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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!—!indicates!another!guest!operating!system,!such!as!MS‐DOS.
!—!indicates!a!Sun!Solaris!operating!system.
Monitoring the Virtual Machine’s Heartbeat
Under!HB!is!a!bar!graph!that!represents!the!average!percentage!of!heartbeats!received!
by!a!virtual!machine!during!the!previous!minute.!The!heartbeat!represents!the!overall!
health!of!the!guest!operating!system,!based!on!whether!applications!running!in!the!
guest!are!consuming!resources!from!other!applications!in!the!guest.
The!
heartbeats!are!sent!by!the!VMware!Tools!service!to!the!virtual!machine!from!its!
guest!operating!system;!the!percentage!is!relative!to!the!number!of!heartbeats!the!
virtual!machine!expects!to!receive!for!the!minute!before!the!page!was!last!updated.!
Heavily!loaded!guest!operating!systems!might!not!send!100%!of
!the!expected!
heartbeats,!even!though!the!system!is!otherwise!operating!normally.!In!general,!only!
when!the!heartbeat!percentage!drops!to!zero!should!the!virtual!machine!or!guest!
operating!system!be!considered!abnormal.
NOTE If!VMware!Tools!is!not!installed!or!is!not!running,!the!guest!operating!system!
does!not!send!any!heartbeats!to!its!virtual!machine!and!this!meter!is!disabled.
Viewing Information about a Virtual Machine
Important!virtual!machine!information!is!readily!available!on!the!Status!Monitor!page.
! The!link!in!the!Display!Name!column!indicates!the!display!name!for!the!virtual!
machine.!If!one!is!not!specified,!the!path!to!the!configuration!file!for!the!virtual!
machine!appears!here!instead.!This!column!also!contains!the!virtual!machine’s!
power!state,!its!process!ID,!and!its!virtual!machine!ID!(if
!it!is!running)!It!also!notes!
if!VMware!Tools!is!not!installed.
If!the!virtual!machine!is!waiting!for!a!response!to!a!system!message,!a!Waiting!for!
input!link!appears!here.!Click!the!link!to!view!the!message!and!respond!to!it.
Click!the!virtual!machine!link!for!more!details!
about!the!virtual!machine.!The!
Virtual!Machine!Overview!page!appears!in!a!new!browser!window.!For!more!
information,!see!“Configuring!a!Virtual!Machine”!on!page 105.
! The!value!in!the!Up!column!indicates!the!length!of!time!the!virtual!machine!has!
been!running.
! The!value!in!the!%!CPU!column!indicates!the!average!percentage!of!host!operating!
system!processor!capacity!the!virtual!machine!used!during!the!final!minute!before!
the!page!was!last!updated.!More!detailed!processor!information!is!available!on!the!
Virtual!Machine!Overview!page.