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Network connection between two operation systems in a virtual machine
i am having the system with windows 7 operating system in that i installed vm ware to maintain multiple operating systems. then i installed windows 2003 server in that vm ware then after i installed ...
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Access denied on virtual machine
I have a friend on the same network as me hosting a virtual machine using vmware server.The guest OS is Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003.He granted me administrative priveleges for the machine but ...
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Suse linux installed in VMWare not using it's full diskspace
I have a linux server (SUSE Enterprise 11) installed in a virtual machine. Where preallocated disk space is given as 256 GB. But from the linux if I use df -h command it show this statistics:
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How to resize Windows partition for VMWare virtual machine?
The virtual machine is running on VMware ESXi 5.0.0.
I have turned the virtual machine off and when I go to Edit Settings / Hard Disk 1, the Provisioned Size is greyed out and I cannot change it. See ...
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Will VMware Server make my virtual machines use less RAM?
I have many virtual machines on my system (6 at the moment) and many times 2 of them are running in the same time. I have 6GB of RAM but most of time it's on 90% of usage because of the running ...
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Multiple Monitor support for a VM-Ware hosted Machine?
I want to virtualize several high-end users who have dual/multi-monitors. Is there a way to access a VM-Ware Server hosted machine and return it to a desktop with multiple screens so that it would ...
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Using Another VM's Harddrive VMWare Server
I am playing around with VMWare and came across this scenario.
I created a VMWare in VMPlayer, then decided I wanted to go the VMWare Server route instead (I know it's deprecated, but it's free!). ...
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Can't access VMware virtual machine through SSH
I have got a VMware Server 2 on a CentOS 5.6 host. I can access my virtual machines from the host machine, but I can not access it from other machines.
I have configured NAT port forwarding. But ...
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Virtual client/server (like vmware server's console) - Is it possible?
Is it possible to install a following setup in VirtualBox:
Install a Linux server + VirtualBox OSE.
Install Virtualbox OSE on a windows machine.
Manage the Virtualbox on the linux server using the ...
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Disadvantages of having a virtual machine with a different file system than host
I have a server with VMware Server 2 configured to host several virtual machines. I chose XFS as the filesystem for this main server because of his great handling of large files.
But I want the ...
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VMWare Server replacement?
Now that VMWare Server is EOA and end of support soon, what should I use for tests and development for several Linux systems at home?
Ability to run headless and gains in performance due to being ...
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Has VMWare Workstation become incompatible with VMWare Server?
I have a few VMs created in VMWare Workstation 6.5, which have been upgraded to version 7 compatibility. I can copy them to a PC running VMWare Server 2.0.2, and add them to the inventory of VMs with ...
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git-daemon fails on VM suspend and resume
I have Gitorious running on a Centos 5.3 install on a VMWare virtual machine under VMWare Server. Everytime we take down the server via suspend to back up the image, and resume the VM, the git-daemon ...
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VMWare Server Not Working in Bridged Mode
I have a Win 7 x64 Host with VMWare Server 2.02 installed. On a previous install of Win7 on this machine, I had everything working fine with VMWare server. This time, my virtual machines can not get ...
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Why ssh connection failed?
I have an ubuntu virtual machine with vmware server 2.0.2 and my pc windows xp.
The problem is that I have all the time a message "ssh connection failed".
My firewall is disabled, all protection ...
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restart gdm at linux terminal
Sometimes the Ubuntu 10.04 the gui will freeze and the only thing I can do is move the mouse. I can't interact with programs and I can't change to a different virtual desktop. All I can do is press ...
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VMWare server vs. VMWare player Speed Difference
I was under the impression that VMWare server was better/faster than VMWare Player. I finally got it installed and found that it's slower than VMWare player on my system. I tried connecting to the VM ...
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VMWare Server inventory directory for ISO images
I'm trying to create a Virtual Machine in VMWare Server for Linux. I'm at the part where it asks for an ISO image. The inventory is empty. I don't know what directory this actually corresponds to on ...
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Which is Windows 7 most similar to?
Is Windows 7 more similar to Windows XP or Windows Vista? I'm trying to create a Virtual Machine for Windows 7 in VMWare Server and it doesn't show Windows 7 as an option. It only has Windows XP and ...
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How to start a run a VM in VMWare Server?
When I had VMWare Player, when I started the program, it would show a list of VMs on my machine that I could open. When I start VMWare Server, I don't see anything like that.
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How to open virtual machines made in VMWare Player from VMWare Server
I made some virtual machines in VMWare Player. Then, when I installed VMWare Server, it said I had to uninstall VMWare Player. So how can I access those virtual machines from VMWare Server?
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boot from encrypted filesystem without user interaction?
Is it somehow possible to boot a Linux operating system from an encrypted filesystem/disk without having uesr interaction?
Background: I am preparing a VmWare Image for shipment to a customer. This ...
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VMware Server directory
Where does VMware Server store VMs?
I want to add an existing VM to VMware Server.
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Problems getting VMware Server to work on Ubuntu 9.10
I'm trying to get VMware Server 2.0.2 (64-bit version) to work on my Ubuntu workstation.
However, the install script ($ sudo ./vmware-install.pl) runs into problems with the kernel modules:
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Does Virtual Box have an alternative to VMware Server?
I really like being able to log in to my web access of VMWare server and starting my VM when I need too. However, I would really like to be able to do this with Virtualbox. There are many reasons why, ...
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How do I install/run VMware Server 2.0.1?
I want to install and run VMware Server 2.0.1 on my desktop for personal use (non-enterprise). I'm interested in the x64 guest OS and multi-core support, both features unavailable in Windows Virtual ...
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VMware Server vs. VMware Workstation for software development
I've been using VMware Server to run some development virtual machines on my PC for the past year or so. The idea was that I get tired of having to reinstall all my development tools and other ...
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How to launch VMWare Server?
I'm feeling really dumb asking this, but VMWare Server has stumped me.
I've installed VWware Server 2.02 on Windows Vista. I want to install XP in a virtual machine.
All instructions start with ...
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Please recommend a good wireless router that can assign a static IP address based on MAC address
I don't need any fancy functionality, but I need a reliable router and I also need to be able to have an ssh/remote desktop server running inside of ESXi 4.0 VMware server.
So, I need at least 3 ...
