vmware player with win 2000 server
I am running win 2000 server on my virtual machine,on a compaq presario F560US running winXP as host.I have not been able to get drivers for the ethernet controller for the virtual OS.Any ideas?
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| January 28, 2008 8:24 AM
VMware, VMware Player, Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP
I am running win 2000 server on my virtual machine,on a compaq presario F560US running winXP as host.I have not been able to get drivers for the ethernet controller for the virtual OS.Any ideas?
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| January 28, 2008 8:24 AM
VMware, VMware Player, Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP
uninstallation problem VMware Server & console
situation:iinstalled VMware player but i formatted my harddisk and then i downloaded VMware Server free(with reg.key and installed it in WIN vista ultimate 32.During installtion wizard it gives me Error(Rolling back action)then the final Error was (The wizard was interrupted before the VMware Server components could be completely installed. Your system has not been modified.To [...]
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| February 3, 2009 5:40 PM
VMware, VMware error messages, VMware Player, VMware Server, Windows Vista, Windows Vista installation
situation:iinstalled VMware player but i formatted my harddisk and then i downloaded VMware Server free(with reg.key and installed it in WIN vista ultimate 32.During installtion wizard it gives me Error(Rolling back action)then the final Error was (The wizard was interrupted before the VMware Server components could be completely installed. Your system has not been modified.To [...]
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| February 3, 2009 5:40 PM
VMware, VMware error messages, VMware Player, VMware Server, Windows Vista, Windows Vista installation
How to move a VM from 1 Dell server to another.
Ok let’s first state up front I am not the system administrator, the police have him in lockup. There is an immediate need to more two VM instances from a Dell PowerEdge 1800 to another Dell. The two are a web-server and an Exchange 2003 – Windows Server. My plan was simple (at least I [...]
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| March 5, 2008 4:02 PM
Learning Guides, Virtualization, Virtualization how-tos, Virtualization platforms, VMware
Ok let’s first state up front I am not the system administrator, the police have him in lockup. There is an immediate need to more two VM instances from a Dell PowerEdge 1800 to another Dell. The two are a web-server and an Exchange 2003 – Windows Server. My plan was simple (at least I [...]
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| March 5, 2008 4:02 PM
Learning Guides, Virtualization, Virtualization how-tos, Virtualization platforms, VMware
Cisco PIX emulator for VMWare?
Is there any Cisco PIX emulator to work under VMWare? I’d like to build a virtual network identical to the real one, so I could always test in the virtual environment before applying any change to the real one.
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| February 5, 2009 3:49 PM
Cisco emulator, Cisco PIX, PIX, VMware
Is there any Cisco PIX emulator to work under VMWare? I’d like to build a virtual network identical to the real one, so I could always test in the virtual environment before applying any change to the real one.
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| February 5, 2009 3:49 PM
Cisco emulator, Cisco PIX, PIX, VMware
Chicken and Egg: Server and Virtualization
Dear Colleagues, I am in a dilemma and looking for an answer to simple matter related to server deployment and virtualization. Let me elaborate. Our IT department maintains about 60 different servers that are running various applications and web sites. Obviosuly, it makes sense and we are planning to deploy VM ware based virtualization environment [...]
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| March 4, 2008 2:48 PM
Virtualization, Virtualization strategies, VMware
Dear Colleagues, I am in a dilemma and looking for an answer to simple matter related to server deployment and virtualization. Let me elaborate. Our IT department maintains about 60 different servers that are running various applications and web sites. Obviosuly, it makes sense and we are planning to deploy VM ware based virtualization environment [...]
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| March 4, 2008 2:48 PM
Virtualization, Virtualization strategies, VMware
Problem installing VMware
by mistake i installed vmware player for first time and without use it i formated the harddisk then i downloaded the vmware server but during the installation when it reaches the ”copying the files” gives the error something like (previous vmware could installed completely close and start againg) i tried so many times but the [...]
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| March 4, 2008 11:37 PM
VMware, VMware Player
by mistake i installed vmware player for first time and without use it i formated the harddisk then i downloaded the vmware server but during the installation when it reaches the ”copying the files” gives the error something like (previous vmware could installed completely close and start againg) i tried so many times but the [...]
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| March 4, 2008 11:37 PM
VMware, VMware Player
Why would one VM shutdown by itself and the other two remain up?
I have VMware running on a Dell Poweredge 1800. The VM that shuts down several times a day. The VM supports a web server. The other two are for exchange server and a test platform. All three are on a Win 2003 SP2 platform . The VMs are built on Fedora Linux (Other Linux 2.6.X). [...]
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| March 5, 2008 4:52 PM
Fedora Linux, Virtual machine monitor, VMware
I have VMware running on a Dell Poweredge 1800. The VM that shuts down several times a day. The VM supports a web server. The other two are for exchange server and a test platform. All three are on a Win 2003 SP2 platform . The VMs are built on Fedora Linux (Other Linux 2.6.X). [...]
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| March 5, 2008 4:52 PM
Fedora Linux, Virtual machine monitor, VMware
Micros Virtual Server and external SCSI disk drives.
