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6. Type the name of the Virtual server, since I am creating this for my blog I name it e-DBA.blogspot.com 01 and for the location of the VMware datafiles, then click Next to continue.

7. Choose Use host-only networking and click Next to continue.

8. Type in the Disk size 20 and you don't have to Allocate all disk space now, untick the Allocate all disk space and click Finish to complete it.

9. Now I have virtual server created.

Now we successfully created a Virtual server with 256 RAM, HardDisk 20GB, Network Card and 1 processor.

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You should already install VMware Server.

We are going to create a virtual machine (virtual computer server), we going to create a server with all the component e.g. CPU, RAM, Network Device, CD-ROM just basically all device.

Follow this step to create new virtual server.

1. Run VMware, choose Local host and click Ok to continue. (If you are running with Vista Right-Click VMware Console and choose Run as administrator)




2. Press CTRL + N or go to Click File -> New -> Virtual Server




3. Click Next to Continue.



4. Choose Typical and click Next to continue.



5. I am creating this virtual server to install Oracle Enterprise Linux which compatible with Red Hat therefore
Choose Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and click Next to continue.



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Installation VMware Server 1.0.8 on Windows (2/2)

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6. Destination where you want to install the VMware Server software, you can leave it as default and click Next to continue.

7. It will be better to disabled the Windows CD-ROM auto run feature, because your guest OS CD device may mounted directly to your CD-ROM, ensure the Yes disable autorun is Ticked and click Next to continue.

8. Above is the last step of installation wizard configuration click Install to begin the installation.

9. Do not interrupt the installation until it completed, for my case this completed in less than 10 minutes.

10. In this stage you need to key in the Serial Number that VMware send to your registered email, you need to Activate the account.
Fill the User Name, and Copy and Paste the Serial Number and Click Enter to Continue.

11. And now VMware is successful installed, you need to reboot your system so that the step 7 that disabling the CD-ROM autorun is taking effect

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Simple guide to install VMware Server 1.0.8.

Please note that even though this is a free to use software you need to register yourself in order to get the Serial Number, which you need it later. Just go to VMware website register and download the software.


1. Download VMware Server 1.0.8 Build 126538 and execute the VMware-server-installer-1.0.8-126538.exe

2. Click Next to Continue.




3. Tick I Accept the terms in the license agreement and Click Next to continue.

4.Tick the Complete for the complete installation type and click Next to continue.




5. If your PC or Notebook do not have Ms IIS configured or installed you will be prompted following warning, just like my notebook.
Click OK to continue installing VMware Server without the VMware Management Interface. So Click Ok to continue.

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