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VMware Server

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Dari

Lifer
I downloaded version 1.05 and installed it on Vista64. But the option to create a new virtual machine is washed out. The only thing I can do is connect to a host server.
 
I only have experience with ESX server and the way that that works is you install ESX server on a machine and then connect to that server with the client software that is run from a second server. From there you create you virtual machines and configure the ESX server.
 
Originally posted by: Nothinman
You probably just need to connect to localhost.
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Yep, your running the console and you need to connect to something. Connect to 127.0.0.1 or 'localhost' (same thing) and that should enable those features as you'll then be managing the locally installed server.
 
Originally posted by: bsobel
Originally posted by: Nothinman
You probably just need to connect to localhost.
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Yep, your running the console and you need to connect to something. Connect to 127.0.0.1 or 'localhost' (same thing) and that should enable those features as you'll then be managing the locally installed server.
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what about password and stuff? Just leave it blank?
 
Use your local adminsitrator account (or your account if it has admin privs)
Bill
 
Originally posted by: bsobel
Use your local adminsitrator account (or your account if it has admin privs)
Bill
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OK. I did tht and I get this error:

There was a problem connecting:
Cannot connect to host localhost: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it

Anything else I should do?
 
Check the ports used in the vmware manual, make sure that the local firewall has exceptions for them.
 
Originally posted by: bsobel
Check the ports used in the vmware manual, make sure that the local firewall has exceptions for them.
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OK. By the way, all I want to do is run a scanner in Windows XP and VMware has USB support whereas VPC doesn't. If I don't want to pay for the Workstation version, is the server version the best one or is the player just as good?
 
Originally posted by: Dari
Originally posted by: bsobel
Check the ports used in the vmware manual, make sure that the local firewall has exceptions for them.
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OK. By the way, all I want to do is run a scanner in Windows XP and VMware has USB support whereas VPC doesn't. If I don't want to pay for the Workstation version, is the server version the best one or is the player just as good?
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I believe player has the same usb support as workstation, but you'll need to find a tool to build the vm.
 
Originally posted by: bsobel
Originally posted by: Dari
Originally posted by: bsobel
Check the ports used in the vmware manual, make sure that the local firewall has exceptions for them.
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OK. By the way, all I want to do is run a scanner in Windows XP and VMware has USB support whereas VPC doesn't. If I don't want to pay for the Workstation version, is the server version the best one or is the player just as good?
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I believe player has the same usb support as workstation, but you'll need to find a tool to build the vm.
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I tried looking in the support manual but, at almost 300 pages, I couldn't find which ports to open. Are there default ports to open?
 
I was finally able to figure it out. Apparently, you have to press F8 when starting your computer and allow unsigned drivers towards the bottom. Then after you log into Vista, you right-click the install file and "run as administrator". Everything is simple after that and it should then work.
 
I couldn't tell ya, I've always treated them as completely separate machines and used normal network shares to exchange files.
 
Originally posted by: Nothinman
I couldn't tell ya, I've always treated them as completely separate machines and used normal network shares to exchange files.
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OK, then it isn't just me🙂.
 
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