VMWare Server -> Workstation

[jchoot]

I am running VMWare Server 1,08 build - 126538 on Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 edition

The guest OS is also Windows Server 2003 Enterprise (but not 64 bit)

I am attempting to move this server to a local machine running VMWare Workstation 6.5 so that I can allocate it more computing power

The workstation machine is Ubuntu Hardy 2.6.24-23-generic x86_64 GNU/Linux

When I launch the virtual machine within workstation, I receive a "pxe-e53 no boot filename received"

My guess is that it's something simple I need to set in the .vmx file (and hopefully not a corrupted binary from the copy across). In the attached log, the path starts correctly (on the workstation machine) :

Apr 13 08:34:21.806: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj1.file = /home/jchoot/vmware/SDSJohn/SDSJohn.vmx

However, not in any setting I can find, this appears to try and load from somewhere else (which is the original path on the server machine)

Apr 13 08:34:21.806: vmx| DICT pref.console.openedObj0.file = V:\SDSJohn\SDSJohn.vmx

Anyone clear on what's going wrong here?

SDSJohn.vmx:

#!/usr/bin/vmware

.encoding = "UTF-8"

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "4"

memsize = "2048"

MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"

MemTrimRate = "-1"

displayName = "SDSJohn"

guestOS = "winnetenterprise"

tools.remindInstall = "FALSE"

floppy0.present = "TRUE"

floppy0.autodetect = "TRUE"

floppy0.filename = "auto detect"

usb.present = "TRUE"

sound.present = "TRUE"

sound.filename = "-1"

sound.autodetect = "TRUE"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

ethernet0.connectionType = "custom"

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "SDSJohn-000001.vmdk"

ide0:0.present = "TRUE"

ide0:0.autodetect = "TRUE"

ide0:0.filename = "auto detect"

ide0:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0.virtualDev = "buslogic"

buslogic.noDriver = "FALSE"

priority.grabbed = "normal"

priority.ungrabbed = "normal"

tools.syncTime = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.redo = ""

ide0:0.startConnected = "FALSE"

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:90:e0:d1"

sound.virtualDev = "es1371"

uuid.location = "56 4d 76 97 1f 8f 64 d5-cc df 08 f0 1a 90 e0 d1"

uuid.bios = "56 4d 76 97 1f 8f 64 d5-cc df 08 f0 1a 90 e0 d1"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"

sound.startConnected = "FALSE"

ethernet0.vnet = "/dev/vmnet8"

Ethernet0.startConnected = "TRUE"

workingDir = ""

autostart = "poweron"

extendedConfigFile = "SDSJohn.vmxf"

virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"

tools.upgrade.policy = "manual"

vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "23789568"

SDSJohn.vmxf

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<Foundry>

<VM>

<VMId type="string">52 e5 63 42 5c 3a 76 fa-a6 5f af 74 52 df ee 90</VMId>

<ClientMetaData>

<clientMetaDataAttributes/>

<HistoryEventList/></ClientMetaData>

<vmxPathName type="string">SDSJohn.vmx</vmxPathName></VM></Foundry>

[KevinG]

It can not find a bootable OS, how did you move this VM from the Windows host to the Linux host?

[jchoot]

I copied it across the network, using 7-zip to split it into manageable thirds as the hd is 12G after having shut down the virtual machine.

The copy was done through my terminal server client RDPv5 to a folder on my local machine that was mounted during the connection

[KevinG · Accepted solution]

Looks like the copy was not good as far as the virtual disk is concerned.

You may want to use vmware-vdiskmanger to split the disk into 2GB files before a copy to the new machine and you may want to try a diffent copy method.

[jchoot]

Using FTP I was able to properly export it. Thx