windows 2008: LSI_SCSI warning "Reset to Device"
Over the past two weeks we have been seeing frequent LSI_SCSI warnings in our System Event Log "Reset to device, \Device\RaidPort0, was issued." Every time this happens the server freezes for 2 to 20...
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...
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Poor disk performance under linux, fine under windows. Benchmarks
After spending what now amounts to 4 weeks dealing with this issue. Get ready for a long post hopefully with lots of performance/throughput numbers. The challenge:Windows 2000 SP4 Guest >512MB RAM...
View Articleparted could not detect file system
I resized my disk on a linux vmserver. It went fine, but I am unable to get Parted to see the file system, so I can resize the /dev/sda2 partition. Any ideas how to get past this? (parted) check...
View ArticleEth0 disapears in VMware and Ubuntu Server
I've reproduced this error many times: 1) Download VMWare Server, and Install2) Download Ubuntu Server 7.04, and install in VMWare3) Complete the OS installation4) Networking is functional, eth0 is...
View ArticleRoot 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 ArticleYour Computer does not support Long Mode. Use a 32bit Distribution.
I have a Dell PowerEdge 2950 that has 2 3.0 Ghz dual core Xeon processors, with 4 GB of Ram. I want to use VMware ESX 3.5 Server for Red Hat Linux Enterprise 5 64 bit. When I start the Virtual...
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 ArticleCan't join Domain from guest VM
I cannot join my Windows domain with any guest VM that I have created. I have 3 different guest VMs and none of them are able to join the domain. I have just removed my host OS from the domain and...
View ArticleVOLUNTEERS needed for new Mainframe (Hercules emulator) appliance
--Please PM me for DL link if you want to help with installing guest-software and making this updated appliance for the community; it is a bit large and unpolished ATM. o Clone of my Squid V2 appliance...
View ArticleMaximum hard disk size limitation?
Back in the GSX day, I seem to recall a 256 GB size limitation on virtual hard disk drives. Does that limit no longer exist with VMware Server? Is there any limit now (of course, notwithstanding the...
View ArticleRemoved snapshot, how to remove the -00001.vmdk file?
Hello everyone, I have a VM in VMWare server which I used to have a snapshot on. I have since deleted the snapshot, but I see that it left behind a file 120gb-000001.vmdk, which i assume was the data...
View Article"configuration file was created by a VMware product with more features than...
wtc? I installed VMware server 1.04 on my Fedora core8 system. Install was pretty painless. Running vmware brings up the Server Consoe screen with no surprises. Then downloaded ubuntu...
View ArticleDoes VMWare Server support .vhd files (MS Virtual PC)?
Does VMWare Server support .vhd files (MS Virtual PC)? I downloaded the free .vhd image of XPSP3+IE8beta2 from Microsoft web site, but VMWare says it's not a valid image. Why?
View ArticleProblems during startup - VMware server - Windows Vista ultimate - 64 bit
Hello I downloaded VMware Server for windows and installed in my PC (Windows Vistal Ultimate 64 bit.) . When I started VMware server console, it is asking for host, username & password. I...
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 ArticleSolution: VMWare Server 1.0.10 Console on Windows 7 64Bit
Hello, This entry is for all those people who want to use VMWare Server 1.0 with Windows 7 64Bit. I have wasted about 30 hours to come up with this recipe. I think I have a scenario that many others...
View ArticleSetting up multiple nics on VMware
I have a brand new server setup with 3 VMs running on it but I would like to utilize all of the network cards in the system so I can give each VM a gigabit connection. The computer has 3 dual nic...
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Can't connect to the network.
Hi, I just recently installed VMware and i can't seem to get the network section working for Windows XP home. I read somewhere XP Pro just works and there might be issues with XP home? Most people...
View ArticlePeoplesoft / VMware Server / Windows 2003 / SQL Native Client JVM errors
I'm running Windows 2003 Server SP2 on a VMware Server session. When I boot my Peoplesoft 8.4x application server and process scheduler using the Microsoft SQL Native Client driver (2005.90.2047.00),...
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