host and the VM randomly drops out. Observed: The problem only seems to occur when the host network cards are teamed and the host OS is Windows 2008 R2 (x64). This...
View ArticleGuest network connectivity lost during terminal services logon to host
Hi I have several dell servers running VMware server 2.0.2 on Windows server 2008 R2 On each of these servers I have three or four guests, some guests are running windows server 2003 and others running...
View ArticleVMware server 2.0.2 and Windows 2012 EN 64bit
Hi allCan anybody can help me with Windows 2012 64bit installation on the VMware ServerVersion 2.0.2Build 203138? I'm trying to install Windows 2012 from ISO image called:...
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 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 ArticleThe network bridge on device vmnet0 is temporarily down. Why do I need to...
G'day, I'm running VMServer 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.0.4 (Jaunty) hosting CentOS 4.7 guest VMs. I am continually seeing the following message when powering on a guest VM: The network bridge on device vmnet0...
View Article"The default sound device cannot be opened: A device ID has been used that is...
I get the below errors when powering on both my VM’s. "The default sound device cannot be opened: A device ID has been used that is out of range for your system. Virtual devicesound will start...
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ssh - server unexpectedly closed network connection
Hi, I'm unable to connect via SSH to one of my hosts using putty. The others are fine. Tried from different clients, same result. I can putty into my vMA 4 server and ssh root@hostname to get a...
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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 ArticleUSB scanner on local pc connect to VM on server
I would like to use a local usb scanner and connect it to the vm I am using that is running on VM server 2. The vm works fine, but I cannot see any way to make my local scanner connect while in the...
View ArticleBUG: "Lock this snapshot" doesn't work in VMWare Server 2
I've just found a bug in VMWare Server 2 and would like to report it. The "Lock this snapshot" function doesn't work as expected. It's overriden by "Revert to snapshot". Here are the steps to...
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 ArticleVMWare Server Access failure
Hi there, I'm in a bit of a pickle...... I have a Domain Controller running server 2003SP2 virtualised on vmware server. its a site i have recently taken over support for.... the phsical server is a...
View Articlekernel 3.2 early excption 0d on vmware server and workstation
Hi all I'm running debian lenny on vmware server 2 and all is working fine with my built kernel 2.6.35-14. I have built a new kernel 3.2.31 with quite the same options and it crashes on boot with an...
View ArticleVmware SERVER 2 CPU HELP
Hello!!I'm using Vmware server 2 on my HP Proliant ML 150I have XEON 2 cpu'sBut i can assign max only 2 cores (from 8) to my guest virtual machine.So i have problems with perfomance on virtual...
View ArticleIntermittent network connection issues
I have VMWare Server installed on an HP ML350 G5 running Windows 2008 Server Enterprise 64-bit, with 28GB RAM and two 2.33Ghz Xeon processors. This server is also the active domain controller,...
View ArticleHuge .vmdk (13.2 GB) - "Underlying file system does not support files that...
I am having trouble with our Mail Server running on a VM under VMWare Server 2. - For some reason, I was not able to log into VMware Infrastructure Web Access. I noticed that the VMware Host Agent was...
View ArticleOperation on device '\\.\Tape0' exceeded retry count.
Hi All.... one of the guest vm's is hosting MS SQL 2008 R2 and when i try to read the header of a tape or backup a db i keep getting the following error... Msg 3230, Level 16, State 1, Line 1Operation...
View ArticleCan't get multiple subnets to work
I have a VM Host running on Server 2008 R2 and 4 guests (3 Linux servers and 1 XP Client) and only 1 physical NIC installed. Linux01 and Linux02 are on the 10.2.1.0/24 network and Linux3 and XP1 are on...
View ArticleSlow File Transfer (Server 2008)
Hey guys, I am getting about 16kb (yes kb..lol) a sec when tranferring files from a Server 2008 host to a Server 2008 VM.. so far I have done the following on the host and guest: - Disabled IPv6-...
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