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document I need more performance out of my VMware environment
Step 1, 2 & 6 only applies to hosted products (Workstation, Server, Player, Fusion), but not ESX Server. The other steps are regarding hw or...
rating 24 Nov, 2009 Views: 28833 Comments: 0
document What is the difference between Workstation, Player and Server?
VMware Workstation, VMware Player and VMware Server seem like redundant products. However there are quite a few distinctions, that are quite apparent...
rating 28 Dec, 2009 Views: 9817 Comments: 0
document What is the difference between bridged, NAT and host-only networking? Which should I use?
A virtual machine in VMware Server, Workstation and Player can have virtual network cards that are "bridged", "NAT" or...
rating 01 Apr, 2008 Views: 4976 Comments: 0
document Can I grow an existing virtual disk (.vmdk file)?
A VMDK file can be grown while no virtual machine is using it. Growng the VMDK only makes the virtual harddrive bigger - filesystem within the VMDK...
rating 06 Jun, 2008 Views: 3814 Comments: 0
document I have 64bit CPU but I can't boot/install 64bit guests?
You might see variants of this error: "Host CPU is incompatible with the virtual machine's requirements at CPUID level 0x80000000001 register...
Not rated 13 Oct, 2008 Views: 2862 Comments: 1
document How can I convert an existing computer into a virtual one? ..or a virtual machine into a physical one?
Converting a physical computer into a virtual one is also known as p2v (physical to virtual). Converting a virtual one to a physical one is also...
rating 14 Oct, 2009 Views: 2465 Comments: 0
document Can I convert a VMDK between growable and preallocated?
A VMDK file can be converted into another formate while no VM is using it. The operation will copy the old disk into a new one. ...
rating 06 Jun, 2008 Views: 2185 Comments: 0
document I would like to play 3D games in a virtual machine
Quick answer: don't. VMware Server or ESX do not have 3D support. Not at all. VMware Workstation 6.5, Player 2.5 and Fusion 2 have limited...
rating 09 Dec, 2009 Views: 1956 Comments: 1
document After cloning a Debian/Ubuntu VM, the guest network is not working
When trying to bring up the interface I get the following error messages: Reconfiguring network interfaces...SIOCSIFADDR: No such device eth0:...
rating 26 Jul, 2008 Views: 1900 Comments: 0
document I'm trying to install VMware Tools on Linux, but nothing happens
1. VMware Tools on Linux systems is not installed automatically 2. Many new linux distros now includes the open source version of VMware Tools...
Not rated 14 Oct, 2009 Views: 1881 Comments: 0
document Recommended performance tuning options for Linux guests
Linux guests' performance may be improved if they have been created without much thought. Always use a single VCPU when the CPU capacity...
rating 09 Mar, 2008 Views: 1830 Comments: 0
document My virtual machine's clock is inaccurate. What can be done to make it more accurate?
First off, for those who are not familiar with the basic concepts of time keeping and why time is not accurate in virtual environments, this...
rating 13 Oct, 2008 Views: 1415 Comments: 0
document Accessing content in VMDK files without booting a VM
You can access data that is contained within a VMDK without starting a virtual machine. Using vmware-mount.pl: Keep in mind that using the...
rating 18 Feb, 2008 Views: 1223 Comments: 0
document Networking performance between host and guests is very slow
In this scenario the networking performance between host and guests is very slow, while the networking performance to other lan devices is good (both...
Not rated 31 Jan, 2008 Views: 1028 Comments: 0
document Using USB devices in virtual machines
VMware Server 1.x  has incomplete USB 1.x support and you may not be able to use some USB devices with it. You may try the same...
Not rated 14 May, 2009 Views: 1020 Comments: 0
document Booting an existing physical Windows installation as a virtual machine
This is a very common question: "I have an existing Windows installation on one partition, and I would like to boot it as a virtual machine from...
Not rated 28 Jan, 2008 Views: 810 Comments: 0
document I have problems compiling VMware kernel modules
If you are using an unsupported Linux distribution or an unsupported (usually too new) kernel, you might need the any-any-update. Text below this...
Not rated 01 Sep, 2008 Views: 738 Comments: 0
document I have a Linux host and can't bridge connections via a wireless NIC
Using bridged networking with wireless host connections on Linux hosts is a troublesome known issue. Using NAT networking is a much easier method of...
Not rated 10 Apr, 2008 Views: 732 Comments: 0
document I can't find VMware documentation
VMware has better than average documentation available for all their products.  Good starter point is: Knowledgebase: ...
Not rated 01 Apr, 2008 Views: 691 Comments: 0
document Setting up samba between host and guest
Setting up samba file sharing between host and guest operating systems is a task that has very little to do with administering VMware...
Not rated 28 Jan, 2008 Views: 632 Comments: 0



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