Ubuntu 10.04 unable build VMware Server 1.0.10 vmmon module
After upgrade to Lucid runing config.pl, get error as follow log: make[2]: *** /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmciContext.o Error1make[1]: *** Error 2make[1]:Leaving directory...
View ArticleCannot connect to Host, error msgs
Hi All, I'm a noob so I appologize for possibly not being clear in explaining my problem. I have run VMWare Server 1.0.4 on my Windows 7 host using Windows XP as guests just fine for a year now. Out of...
View Articlecopy for *.vmdk *.vmx *.vms *flat.vmdk does not work
HI All, I had created a copy of my vm machine a year back and it was working fine. today when I created a new vm using the old *.vmdk *.vmx *.vms *flat.vmdk files it did not reconginize those files...
View ArticleCannot Ping my CentOS 5.6 VM using hostname
Hello, I am configuring a VM as follows. Host:Windows XP SP2VMWare Server 1.0.10 Guest:CentOS 5.6DHCP enabled with NATVMware tools installedhostname = centos-vm I can access the Internet from the VM.I...
View ArticleRecover the contents of .vmem file
Hi, I was using a Linux LiveCD inside a VM (no hard disk, the filesystem is loaded in memory, in this case 512MB). I saved some files in this environment (not the best idea, I know) and before I could...
View ArticleVMWare Server 1.0.10 - CPU Detection Fix
My VMWare Server 1.0.10 refused to run x64 guests under my AMD Fusion.For 64-bit virtualization, VMWare Server 1.x requires that the CPU will support the LAHF and SAHF instructions, which the AMD...
View ArticleVmware Error While Trying To Run OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 VMware Image
Hello, I am trying to open a OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 VMware Image but it doesn't opens. It shows apple logo and spinner for 5-6sec. and then Power Off Automatically! Error log :...
View Articlecannot uninstall VMware Server 1.0. from Windows 7
[pictures attached] I tried to install VMware Server 1.0.10, but got this message: Windows requires a digitally signed driverA recently installed program tried to install an unsigned driver.This...
View ArticleReplacement for VMware Server 1.0
Hello Community I am currently running a few CentOS 5.x hosts with VMware Server 1.x hosting various guests like CentOS VMs, legacy Netware servers and some Windows machines.Now I need to set up new...
View ArticleHow to connect two virtual machines on the same to each other via ethernet?
Hi. I am using VMWare Server 1.0.2, XP is host OS. I have two virtual machines, both SUSE Linux, running on the same host. Each VM has 2 Ethernet Adapters, eth0 and eth1. I would like to connect both...
View ArticleHelp, how do i recreate a VMDK descriptor files please?
For some reasons, two of my VMDK descriptor files have become empty(i.e they are still there, they just contain NO data). I still have the actual VMDK flat data files (server (2)-flat.vmdk) etc... but...
View ArticleBridged networking just quit!
All: I've found several threads on this with no real resolutions, so I'm posting this in the hopes someone has since found a resolution and can share it...or that VMWare has found the bug and fixed it....
View ArticleRecreating vmdk config file
Hello friends After a server crash I'm trying to recover a virtual disk but the info file (disk.vmdk) was corrupted. Is there a way to generate a new vmdk info file from a disk-flat.vmdk file (raw...
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Corrupted VMDK, Snapshot and Defragment Issues
We have a Windows 2000 VM running in VMware Server 1. This VM's VMDK is make up of 17 separate vmdk files and the 13th vmdk file has been corrupted previously when the server encounter a power trip....
View ArticleSolution: VMWare Server 1.0.10 Console on Windows 7 64Bit
Hello, This entry is for all those people who want to use VMWare Server 1.0 with Windows 7 64Bit. I have wasted about 30 hours to come up with this recipe. I think I have a scenario that many others...
View ArticleI cannot ping my guest operating systems via Bridged Network Connection
Hi Everyone, Here are the details:Host - Windows 7 - Firewall is turned on - has static IPGuest OS 1 - Windows Server 2008 R2 - Firewall is turned off - has static IPGuest OS 2 - Windows Server 2008 R2...
View ArticleSQL Server assertion problem when using DBGhost
Hi all, I've set up a series of Windows Server 2003 (both enterprise and R2) VMWare virtual server machines with SQL 2000 SP4 installed. We use a third party tool called DBGhost which builds databases...
View ArticleLow /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail causes exim to stop sending mail
Hi there, I'm using Debian Sarge 2.6.17.7 64bit as host OS with a Debian Sarge 2.6.17.7 32bit as guest OS. Now when I cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail I see a very low value. The highest I've...
View ArticleNat configuration
Hi...I have a Windows 2003 server (host) with two nics installed. One is setup for bridging and the other I want to assign the ip 10.20.10.123 for a linux (guest) server using NAT. I can't fully grasp...
View ArticleVMWare backup script on Linux host
Below is a backup script that I have created for backing up vmware instances on a Linux machine. Note that it requires the quest OS to have vmware tools installed in order to suspend it....
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