How to send ctrl + alt + backspace to restart X or ctrl + alt + Fn to change...
Hi, I would need to send the command only to the VM but because the host is also Linux the command goes to the host. How to send that to the VM? Thanks Fabo
View ArticleNetwork Bridging causing issues with asterisk
All, First time poster. Need help. Setup: windows xp host, debian etch 4.0 guest, vmware server 1.3. were looking to set up development environmentfor software engineers in debian + asterisk for ip...
View Articleshutdown of guest takes long / lot of disk-writes
Hello Community, first some information about my system: Ubuntu 8.04 x86_64 with kernel 2.6.24-21 VMWare Server 1.0.7 Intel Core2 Duo 2.66GHz Shutdown of a Windows2000 guest takes up to 10...
View ArticleInstall Server 2003 SBS from ISO - hangs copying files
I've tried this twice now with no luck: - existing, running Server 2003 SBS on vmware server 1.07 host- shut down guest OS, clean shutdown- copy VM to new host hardware running vmware server 1.08-...
View ArticleThe old "Unable to change virtual machine power state: The process exited...
OK, this wonderfully undescriptive problem I've seen caused by what appears to be dozens of things is happening to me. I made the horrible mistake of upgrading my FC8 kernel to the latest one (...
View ArticleWindows could not start the VMware Host Agent on Local Computer. For more...
I get this message when trying to start the VMware host in services. I'm running Windows XP x64.
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 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 ArticleProblem with host id changing when copying guest from desktop to laptop
Is there a way to fix the host id of a guest to a pre-set value, so that as you move from your desktop to your laptop the host id doesn't change and your licenced software fail to work? For some...
View ArticleUnable to get info for disk (IDE 0:0) ..can't open .vmdk .. The parent of...
Hi there. I have had a hellatious day working with VMware Server. I am running VMware-server-1.0.6-91891 on CentOS 5.3. Originally this morning, the system was running 2.0.2, but today I couldn't get...
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 ArticleNo usable clock interface found
HOST RHEL 5 x86_64 running VMware-server-1.0.10-203137.i386.rpm vmware server 1 vmware kernel modules seem to be breaking /dev/rtc device # uname -a Linux localhost 2.6.18-164.15.1.el5 #1 SMP Mon Mar...
View Articleissues suspending VM on linux using vmrun
Hey guys.I'm trying to supend a vm running on vmware server 1.0.10 using th current VIX API 1.10 vmrun command.It's working fine for ESX, ESXi, VMWare server 2 and also the list command works fine for...
View ArticleTCP SOCKET ERROR while powering on a vm using vix api
Hi I have been trying to poweron a vm using the vixcom api , but when i try to poweron the vm ,it gives me the error with the error code ERROR CODE:14010 there was a problem in communication .please...
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....
View ArticleEnable experimental support for vt-x in VMWare Server 1.0.10
Browsing through the documentation I noticed that VMWare Server 1 has experimental support for Intel virtualization technology (vt-x) but it doesn't explain how to enable that. I read here in the...
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 ArticleCannot Ping my CentOS 5.6 VM using hostname
Hello, I am configuring a VM as follows. Host:Windows XP SP2VMWare Server 1.0.10 Guest:CentOS 5.6DHCP enabled with NATVMware tools installedhostname = centos-vm I can access the Internet from the VM.I...
View ArticleCan't download vmware server 1.0.10 (fail)
I tried today to download vmware server 1.0.10, but the download link location on the download page (https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=SERVER1010&productId=25) points to...
View ArticleAfter P2V,slow, stuttering performance
We had a Win 2003 Std file server start to blue screen on us multiple times a week. Signs pointed to hardware issues, so we decided to P2V and get it virtualized before transferring data to a new VM...
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