VMs cannot access internet, no external access to VMs over HTTP
Hi, I have installed VMware Server 2.0.2 for the gazillionth time on my Suse11 server, in an effort to resolve the million problems VMware has with SLES. After all other issues being resolved, I cannot...
View ArticleVMWare Server and External Desktop Drive Arrays
I've been testing out the Drobo S on eSata and USB3 using Drobo's recommended adapters and transfer rates are great for everything except a VM hosted on a Drobo Volume. Boot times are generaly 10 times...
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How to connect to VM from another VM using its external IP?
I have a host node running CentOS with vmware server with 2 VM's. One with XP and the other with CentOS and Zimbra. The host node also has openvz with several openvz vm's (for websites). The problem...
View ArticleStart a virtual machine on Vmware Player created on Vmware ESX
By copying all the files under a virtual machine's directory, Is it possible to start on Vmware Player or Workstation a virtual machine created in Vmware ESX (both hosts have enough hardware resources...
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 ArticleTune TomCat memory
so my UI keeps crashing, found the log (proxy.log) and i see this [2011-10-06 13:47:40,358,waitForUpdates<=>,UpdatesErrorHandler] Updates thread error notification. PrevError=null,...
View Articlehow do you change your username and Password on VMware Infrastructure Web...
I want to change my Vmware username, I have tried changing my computer Administrator username, but it did not change on the Vmware username.
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Don't see second processor in web access summary (Server 2.0)
Hi, I've a server with two quad xeon processors and 24GB of memory. However, VMware Server Web Access shows only one processor and when I look at task manager it seems that indeed only one of 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 ArticleHow to get rid of msg.noAutodetectBackingQuestion message?
Hi, all: We've been using VMWare Server 2 for a long time; we've recently copied VM between several VMware servers for testing purposes. Some of those copies showed the following message when they were...
View ArticleNAT Problem, but only TCP (UDP working)
I have a very strange problem with VMWare Server 2 running on Windows Server 2008. I have a VM running linux in the NAT network. From this VM, I am able to make outbound UDP connections (eg. a DNS...
View ArticleNested ESXi 5.0 guest slow to boot
Hi I have VMWare Server 2.0.0.2712 running on Windows 7 Home Premium. Created two ESXi 5.0.0 guest servers to trial vCenter Server 5 etc. However, both guests are very slow to boot (over 20 mins), and...
View ArticleManaging VMware Server 2 from Linux
I have VMware Server 2 running on a Windows Server 2003 box. There are numerous VMs I need console access to for configuration, etc. I can connect to the Apache Tomcat server and manage, start, stop,...
View ArticleFailed to expand vmdk
Dear VMWare community, I wanted to expand the virtual disc of a vm. I'm using VMWare Server 2 on Windows 7 (64-bit) and the vm runs Ubuntu 10.04. I had assigmed 20GB for the vmdk but I run out of space...
View ArticleMigrate ProxMox VMs to VMWare???
I see plenty of links talking about how to migrate VMWare VMs to ProxMox, but I haven't been able to find even one in the other direction! Can anyone provide instructions for migrating a ProxMox VM to...
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Using a private LAN across the physical network
Hi, Would like to know if anyone has tried and had a solution to this. My aim is to create a lab with client/servers, and have it quarantined from the rest of the network without requiring any extra...
View ArticleVMware server and installed memory on the x86 32bit system
Hi allSituation looks as follows:- I have destop Dell - Ultra Small Form Factor - with 8GB RAM and 32bit Windows 7 installed- on that desktop VMware serwer 2.0.2 is installed- on that VMware serwer...
View ArticleCIFS Datastore is inaccessible after every reboot
I've tested VMware Server 2 on several machines and had to go back to VMware Server 1 because of this issue: I create a CIFS datastore using a Windows file share, then add some virtual machines to...
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virtual machine startups hang at 95% on Windows Server 2008 x64 host
I have seen lots of threads regarding this, but no recent ones. This problem hit me a few months ago. Only solution was to rebuild the host from scratch and re-install latest VMWare server 2.0 build....
View ArticleVMware Server 2.0.1 and latest RHEL5 kernel (both host & guest) = RANDOM...
VMware Server 2.0.1 and latest RHEL5 kernel (both host & guest) = RANDOM REBOOTS ! I have VMware Server 2.0.1 running on CentOS 5.3 (x64 kernel-2.6.18-128.2.1.el5). Lately I started experiencing...
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