vmauthd cannot connect to VMX
Hello, I am running Vmware Server 1.0 and get this error in eventlog. It happens to every machine that autostarts after a reboot. Event Type: ErrorEvent Source: vmauthdEvent Category:...
View ArticleCreating a VMWare "image"
Basically what I am looking to do is create a base image of a VMWare image. I want to have like 5 Windows XP Pro guests and 10 Windows Server 2003 guests, I dont want to go through the install on each...
View Articlevmware console remote connectivity problem
Hi, Ive installed vmware server 1.0.7 on Linux & configured it for remote vmware console access. I am able to telnet into the configured vmware port remotely and get the banner fine. However,...
View ArticleCan't connect to VMWare Server localhost
Hi, I have tried this many times. I installed VMware server. And from the vmware console, there's no option to connec to localhost. I noticed that VMware Authorization service and VMware...
View ArticleOperation on file "\\.\PhysicalDrive0" failed (Access is denied).
Using Server 1.0.8 on Vista Home Prem 32bit. I have the drive from a previous computer that ran XP in this, too, and I want to boot it up in vmware. The drive is unmapped in windows but every time I...
View ArticleUnable to remote access VM Server
I just installed VMServer 1.0.8 on CentOS 5.2 running on a Dell PE2970 with two Dual AMD processors. I can open the VMserver locally, but when I try from VMware Server Console on a Windows XP box I...
View ArticleWindows 2008 VM Network Driver issue
Hi, Im trying to update the network driver on a freshly installed Windows 2008 Standard VM (on Windows 2008 Host, VMWare 1.0.6). Do i have to use the driver associated with my physical adapter...
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Poor disk performance issue
Hello all, I am posting the prereq files called for in the read me. Thank you for asking for that information. I hope it helps you, help me. We have vmware ESX in a SAN. We have a bunch of servers...
View ArticleVirtual device scsi0:1 will start disconnected
We started running low on host hard drive space, so I bought a new 500GB hard drive and added it to my server. I moved my virtual machine to the new added drive. When I fire up that virtual machine,...
View ArticleHP G3 and G4 P2V Random Reboot
A couple months ago I performed a P2V of two production HP Servers both with 3GB of RAM and 120GB raid5. One a HP ProLiant ML370 G3 with Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition and the other HP ProLiant ML370...
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ntoskrnl.exe missing or corrupt when trying to boot from vmdk file.
I get the error ntoskrnl.exe file is missing or corrupt when trying to boot VM Server from the vmdk file. Any help would be appreciated on a fix. Thanks!
View ArticleHost and Guest Cannot Communicate Over Network Shares
I have seen many posting to this problem, but no resolutions. I have a Windows 2003 R2 32 bit Host running VMWare Server.On this VMWare Host I am running 1 guest (Windows Server 2003 R2 64 bit).A...
View ArticleThe VMware Authorization Service service hung on starting on Win2K Pro
Hi all, I tried various workarounds I found from in the forum, but they did not work for me. I found a fix outside the forum, and thought it best to post it here. The fix (thanks to Michael...
View ArticleGuest OS' clock runs too fast
I have looked for solutions for this problem, but haven't found one that works for this system. Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated. The clock of the guest OS runs around 1.5x faster than...
View ArticleVirtualizied PPTP-VPN Error 733
Urgently need help!! we're using Vmware Server 2.0 under Server2008 with a Intel NIC. We virtualizied an existing Win2000 SP3 computer. We had to disable some high-end features like...
View ArticleThe VMware Registration Service doesn't start on Windows Hosts
Have just installed the RC 2, Build 27828. The VMware Registration Service is now depend on RPC and on VMware Authorisation Service. Even though I'm having a new build now, I'm having the following...
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 ArticleRoot Filesystem Read-Only
Hi, I am running the beta on a RHEL4 server. I am finding that after a undetermined period of time the root filesystem changes to read only and VM stops working. dmesg|tail gives me the following...
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Project proposal: device-mapper target "dm-vmware" !?
Hello ! i spent some thoughts on this and like to have some discussion about the pro`s and con`s about some (for now completely theoretical) Linux kernel feature which could probably be helpful...
View ArticleVMWare Server on ISA Server 2006?
Has anyone managed to get ISA 2006 firewall working as a routing firewall between virtual machines running under VMWare Server, installed on the same host computer that runs ISA 2006? I would not use...
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