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How to create a virtual network to study for the MCDST?

Hi guys. I'm an MCDST student trying to put my hands on XP Pro and Windows Server 2003 in order to have a better learning experience. I'm using Workstation 6.5 and I'm really interested in creating my own virtual network. You guys have probably covered this subject a million times but I really need your help. So, what I'm trying to do is creating a Windows Deployment Server in the VM that has Win2k3 installed in it. Everyting is set up, as in, everyting is pinging correctly. So now I want to remotely install XP Pro in a brand new VM with no OS installed. Both VM's have host-only networking enabled and the brand new VM is set up in the BIOS to boot from the network. Now I'm stuck 'cause the new VM is supposed to detect the WDS server as it's virtual NIC is PXE compliant. I know that I probably have to do some tweaking in the virtal network options. But I don't now what to do. Please help me! If you need any more information just tell me!

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He means opening up the .vmx file in notepad, selecting all the text, clicking on the Edit menu, then clicking on "Copy" then "Paste"ing that text into your next post. Or even just attaching that file to your next reply.

You need to first enable viewing of file extensions in Windows Explorer so that you can be absolutely sure that you're working with a .vmx file:

In your Explorer window (like the one you took a screenshot of and posted to your latest reply) click on the "Tools" menu, then click on "Folder Options". Next, click on the "View" tab in the window that appeared, and find the checkbox for "Hide extensions for known file types". Clear that check box, then click "OK" at the bottom of that window. Then, you should be able to see the .vmx file extension at the end of the file that you want to open in Notepad, or that you want to attach to your next reply.

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Don't use host-only. Use guest-only network instead. Specify "Custom" connection type, and then specify one of the unused VMnet switches (2-7, 9 by default) for the virtual NIC (make sure to use the same one in each guest).

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> Both VM's have host-only networking enabled

This should work for what you are trying to accomplish, but custom networking would be a better enviroment for a lab.

Post the .vmx file from both virtual machines

Post ipconfig /all from your virtual machine server.

Post ifconfig -a (Linux) or ipconfig /all (Windows) from the host

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I'm sorry for newbieness but how can I post de vmx file?

I've tried the custom network but it didn't work...check the print screen attached to this post that shows the failure of searching for DHCP of the brand new VM .

Here's the ipconfig /all of my host Vista SP1

Microsoft Windows http://Version 6.0.6001

Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Hugo>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hugo-PC

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-EA-7C-49-C6

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::eded:6acb:d533:bf00%14(Preferred)

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.6(Preferred)

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 14 April 2009 19:43:22

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 15 April 2009 19:43:22

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-F0-56-D5-7C

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E

GBE NIC

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-68-BC-B4-BF

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet

1

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::cc62:e0fb:5854:ef44%21(Preferred)

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.141.1(Preferred)

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet

8

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-08

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b46b:1d2:389b:525%23(Preferred)

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.42.1(Preferred)

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{45964218-DD4D-4FAC-981D-FC75E8EAC

E7E}

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{CF32D3DF-09C6-45D8-9E1F-0AC98B018

AAE}

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 13:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{7BEC66A7-581A-4370-AA0B-764DFE890

720}

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 14:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 16:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{279F0FD4-DAF4-4276-8E23-CD8B8691A

499}

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 18:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{CBF73365-CEF9-4FE6-A129-8AD882D3C

C72}

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\Hugo>

And here's the ipconfig /all of windows server 2003:

Microsoft Windows http://Version 5.2.3790

(C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : hugo-n1153f917w

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : windows-noob.local

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : windows-noob.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-A2-8A-5A

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.3.1

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.6

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 127.0.0.1

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>

C:\Users\Hugo>

Thank you for helping me on this!

PS: in order to build the WDS/RIS server i used this tutorial:

I've used the IP configurations used in this tutorial to set up the WDS/RIS server.

PPS: I'm sorry for the my mistake. I've posted two ipconfig /all from the host. The one from the server is correctly posted now.

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The .vmx file(s) are located in the dierctory where you created the virtual machine

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hugorilho
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Do you mean the on that is selected on printscreen attached to this post? Do you want to me to print screen the configuration of the VM?

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He means opening up the .vmx file in notepad, selecting all the text, clicking on the Edit menu, then clicking on "Copy" then "Paste"ing that text into your next post. Or even just attaching that file to your next reply.

