Missing VM hard drives
Hi, My problem started when I wanted to restore a Linux VM. Basically, when using a SCSI VM driver for any new VM machine, the VM O/S can't see the drive. I've experimented with both Centos and...
View ArticleI need help configuring VMware
Hey all... I tried searching to see if my topic may have been covered already and found nothing. I am running an XP machine w/ Fedora as my VM.My work has a proxy which I have Internet Explorer use and...
View ArticleBest file system for linux guest operating system
Hello, I was wondering if there are opinions about what file system is best to use inside Linux quest OS. As a matter of host, I personally prefer to use a xfs for the partition containing my vmdk...
View ArticleWindows Server 2003 guest boot hangs my Centos VM server
Hi, I've done some initial searches through google and in this forum, but can't get any traction on this problem. I'll give a brief description here--if it has been dealt with before, please post a...
View ArticleMAC Address issue ?
Hi,We have a problem with virtual machine (win2003 x64 host & win2003 std VM) : physical computers on my network sometimes lose ping to virtual machines (vice versa).It seems that MAC Address of...
View ArticleBridged Networking doesn't work
Hi Community,i got following problem: when I use "Bridged Networking" my guest cannot connect to the LAN (doesn't get an IP from DHCP). When I set a static IP (see my ifconfig -a) I can ping the host...
View ArticleBuffer I/O error on device sdx (vmware Server, Linux guest, Windows XP host)
Since installing vmware Server 1.0.4 build 56528 on a Windows XP host, I keep getting SCSI errors in my Linux 2.6.17-10-386 guest: dmesg output:17183434.356000 sd 0:0:5:5: Device not ready: <6>:...
View ArticleUnable to view the virtual machine's screen
Since updating my host OS to Ubuntu 7.10, and VMware Server to 1.04 I only get a black screen from the Server Console, and this message: "Unable to view the virtual machine's screen: You need execute...
View ArticleAny plans to fix the Registration Service startup bug?
We have VMware Server 1.0.4 installed on a Windows 2000 SP4 server. Every time we rebooted the server, the 'VMware Registration Service" (vmserverdWin32.exe) failed to start, meaning virtual machines...
View ArticleVmware Server on a Debian Etch host - NAT/PAT problem
Hi, I've installed vmware server 1.0.4 on a debian etch host to try it out. The server is directly connected to internet so I decided to use NAT networking and give the nat.conf file a try. I've run in...
View ArticleGuest will not turn off, only suspend
Hello! We are running VMWare server on SuSE Enterprise Server 10. We have two guests, both are Win2k3 Server. Everything works fine, except when you shut down one of the guests (Start,shutdown) it...
View ArticleClient powers off by itself
I am running version 1.04 with any-any-115My windows clients (XP 32 bit) power off randomly within 15 to 20 minutes after client start upwhen powering back on they come up normally (no fdisk)My host is...
View ArticleCopy and paste operation
I am running VMWare Server 1.0.4 build-56528 on a Windows Vista host. I have a Windows XP guest machine configured. I have noticed inconsistancies when copying and pasting text between applications...
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,...
View ArticleRunning MS Virtual Server 2005 in VMWare
Hi, has anyone ever tried to run another VM System within a VMWare Server installation? My installation is as follows: Linux Host running VMWare Server 1.0.4 -> VM Microsoft Windows...
View Articlevnc and keymap again
I'm accessing a guest using vnc. The host as the vnc client are the same model (DELL GX620), in both case I have the same french keyboard (id azerty keyboard) Accessing the guest vm from the...
View Articlevmware-vmx process slamming CPU, VM unresponsive
Hi all. I've just installed VMware Server 1.0.4 on a Dell PowerEdge 2950 with 16 gig of RAM and a quad-core Xeon CPU. The host OS is SuSE Enterprise 10. I've created a virtual machine with one CD-ROM,...
View ArticleCannot Power-On a VM
I have installed VMWare Server 1.0.4 onto Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.1 (rebranded RedHat EL 5.1, as in exact same binaries). Kernel is version 2.6.18-53.el5xen. Running as root, I can create a virtual...
View Articlemultiple .vmdk files
Hi, I'm using VMware Server v1.0.4. I started with a single virtual disk file (.vmdk file) 2 years ago. Now my folder contains 18 .vmdk files for this single environment (please see attachment). How...
View ArticleUsername and password
I installed VMserver 2.0 and it never promted me for a username and password. Now when I try to go in through the Web Access, it prompts me for one. I've tried every combination I can think of. Can...
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