[NTLUG:Discuss] Troubleshooting VMware server

[Kenneth Loafman]

Richard wrote:
> Does anyone have any recommendation on where one should go to get 
> information about how to troubleshoot vmware server problems? 
> 
> Specifically for issues like when a guest virtual machine just seems to 
> HANG whenever disk access is requested.  Switching to other ttys works, 
> but logging in causes the session to hang.  If a session is already 
> running moving around the disk seems to be ok as long as one does not do 
> a 'ps' command or list out a directory.  The host server doesn't appear 
> to have any stability issues... just the guest OS.

Is the VMware machine running on an SMB share?  I've seen this kind of
problem when the current directory is on an SMB share and a task dies.
Really screws up the works and a reboot is needed.

...Ken