Specifications
Table Of Contents
- Administration Guide
- Contents
- Introduction and System Requirements
- VMware Server Overview
- Features of VMware Server
- Support for 32-bit and 64-bit Guest Operating Systems
- Two-Way Virtual SMP (Experimental Support)
- Connect to VMware GSX Virtual Machines and Hosts
- Upgrade and Use GSX Virtual Machines
- Move Existing Virtual Machines
- Compatible with VMware Workstation 5.x Virtual Machines
- Configure Virtual Hardware Devices to be Automatically Detected
- Take and Revert to Snapshots in the Background
- Support for VMware Virtual Machine Importer
- Support for VirtualCenter
- APIs Included with VMware Server
- Before You Install the Release
- Host System Requirements
- Virtual Machine Specifications
- Virtual Processor
- Virtual Chipset
- Virtual BIOS
- Virtual Memory
- Virtual Graphics
- Virtual IDE Drives
- Virtual SCSI Devices
- Virtual PCI Slots
- Virtual Floppy Drives
- Virtual Serial (COM) Ports
- Virtual Parallel (LPT) Ports
- Virtual USB ports
- Virtual Keyboard
- Virtual Mouse and Drawing Tablets
- Virtual Ethernet Card
- Virtual Networking
- Virtual Sound Adapter
- Supported Guest Operating Systems
- Technical Support Resources
- Installing VMware Server
- Selecting Your Host System
- About the VMware Server Console on the Server
- Installing VMware Server on a Windows Host
- Installing VMware Server on a Linux Host
- Configuring Web Browsers for Use with VMware Server
- Installing the VMware Server Console
- Installing the VMware APIs
- Uninstalling VMware Server
- Migrating from GSX Server to VMware Server
- Preparing for the Migration
- Before You Install VMware Server
- Shut Down and Power Off All Virtual Machines
- Make Sure All Disks Are in the Same Mode
- Upgrading Virtual Machines with Disks in Undoable Mode
- Upgrading Virtual Machines with Multiple Virtual Disks
- Back Up Virtual Machines
- Take Note of Custom Network Configurations
- Remove Existing VMware Products
- Make the Virtual Machine Accessible to Its Users
- When You Remove a VMware Product and Install VMware Server
- Before You Install VMware Server
- Migrating to VMware Server on a Windows Host
- Migrating to VMware Server on a Linux Host
- Using Virtual Machines Created with VMware GSX Server
- Using Virtual Machines Created with Workstation 5.x
- Preparing for the Migration
- Managing Virtual Machines and the VMware Server Host
- Remotely Managing Virtual Machines
- Securing Virtual Machines and the Host
- Identifying a Virtual Machine by Its UUID
- Logging VMware Server Events on Windows
- Backing Up Virtual Machines and the VMware Server Host
- Using the VMware Management Interface
- Setting the Session Length for the VMware Management Interface
- Logging On to the VMware Management Interface
- Using the Status Monitor
- Viewing Summary Information About the VMware Server Host System
- Viewing Summary Information About Virtual Machines on the Host
- Using the Virtual Machine Menu
- Connecting to a Virtual Machine with the VMware Server Console
- Monitoring the Virtual Machine’s Heartbeat
- Viewing Information about a Virtual Machine
- Using Common Controls
- Configuring a Virtual Machine
- The Apache Server and the VMware Management Interface
- Logging Off the VMware Management Interface
- Deleting Virtual Machines
- Configuring the VMware Server Host
- Using VirtualCenter to Manage Virtual Machines
- Moving and Sharing Virtual Machines
- Performance Tuning and the VMware Server Host
- Using High-Availability Configurations
- Using SCSI Reservation to Share SCSI Disks with Virtual Machines
- Overview of Clustering with VMware Server
- Creating a Cluster in a Box
- Using Network Load Balancing with VMware Server
- Creating Two-Node Clusters Using Novell Clustering Services
- Clustering Using the iSCSI Protocol
- Mounting Virtual Disks
- Glossary
- Index
VMware Server Administration Guide
2 VMware, Inc.
! Run!Windows!and!Linux!operating!systems!and!applications!without!software!
conflicts!because!virtual!machines!are!completely!isolated!from!one!another!and!
from!the!physical!host.
! Move!virtual!machines!from!one!physical!host!to!another!without!having!to!
reconfigure.
! Shorten!the!time!for!provisioning!a!new!server!by!creating!and!deploying!custom!
virtual!machines!with!the!VMware!Server!Virtual!Machine!Wizard.
! Move!virtual!machines!to!different!physical!hosts!as!conditions!change.
For!more!information,!see!“Features!of!VMware!Server”!on!page 2.
Features of VMware Server
This!section!provides!information!about!key!features!of!VMware!Server.
Support for 32-bit and 64-bit Guest Operating Systems
VMware!Server!provides!full!and!experimental!support!for!virtual!machines!running!
32‐bit!and!64‐bit!guest!operating!systems.!For!more!information,!see!“Supported!Guest!
Operating!Systems”!on!page 15.!The!host!machine—the!server!on!which!you!install!
VMware!Server—must!have!one!of!the!processors!that!VMware!Server!supports.!You!
can!use
!a!remote!console!running!on!a!32‐bit!machine!to!connect!to!a!64‐bit!host!
machine!running!64‐bit!guest!operating!systems.!For!more!information,!see!“Hardware!
Requirements!for!64‐bit!Guest!Operating!Systems”!on!page 15.
Two-Way Virtual SMP (Experimental Support)
Experimental!support!for!two‐way!Virtual!Symmetric!Multiprocessing!(Virtual!SMP)!
lets!you!assign!two!virtual!processors!to!a!virtual!machine!on!any!host!machine!that!has!
at!least!two!logical!processors.!VMware!Server!does!not!support!guests!with!more!than!
two!virtual!processors.!You!can,!however,!power!on!and! run!multiple
!dual‐processor!
virtual!machines.!For!more!information,!see!“Using!Two‐Way!Virtual!Symmetric!
Multiprocessing!(Experimental)”!in!the!VMware!Server!Virtual!Machine!Guide.
Connect to VMware GSX Virtual Machines and Hosts
You!can!connect!to!hosts!running!VMware!GSX!Server!3!from!the!VMware!Server!
Console!and!run!virtual!machines!in!VMware!Server!created!under!VMware!GSX!
Server!3!as!legacy!machines.!For!information,!see!“Connecting!to!VMware!GSX!Serv er!
and!Older!Virtual!Machines”!in!the!VMware!Server!Virtual!Machine!Guide.