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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! Controlling!the!virtual!machine!—!powering!it!on!or!off,!suspending!or!resuming!
it.
Viewing a Log of a Virtual Machine’s Events
A!log!of!the!15!most!recent!virtual!machine!events!is!available.!Click!the!Users!and!
Events!tab.!The!Users!and!Events!page!appears.
The!Events!list!displays!a!log!of!the!most!recent!actions!or!events!recorded!in!the!virtual!
machine,!such!as!the!questions!VMware!Server!asks,!any!errors!
and!the!powering!on!
or!off!the!virtual!machine.!Events!appear!in!reverse!chronological!order;!that!is,!the!
most!recent!events!appear!first!in!the!list.
The!event!log!draws!its!data!from!the!log!file!for!the!virtual!machineʹs!configuration!file.!
The!log!file!is!stored,!by!default,!in!
the!virtual!machineʹs!directory.!On!a!Windows!host,!
this!directory!is!<installdrive>:\Virtual Machines\<guestOS>.!On!a!Linux!host,!this!
directory!is!/var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines/<guestOS>.
Sometimes!you!see!a!waiting!for!input!message!appears!as!a!link!in!the!Display!Name!
column.!This!link!appears!when!you!perform!an!action!in!the!management!interface!
that!prompts!the!virtual!machine!to!generate!a!message;!you!must!respond!to!the!
message!before!the!virtual!machine!can!proceed.!When!you!click!that!link,!a!prompt!
appears,!where!you!can!enter!a!response.!After!you!provide!your!answer,!the!prompt!
closes.!Your!response!appears!in!the!Events!list.
The!
log!shows!the!date!and!time!the!event!occurred!and!an!explanation!of!the!event.!
Some!events!have!a!symbol!associated!with!them!that!corresponds!to!the!type!of!event!
that!occurred.!