Is it possible to use parallel port dongles in a virtual machine?
We have an old Windows NT4 machine running an old application with an parallel port dongle. We don't trust the old hardware so we want to move this machine to a VMware machine. Is it possible to use a...
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 ArticleCan't clone VMs in 1.0.6 server
I have a WinXP 32bit working VM tuned for VMware server 1.0.6. I have no issues at all with this machine. I copy it to another location, change its name in both .vmx file and into the virtual disk file...
View ArticleUnable to get info for disk (IDE 0:0) ..can't open .vmdk .. The parent of...
Hi there. I have had a hellatious day working with VMware Server. I am running VMware-server-1.0.6-91891 on CentOS 5.3. Originally this morning, the system was running 2.0.2, but today I couldn't get...
View ArticleCan't open .vmdk or 1 of the snapshots it depends on. Reason: file specified...
I have recently posted another thread for a separate issue on VMware-server-1.0.6-91891 running on CentOS 5.3, this issue is different but stems from the same day. I posted there that I had downgraded...
View ArticleSerial Ports in ESX
I have the com 1 port working and mapped to a virtual machine. I then added an USB com port appliance. the com ports are in Windows (2008 64), but when I try to map one to the next virtual server, it...
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Corrupted VMDK, Snapshot and Defragment Issues
We have a Windows 2000 VM running in VMware Server 1. This VM's VMDK is make up of 17 separate vmdk files and the 13th vmdk file has been corrupted previously when the server encounter a power trip....
View ArticleVMware fails to boot guests after a while until I reboot host
VMWare Server 1.0.10, host OS is Windows 7 64bit, the guest OS is Windows XP 32bit. This setup has worked fine for over a year, then recently I found that after a day or so VMware would no longer boot...
View ArticleVirtual Machine looks on SSD
I'm running a Windows XP installation on my vmware server 1.08. It has worked good for some years now but recently I bought a SSD and move the vmware machine to that drive. Now some problems has...
View ArticleCannot Ping my CentOS 5.6 VM using hostname
Hello, I am configuring a VM as follows. Host:Windows XP SP2VMWare Server 1.0.10 Guest:CentOS 5.6DHCP enabled with NATVMware tools installedhostname = centos-vm I can access the Internet from the VM.I...
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 ArticleIssue with RHEL 6.1 on VMware
Hi, I am trying to create a RHEL 6.1 guest on VMware. I am using following VMware version. -bash-3.2$ rpm -q VMware-serverVMware-server-1.0.10-203137 The problem I see is that as soon as the...
View Articlecannot connect to host; target machine actively refused it
There seems to be something Im missing in my virtual machine setup because when I try to use the VM from another computer on my network I get the error: "Cannont connect to host 10.0.0.36; A connection...
View ArticleVM NTbackup restoration in DR site from physical server domain controller
I have a task to restore NTbackup to VM which is hosted on DR site for domain controllers, NTbackup is from physical servers, is it possible to restore NTbackup from physical hardware to virtual...
View ArticleProblem Migrating a VM from VMware server 1
Hi,I'm trying to move a vm to a esxi 5 host, but have a strange issue. I am using the converter utility to convert and copy the vm, but the guest OS (Server 2003) goes into a reboot loop whenever...
View ArticlePPPoE: MS Virtual PC works - VMWare Server doesn't
Hi all, I've been several days strugling to get a PPPoE broadband ADSL connection working from within a WinXPSP2 guest running on VMware Server 1.0.4. I've read many postings here but my problem...
View Articlethe network bridge on device vmnet0 is not running
hey y'all, i've been running VMware for more than 8 years on workstation or server but got into an issue last few days and i don't seem to be able to solve it. here are some basic information:...
View Articlertc doesn't work when using mssql
We have a few vms with Windows 2003 and Microsoft SQL 2005 sp3 and sp4. We are using Ubuntu 8.04 as the host (2.6.24-23). Time keeping in the vms is not right, the clock is fast, then slow, then it...
View ArticleVM powered off, now error: Unable to get info for disk (SCSI 0:0)..can't find...
HI VMWare community. I have a VMware Server 1.0.6 build-91891 on CentOS 5.5. I have a Windows 2003 Server VM instance that was performing sluggishly, so I powered it off, and went to modify its RAM...
View ArticleVmware server install fails on Debian 5 (Lenny)
Hi, I am getting the following error when trying to install VM server 1.0.8 onto Debian 5 (Lenny). Any help is greatly appreciated. What directory contains your desktop menu entry files? These...
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