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#Vmware tools for windows 2000 install#
#Vmware tools for windows 2000 drivers#
#Vmware tools for windows 2000 update#
#Vmware tools for windows 2000 driver#

Identify your operating system hard disk (by capacity if possible).

Now we need to attach the VM’s disk to the Linux system: open a root shell / terminal.

At the boot prompt of Knoppix, just press enter to boot into the graphical interface.

Boot the virtual machine from the LiveCD, by either attaching the ISO file from the data store, your machine, or burning the ISO to a CD (as an image!) and booting it from your CD drive.

If you’re new to Linux, then here are some steps to help you replace files on virtual machines. If that does not solve your problem, read this thread.

#Vmware tools for windows 2000 install#

Let it install VMware Tools, select "Reconfigure destination virtual machine" and do NOT select "Configure guest preferences for the virtual machine" To fix this, run the Converter program again and do a machine reconfiguration only (don't reconvert).

#Vmware tools for windows 2000 drivers#

This happens due to some misconfiguration of drivers in the registry.

"Inaccessible boot device" Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) during boot up.

Make sure the firewalls are disabled or port 9089 is allowed to pass through.

The network traffic is probably blocked by firewalls that are on the Converter machine, the Windows 2000 target machine or in between. After the service is started, run VMware Converter and it should connect. Open the services console (services.msc in run) and right-click VMware Converter then choose Start. This happens because when the Windows 2000 system comes up again, the Converter agent service isn’t started again. After installing the Converter agent, you face problems & restart the Windows 2000 server, then when running converter again, it asks you to re-deploy the agent.This happened to me even after I copied the SCSIPORT.SYS to the target machine before converting. You must boot into a LiveCD and replace the file in the location mentioned above.

#Vmware tools for windows 2000 driver#

This happens because Windows 2000 is using the old SCSI driver (SCSIPORT.SYS). “KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED” Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) during boot up.This happens because you have selected the Disk Controller as “Preserve Source” or “IDE” - you must select “SCSI” - after doing so, you’ll need to reconvert the machine. "disk read error" when starting the virtual machine.Do install VMware tools.ĭo NOT select "configure guest preferences for the virtual machine" In the Advanced Options pane, do not select the options to power off the source and select the option to power on the target (VM).In the Networks pane, deselect the option to connect at power on.See KB234558 and KB249694 for more details.

#Vmware tools for windows 2000 update#

Keep the number of processors as is, because if you change it, Windows 2000 won’t auto-detect new CPUs and you’ll need to update the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) on it manually.

In Step 3: View / Edit Options, Click on the Devices pane and change the disk controller to BusLogic SCSI.

If you’re asked to restart, restart then start the VMware Converter service manually before running the Converter again, otherwise it’ll ask you to deploy the agent again.

Run the Converter and deploy the agent.

If you’re using a static IP on the Windows 2000 server, see this Knowledge Base article.

Applying the update is recommended if the system is stable.

Either apply the update rollup to the server or extract the update rollup and replace it with the file SCSIPORT.SYS in C:\WINNT\system32\drivers.

* On Windows 2008, the location is C:\Users\All Users\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\sysprep\2k (Thanks Anonymous for the tip!) That should be on the same machine that has VMware Converter, not the Windows 2000 server.

Extract sysprep tools and place them in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\sysprep\2k.

Install VMware Standalone Converter versoin 4.0.1.