How to assign Physical Network Card to Virtual Machine
Hi Everyone, I just want to ask on how can I assign physical network card in my virtual machine? My objective is to assign a public IP address to my Virtual machine and directly connect it to my...
View ArticleNAT does not provide Default Gateway
I have looked at old posts to see if this issue already has been answered but didn't see any that specify the same conditions I have ran into. I have VMWare server 2.0.1 installed on my Laptop, a DELL...
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vmrun "revertToSnapshot" not working using non-root account even though...
Hi - i am trying to get the "revertToSnapshot" command working for vmrun (running it from inside a perl script).I've been trawling through Google but there does not seem to be an answer i can find,...
View ArticleVMware guest stops responding to network requests and then starts working...
Hi All, We've purchased a Dell PowerEdge 1950 and we've been trying for couple of weeks to run 2 Windows 2003 guest OSs. The virtual machines run fine for an undefined period of time and then...
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 ArticleComplete noob, made Server 2008 VM on XP SP3 host, trying to get connectivity
I just downloaded and installed 1.0.9. OS installation went swimmingly. I'm trying to deploy a domain controller, but during setup it mentioned the slight problem that I had no internet connection....
View ArticleUnsual screen resolution
I am running VMware Server 1.0.9 on Ubuntu Linux as the host and Windows XP as the guest. I've done that for a long time on my desktop, but my new Acer Aspire notebook has unusual screen resolution:...
View ArticlePls help
Hello, Pls am new to this forum. I posted a question yesterday and it has been viewed 22 times but no reply. Pls i want to know if am in the right forum and if there is a chat room on this site....
View Article64-bit guests
So, we have VMware server on a Linux host, and we want to run a 64-bit guest. It complains that this is not supported by my processor. I look at the supported hardware and it says that the AMD...
View ArticleMy USB stick doesn't show up under Removable Devices
Dear VMware users, I am trying to access a USB stick from a virtual machine, but I fail. I am using VMware Server to run Linux on a borrowed laptop. The host OS is Windows Vista 32 bit with Service...
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drive space
I am having drive space issue on my vmware servers the host server is running out of disk space due to the vmdk files are expanding. Can anyone tell me why? See Photo. Thanks!Copy of vmware server...
View ArticleChanged Preallocated Disk to Growable and now Snapshots doesn't work
Hello Everyone. I hope someone around here can help me. I had a VM with a really limted preallocated HD (6GB) which i couldn't format to create bigger disks, i needed the licenses of the applications...
View ArticleAttach Console not working
Hi, I've set Firefox up so that it loads the file into the Server Console but when the Console loads no VM is shown, (empty Inventory, no Tabs, etc). Any help would be appreciated.
View ArticleInstall VMware Server on Linux (Fedora)
Hi, I am not Linux guru at all and this is probably the easiest request made. But what are the commands or how do I install VMware Server on an Linux environment? Thanks in advanced.
View ArticleWorking with VM while taking/reverting snapshot
HiI've noticed that in VMware Server (and probably other VMware products) you can work with your virtual machine while you are taking or reverting a snapshot. I usually wait until the snapshot is 100%...
View ArticleHelp! VMware Server not releasing host disk space on removal of VM
VMware Server 1.0.3 ~ host OS: XP Pro ~ guest OS: XP Pro Hi all, As a VMware newbie with limited technical knowledge I would be grateful for some pointers on what I have done wrong and, more...
View ArticleVMWare Server guest can't ping APC UPS
I am running server 1.03. Host is windows 2k3 sp1, latest hotfixes, static IP address, no firewall guest is suse 10.2, fedora 7, and w 2k3 sp1, all static IP. All can ping host and default gw for some...
View Article\[BUG] USB bug when using dongle
Dear, there is a bug when using a dongle in a vmware guest. VMwareserver: 1.02 en 1.03Host: Linux scofield 2.6.18-4-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Mar 26 11:36:53 CEST 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linuxand I am seeing the same...
View ArticleSuspend guests on host shutdown?
I've noticed that shutting down or restarting my server takes a very long time. Over five minutes is not uncommon. The only thing I can to blame is VMWare Server (1.0.3) which has a running guest while...
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Windows 2003 x64 Cache Size problems.
Windows does have its own System Cache as everyone knows. It's also well known that it is managed by windows and resizes to use free memory. My problem is that it is never given back to the system at...
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