Virtual Server 2005 Error

Hi everyone
The system
Windows 2003 x64 with Virtual server 2005 R2 1.1.629.0 EE R2 SP1
2 CPU Xeon QuadCore
16 GB RAM

The error is:
" SERVERNAMEcould not be started because there is not enough physical memory
or system resources available"

Weird??!!!

Machines that are running consume a max of 10GB of memory, plenty disk space
available.

I should have 6GB to use, why I'm getting this error?

I fire up Taskmanager and it shows physical Memory available = 5,3 GB. Why
the Virtual machine doesn't start up?

Ok the machine starts up, but only with 512MBs of RAM??? I need 2 more
machines with 1024Mb of ram each!

Thank you.

On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:41:01 -0700, Jmnts
<Jmnts@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi everyone
>The system
>Windows 2003 x64 with Virtual server 2005 R2 1.1.629.0 EE R2 SP1
>2 CPU Xeon QuadCore
>16 GB RAM
>
>The error is:
>" SERVERNAMEcould not be started because there is not enough physical memory
>or system resources available"
>
>Weird??!!!
>
>Machines that are running consume a max of 10GB of memory, plenty disk space
>available.
>
>I should have 6GB to use, why I'm getting this error?
>
>I fire up Taskmanager and it shows physical Memory available = 5,3 GB. Why
>the Virtual machine doesn't start up?
>
>Ok the machine starts up, but only with 512MBs of RAM??? I need 2 more
>machines with 1024Mb of ram each!
>
>Thank you.
>
>

Do you, by chance, have the /3gb switch enabled?
If so,that's likely the issue.
http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy...23/331100.aspx

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/

That wouldn't apply with x64 Server, would it?

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

"Steve Jain [MVP]" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote in message
news:g237f4pd837neo9rjobpa39lus3ghqhrbi@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:41:01 -0700, Jmnts
> <Jmnts@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi everyone
>>The system
>>Windows 2003 x64 with Virtual server 2005 R2 1.1.629.0 EE R2 SP1
>>2 CPU Xeon QuadCore
>>16 GB RAM
>>
>>The error is:
>>" SERVERNAMEcould not be started because there is not enough physical
>>memory
>>or system resources available"
>>
>>Weird??!!!
>>
>>Machines that are running consume a max of 10GB of memory, plenty disk
>>space
>>available.
>>
>>I should have 6GB to use, why I'm getting this error?
>>
>>I fire up Taskmanager and it shows physical Memory available = 5,3 GB. Why
>>the Virtual machine doesn't start up?
>>
>>Ok the machine starts up, but only with 512MBs of RAM??? I need 2 more
>>machines with 1024Mb of ram each!
>>
>>Thank you.
>>
>>
>
> Do you, by chance, have the /3gb switch enabled?
> If so,that's likely the issue.
> http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy...23/331100.aspx
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/

Are you running any other applications on the server that might be consuming
additional resources unaccounted for in you calculations?

--
Ryan Sokolowski
MVP - Clustering
MCT, MCITP x3, MCTS x7, MCSE x2, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP


"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
news:OFVOz8VLJHA.3808@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> That wouldn't apply with x64 Server, would it?
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>
> "Steve Jain [MVP]" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote in message
> news:g237f4pd837neo9rjobpa39lus3ghqhrbi@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:41:01 -0700, Jmnts
>> <Jmnts@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi everyone
>>>The system
>>>Windows 2003 x64 with Virtual server 2005 R2 1.1.629.0 EE R2 SP1
>>>2 CPU Xeon QuadCore
>>>16 GB RAM
>>>
>>>The error is:
>>>" SERVERNAMEcould not be started because there is not enough physical
>>>memory
>>>or system resources available"
>>>
>>>Weird??!!!
>>>
>>>Machines that are running consume a max of 10GB of memory, plenty disk
>>>space
>>>available.
>>>
>>>I should have 6GB to use, why I'm getting this error?
>>>
>>>I fire up Taskmanager and it shows physical Memory available = 5,3 GB.
>>>Why
>>>the Virtual machine doesn't start up?
>>>
>>>Ok the machine starts up, but only with 512MBs of RAM??? I need 2 more
>>>machines with 1024Mb of ram each!
>>>
>>>Thank you.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Do you, by chance, have the /3gb switch enabled?
>> If so,that's likely the issue.
>> http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy...23/331100.aspx
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
>> http://vpc.essjae.com/
>

Thank you everyone for the answers.

