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VMware VMserver2 beta 2
HOST: Linux
Guest: Any machine

/var/log/vmware/hostd.log full of those messages:
'Proxysvc' 3086011280 warning] SSL Handshake on client connection failed:

Well, I can’t say I solved it, but atleast it’s working. The issue was that sometimes a console will not open and present with an error saying it unable to locate the guest machine. I found out that you should connect through web interface using FQDN name and not just a hostname.
Like this: http://host.domain
And NOT: http://host
Adding the certificate into the local store also was done (not sure if it helped)

Still the log is full however I can connect to the console of the guests.

You need to subscribe to rpmforge repository.

1. Install repository:
rpm -Uvh http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/i386/RPMS.dag/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm

2. Import GPG key
rpm --import http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt

3. Run update on the system
yum update -y

4. Install NTFS support
yum install fuse fuse-ntfs-3g dkms dkms-fuse

5. Create a mount point for NTFS device (usb used as an example)
mkdir /mnt/usb

6. Check dmesg to see where the device maped to.
dmesg | more

7. Mount usb device in READ-ONLY mode (of cause you can mount it in any mode, it’s just an example)
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb/ -t ntfs-3g -r -o umask=0222

Note: sda1 - is how my system sees the connected USB drive.

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One of the problems I encountered recently was an issue of connecting to the console of the guest machine with in VMware 2 web interface. It appears that you should uninstall 1.0.5 mui BEFORE installing the new version.

If not done,  when trying to connect to the console you’ll probably receive an error message stating that “Machine actively refusing connection”. As you recall, mui interface running on port 902. The upgrade is not done properly because of some reason and system states that the port is occupied. Which actually not - “netstat -ano” shows it clearly (the host is running CentOS 5.1).

More details will follow…

During upgrade of VMware’s VMserver version 1.0.4 to version 1.0.5 on Windows 2003 server I have encountered the following error message:

“Warning 25301.IIS configuration failed (-2147463164). You will have to configure the VMware site manually”

After a brief check I found out that 3 services were disabled on that server:

1. World Wide Web publishing service
2. HTTP SSL
3. IIS Admin Service

I started them all, rebooted the server, uninstalled VMserver, rebooted, installed the VMserver 1.0.5 once again and the setup finished without any problems.

Link to russian explanation