Can't install VMWare due to XP Persmissions?
Trying to install VMServer 1.0.6 or 2.0 Beta on a XP Pro machine and get the same error just after I launch the installer: "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not...
View Articleinternet access on domain controller
Hi, My guest is a domain controller that needs temporary access to the internet. Therefore I created a bridged connection to my host and physical network (VMnet0). Physical connection seems to work:...
View ArticleRecreate the vmdk file with a disk recovered file
I have a problem. My server machine crashed and the diskthat i used for run vmware server has corrupted. Some Virtual machine lost their vmdk file. I recovered some files that were into the VM...
View ArticleWindows 2008 VM Network Driver issue
Hi, Im trying to update the network driver on a freshly installed Windows 2008 Standard VM (on Windows 2008 Host, VMWare 1.0.6). Do i have to use the driver associated with my physical adapter...
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 Articleguest (win2003) cannot ping host (linux) using hostonly
Hi, all, I've install the vmware-server-1.0.9 in centos 5.3 x64, create a hostonly vm - windows 2003. in host, ifconfig vmnet1: vmnet1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:01 inet...
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 ArticleBridge not working and can't ping gateway
Hi everyone,I wonder if you can help. This has baffled me. I have a Centos5 host and a centos5 guest in vmserver 1.0.10. I have another gust XP.I have two NICS eth0 and eth1[used for internet/don't...
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 ArticleCannot boot from iso's
I am running vmware server (official version, not the one in the canonical repository) on Ubuntu 7.04 amd64 Server Edition. I can connect to the server just fine, but when I create a virtual machine...
View ArticleDemoting 2 CPU to 1 CPU
Hello, I have a server that I am trying to promote from a 1 CPU to a 2 CPU server. However, since it is a critial server, I was wondering what the side-effects would be if I decided later on to...
View ArticleBridge Virtual network to VPN
Hello all, I configured a vpn connection from a host Windows 2003 server to a RRAS server. I try to bridge this vpn connection with Virtual Network Editor but it does not appear in the list. In the...
View ArticleDisable host file cache for guest machine
Hello, Is there a way for vmware to not cache the vmdk hard disk files? I run some benchmarks in vmware-servers and I need all the files to be read from the disk all the time. The host is linux...
View Articleremote power on /wake on lan
Hi all, A few months ago I bought a new server (Intel Xeon x2, Windows 2003 server), to run several virtual machines on it under VMWare Server. Users logged into their VMs with RDP and everything...
View ArticleWindows NT 3.51 on VMWare is it possible.
Has anyone one gotten Microsoft Windows 3.51 Server running on VMWare Server? If so, can you please explain how you did it? I tryed using VMWare Converter, but it does not allow Windows 3.51 Server....
View ArticleWhat exactly does vmware-tools do in FreeBSD?
What exactly does vmware-tools do in FreeBSD? And why is it so hard to find specific information about the function of vmware tools? The manual says very little on the subject...
View ArticleCentOS 4 raid - load avg takes over after 24hr
Hi this is a simple setup with centos 4 host on a powerful desktop with 2 guests each running about 512gb of normally inactive jboss. After about 1 day the load average climbs to 1 then 2 and stays...
View ArticleHow to lock file for moving VM?
I'm moving my virtual machine from drive "C" to "D" and I kept getting this error when trying to start the virtual machine. Cannot open the disk d:\virtual machines\mycomp\windows XP...
View ArticleHow to increase drive size of virtual machine OS?
Okay, I found that I need more than 8GB of disk space for my virtual machine OS. How do I increase the hard disk size of the VM?
View ArticleThis connection has limited or no connectivity
Hi I seem to be having problems with my guest os using vmware server 1.0.3. When I had vmware 1.0.2, I selected all the default options when installing it and the internet connection for the guess os...
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