Questions 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 ArticleReplacement for VMware Server 1.0
Hello Community I am currently running a few CentOS 5.x hosts with VMware Server 1.x hosting various guests like CentOS VMs, legacy Netware servers and some Windows machines.Now I need to set up new...
View ArticleLow /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail causes exim to stop sending mail
Hi there, I'm using Debian Sarge 2.6.17.7 64bit as host OS with a Debian Sarge 2.6.17.7 32bit as guest OS. Now when I cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail I see a very low value. The highest I've...
View ArticleSQL Server assertion problem when using DBGhost
Hi all, I've set up a series of Windows Server 2003 (both enterprise and R2) VMWare virtual server machines with SQL 2000 SP4 installed. We use a third party tool called DBGhost which builds databases...
View ArticleUnable to access VMware Server
Hi All ! My vmware server is running on Pentium 4, 1GB RAM.Im able to access it from other machines thru VMware Server Console. But for this machine : 1.OS - CentOS 4.4.2.Standard x86‐based...
View Articlevmware server nat on 1and1.co.uk dedicated servers.
sorry for the length of text on my problem, but i've tried to be fairly detailed ...please read on: 1and1.co.uk sell dedicated online servers. i purchased one of these with 2 ip address's with the...
View ArticleVMware Server Download
I downloaded VMware server but i am now unable to connect to a host. I cannot add a new host, the option is greyed out. I understand i need a key to be able to connect, how do i get the key?
View ArticleCan't map a drive or UNC to a VM
I"ve got four VM's running Win2K3 and all of the machines on my network can map drives for UNC's to them, except that can not map drives or UNC's to each other. It's almost like they're firewalled...
View Articleunknown field ‘nopage’
I just upgraded my Fedora Installation and tried to rebuild vmware. The results are: make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.26.3-14.fc8-x86_64' + CC...
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...
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Vmware Error While Trying To Run MacOSX Image
I am trying to open a Mac OSX VMware Image but VMware doesn't opens previously it was showing an error "Failed To Get the Locked Status Of CD-ROM" But now it doesn't give any error but Power Off...
View ArticleBUG: Soft lockup detected on CPU
Hello, When running Centos 5 on Vmware using 2 CPUs I get the following kernel error:"BUG: Soft lockup detected on CPU#0!". ( I attached the error as copied from dmsg )The error shows up once in a few...
View ArticleMaxed out 100% cpu utilization - Centos 4.4 Host
Hello, Here is the setup I haveHost: 4 Dual Core 3 ghz xeon's, 16 GM ram, Centos 4.4 (Os sees 16, vmware see's 8) We have about 32-34 VM's on it & during the day when our users are on this, they...
View Articlevmon build fail Fedora 10
2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.i686 #1 SMP i686 athlon i386 GNU/LinuxVMware-server-1.0.8-126538.i386VMware-server-1.0.9-156507.i386 Short version: vmon build fails when running vmware-config.pl Long version:...
View ArticleAudio Device on High Definition Audio Bus
I have 2 XP workstations I have converted to Virtual.Both now have "Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus" with yellow explination mark in device manager.One machine was a Dell Optiplex 755 and the...
View ArticleVM ware server version 1.0.10
I am trying to migrate a server off vmware server version 1.0.6. I was able to find an installer for 1.0.7, but not 1.0.10 which according to a website is the last version of the 1 branch. I havent...
View ArticleVMWare Server is really slow
For some reason, My VM has become really tediously slow. The host is Windows 2003 x86 SP2 running VMware Server 1.0.3. The guest runs Windows XP SP2. For a while it's been running at normal speed,...
View ArticleUSB drive sharing between guest and host?
It's not currently possible to use a USB device both in a VMware guest and in the host at the same time, correct? Per my observations, the guest takes the device away from the host OS when it powers up...
View ArticleVMEM Files Linux vs. Windows
So, I spent serveral days last week playing around with the pros and cons of running a Linux (CentOS) vs a Windows (Server 2003) host. One thing that was frustrating me was that I couldn't find a...
View ArticleHow to install and run vmware server 1.0.9 on kernel 2.6.30
I just did this - and thought others might benefit: vi /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.30/arch/x86/kernel/init_task.c find this existing line:-struct mm_struct init_mm = INIT_MM(init_mm);and add this line...
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