I have this same problem using VMWare Server and trying to copy anything be it via UNC \\mymachine\c$ or copying via FTP or SCP (in Fedora 8). It didn't seem to impact my HTTP transfers, say by ...

I ask as this is likely a locking issue with VMFS. It likely would be cleared by rebooting all the hosts to clear whatever stale lock is sticking around. But these sorts of issues are a PITA and ...

If you use VMware in virtually any of its flavors, then you've probably become familiar with the list of files created in each folder you create for a virtual machine. Those files are used by the ...

VMware this week unveiled a technical preview of Project Octopus, a new file sharing virtual environment that it describes as a "Dropbox for the enterprise." According to a demonstration video from ...

If you use VMware in virtually any of its flavors, then you've probably become familiar with the list of files created in each folder you create for a virtual machine (VM). Those listed files are used ...

When it comes to Hyper-V and VMware storage, which is better: block- or file-based access? The rate of adoption of server virtualisation has accelerated over recent years, and virtual server workloads ...

When we tried to turn on a virtual machine on VMware Workstation after closing it, we encountered an error that said the machine was already in use. Users have ...