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Michael Allums

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Nov 8, 2007 8:45 AM

How do you identify the VM within Virtual Server (i.e. the vmware-vmx.exe file)

This doesn't happen often, but on occassion I have a VM lockup within Virtual Server (1.0.4). I'll run "pslist servername vmware" (a pstools utility) to find the PID of the vmware-vmx.exe file of the locked VM. However, as we all know, all the running VMs have a vmware-vmx.exe instance. My question is, how do I match the vmware-vmx.exe with it's inventory name? TIA.

rsa911

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1. Nov 8, 2007 9:12 AM

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Re: How do you identify the VM within Virtual Server (i.e. the vmware-vmx.exe file)

use SysInternals tool "Process Explorer" and add the column "command line"

in the command line column of each vmware process you'll find the path of the virtual machine...

this should allow you to kill the correct one, as the path usually contains the inventory name of the machine

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/ProcessExplorer.mspx

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Michael Allums

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2. Nov 8, 2007 9:14 AM

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Re: How do you identify the VM within Virtual Server (i.e. the vmware-vmx.exe file)

Very nice. Thanks rsa911. That info will be very helpful in the future.

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saxa

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3. Nov 8, 2007 10:14 AM

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Re: How do you identify the VM within Virtual Server (i.e. the vmware-vmx.exe file)

If you have the VMware MUI installed, you can also see the PIDs on it's page; also on Linux hosts.

But I don't want to miss Process Explorer on my Windows machines

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