-No I don't have /3GB switch because this is a x64 bit system and that
doesn't apply.
-I checked under Taskmanager and I saw the Memory available = 5,3 GB. I
think that if I had additional resources consuming my memory I would notice
in taskmanager, or maybe wrong?

Funny thing, in my storage disks I had more than 600GB available for each
disk, and when I tried to copy a VM model to those disks I got unsificient
disk space??!!!!

WTF... Is this??? After a few tests and debuging I found out that my McAfee
8.5 was the cause of all of my problems. After uninstall Mcafee all problems
went away.
Now I've to check for patches in Antivirus that don't cause this errors.


Anyway thankyou all for your opinions and time.

Best regards.






"Ryan Sokolowski [MVP]" wrote:

> Are you running any other applications on the server that might be consuming
> additional resources unaccounted for in you calculations?
>
> --
> Ryan Sokolowski
> MVP - Clustering
> MCT, MCITP x3, MCTS x7, MCSE x2, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP
>
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
> news:OFVOz8VLJHA.3808@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > That wouldn't apply with x64 Server, would it?
> >
> > --
> > Charlie.
> > http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
> >
> > "Steve Jain [MVP]" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote in message
> > news:g237f4pd837neo9rjobpa39lus3ghqhrbi@4ax.com...
> >> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:41:01 -0700, Jmnts
> >> <Jmnts@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi everyone
> >>>The system
> >>>Windows 2003 x64 with Virtual server 2005 R2 1.1.629.0 EE R2 SP1
> >>>2 CPU Xeon QuadCore
> >>>16 GB RAM
> >>>
> >>>The error is:
> >>>" SERVERNAMEcould not be started because there is not enough physical
> >>>memory
> >>>or system resources available"
> >>>
> >>>Weird??!!!
> >>>
> >>>Machines that are running consume a max of 10GB of memory, plenty disk
> >>>space
> >>>available.
> >>>
> >>>I should have 6GB to use, why I'm getting this error?
> >>>
> >>>I fire up Taskmanager and it shows physical Memory available = 5,3 GB.
> >>>Why
> >>>the Virtual machine doesn't start up?
> >>>
> >>>Ok the machine starts up, but only with 512MBs of RAM??? I need 2 more
> >>>machines with 1024Mb of ram each!
> >>>
> >>>Thank you.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> Do you, by chance, have the /3gb switch enabled?
> >> If so,that's likely the issue.
> >> http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy...23/331100.aspx
> >>
> >> --
> >> Cheers,
> >> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> >> http://vpc.essjae.com/
> >
>

AH, check the amount of free disk space on your system drive. This could
well be related.

Also check that there aren't disk quotas enabled, though I'd be surprised on
a machine doing virtualization.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

"Jmnts" <Jmnts@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:34F6D97C-B8F8-44B7-9733-7D7086541E6C@microsoft.com...
> Thank you everyone for the answers.
>
> -No I don't have /3GB switch because this is a x64 bit system and that
> doesn't apply.
> -I checked under Taskmanager and I saw the Memory available = 5,3 GB. I
> think that if I had additional resources consuming my memory I would
> notice
> in taskmanager, or maybe wrong?
>
> Funny thing, in my storage disks I had more than 600GB available for each
> disk, and when I tried to copy a VM model to those disks I got unsificient
> disk space??!!!!
>
> WTF... Is this??? After a few tests and debuging I found out that my
> McAfee
> 8.5 was the cause of all of my problems. After uninstall Mcafee all
> problems
> went away.
> Now I've to check for patches in Antivirus that don't cause this errors.
>
>
> Anyway thankyou all for your opinions and time.
>
> Best regards.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Ryan Sokolowski [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Are you running any other applications on the server that might be
>> consuming
>> additional resources unaccounted for in you calculations?
>>
>> --
>> Ryan Sokolowski
>> MVP - Clustering
>> MCT, MCITP x3, MCTS x7, MCSE x2, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP
>>
>>
>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
>> news:OFVOz8VLJHA.3808@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> > That wouldn't apply with x64 Server, would it?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Charlie.
>> > http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
>> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>> >
>> > "Steve Jain [MVP]" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote in message
>> > news:g237f4pd837neo9rjobpa39lus3ghqhrbi@4ax.com...
>> >> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:41:01 -0700, Jmnts
>> >> <Jmnts@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>Hi everyone
>> >>>The system
>> >>>Windows 2003 x64 with Virtual server 2005 R2 1.1.629.0 EE R2 SP1
>> >>>2 CPU Xeon QuadCore
>> >>>16 GB RAM
>> >>>
>> >>>The error is:
>> >>>" SERVERNAMEcould not be started because there is not enough physical
>> >>>memory
>> >>>or system resources available"
>> >>>
>> >>>Weird??!!!
>> >>>
>> >>>Machines that are running consume a max of 10GB of memory, plenty disk
>> >>>space
>> >>>available.
>> >>>
>> >>>I should have 6GB to use, why I'm getting this error?
>> >>>
>> >>>I fire up Taskmanager and it shows physical Memory available = 5,3 GB.
>> >>>Why
>> >>>the Virtual machine doesn't start up?
>> >>>
>> >>>Ok the machine starts up, but only with 512MBs of RAM??? I need 2 more
>> >>>machines with 1024Mb of ram each!
>> >>>
>> >>>Thank you.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> Do you, by chance, have the /3gb switch enabled?
>> >> If so,that's likely the issue.
>> >> http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy...23/331100.aspx
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
>> >> http://vpc.essjae.com/
>> >
>>

