Clustering servers in a VMware environment
I want to set up two servers in one VMware cluster, but one of the servers has a problem. I keep receiving an error that states, “cmd addnode failed for primary node: Internal AAM Error.” As a result, the agent will not start. Can you please advise a course of action?

Answer Question   |  December 9, 2008  7:38 PM
Virtualization, VMware, VMware Cluster Management, VMware error messages

AD Migration to Virtual Servers
What is the best process to migrate an AD environment to Vurtual servers

Answer Question   |  July 2, 2009  3:26 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory migration, Virtual Servers, VMware ESX

SBS 2008 on VMware Server 2
Has anyone had experience with running sbs 2008 in a vmware server 2 virtual machine?

Answer Question   |  December 8, 2008  3:47 AM
SBS 2008, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2008, Virtual Machines, Virtualization, VMware

New member contest: ASK, Answer and Win a $50 Amazon gift card
As 2008 winds to a close, IT Knowledge Exchange has one more fun contest to end the year. From today until December 23rd, you can enter to win one of ten $50 (US) Amazon.com gift cards. There are two things, however, that you must do in order to enter: 1. Ask 2 questions 2. Answer [...]

Answer Question   |  June 22, 2012  3:45 PM
AS/400, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, DataManagement, Development, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP

VMware Windows templates Sysprep
Do I have to absolutly use sysprep after I deploy a windows template? If I dont! what are the positives and negitives?

Answer Question   |  December 5, 2008  9:57 PM
Sysprep, VMware, VMware Windows Templates

Hyper-V remote management tools not working over VPN
When i try and run some Hyper V remote management tools over the VPN (wireless connection) I receive a “Access Denied: Unable to establish communication” error message. Is this an issue with my VPN? or something else

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2009  9:56 PM
Hyper-V, Hyper-V Error Messages, Hyper-V Manager, Hyper-V Remote Management Tools, VPN Error Messages

Windows Server 2008 Hyper V virtual machine not restarting
When i restore my Windows Server 2008 hyper V from backup the virtual machine does not restart. I don’t receive any error messages. Any ideas of how to troubleshoot?

Answer Question   |  December 2, 2008  4:15 PM
Hyper-V, Virtual Machines, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

Network Places doesn’t show the systems in VMware
hi again.. my host os is windows xp.. and my guest os in vmware is vista… this is how i setup connection host with guest.. xp local area connection ip: 192.168.10.2 default gateway : 192.168.10.3 loopback adaptor ip : 192.168.10.3 default gateway : 192.168.10.5 vmnet 1 : 192.168.10.5 default gateway : 192.168.10.7 guest os ip: [...]

Answer Question   |  December 2, 2008  6:16 AM
My Network Places, Network Neighborhood, VMware, VMware administration, VMware configuration, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Intercompatibility issues with Microsoft and VMware
Microsoft is saying that they won’t support VMware software: “Microsoft does not test or support Microsoft software running together with non-Microsoft hardware or virtualization software”. (Source : http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=897615.) I would take it this means that I cannot install MS exchange 2007 on VMware? Another thing that I would like is to have all OS files [...]

Answer Question   |  November 20, 2008  9:34 PM
Microsoft, Storage, Virtualization, VMware

Difficult SSH problem
I have a remote server running Fedora 9. I control this server via SSH normally, though a similar problem occurs when I use vnc or sftp. The only way I can describe the problem is that it resembles a freeze or locking up of what ever session (ssh vnc or sftp) when I try to [...]

Answer Question   |  December 27, 2008  5:01 PM
Fedora, Fedora 9, Linux, SSH, VNC

Virtual Server 2005 and Windows Server 2008 installation error
Virtual server 2005 R2 running on Windows server 2003 SP2 Enterprise edition .when i try to install Windows server 2008 using the ISO image attached to VM. I keep getting this error: “Windows installation has encountered an error and needs to be restarted.” Any Suggestions?

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2009  4:55 PM
Virtual Server, Virtual Server 2005, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 error messages, Windows Server 2008 Installation

TREX 7.1 on VMware3
Installation of TREX 7.1 on VMware3

Answer Question   |  November 20, 2008  8:20 AM
SAP and VMware, SAP Trex 7.1, VMware

VMWare Infrastructure Web Service error on VMWare Server 2.0
I get the following error message “The VMware Infrastructure Web Service is not responding” when i try to access VMware infrastructure web server after installing VMware server 2.0 Any suggestions?

Answer Question   |  March 25, 2010  9:20 PM
VMware, VMware error messages, VMware infrastructure, VMware Infrastructure Web Service, VMWare Server 2.0

VMware Server 2.0 on Linux machines
I’m experiencing a problem with VMware Server on a Linux machine. I’ve installed VMware Server 2.0 and the VMware MUI on a Linux 64-bit server. I am able to bring up the web access GUI and enter the user “root” and the password for “root”, but I am getting the following error: “The server was [...]

Answer Question   |  February 5, 2009  9:54 PM
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Virtualization, VMware, VMWare MUI, VMware on Linux, VMware Server, VMWare Server 2.0

Converter Solaris 8 p2v VMWare ESX
Hi everybody !! I wish to convert a fisical Solaris 8 (sparc) machine to a virtual machine, my infraestucture is an ESX with virtual center (x86), is there. if exist a procedure to convert a physical machine with Solaris 8 ???. Help me please.

Answer Question   |  February 5, 2009  7:38 PM
P2V migrations, Solaris 8, VMware Converter, VMware ESX, VMware Infrastructure 3, VMWare Virtual Center

Partitioning VMWare ESX Server 3.5 during installation
For partitioning VMWare ESX Server 3.5 during installation do you have to use the default configuration or can you edit it. If you can edit it does anyone have any recommeneded schemes to use? Thanks

Answer Question   |  November 23, 2008  4:45 PM
VMware, VMware ESX 3.5, VMWare ESX 3.5 Partioning, VMWare Installation

VMWare ESXi RAID issues on installation. Dell 600SC server
I have a Dell Power Edge 600SC server with a RAID card. At the install screen, I press ALT-F1 and I see that the megaraid2 drivers load, but the installation still cannot find a supported device to install too. user submitted question

Answer Question   |  November 17, 2008  10:07 PM
Dell PowerEdge 600SC, RAID, RAID 2, VMware, VMware ESXi, VMware ESXi Installation

VMware Server on Linux – COM / Serial Port Issues
We recently received the following question through the www.SearchServerVirtualization.com “Contact Us” Email address: I am running VMware on a linux machine. I cannot communicate through serial port COM1 when working in VMware. It says " Unable to connect to port COM1". Is there any specific setting that needs to be done to use serial port [...]

Answer Question   |  February 5, 2009  10:01 PM
Linux Machine, Serial ports, VMware, VMware on Linux, VMware Server

Will Citrix run on SUSE on an IBM Mainframe
I have an IBM mainframe IFL and I wanted to run the Citrix Presentation Server software on it. I can put either Redhat or SUSE on it to run. Will it work?

Answer Question   |  November 17, 2008  9:53 PM
Citrix, Citrix Presentation Server, IBM, IBM Mainframe, Linux, Redhat Linux, SUSE

Xen guest from one host to another migration error message
I get this error when attempting to perform the migration of a Xen domain U guest from one host to another the migration command files as follows: # xm migrate 7 192.168.2.21 -l Error: can’t connect: No route to host Usage: xm migrate <Domain> <Host>

Answer Question   |  November 17, 2008  8:01 PM
Domain U, Xen, Xen domain U, Xen Migration