the 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:...
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Advanced VB script for backup of VMs on Windows hosts
Please advice. I worked about 5 days on it, and it's awesome, IMHO. Read the leading comment attentively. Save the code as vm-backup.vbs. Enjoy. Share your comments. ' Copyleft saxa aka Alexander...
View ArticleCan not control VM locally
Yesterday I had Linux's OOM killer take out a production VM twice. The first time, while irritating the system came back. We had a plan to upgrade the kernel on the system to a HUGEMEM kernel as...
View ArticleAdd CPU to existing virtual server
I have migrated a microsoft virtual server over to vmware server so I can leverage teh SMP for 2 processors (which you cant do on Microsoft virtual Server). The machine migrated over sucessfully using...
View Articleconvert xen vm's to vmware server
Hi Folks, on some older machines i have some xen vm's running in a test environment (xen2.x and xen 3.x). Now I would like to convert some of my xen vm's into vmware vm's but i have no idea how to...
View ArticleDedicated Disk instead of Image
I have three hard drives on my server Drive1: 250GB Windows DriveDrive2: 250GB Spare DriveDrive3: 500GB Backup Driver I've set VMWare to utilize the second disk instead of creating an image file. I...
View ArticleNetwork problems, larg file shares btn host and a guest
Server 1.0.3 hosted on 32bit ws2003 R2, SP2. Guest 32bit XP SP 2 I'm having some network issues. I have a rather large (50 GB) install package on a network share on the vmware host server. I'm...
View ArticleCreate a virtual image server
Hello, Is there a tool in VMware that helps to create a virtual image server? what I am trying to do is to create a exact copy of one production database server (including databases, security,...
View ArticleWindows XP x64 SP2 & 64Bit Guests Issue
Hiya all, After building a new system and loading Windows XP x64 SP2, VMware Server 1.0.x and VMware Workstation 6 (trial) all fail to run 64Bit guests citing that VT needs to be enabled in the BIOS....
View Articlev-nic not working
Hi All 1st post I recently installed vmware workstation 6 (30-day trial) on my test machine (windows 2003) and have installed one guest (Windows XP pro). Although I chose a bridged connection there...
View ArticleFit Guest Now not working for Vista guest OS
When I choose Fit Guest Now with a Vista guest OS, rather than fitting the guest to the console window, the console window sizes down to fit the guest screen resolution. This is backwards from all...
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Failed to configure disk scsi0:0. The virtual machine cannot be powered on...
Hi, can anyone pls help me with this problem? I have a GSX 3.2 server (running on win2003 sp2 32-bit) that runs 2 VMs. One of the VMs runs Exchange 2003 SP2 (win2003 sp2) and has recently failed to...
View Articleerror trying to exec 'cc1': execvp: No such file or directory: when 'make'...
Im trying follow the steps to install vix-perl. At make i get the following error... cc -c -I. -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe...
View ArticleCPU Usage 100%. vmware.log reporting the number of CPUs / CPU configuration...
After rebuilding our VM Server (running 1.04) we are experiencing 100% CPU Load within our MS SBS 2003 VM (2 processors assigned). The host is a Supermicro P4DP8 with 2 Xeon 2.4GB processors with HT...
View ArticleDHCP not working in Guests
I am running into a problem where DHCP is not working in my guest VMs. I am running VMWare Server 1.0.4 on a Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 system with SP2. If I manually configure my guests with a...
View ArticleVM remains Stuck... (Input/output error)
Problem: Guest will not power on. It remains in a "Stuck" state. Issuing the vmware-cmd /path/vm.vmx answer returns the following: Question (id = 186134308) :Operation on file...
View Articlepinging between two virtual machines
Hi forum, I have two virtual machines both have Windows 2003 Server sp2. I need both virtual machines can ping each other. I have tried and only one can ping the other one. Both virtual...
View ArticleBridging and wireless
I know that my configuration is not supported, but I hope that somebody will help anyway... I installed VMware Server on a Vista Home Premium Notebook. Everything looks to work fine, except bridging:...
View ArticleDatabase server random power down....
I have a SQL server that just randomnly decides to to power off.. I have checked the logs and there's nothing that would seem to cause the issue, as well as there is no jobs/scheduled tasks that are...
View ArticleHow do you bridge Public IP address to the host NIC and the guest NIC?
I have W2003 Server that has 2 phyical NICsOn one NIC, I assigned a private IP address and on the other NIC, I assigned a public IP address. I installed VMWare Server and created Guest OS of W2003...
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