TUN network device
A person who uses a VPS of us, asked if TUN was enabled. What is the TUN network device and how can we enable it? The only thing I found on the internet was that it has something to do with tunneling....
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Hello I downloaded VMware Server for windows and installed in my PC (Windows Vistal Ultimate 64 bit.) . When I started VMware server console, it is asking for host, username & password. I...
View Article64 bit guest on 32 bit Host
I have a brand new HP "Intel Xeon 64 bit" server running windows 2003 32 bit OS. Can I use the free version of VMware server to run a 64bit guest OS of Windows 2003 server? Thanks in advance for your...
View ArticleCan't expand disk size
I'm running VMware server 1.0.4. I have a virtual machine running windows server 2003. The current disk size is about 155GB and I want to crease it 45GB to 200GB or so, I have 70GB free so I have...
View ArticleExtract 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...
View ArticleVM and Floppy Drive detection problems
Hi, I hope someone has an idea to my problem, because its driving me around the bend!! I'm running VMWare Server on a Windows Server 2003 SP2 host. The Vm is also running Server2003 SP2. I am trying...
View ArticleNetwork driver install fails on Win XP guest, Debian host
Nobody seems to have this problem, but I just can't install the network driver for the Windows XP guest OS. Windows XP refuses the given drivers for some reason. I'm running VMware Server...
View ArticleWinDbg between two virtual machines (serial ports not working?)
I've followed the instructions here: http://www.vmware.com/support/gsx3/doc/devices_serial_debug_gsx.html and here: http://www.vmware.com/support/gsx3/doc/devices_serial_connect2vms_gsx.html I've...
View ArticleI lost my XP password!!
Hi All, I have set a password for my computer which has windows XP, But later on I forgot the password, and I tried every single password I can think of but no result. can anyone tell me how I crack...
View Articlevmware server 1 and kernel 2.6.29.
Hi. Have anybody know of the patch to vmware server 1.0.9 to have it successfuly compiled on kernel 2.6.29. I have just recently upgraded from kernel 2.6.27 and vmware server modules stop compiling....
View ArticleStrange errors with Windows PE (SCCM Image Capture task sequence)
I'm using VMWare Server 1.0.9 to run a test environment for System Center Configuration Manager 2007 OS Deployment, and I'm having all kinds of strange errors when capturing images in WinPE. A little...
View ArticleNo DVD: "Cannot connect to virtual device ide1:0"
Community, New to VMware fusion, perhaps this is a simple one: I have a new MacBook Pro (Snow Leopard), with VMware Fusion. I'd expect that when I'm in Windows and I insert a DVD, like the one I have...
View ArticleVMWare Server (1.0.10) host-only network problems
Hello, I am setting up network layout with and having some problems. I have vmnet0 bridged to eth0, this is called public network. It just just fine without any problem. I want to setup private network...
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 ArticleError during attempted start of new VM Machine image
HI all, I am unable to get a new VM Machine to start (that I created today ). I am not very savvy with VMWARE, so please excuse my apparent route level knowledge of (VMware), but I would greatly...
View ArticleWill this hardware work?
Hey guys. I currently have an optiplex gx620 as my home server running windows xp pro with vmware server and in it ubuntu. Its doing fine with 2 GB or ram but i thought about upgrading to be able to...
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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 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...
View ArticleVM on a 10.10.10.x network
I have a VMWare server installed on a 10.10.10.x network and unfortunately I am not able to make it work. If I am setting the NIC to use NAT I do have internet connection but under the bridge setting...
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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