You need to first enable viewing of file extensions in Windows Explorer so that you can be absolutely sure that you're working with a .vmx file:

In your Explorer window (like the one you took a screenshot of and posted to your latest reply) click on the "Tools" menu, then click on "Folder Options". Next, click on the "View" tab in the window that appeared, and find the checkbox for "Hide extensions for known file types". Clear that check box, then click "OK" at the bottom of that window. Then, you should be able to see the .vmx file extension at the end of the file that you want to open in Notepad, or that you want to attach to your next reply.

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Ok, thank you for the tips. Here it is:

.encoding = "windows-1252"

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "7"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"

memsize = "512"

mem.hotadd = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition.vmdk"

ide1:0.present = "TRUE"

ide1:0.fileName = "C:\Users\Hugo\Desktop\en_winxp_pro_with_sp3.iso"

ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"

floppy0.fileType = "device"

floppy0.fileName = ""

floppy0.clientDevice = "FALSE"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.connectionType = "custom"

ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"

ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"

usb.present = "TRUE"

ehci.present = "TRUE"

sound.present = "TRUE"

sound.fileName = "-1"

sound.autodetect = "TRUE"

mks.enable3d = "TRUE"

pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge4.functions = "8"

pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge5.functions = "8"

pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge6.functions = "8"

pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge7.functions = "8"

vmci0.present = "TRUE"

roamingVM.exitBehavior = "go"

displayName = "Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition"

guestOS = "winnetenterprise"

nvram = "Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition.nvram"

virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"

ft.secondary0.enabled = "TRUE"

tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"

extendedConfigFile = "Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition.vmxf"

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

tools.syncTime = "FALSE"

uuid.location = "56 4d 1b 47 eb 75 05 3d-47 0c e5 dd 89 a2 8a 5a"

uuid.bios = "56 4d 1b 47 eb 75 05 3d-47 0c e5 dd 89 a2 8a 5a"

scsi0:0.redo = ""

vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728"

pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"

pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"

pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"

pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"

pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"

scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"

usb.pciSlotNumber = "32"

ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "33"

sound.pciSlotNumber = "34"

ehci.pciSlotNumber = "35"

vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "36"

usb:0.present = "TRUE"

usb:1.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:a2:8a:5a"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

vmci0.id = "-1985836454"

usb:1.deviceType = "hub"

usb:0.deviceType = "mouse"

floppy0.autodetect = "TRUE"

ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"

floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"

ethernet0.vnet = "VMnet2"

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hiiii

try to use vmnet 2,3 not vmnet1 .vmnet8 and vmnet0 as they by defualt blong to dierent virtual switch config,put ur enterprise server as dns and ads and the add ur xp client to ad,put ur vm in the same custom vmnet ie say add both vm to say vmnet3 and with ip address in same subnet..

please do consider awarding points as helpful or correct..thanks

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Hey Joe,

Again I'm sorry for my newbieness but how can I add my a brand new VM with no OS on it in active directory? I've never worked with active directory so please help me. And explain me how can i input the ip address? Shouldn't I be doing something in the virtual network options? Both VM's are already configured to use the custom vmnet2 configuration and it's still not working...

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Using a custom guest-only network, YOU need to provide the IP information from your guest VM server. That was the whole point of this - to isolate your test network completely from any external network, including the host. There is NOTHING more you need to do with the Virtual Network Editor, or the VM settings.

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Here's the IP configuration of the guest win 2k3:

Microsoft Windows http://Version 5.2.3790

(C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : hugo-n1153f917w

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : windows-noob.local

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : windows-noob.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-A2-8A-5A

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.3.1

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.6

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 127.0.0.1

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>

Now the REAL problem is that I don't know how to work with active directory...

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I've used the correct/helpfull feature of this forum only to experiment it. I still haven't found a solution to my problem because I don't know how to work with active directory. Can someone please show me a way to work with it for the purpose of achieving of my goal that is to have a brand new VM capable of detecting my WDS server created in a guest win 2k3 installation?

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This might not be the best forum for the information that you seek. It seems to me that you want help with setting up Microsoft WDS as it pertains to the Microsoft software only. If that is indeed the case, the underlying physical (or virtual, as the case may be) layer is irrelevant to the help you want.

My suggestion would be to check out Microsoft's Technet Library for help with this stuff. Specifically,

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Ok. Thank you so much for help guys. I will surely be able to crack this out. You've been very helpful, nonetheless! Cheers.

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