VMWare allows you to install a virtual machine and OS on an external physical disk. Is this possible on Micorosofts Virtual Server and if so what is the procedure? It appears that Microsoft Virtual Server will allow you to make a virtual copy of an external SCSI disk drive but not actually allow you to [...]
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| January 29, 2008 8:18 PM
Microsoft Virtual Server, Virtualization, VMware
VMWare allows you to install a virtual machine and OS on an external physical disk. Is this possible on Micorosofts Virtual Server and if so what is the procedure? It appears that Microsoft Virtual Server will allow you to make a virtual copy of an external SCSI disk drive but not actually allow you to [...]
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| January 29, 2008 8:18 PM
Microsoft Virtual Server, Virtualization, VMware
What solution are you using to backup VMware ESX Virtual machines? What is the best?
What solution are you using to backup VMware ESX Virtual machines? What is the best? Ideas include: - VMware VCB - EsXpress - ESX Ranger Others?
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| April 24, 2009 6:17 PM
VCB, Virtualization, VMware, VMware ESX
What solution are you using to backup VMware ESX Virtual machines? What is the best? Ideas include: - VMware VCB - EsXpress - ESX Ranger Others?
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| April 24, 2009 6:17 PM
VCB, Virtualization, VMware, VMware ESX
Macintosh running on PC
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| July 28, 2008 12:26 AM
Mac OS, OS emulators, PC, Virtual software, VMware
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| July 28, 2008 12:26 AM
Mac OS, OS emulators, PC, Virtual software, VMware
Application server SW and HD in SOHO
I am looking for advice and guidance. What kind of hardware I will need? What kind of software technologies should I start looking in to? What software packages are most relevant to what I am looking for? (I am not an IT professional and not in IT related business! ) I am looking to learn [...]
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| September 8, 2008 1:26 PM
Capacity planning, Network design, Network hardware, Open source, RAID 5, Routers, VMware
I am looking for advice and guidance. What kind of hardware I will need? What kind of software technologies should I start looking in to? What software packages are most relevant to what I am looking for? (I am not an IT professional and not in IT related business! ) I am looking to learn [...]
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| September 8, 2008 1:26 PM
Capacity planning, Network design, Network hardware, Open source, RAID 5, Routers, VMware
4 GB limitation
Hi. Will VMware Server or Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 take any advantage of having more than 4 GB ram memory on a 32-bit system with Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition?
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| June 6, 2013 7:22 PM
Managing virtual environments, Microsoft Virtual Server, Virtualization, VMware
Hi. Will VMware Server or Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 take any advantage of having more than 4 GB ram memory on a 32-bit system with Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition?
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| June 6, 2013 7:22 PM
Managing virtual environments, Microsoft Virtual Server, Virtualization, VMware
VMware ESX 2.5 or 3.0 Virtualizing SQL (2000 or 2005)
First thanks for weighing in on this…. I support a department whose deployment of several department size SQL 2000 systems needed overhauling. I have recommended virtualizing their SQL because: 1. this is a department level database that has at best moderate use 2. It is currently and comfortably deployed on servers with 2GB of ram [...]
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| February 3, 2009 4:42 PM
SQL Server 2005, SQL Server Virtualization, VMware, VMware ESX, VMware ESX 2.5
First thanks for weighing in on this…. I support a department whose deployment of several department size SQL 2000 systems needed overhauling. I have recommended virtualizing their SQL because: 1. this is a department level database that has at best moderate use 2. It is currently and comfortably deployed on servers with 2GB of ram [...]
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| February 3, 2009 4:42 PM
SQL Server 2005, SQL Server Virtualization, VMware, VMware ESX, VMware ESX 2.5
Resizing VMware virtual disk
Hi There, I have a laptop with VMware that I use for product demos, testing stuff & evaluating software. I have several virtual OS all working fine. But in one of them, a WinXP SP2, I am running out of virtual disk space on the boot partition. I am trying to resize this partition but [...]
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| October 21, 2011 3:11 PM
Virtual Disk, Virtual OS, VMware
Hi There, I have a laptop with VMware that I use for product demos, testing stuff & evaluating software. I have several virtual OS all working fine. But in one of them, a WinXP SP2, I am running out of virtual disk space on the boot partition. I am trying to resize this partition but [...]
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| October 21, 2011 3:11 PM
Virtual Disk, Virtual OS, VMware
VMware: Spurious http traffic
Hi folks, Since I installed VMware in my laptop (to be able to demo some products while on the field), I have noticed in the firewall logs that my laptop is sending an awful lot of http traffic (tcp/80). I use a squid proxy server integrated in the firewall and (valid) web traffic needs to [...]
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| February 3, 2009 6:51 AM
Firewall management, Virtual OS, VMware, VMware Authorization Service, VMware DHCP Service, VMware NAT Service
Hi folks, Since I installed VMware in my laptop (to be able to demo some products while on the field), I have noticed in the firewall logs that my laptop is sending an awful lot of http traffic (tcp/80). I use a squid proxy server integrated in the firewall and (valid) web traffic needs to [...]
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| February 3, 2009 6:51 AM
Firewall management, Virtual OS, VMware, VMware Authorization Service, VMware DHCP Service, VMware NAT Service
