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Re: Problem with Windows Server 2008 R2

15. Sep 27, 2009 1:06 PM in response to: Antman147
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Antman147
17 posts since
May 14, 2006

Looks like for the moment my problems were based around some form of Incompatibility Issue between the Asus P5K SE Motherboard and Windows 2008 R2 (RTM) and not something to do with VMware, as i had uninstalled VMware and was sitll having issues copying from the host PC. (Doh).

However, now i have re-installed using standard Win2k8 Server 64Bit (RTM) and no longer have issues copying files to and from the host.

Re: Problem with Windows Server 2008 R2

16. Sep 29, 2009 1:09 AM in response to: Antman147
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Horinius
192 posts since
Jun 20, 2006

Have you looked into event log to see if there's any trace of problem?

On the other hand, remember that when you uninstall a driver (ie through Add/Remove program or similar way), driver files aren't deleted from the hard disk. And if no other more suitable driver can be found by the O/S, the uninstalled driver is still used! Yes, that's incredible but true. You could check your hardware manager to see if that's the case.


Re: Problem with Windows Server 2008 R2

17. Sep 29, 2009 1:26 AM in response to: Horinius
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TobiasKracht
593 posts since
Aug 31, 2009
What the difference between different vNICs in vSphere?

This is a good article about vNIC types. Need to note that all of them you can add manually.

StarWind Software R&D

Re: Problem with Windows Server 2008 R2

18. Oct 1, 2009 5:10 AM in response to: TobiasKracht
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ereward
6 posts since
Mar 8, 2007
Amaizing it works fine for me on Vmware Fusion but on Vmware Server 2.01 or Vmware Workstation 6 it's nothing but hassle. On fusion all hardware installed and tools installed without a problem but on server I'm having real trouble installing the network I had to ignore the error when using the Have disk method and sometimes it still won't configure the nic correctly. I know Vmware must be busy at the moment playing catchup to Apple and Microsoft with their OS updates but both Leopard (Apples new OS) and Windows 7(2008 R2) have been around sometime now both with developers and corporates. Come on Vmware Fusions working better than server and workstation but it's not completely working either.

Re: Problem with Windows Server 2008 R2

19. Nov 3, 2009 11:02 AM in response to: Horinius
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dramatik2
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Jan 24, 2009
I am able to freeze 2008 R2 on VMWare Server 2.0.1 every time I do the following:

right-click desktop->Personalize->Screen Saver->Change Power Settings->Change Plan Settings->Change Advanced Power Settings->Expand (+) an item such as "Display".

During the expand of an item on the Power Options Dialog, Windows 2008 R2 freezes up completely and does not recover, requiring a restart of the VM to work agian.

It also freezes elsewhere occasionally, though I have not determined how to reproduce it elsewhere.

Re: Problem with Windows Server 2008 R2

20. Dec 3, 2009 2:57 PM in response to: Horinius
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tuscani
22 posts since
Oct 19, 2006
Same issue here... I am running 2003 R2 x64 Host.. both my Windows 7 and 2008 R2 guests keep randomly locking up.. I have no issues with other VMs.

:(

Re: Problem with Windows Server 2008 R2

21. Dec 7, 2009 6:07 AM in response to: tuscani
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SUJO
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Apr 17, 2008
I have also the issues - I have W2K8 R2 Web Server edition. I installed it just fine, used it wtihout the VMtools the whole time. After I set-up the web server and all the expansions, I went forth with VMW Tools and after that I can lock up the VM server pretty easily. Though I can say with fact, that rest of the system is like..working. The webpages are responding and working fine - just the interface is locked in that state, when the server did the "lock-up"...





I am the First One.

Re: Problem with Windows Server 2008 R2

22. Dec 7, 2009 6:15 AM in response to: SUJO
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tuscani
22 posts since
Oct 19, 2006
I resolved the issue by removing VMTools and then reinstalling without the Video Driver. I have not had a lockup since!

Re: Problem with Windows Server 2008 R2

23. Dec 7, 2009 7:18 AM in response to: tuscani
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Horinius
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Jun 20, 2006

It's "nice" to hear that other users came across the same problem and even found a workaround.

I had pretty much given up in this problem when somebody told me to change the NIC, which is visibly a wrong indication.

VMWare Server 2.0.2 has been released but I haven't got the time to try it, esp to test if the same problem is still present.

Re: Problem with Windows Server 2008 R2

24. Dec 7, 2009 8:29 AM in response to: tuscani
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bjdku
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Dec 11, 2007
VSphere 4.0 Update 1 version of VM Tools resolved this issue for me. It was released a few weeks ago. Before the latest VM Tools release, I had to install VM Tools without the video driver to resolved this issue. I now have the full VM Tools including the video driver installed on my Windows Server 2008 R2 machines and have no lockups.

Re: Problem with Windows Server 2008 R2

25. Dec 7, 2009 10:03 AM in response to: bjdku
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Horinius
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Jun 20, 2006

Please... this thread is about VMWare Server 2

Unless you could elaborate how to get VSphere's VM Tools for VMWare Server users, your comment isn't very helpful.

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