[mapguide-users] VMWare, MGOS and Windows XP SP2

[Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S]

You can increase the number of connections on WinXP:
http://weblogs.asp.net/cazzu/archive/2003/10/10/31476.aspx

I think the other problem is related to something with the network.
Perhaps the IP changes or something like that?

Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S



BenoitBegin skrev:
> Hi,
>
> We've been trying to setup test environments and demo environments using
> VMWare and Mapguide OpenSource 1.2 (going to move up to 2.0 shortly
> however). For some reason that is beyond me, we cannot seem to get MGOS to
> function properly.
>
> After the VM is booted up and in Windows XP SP2, if we try to open either
> the AJAX Viewer or any custom pages that uses MGSite::Open(...), it will
> throw an Exception saying "Cannot Establish Connection". However, if we can
> use the Mapguide Studio properly... saving resources, etc etc. We can even
> go in the MapAgent test page and call any commands, like CreateSession and
> the likes. It all works fine. It really does seem as if the problem is at
> the .NET API level, where anything that goes through that API will crash and
> burn.
>
> If we keep hitting the AJAX Viewer with attempts, eventually IIS will spit
> out a "Too many connections" error. If we run an IIS reset after that error
> and return to the AJAX Viewer, or our custom pages, they will run without
> any problems or connection exceptions.
>
> We've built quite a bit of sites using both MGOS and MGE without these kinds
> of issues. They only seem to crop up using VMWare. Is there anything
> specific to VM that needs to be setup, either at the VMWare level or
> Mapguide level, to make them work properly?
>
> Thanks!
>