Extract data from VMX file to excel
Hello, I want to know if there is a way to extract data from .vmx file to say excel worksheet, I have almost 100 VMWares spread across 3 host servers. A script would be helpful as I can then...
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VMWare Server USB problems - strange
Hi, I have VMWare running on a host Windows Server 2008 and guest OS is Windows XP Pro. I want to use my USB Dongle (Aladdin) and USB Memory stick in my guest OS. They both work perfectly in...
View ArticleProblem connecting Vmware server host
I have tried installing 1.6 1.7 1.8. and installation is successfully install, but when I tried to open vmwareserver it ask me for host connection, host name, and password. I not know how to start....
View ArticleCLI;HLT poweroff Win2k Server
Hi there, I have a Windows 2000 Server running inside VMware Server 1.0.8. It is set to automatically reboot should a kernel panic (i.e. BSOD) occur. Now, I have a very strange situation; when my...
View ArticlePXE boot not working after soft reboot
Dear all, this has been a bug in VMWare Server for a long time, but I never got around to submitting it (the VMWare web-site does not seem to allow you to submit a bug if you don't have a support...
View Articlentldr file missing
I'm using VMWare server 1.0.10 build-203137 and I'm having issues. Basically I have a Symantec Ghost server running on a Windows XP SP3 box. I want to virtualize that machine for backup capabilities....
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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 ArticleVMware fails to boot guests after a while until I reboot host
VMWare Server 1.0.10, host OS is Windows 7 64bit, the guest OS is Windows XP 32bit. This setup has worked fine for over a year, then recently I found that after a day or so VMware would no longer boot...
View ArticleVMware Server Console: Wrong keyboard settings on ASUS EEE
Hello ! I am using a small ASUS EEE (Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic - Kernel 2.6.31) with VMware Server Console. Suddenly the keyboard won't work on the Windows XP guest operation system. The keys 'Q', 'W', 'E',...
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 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...
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Vmware Error While Trying To Run MacOSX Image
I am trying to open a Mac OSX VMware Image but VMware doesn't opens previously it was showing an error "Failed To Get the Locked Status Of CD-ROM" But now it doesn't give any error but Power Off...
View ArticleProblem Migrating a VM from VMware server 1
Hi,I'm trying to move a vm to a esxi 5 host, but have a strange issue. I am using the converter utility to convert and copy the vm, but the guest OS (Server 2003) goes into a reboot loop whenever...
View ArticleCan not access guest from host or host from guest.
Hello, I can't acess my guest system from my host nor can I access my host from my guest. Both the host and the guest are Windows 2003 R2. I can ping both directions but if I try to access a file share...
View ArticleAssign 3G Modem to a virtual machine
Hello, I Have a PCMCIA modem (3G-UMTS) which allow me to gain direct access to internet.The modem is correctly visible on Windows, and work perfectly.I have a LAN network wich work fine. The LAN...
View ArticleKernel Panic, Not Synching: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown block (0,0)
After stopping an attempted vmware tools install and then restarting the VM, the server will not boot again. It gives the error "Kernel Panic, Not Synching: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown...
View ArticleUnable to ping/ssh to Guest VM in NAT mode
I have used VMware-Server in the past on RHEL/Fedora host where the VM's were also RHEL/Fedora.I used NAT mode and was able to ssh between the VM's and host pretty easily Thinking on similar lines, I...
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 ArticleUnable to install Windows OS when using scsi drives
I've been using vmserver v 1.4 for a few months now. I recently upgraded to v 1.5. I wanted to create some new vm pcs. My delima is this I create a new VMusing scsi instead of ide. I load the scsi...
View Articledevice symppi did not respond within timeout period
I have a VMWare server running on Windows 2003 with a Windows 2003 guest. The host machine uses SAS RAID5 storage. When the guest operating system is backing up, or does other disk-intensive things,...
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