VMDB failure - Unable to open snapshot file
Hi All-- The power went out the other night and when I booted back up it seems that I've lost (at least the right location) all my snapshots. If anyone can please help please let me know- Below is a...
View ArticleVMware Server 1.0.3-44356 and GCC 4.1.2
I have upgraded a server (that was running VMware Server just fine, thank you) to kernel 2.6.21.5-SMP, GCC 4.1.2. Attempting to reinstall VMware 1.0.3-44356 results in the following errors and I don't...
View ArticleIssues with RPC communication between Host and Guest
As I was recommended to open a new thread here for this issue that it seems happened to some people and even seems to have been used to point out a VMWare issue in a (tendentious)...
View ArticleSerial Port / External Fax Modem dropping data?
Hello. Thank you for the opportunity to post my question in this forum. I was tasked with moving an application from a SCO Openserver 5.0.6 box to a Redhat EL5 box. Due to licensing costs on the...
View ArticleSerial Ports
I am running VMware Server 1.0.4 and have a machine with two modems in it. One is on COM3 and the other on COM5. I have two WinXP guest OSes set up and would like to use one modem in one and the...
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 ArticleInstalling a 64bit guest on a 32bit host?
Hi! I was just wondering if there any way to install a SUSE 64 bit guest on my 32 bit WInXP host. I am currently using VMWare Server 1.0.3 and I saw some 64bit guest options, but when I boot the...
View ArticleWhere is vmnet to physical NIC configuration stored?
Host is server 1.0.3 on CENTOS 4.4 The Host machine has 7 NICS installed. Where do I find the mapping of which VMNET maps to which physical NIC? I know I can shut down all the VM's and rerun...
View ArticleVMWare eating up disk space
Hi, I am running vmware server 1.0.4 on Ubuntu LTS 6.0.6. In a partition mounted as /var/data, I have 3 VMs. The "df -h" command shows: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted...
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Virtual machine failed to start
hello every body, i am using vmware server 1.0.2 and have created many machines with gues OS Windows Server 2003 and were running fine. Untill recently, when i was working, i pressed Ctrl+z to undo...
View Article2 network cards and one under host used - how to use that with guest?
Hi! I have Windows XP SP2 running as host os and SuSE Linux installed. My laptop has a wireless lan card and a normal ethernet card. I need both cards in the guest os (SuSE) to set it up as a...
View ArticleFedora 8 on VMServer failed install
Hello. I have recently joined the community and firstly I want to say hello to you all! I've installed VMServer and wanted to install Fedora 8 on it. I put CD as ISO image and start to install....
View Articleperiodic problem with /tmp, Server 1.0.4
Hola, I'm running Server 1.0.4 on Debian x86, hosting two low-intensity VMs; one XP and one another Debian. It's been running fine for a few weeks, but in the last two days I started getting this...
View ArticleDedicated NIC Port
Hi there, I just installed another NIC port on my server, is there any way to have the virtual machine work off only that port? Not bridged?
View ArticleDifference Guest OS & Host OS
Hello Expert, I`m still new in VM. What`s the difference between Guest OS & Host OS memory usage?? For example : I created 1 VM n assigned 1GB memory into it, but Host Memory usage show me 424...
View ArticleTime synchronization problems inside guest - Guest time moving ahead
As suggested I am creating a new thread. I am having similar issues as stated in this thread: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/130979?tstart=0 I have a WinXP SP2 guest who's time is moving ahead...
View Articleip address conflict
Hi, I have Win 2008 running on a Win 2003 Host. Win 2008 keeps generating "windows has detected an ip address conflict for 192.168.2.100". This is the IP address for the host. However, Win 2008 guest...
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 ArticleProblem with autounattend.xml and Windows 2008
I'm trying to become familar with the Windows Automated Installation Kit and Windows SIM. I've created an autounattend.xml file following the instructions in the WAIK. Problem I'm having is that I...
View ArticleVirtual Network Editor disabled.
Hi, I'm running VMWare Server version 1.0.4, and is there something I have to do to enable the Virtual Network Editor? Once I go into Host -> Virtual Network Settings... I can change things,...
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