connect to remote host
i have vmware server console installed in my system. i want to open a remote virtual machine. i can open a local virtual machine. But cannot connect to remote host. tells host name lookup...
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Hi, Using Vmware for the first time and have run into some network problems. Here is my config: Server: HP Proliant ML 370 G5 4Gb Ram Intel Xeon CPU 3.20GHz Vmware server: 1.0.2 Host: Windows 2003...
View ArticleNAT problem
I'm trying to connect to a VM running on VMWare server using NAT, but I can't get it to work the way I want (and the way I assume it should work). I've found several pages on Google with the same...
View Articlevm machine time off from physical machine
Guys, My domain controller is on a virtual machine. Everytime I change the time so it would synchronize with my san/nas (openfiler), it would get out of synchronizaton after a day. I have enable the...
View ArticleCan't expand disk size
I'm running VMware server 1.0.4. I have a virtual machine running windows server 2003. The current disk size is about 155GB and I want to crease it 45GB to 200GB or so, I have 70GB free so I have...
View ArticleDisable host file cache for guest machine
Hello, Is there a way for vmware to not cache the vmdk hard disk files? I run some benchmarks in vmware-servers and I need all the files to be read from the disk all the time. The host is linux...
View ArticleCan't create new VM
Hi, I just downloaded VMWare Server 1.03 (freeware) and started the vmware server console. First he asked me to connect a host, but which host?? I haven't created a VM yet, so how to connect a host? So...
View Article"Setup failed to generate SSL keys necessary to run ...
... the VMware Management Interface. Clik Ok to cancel this installation."That's what i keep getting on attempt to install VMware Server on Windows XP (SP2) box (no matter if in Custom or Complete...
View Articlecpu and memory utilization of suspended virtual machine?
Hi all, could any one please give me some information or reference about the cpu and memory utilization of a suspended virtual machine? Thanks a lot! Best wishes,-Qian
View ArticleConfiguration editor?
I installed RHEL4 and VMware 1.0.2 on a machine. When we ran out of disk space, I added a bigger disk. The CD-ROM was the only device on the secondary IDE controller and was set to CS, and the cable...
View ArticleBUG: Soft lockup detected on CPU
Hello, When running Centos 5 on Vmware using 2 CPUs I get the following kernel error:"BUG: Soft lockup detected on CPU#0!". ( I attached the error as copied from dmsg )The error shows up once in a few...
View ArticleCannot disable automatic bridging - Also how to change VNet subnet?
Hi, First question: Host operating system is Windows Server 2003 standard. New installation of VMWare server. Host has 2 network cards on different subnets. I don't want automatic bridging to one of...
View ArticleSwitch lose MAC Address
Hi, i have got an Problem with my two VMWare Server's. This maschines are Windows 2003 Standart Server and the guest OS is Windows XP. The network connection is provided with Briged interfaces. Now my...
View ArticleVMware Server 1.01 installation error
I've been running 1.0 in another lab for months (from beta on up to 1.0 RTM and now at 1.01) and never had any serious problems. Now I'm setting up another lab, same basic host configuration, but not...
View ArticleHelp!!! Vmdk damaged during improper shutdown of a production server. "Cannot...
I need help (hopefully will save me my job) to recover my work's "Common Data Store VM" ..... I managed to convince my dept head to migrate some servers over to VM (Vmware Server v1.03 on Win2003Server...
View ArticlePoor disk performance under linux, fine under windows. Benchmarks
After spending what now amounts to 4 weeks dealing with this issue. Get ready for a long post hopefully with lots of performance/throughput numbers. The challenge:Windows 2000 SP4 Guest >512MB RAM...
View Articleconfiguration file was created by a vmware product with more features than...
I am using server version 1.0.5 and converter version 3.0.2u1 I just p2v'd a windows 200 machine. I open server and do not see it there. So I browse for the machine, find it and click ok. I get...
View ArticleNetware 4.2 VM high memory utilization
Anyone here experience high memory utilization on nw 4.2 vm server. I am currently having this issue on my vm that is holding me back to go live in our production co'z it may cause downtime. Any...
View ArticleNetwork driver install fails on Win XP guest, Debian host
Nobody seems to have this problem, but I just can't install the network driver for the Windows XP guest OS. Windows XP refuses the given drivers for some reason. I'm running VMware Server...
View ArticleAny Way to Get More Than 10 Network Adapters Usable by VMWare Server Host?
I would like to use 15 virtual machines with a VMWare Server host, and I want each of those to have its own dedicated virtual network adapter. The goal is to have each server live on a dedicated...
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