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
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information!about!permissions!and!VMware!Server,!see!“Understanding!Permissions!
and!Virtual!Machines”!on!page 83.!
To!properly!view!the!VMware!Management!Interface,!ensure!that!style!sheets!are!
enabled!in!your!browser,!regardless!of!which!browser!and!version!you!are!using.!
NOTE To!run!the!VMware!Management!Interface!in!Internet!Explorer!6.0!on!a!
Windows!Server!2003!system,!whether!the!VMware!Server!host!is!installed!on!
Windows!Server!2003!or!a!Windows!Server!2003!client!machine!that!connects!
to!a!VMware!Server!host,!you!need!to!follow!some!special!configuration!steps!
in!order
!to!use!the!management!interface.!For!more!information,!see!
“Configuring!Web!Browsers!for!Use!with!VMware!Server”!on!page 46.
The!VMware!Management!Interface!starts!with!a!Login!page,!where!you!enter!your!
user!name!and!password!to!log!on.!The!Login!page!contains!links!for!downloading!the!
VMware!Server!Console!for!Windows!and!Linux!hosts.!For!more!information,!see!
“Downloading!
the!VMware!Server!Console”!on!page 81.
After!your!user!name!and!password!are!authorized!by!the!management!interface,!the!
Status!Monitor!page!appears.!The!Status!Monitor!page!contains!high‐level!details!about!
all!the!virtual!machines!on!the!host!server!to!which!you!are!connected.!The!Status!
Monitor!page!links!to!
a!detailed!set!of!pages!specific!to!each!virtual!machine,!where!you!
find!information!about!virtual!devices,!configuration!options,!and!a!summary!of!recent!
events.!In!addition,!you!can!create!and!delete!virtual!machines!from!your!browser.!
These!pages!refresh!or!reload!automatically!every!90!seconds.!You!might!want!to!
refresh
!or!reload!these!pages!manually!before!you!perform!an!operation!like!
suspending,!resuming,! or!powering!on!or!off!a!virtual!machine!from!the!VMware!
Management!Interface!or!after!you!perform!a!power!operation!in!a!console.!Another!
user!might!have!performed!the!same!or!a!conflicting!operation!right!before!you.!
To!
refresh!the!page,!click!Refresh!at!the!top!of!a!page.!
This!section!includes!the!following!topics:
! “Setting!the!Session!Length!for!the!VMware!Management!Interface”!on!page 99
! “Logging!On!to!the!VMware!Management!Interface”!on!page 99
! “Using!the!Status!Monitor”!on!page 101
! “Configuring!a!Virtual!Machine”!on!page 105
! “The!Apache!Server!and!the!VMware!Management!Interface”!on!page 111
! “Logging!Off!the!VMware!Management!Interface”!on!page 111