Upgrading from VMWare server to ESXi?
Hello, I've seen that VMWare now have released a free version of ESXi, which is great! I have a few questions concerning upgrade and setup: Can I use existing machines created and running on VMWare...
View ArticleCan't connect to VMWare Server localhost
Hi, I have tried this many times. I installed VMware server. And from the vmware console, there's no option to connec to localhost. I noticed that VMware Authorization service and VMware...
View ArticleI want to restore snapshots faster ...
Hi all. I have a demo laptop that uses a VM image of Windows 2003 with Active Directory. I built it the way I wanted and created a snapshot. It takes about 12 minutes for the snapshot to load (768...
View ArticleWeird vmware-cmd behaviour
Hi, I have 2 vm's running windows 2000 server. Both imported through vmware converter. The physical servers were identical in hardware (Dell Poweredge 1950) When I shutdown server 1 via...
View ArticleConvert from growable to preallocated?
Is it possible to convert a virtual disk from growable to preallocated? I have had enough of the defrags and poor disk i/o. I know the inverse is true with: vmware-vdiskmanager -r sourceDisk.vmdk -t 0...
View ArticleThe parent of this virtual disk could not be opened.
I have been getting symmpi errors on my Exchange 2003 VMs and so have been getting paranoid about them. Last night my main Exchange server crashed, so I started to look at the complete copy I took of...
View ArticleHow to force shutdown suspended guest
Hello I am using VMware Server 1.01 on my Debian Etch machine.On the server there is a guest MS Windows Server 2003 R2 SP1. I create script on host server which suspends guest, makes backup of all...
View ArticleInstalling XP in Vista using VMware
Hi, I'm new to VMware and virtualization. I would like to know if I can do these: 1. install windows xp in Vista using VMware Server. Or do I need to use a different VMware software? 2. after...
View ArticleLicense expired? Removed / Installed 1.0.6. Now VMs will not start.
The subject pretty well says it all. Running VMware server on a Vista x64 host as a temporary measure while a bigger box is without a mainboard. The VMs are a Windows XP machine and a Windows 2003...
View ArticleOpen letter to VMWare
Dear VMWare Please get off your lazy ass and sign your Windows Vista drivers for VMWare Server. How hard can it be? People know it used to work under Vista 64, but due to the new nanny state of...
View ArticleGuest load hits 30 ! Used to work fine without vmware
Hi, I've installed VMware Server 1.0.6 (32bit) on a new server with the following specs : 2 x Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.06GHz (total of 4 cores)4 GB Ram2 x 74Gb SCSI Hard Drive (RAID 0)Debian Etch Host...
View ArticlePhysical Disk not Updating Data?
I am running the free VMWare Server. The host system is Windows 2003 R2. I have a virtual session running Windows XP Pro SP3. I have a virtual disk allocated for the XP OS and it works fine. I also...
View Articlehost clock going crazy
I have a linux host running a few windows VMs. As soon as I start the vms the clock runs slower and faster, if I watch the time sometimes a second will be shorter and sometimes it'll move two seconds...
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 ArticleNetwork is very slow
I have just recently installed an Ubuntu host running VMware Server v1.0.3. The host has 5GB of RAM and two Xeon 2.40GHz CPUs. There are only two VMs on the host, both of them a result of P2V of the...
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 Articledevice symppi did not respond within timeout period
I have a VMWare server running on Windows 2003 with a Windows 2003 guest. The host machine uses SAS RAID5 storage. When the guest operating system is backing up, or does other disk-intensive things,...
View ArticleIIS Configuration Failed installing VMware Management Interface for VMware...
I'm installing VMware Server 1.0.5 on a Windows Server 2003 SP2 system. During the install of the VMware Management Interface I get the following error: Warning 25301. IIS configuration faield...
View ArticleDelayed Write Failed Errors When Transferring Large Files to Host
Greetings, I've been attempting to resolve a problem for serveral weeks with Delayed Write Errors occuring on my guest OS (W2K3 64bit) when attempting to backup a large file (3-4GB) to a network share...
View ArticleLooking for feedback/ideas for backup/restore utility
I've been updating my backup utility at: http://computing.dwighthubbard.info/index.php/software/vmware-server-backup/ The utility has a good deal of functionality but I am looking for issues and...
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