How to use WINscp to connect with VM???
Dear Guys I just install debian 4.0 on VMware Server Console. I would like to use WINscp to connect my computer with the virtual machine, but i do not know is it possible? And where I can get the...
View ArticleVMware Server 1.0.4 connectivity to external network
Hello everyone. I am new to VMware and I am currently trying to evaluate VMware Server version 1.0.4. I have installed the product on a Dell server running a host OS of Microsoft Windows Server 2003...
View ArticleHow to shrink a pre-allocated vmdk?
I created a Win2k3 server with a pre-allocated 40GB SCSI partition on a 250GB HD. When I boot into Win2k3 and open up VM Tools, the Shrink tab says it is disabled for pre-allocated disks (and other...
View ArticleWhat are those vmnet0, vmnet1, and vment8 used for?
The question said it all. What are those virtual network adapter used for?
View ArticleWhat is VMnet all about?
As a total beginner to VMWare (and to networking in general, as well) and am therefore confused as to why my VMWare host OS has one or more VMnet ethernet interfaces created (e.g. VMnet1, VMnet8, etc)....
View ArticleAdd a virtual wireless card
Hello all, I need to diagnose an access point connection, and for that I need a virtual wireless card (on Windows host).With the built in card in the vmware software, the host is first get a connection...
View ArticleVM cannot boot anymore - PLEASE HELP!
Dear friends, I have a host machine with Ubuntu 7.10 which hosts using VMware Server 1.04 three virtual machines. One of them (Ubuntu 8.04 server) cannot boot anymore after a reboot of the host...
View Articlepiix4_smbus 000:00:07.3: host SMBus controller not enabled! (message)
Hello All. I'm running VMware Server Console,1.0.4 build-56528 on Ubuntu 8.0464Bit / 2.6.24-16-generic. I created an other ubuntu image running 7.10 and I installed alfresco (to demo). Everything...
View ArticleCannot boot from iso's
I am running vmware server (official version, not the one in the canonical repository) on Ubuntu 7.04 amd64 Server Edition. I can connect to the server just fine, but when I create a virtual machine...
View ArticleQuery on VMware Server
Can 2 or more computers connect to a single physical VMware Server at the same time through any network?
View ArticleVirtual machine on same network as host?
I have a laptop running VMWare server in Ubuntu which I use on-site to diagnose network problems. Occassionaly the site has a Windows domain controller. I setup a windows XP pro VM to do domain...
View ArticleUnable to release the cursor in vmware console
I am using vmware server console to access a virtual machine (ubuntu server) I have created on my home server. I want to install vmware tools in the virtual machine but I am unable to select the menu...
View ArticleHow to reclaim Disk Space after Deleting Virtual Machine?
I'm running the VMWare server I recently downloaded and installed (about a week ago). I'm running Windows 2003 Server. I created a 20GB virtual machine, install debian etch, logged in and realized I...
View ArticleDevice ID out of range
Hi all Using VM Server 1.03 on Win 2003 Server host. Guest is also Win 2003 Server.I copied the folder of a working VM (it was shut down during the copy) to a new folder. I started the new VM and...
View ArticleEvent Viewer Error vmauthd (EventID 100)
Hi, I've installed VMW Server 1.0.4 b56528 on WinXP Pro SP2. Freshly installed VMW Server and after resetting the computer (without even running VMW Console) I get an application event error. here are...
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Poor 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleSlow/unstable network connection
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 Articleconnect 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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