Vista - Re: Virtual Machines can't see VM's on other Virtual Server

07-17-2009

"Marcus Dempsey" <MarcusDempsey@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:A3639A60-62AE-4BF0-8AE5-5F5E2EE2BA50@newsgroup

Quote:

> Hello,
>
> I wonder if someone can help me, I have 2 physical virtual sevrer 2005
> servers (running on Windows 2003 server sp2) which host 4 guests each
> (windows 2003 server sp2). I have 2 virtual networks setup and these are
> connected to the management and DMZ networks of the physical server.
>
> My problem is that the VMs hosted on one of the physical servers can't see
> the VMs which are hosted on the second physical server, and vice versa.
> However this problem only occurs on the DMZ network, and only for VMs that
> aren't located on the same physical server.
>
> The VMs can ping the managment and any other DMZ address with no issues.
> The physical virtual servers can ping all VM DMZ addresses with no
> problems.
>
> I've tried rebooting both the physical and guest servers with no change.
>
> Can anyone help me with this?
>
> Marcus

Not nearly enough info here to debug a networking problem.

There is nothing magical about virtual networks. They work just the same
way as physical networks using the same software and the same protocols. You
need to use standard networking techniques to see what is happening.

07-17-2009	#1 (permalink)
Bill Grant n/a posts	Re: Virtual Machines can't see VM's on other Virtual Server "Marcus Dempsey" <MarcusDempsey@newsgroup> wrote in message news:A3639A60-62AE-4BF0-8AE5-5F5E2EE2BA50@newsgroup Quote: > Hello, > > I wonder if someone can help me, I have 2 physical virtual sevrer 2005 > servers (running on Windows 2003 server sp2) which host 4 guests each > (windows 2003 server sp2). I have 2 virtual networks setup and these are > connected to the management and DMZ networks of the physical server. > > My problem is that the VMs hosted on one of the physical servers can't see > the VMs which are hosted on the second physical server, and vice versa. > However this problem only occurs on the DMZ network, and only for VMs that > aren't located on the same physical server. > > The VMs can ping the managment and any other DMZ address with no issues. > The physical virtual servers can ping all VM DMZ addresses with no > problems. > > I've tried rebooting both the physical and guest servers with no change. > > Can anyone help me with this? > > Marcus Not nearly enough info here to debug a networking problem. There is nothing magical about virtual networks. They work just the same way as physical networks using the same software and the same protocols. You need to use standard networking techniques to see what is happening.
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