Vmware powering off by itself
hi
i have recently setup a vmware server on my Debian etch box. now to my knowledge this works but when im in the vmware console on my pc when i start the virtual machine it starts and boots but when it get to the point of loading and begins to boot to runlevel 3 or whatever it powers off. my setting on the console application are all default so i don't imagine that its a setting in the console but maybe its a setting in a conf file on the server not sure any help would be great :) thank |
Best start by checking the logs for the VMware services itself and the VM logs for errors.
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hey um here is what the log had to say
Jul 28 17:50:43: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOn. Jul 28 17:50:44: app| cleanup: cleaned up 1 objects Jul 28 17:51:19: app| VmsdRegister: Config file has changed: /home/vmware/virtua l machines/Ubuntu-media-studio.8.04/Ubuntu.vmx Jul 28 17:52:55: app| VMServerd IPC closed the connection with thread /home/vmwa re/virtual machines/Ubuntu-media-studio.8.04/Ubuntu.vmx (0x8302128) Jul 28 17:52:55: app| Lost connection to /home/vmware/virtual machines/Ubuntu-me dia-studio.8.04/Ubuntu.vmx (/home/vmware/virtual machines/Ubuntu-media-studio.8. 04/Ubuntu.vmx) unexpectedly. Jul 28 17:52:55: app| vmdbPipe_Streams Couldn't read: OVL_STATUS_EOF Jul 28 17:52:55: app| VMHS: Connection to VM broken: cfg: /home/vmware/virtual m achines/Ubuntu-media-studio.8.04/Ubuntu.vmx; error: Pipe: Read failed; state: 3 Jul 28 17:52:55: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOff. Jul 28 17:52:55: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOff. Jul 28 17:52:55: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOff. Jul 28 17:52:55: app| cleanup: cleaned up 1 objects any ideas??? :) |
No, the (vmware-serverd?)log doesn't tell much here. Do all VMware services start OK? Are the vmmon and vmnet modules loaded OK? Does the log of the VM itself say anything?
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Try the following commands:
vmware-cmd -s unregister /path-to-.vmx-file vmware-cmd -s register /path-to-.vmx-file This error might either be the vm guest cannot locate or use the swap file, or it is not properly registered with the vmware-server. So try regestering the virtual server and then try to launch again. Also make sure you have debug logging level on for the virtual server. |
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