Virtual 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 ArticleExtreme Flickering in Full-Screen Mode
I recently added a second monitor to my host computer (dell M6500 Precision laptop) and when I run my virtual machines in full-screen mode, the entire desktop of the virtual machine flickers and...
View ArticleVMWare Server: Dependency problem on 64-Bit Red Hat ES 4, EM64T
I just installed RH ES 4 on a new Dell box. VMWare Server reports a number of libraries not found, but locate finds the file.ie.:libX11.so.6 => not found but locate finds the filelocate...
View ArticleSCSI LUNs in VMs?
Hi,I need to connect and use a HP DAT Changer in a NetWare 5.1 VM.Thanks to other topics here, I already created a generic SCSI device in the VM and I can see and use the drive (SCSI node...
View ArticleThe VMware Authorization Service service hung on starting on Win2K Pro
Hi all, I tried various workarounds I found from in the forum, but they did not work for me. I found a fix outside the forum, and thought it best to post it here. The fix (thanks to Michael...
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ESET Firewall
Well, I have been searching for answers for my problem with ESET Smart Security, but it seems NO ONE has posted anything useful on Google or in these Forums so I decided to share my solution since I...
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 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...
View ArticleVmware Error While Trying To Run OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 VMware Image
Hello, I am trying to open a OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 VMware Image but it doesn't opens. It shows apple logo and spinner for 5-6sec. and then Power Off Automatically! Error log :...
View Articlecannot uninstall VMware Server 1.0. from Windows 7
[pictures attached] I tried to install VMware Server 1.0.10, but got this message: Windows requires a digitally signed driverA recently installed program tried to install an unsigned driver.This...
View Articleubuntu 10.10 in text mode as a host
I have installed Ubuntu 10.10 server. I have changed it to boot in text mode in grub2. It does until it starts the vmware service. In that moment it changes the resolution. I'm going to manage the...
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VMware Server 1.0.10 bridged network ?
Hi all, I have problems configuring my network on my VMware Server 1 My host is a Windows 2003 Server x64 SP2 running as AD, file & print server. I have two NICs on it, configured in my network as...
View ArticleEnable experimental support for vt-x in VMWare Server 1.0.10
Browsing through the documentation I noticed that VMWare Server 1 has experimental support for Intel virtualization technology (vt-x) but it doesn't explain how to enable that. I read here in the...
View ArticleVMware Server Console: Wrong keyboard settings on ASUS EEE
Hello ! I am using a small ASUS EEE (Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic - Kernel 2.6.31) with VMware Server Console. Suddenly the keyboard won't work on the Windows XP guest operation system. The keys 'Q', 'W', 'E',...
View ArticleHP G3 and G4 P2V Random Reboot
A couple months ago I performed a P2V of two production HP Servers both with 3GB of RAM and 120GB raid5. One a HP ProLiant ML370 G3 with Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition and the other HP ProLiant ML370...
View Articleproblem with start ubuntu vmware machine
Hi, When i trie to startup a vmware machine i obtain the following error message: Error:unknown filesystemGrub >rescue The operative system is ubuntu and it have got one only partition. Then, I...
View ArticleUnable to check USB devices in Removable Devices list.
I recently inherited a project which uses Ubuntu 7.10 inside VMWare Server v. 1.0.4. I need to access a USB stick from Ubuntu, but are having a hard time doing so: 1. I insert the USB drive into my...
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