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harpreet
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Encountering network error while working on linked clones

I have created a linked clone of a virtual machine and put it on a machine(say A) on the network.

On the second machine on the network(say B) , I have VMworkstation installed and I am trying to install certain other products like tuxedo on the VM which is at node A.

I get the following error message frequently

"An unexpected network error occured. Choose retry to attempt the operation again . choose abort to terminate this session.Choose continue to forward the error to guest OS."

Clicking on retry/continue does not work and i get the same error again.

Clicking on abort displays the following message

"can not synchronise with parent disk before abort. The disk will be inconsistent "

I am not sure why this error is coming since I am able to access .vmdk file on node A.

Node A and B both have win-xp sp2.both are on LAN.

Any pointers will be helpful.

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telfred
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What is the version of VM Workstation ?

What is the host OS ?

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harpreet
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Host OS is WIN XP sp2

VMWare workstation is 5.5.1 build 19175

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Peter_Bergstrom
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I have the same problem having A windows server 2003 running VMware Server 1.0.2 (upgraded from 1.0.1 where I had the same problem )

I have my virtual machin stored on a Windows 2003 storage server.

Any Ideea!

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