Root 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 ArticleWhat to do in moments of crissis
If you ever start your VM and notice that it doesn't look or behave like it is supposed to do - please do not panic.[/b] This strange behavior can be the result of a power-failure or crash on the host,...
View ArticleIs it possible to use parallel port dongles in a virtual machine?
We have an old Windows NT4 machine running an old application with an parallel port dongle. We don't trust the old hardware so we want to move this machine to a VMware machine. Is it possible to use a...
View ArticleMove Virtual Machine
Hi,I need to move a Red Hat Virtual Machine to a new host, I did shut down the Machine and I copied all the files in the directory to the new host but when I try to start I get:Cannot open the disk...
View Articlescsi_id does not return any identifier
Hello, I use VMware Server 1.0.5 on OEL 5.1 (32bit, kernel 2.6.18-53). All guests run OEL 5.1 as well. The box is used for testing Oracle. I cannot use scsi_id to get an identifier so that udev could...
View ArticleFreeBSD high CPU utilization
I have installed some FreeBSD VM's and I keep seeing high CPU utilization. By high I mean 22-25 percent constantly. My linux and even windows VM's are in the 5-6 percent rage at the most. Even when...
View ArticleVMWare Server 1.0.10 - CPU Detection Fix
My VMWare Server 1.0.10 refused to run x64 guests under my AMD Fusion.For 64-bit virtualization, VMWare Server 1.x requires that the CPU will support the LAHF and SAHF instructions, which the AMD...
View ArticleVery slow performance / frequent freezes of VMs both in VMware Server and...
Hi there! I'm running 2 VMs on VMware Server 1.0.4, which in turn is running on a Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 32 bit, all patches and SPs. One VM is Windows Server 2003 SP2, the other Windows Server...
View ArticleIIS Asp.Net Tab missing after Installation
After the installation of build 23869 with Web Management Interface, the Asp.Net Tab of a WebSite is missing. Maybe other settings are overwritten too. I was not able to unhide the Asp.Net Tab with...
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 ArticleUSB access on VMware server 1.02 fixed?
Hello,In this latest version VmWare server, I still access my USB flash drive. Host is Suse 10.2, Guest is WinXP. Although I can add a usb controller to the VM, when the flash drive is plugged in, it...
View ArticleVMWare backup script on Linux host
Below is a backup script that I have created for backing up vmware instances on a Linux machine. Note that it requires the quest OS to have vmware tools installed in order to suspend it....
View ArticleSolaris 8 physical machine - VMware server machine
Hi I have solaris 8 physical machine, but now I must this OS export to virtual machine with Vmware Server. How I can make this operations? Anyone have any ideas? osanet
View ArticleExchange 2003 blue screen
System: Dell Poweredge 2950 4gb RAM, RAID 5 SAS container - 3 VMs all on same container. One 2003 domain controller, One 2003 Exch front-end, one 2003 Exch back end. I posted a week ago that in the...
View ArticleCentos 4.4 kernel 2.6.9-42 Vmware 1.0.3 build problems
I am trying out VmWare on Cent OS 4.4. I used the CentOs 4.4 Server CD to build the server. Installed Vmware 1.0.3, and did the /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl. I pointed the gcc path to...
View ArticlePromise Technology iSCSI NAS
I am contemplating using the Promise Technology VTrak M200i iSCSI SAN with VmWare Server for the development environment here. The host OS for the servers would be Windows 2003 Enterprise and the vms...
View ArticleProblems with DHCP on a notebook system
Hi ! I'm using a DELL D510 running on Kubuntu 6.06 (dapper drake) an VMware Server 1.0.3. The notebook computer is usually connected to a network using DHCP. The guest operation systems are also using...
View ArticleLosing ethernet interfaces in Debian Etch/Lenny
I have 3 servers that run VMware Server 1.0.2 and they all run Debian Lenny as the host OS. All the virtual machines run Debian Etch/Lenny has guest OS and they all have the exact same problem. Once i...
View ArticleWindows 2008 (server) Longhorn on phisical disk - STOP error
I have VmWare server 1.0.3-44356 on Linux (Suse Ent. Desktop 10) and try to run Windows 2008 (server) Longhorn on phisical disk. After booting I see grub chose to boot Windows 2008 (server) Longhorn...
View ArticleRamifications of changing "numvcpus" parameter on a guest
I have a guest machine(Windows 2003) that has the "numvcpus" parameter set to 2 in the VMX file. The host has 2 - Xeon HT procs, and i am runing 3 VMs currently on it. From reading through the forums i...
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