Hi Charlie

No, no quotas enabled.
As I told you before all problems were solved when I uninstalled the McAfee.

Regards.


"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

> AH, check the amount of free disk space on your system drive. This could
> well be related.
>
> Also check that there aren't disk quotas enabled, though I'd be surprised on
> a machine doing virtualization.
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>
> "Jmnts" <Jmnts@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:34F6D97C-B8F8-44B7-9733-7D7086541E6C@microsoft.com...
> > Thank you everyone for the answers.
> >
> > -No I don't have /3GB switch because this is a x64 bit system and that
> > doesn't apply.
> > -I checked under Taskmanager and I saw the Memory available = 5,3 GB. I
> > think that if I had additional resources consuming my memory I would
> > notice
> > in taskmanager, or maybe wrong?
> >
> > Funny thing, in my storage disks I had more than 600GB available for each
> > disk, and when I tried to copy a VM model to those disks I got unsificient
> > disk space??!!!!
> >
> > WTF... Is this??? After a few tests and debuging I found out that my
> > McAfee
> > 8.5 was the cause of all of my problems. After uninstall Mcafee all
> > problems
> > went away.
> > Now I've to check for patches in Antivirus that don't cause this errors.
> >
> >
> > Anyway thankyou all for your opinions and time.
> >
> > Best regards.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Ryan Sokolowski [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Are you running any other applications on the server that might be
> >> consuming
> >> additional resources unaccounted for in you calculations?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Ryan Sokolowski
> >> MVP - Clustering
> >> MCT, MCITP x3, MCTS x7, MCSE x2, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP
> >>
> >>
> >> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
> >> news:OFVOz8VLJHA.3808@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> > That wouldn't apply with x64 Server, would it?
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Charlie.
> >> > http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
> >> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
> >> >
> >> > "Steve Jain [MVP]" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:g237f4pd837neo9rjobpa39lus3ghqhrbi@4ax.com...
> >> >> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:41:01 -0700, Jmnts
> >> >> <Jmnts@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>>Hi everyone
> >> >>>The system
> >> >>>Windows 2003 x64 with Virtual server 2005 R2 1.1.629.0 EE R2 SP1
> >> >>>2 CPU Xeon QuadCore
> >> >>>16 GB RAM
> >> >>>
> >> >>>The error is:
> >> >>>" SERVERNAMEcould not be started because there is not enough physical
> >> >>>memory
> >> >>>or system resources available"
> >> >>>
> >> >>>Weird??!!!
> >> >>>
> >> >>>Machines that are running consume a max of 10GB of memory, plenty disk
> >> >>>space
> >> >>>available.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>I should have 6GB to use, why I'm getting this error?
> >> >>>
> >> >>>I fire up Taskmanager and it shows physical Memory available = 5,3 GB.
> >> >>>Why
> >> >>>the Virtual machine doesn't start up?
> >> >>>
> >> >>>Ok the machine starts up, but only with 512MBs of RAM??? I need 2 more
> >> >>>machines with 1024Mb of ram each!
> >> >>>
> >> >>>Thank you.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >> Do you, by chance, have the /3gb switch enabled?
> >> >> If so,that's likely the issue.
> >> >> http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy...23/331100.aspx
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Cheers,
> >> >> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> >> >> http://vpc.essjae.com/
> >> >
> >>
>
>