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A free-of-charge virtualization solution, which has now been discontinued.

VMWare Server is no longer maintained and will be replaced by other VMWare products. Support ended on June 30, 2011.

http://www.vmware.com

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vRealize Automation - Software Component bind variable of second nic IP

So i am having troubles with automating a deployment in vRA. I created a software component with 3 scripts and in one of the script i need to provide as a variable the Reserved/Alocated IP of the second nic (nic1) from the provisioned VM. From what…
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Connect to VMWare Server 1.0.x with Ubuntu 9.10

Does anyone know if there is anything that will install into Ubuntu 9.10 that will let me connect to a remote machine running VMWare server 1.0.x? I don't care about running VMs on Ubuntu 9.10 itself, I just using something that will allow me to…
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Upgrading ESXi License from 5.5.0 Free to 6.5 Essentials

We currently have a single server running ESXi 5.5.0 1331820 with Live VMs and would like to upgrade the license to 6.5 Essentials so that we can use Altaro VM Backup since this does not work with the current free version. Are there any migration…
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Dns hostname debian etch guest not working vmware server 1.x

I am running Etch on vmware server 1x on windows, I can only access the guest via ip and not hostname, I have no trouble with Debian Lenny, both installed 1 after each other with autp network config via local dhcp server, virtual network card is in…
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Confused about my ESXi/Horizon/View related options in virtualising this small mixed setup

I'm virtualising a small setup of half a dozen mixed PCs and small servers. The aim is to consolidate hardware resources (one high spec server + thin clients rather than 8 medium-to-high spec individual devices which aren't all used at the same…
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Separate NFS harddrive mounted to an ISCSI stored VMware virtual machine

Is it possible to add an NFS storage harddrive to an already existing VM that is stored on an ISCSI storage repository? I'm specifically trying to mount an NFS repository to this VM for backup purposes within the OS.
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Open VMware Tool reporting VMSVC Too many partitions

I have a virtual machine running with the warning below. vmsvc[895]: [ warning] [guestinfo] Too many partitions vmsvc[895]: [ warning] [guestinfo] Failed to update VMDB I believe this could be linked to the great number of quota mounts that are…
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VMware vcenter client unable to log in

I restarted our DC this morning and now we are unable to log into the client to see all the VM'S the credentials are correct but it says there wrong... Did I need to do something before rebooting and how do I fix it...
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Auto reconnect two identical USB devices in VSphere

I have two identical APC UPS's that have USB controllers. I want to map both of the USB ports from the ESXI host to a VM and always have those USB devices reconnect, including if they are unplugged or the VM is restarted. Both of those devices have…
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Cluster a vmware server between two cluster nodes

we run a vmware server 1.0 on one node of our Windows failover cluster. As this is a failover cluster we want to be able to cluster the vmware server to another node. Is that possible without concern? The vmware disks can be put on a san to be…
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RAID on VMware, Ubuntu guest

I am doing some local testing on VMware server. I have set up my VM with two hard drives. I am installing Ubuntu Server, and creating manually in the installation the luks above a RAID 1 configuration. My question is: Should I locate each virtual…
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Vmware server 2.01 - guest says Cable unplugged

Host: Win2008 R2 Ent, Guest Win2008. Vmware server 2.01. Host network works fine - I can browse the Net. Guest starts up fine, but network is down and says in tray "Cable unplugged". Its in Bridged mode. "Repair" connection gives same result - cable…
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ethernet adapter breaks in vmware guest "windows 2003" from time to time

This is a windows server 2003 guest (the host is also winodws server 2003) using vmware 1.0.6. From time to time the guest looses it's ethernet adapter permamently. When I ping from inside the guest I receive "hardware error". I can deactivate and…
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iSCSI switch replacement (2 VMware hosts)

Good morning everyone, I recently bought two unmanaged NetGear 1gb switches to replace our older unmanaged Cisco 1gb iSCSI switches. Right now, the only devices currently connected to this network are 2 VMware 5.5 hosts and a Dell 3220i SAN. Last…
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VMWare Server Console: Open Remote Host and firewall rules

Consider the need to remotely manage an instance of VMWare Server 1.0.x. on a Windows network. Client: Windows 7 with same VMWare Server version. In this case, it's 1.0.8. Server: Windows 2008. We've attempted to connect using the server's…
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