How to purge a Snapshot from a VM when the snapshot options are missing
Hello, I am using VMWare Server 1.0.4 and have a Windows XP Pro VM. I am trying to Defrag and Shrink this OS but the option to do so using the VMWare Server GUI states that I cannot due to one of...
View ArticleTime drifts on Red Hat 5.1 (Unbrkbl Linux) on top on VMware server
Hi, I've been looking around the net to see if the suggested solutions could help me, unfortunately it didn't. I installed VMware Server (VMware Server 1.0.2 build-39867) on top of Ubuntu 7.04...
View ArticleDelayed Write Failed Errors When Transferring Large Files to Host
Greetings, I've been attempting to resolve a problem for serveral weeks with Delayed Write Errors occuring on my guest OS (W2K3 64bit) when attempting to backup a large file (3-4GB) to a network share...
View ArticleMemory leak in VMware Server?
Hi! I got VMware Server 1.0.5 build-80187 installed on HP ML570 G4 (4 quad-core Intel processors, 16 GB RAM, Windows Server 2003 R2 Enteprise Edition, SP2 ). It also is fileserver and MS SQL server....
View ArticleBackup Exec AOFO causes VM error "operation on file [vmdk] failed....another...
Twice now, one of my VM's has stopped responding VMware 1.05 build 80187Backup Exec 11d AOFOHost OS - Windows 2003 64-bit, 16gb RAM, 2x160gb SAS RAID1VM's: C: - (1) Windows 2003 std - 120gb disk, 1...
View ArticleTrouble starting openSUSE 11.0 Virtual Appliance
I have VMware server 1.0.6 running on suse 10.0 as host and downloaded opensuse11.0 vm When I want to start it in VMserver I get: Unable to add virtual machine "/hdb9/openSUSE 11.0 KDE.vmx" to the...
View ArticleCan't install VMWare due to XP Persmissions?
Trying to install VMServer 1.0.6 or 2.0 Beta on a XP Pro machine and get the same error just after I launch the installer: "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not...
View ArticleInstall VMtools on a Linux (CentOS 5.2) guest from a Windows Server 2000 host
I have installed VMware Server 1.0.6 - build 91891 on a Windows Server 2000 box. My guest O/S is CentOS 5.2. I have ready many guidlines for installing VMtools - but had had no success. I do not...
View ArticleFILEIO: Failed to get a lock for file
I had a Windows 2003 VM running on an Ubuntu host that died on me. I'm now trying to boot up that VM on another Ubuntu machine running the same version of VMware Server 1.0.7 and I keep getting ......
View ArticleAny Way to Get More Than 10 Network Adapters Usable by VMWare Server Host?
I would like to use 15 virtual machines with a VMWare Server host, and I want each of those to have its own dedicated virtual network adapter. The goal is to have each server live on a dedicated...
View ArticleWindows Virtual Machines Crashing/Unix Based Virtual Machines Keep Running!
I have the following setup: Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q9300 @ 2.5ghzAsus P5Q Delux Motherboard6 gigs of ram (Pny ram ... did have gskill ... did away with it because of this ...)3Ware 9650SE-8LPML w/ 6 1tb...
View ArticleVM using too much disk space on host
Hi, I am running VMWare Server 1 and one of my VM's is using too much disk space. It's quite complicated but I will try to explain it the best that I can. The VM has three virtual HDD's, named...
View ArticleFile creation error - The specified network name is no longer available.
Hi, I can not copy any file from other (real) machines on any of my Virtuel machines (VmWare 1.0.3 build 44356) The error message is : File creation error - The specified network name is no longer...
View Articlehow to reset virutal machine bios password
hi I have been using vmware community version 1.04 and i have set a bios password for one the virtual machine running into, now i have to reset the password to blank since i have lost that...
View Articleshared folder in Vcenter or workstation
Can anyone help me to know how to shared a folder between 2 VMs using Vmware server or worskstation. thank y.
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 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 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...
View ArticleHide vmware tools from systray by default in Terminal Server
Is there a method to hide or prevent access to vmware tools for terminal server users in Windows 2003?
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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