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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#434343'>Because I was in a hurry, I had to move this project to a
different OS. I installed VMserver on Ubuntu,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#434343'>where I had knew it would work. I'll come back to CentOS later.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#434343'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#434343'>But, for those that asked:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.2pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>1) I was not running the Xen
verion of the kernel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.2pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>2) The VMs that I was trying to
start are good; they both worked on other VMware Server installations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.2pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#434343'>Thanks to all who responded. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Richard Fairfield | Applications
Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Isilon Systems P +1-206-315-7500
F +1-206-315-7501 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>www.isilon.com D +1-206-777-7911
M +1-206-372-2776<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Richard Fairfield <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 07, 2008 2:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> centos-virt@centos.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> VMs won't power on<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#434343'>Hello –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#434343'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#434343'>I have installed the VMware-server-1.0.5-80187.i386.rpm package
on a CentOS 5.1 system. I then ran the vmware-config.pl program. I chose mostly
default answer, except that I did not choose the NAT option; I saw no errors. <br>
<br>
I used the VMware Server Console to create a Red Hat Linux VM. I also copied an
externally created VM into the '/var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines/' directory. I
cannot power-on either of these VMs. The VM's console is blank for several
minutes, after which the following message appears in a pop-up window:<br>
<br>
Unable to change virtual machine power state: The
"/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx" process did not start properly<br>
Try running "/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx /var/lib/vmware/Virtual
Machines/Red Hat Linux/Red Hat Linux.vmx" from the command-line on the
server..<br>
<br>
I tried running it from the command line, as the message suggests. That just
hangs forever. I don't see anything other than the above error message in the
/var/log/vmlog/vmware-serverd.log file.<br>
<br>
I've tried rebooting, and uninstalling and reinstalling the VMware Server
software. I even tried installing from tar file, instead of the RPM. Nothing
changes.<br>
<br>
I'm completely stuck. Can anyone help me with this?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Richard Fairfield | Applications Engineer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Isilon Systems P +1-206-315-7500 F +1-206-315-7501 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>www.isilon.com D +1-206-777-7911 M +1-206-372-2776<o:p></o:p></p>
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