Manually force clock synchronization via vmtools from within Linux VM?
Hi folks: Does anyone know if there is a way to manually force a clock synchronization via vmtools from within a Linux VM via command line so that it can be placed in a script? The problem I'm...
View ArticleWhen running script via VMware tools when power changed, some script...
I came across a very strange question. I tried to create some custom vmware tools scripts, such as a new bat file. This file contains a lot of commands, mostly copy command such as "copy...
View ArticleOperating system not found
Hi, I´m completely new to VMware and virtual servers. I´ve installed Windows server 2003 in an external hard disk (320 Gb) from an ISO image and I then installed VMware server in my computer...
View Articlevmnet1 missing
Hi, I am experincing a problem on some servers (1.0.7 on Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.2): the vmnet1 is missing and I discovered this becaue I got the message cannot get inteface flags for vmnet1, it...
View ArticleCannot Start VMWare Authentication Service
Hi there We cannot start the VMware Server recently. The software is installed in two back up server. Both of them asking for the host name, username and password. An error message "there was a...
View ArticleVMDK header corrupted
Hi, after a hardware problem, my vmdk seems to be corrupted. I look for a solution in forum discussions but anyone seems to be right for my problem. I have 2GB split SPARSE files. Is there any way...
View ArticleProblem using LPT-PCI card - very urgent
Hello everybody, I've got a really annoying Problem going on. We are installing a Serverfor a customer and there is a Windows 98 virtual machine running inVMWare Server 1.0.9.A special software that...
View ArticleWhich host platform you prefer: Windows 2003 Server x64 or SUSE (or Linux) 64...
Hi, I have been using Windows 2003 server R2 (x64) as VMware Server 1.0.6 host with 8GB memory and running at most 4VMs at the same time. Each VM will not consume more than 2GB memory, some of which...
View ArticleVM SHUTDOWN ALONE
Hey guys I´m new on community. I want to know, why my VM shutdown everydays, and after I Power on again dont shut more... Tks Fernando Felix
View ArticleProblem with vmware server 1.0.10 and usb mounting into guest
Hi, I really ve a serious problem here because I ve some reason that I need to use vmware sv 1.0.10 with windows 7 64bit pro as the host and win xp pro sp3 as guest os .... now i can installed vmware...
View ArticleQuestions re L3 and L2 QoS on dvSwitch or Standard vSwitch
Hi,We have a few questions related to how dvSwithes and standard vSwitches handle and can be configured to force L2 and L3 QoS values. I have searched around a bit and found no definite answers or...
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...
View Articleparted could not detect file system
I resized my disk on a linux vmserver. It went fine, but I am unable to get Parted to see the file system, so I can resize the /dev/sda2 partition. Any ideas how to get past this? (parted) check...
View ArticleWindows 2000 Server install hangs
Running VMWare Server 1.0.3 on Windows 2003. Installed an Ubuntu VM without problem. Created a new VM for Windows 2000 with typical settings but upon starting the CD boots to the point where the...
View ArticleVMware Tools in Puppy Linux 2.16
I am running VMware Server on Ubuntu Feisty (host) and have installed the latest version of Puppy Linux (2.16) as a guest. Getting VMware Tools installed took some figuring out and searching in various...
View ArticleDisable power-related keyboard shortcuts
Is there currently any way to disable the keyboard shortcuts related to power (Ctrl-E = Power Off, etc)? I connect to various linux machines and routinely use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+R to do...
View Articleimage crashing after 3 days, strange "write" lines in log file
Host: Windows 2003 SP2 32bitGuest: Ubuntu 7 (feisty)HW: Dual Core Opteron 2.2 Ghz, 2GB memory The server starts fine, and runs ok for 3 days then craps out. The log file is 20MB, so will not post it...
View ArticleMicrosoft Suggesting RPC Problems Due to VMWare Server
We are having a problem with running a domain controller on Windows 2003 Server as a virtual machine under VMWare Server. Our exact configuration is an HP DL585 with eight processor cores running...
View ArticleMemory on host boot allocation
I am running several Dell PE 1950 servers with Win 2K3 x64 R2 as the OS. Each server runs either 2 or 3 VMs, which have allocated either 1GB or 1.5GB RAM to each VM. The VMs are Win2K Citrix servers....
View ArticleDHCP not working in Guests
I am running into a problem where DHCP is not working in my guest VMs. I am running VMWare Server 1.0.4 on a Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 system with SP2. If I manually configure my guests with a...
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