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
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Chapter 4 Managing Virtual Machines and the VMware Server Host
NOTE The!best!way!to!understand!the!cursor!options!is!to!play!with!them!for!a!while.!
They!describe!how!the!mouse!pointer!should!behave!when!you!are!in!
windowed!mode;!that!is,!the!virtual!machine!is!in!a!console!window,!not!in!
full!screen!mode,!and!you!can!see!your!host!operating!systemʹs!desktop.!
Setting Hot Key Preferences
Use!the!Hot!Key!tab!to!change!which!combination!of!keys!(the!Ctrl,!Alt,!and!Shift!keys!
in!combination!with!other!keys)!are!passed!to!the!guest!operating!system!or!are!
intercepted!by!VMware!Server.
You!can!construct!your!own!custom!hot‐key!combination!if,!for!example,!the!default!
Ctrl+Alt!combination!
conflicts!with!another!application!on!the!host!that!processes!the!
same!hot‐key!combination.
For!example,!you!may!want!to!change!hot!key!combinations!from!Ctrl‐Alt‐<key>!to!
Ctrl‐Shift‐Alt‐<key>!to!prevent!VMware!Server!from!intercepting!Ctrl‐Alt‐Delete!
instead!of!letting!the!key!combination!be!sent!to!
the!guest!operating!system.
Or,!you!may!be!using!PC!Anywhere!to!connect!to!a!machine!running!a!console.!The!the!
console!is!connected!to!a!virtual!machine!running!in!full!screen!mode,!and!you!want!to!
run!a!different!application.!Normally,!to!return!to!window!mode,!you!press!Ctrl‐Alt,!
but!PC!Anywhere!processes!Ctrl‐Alt!key!combinations,!so!VMware!Server!cannot!
receive!the!key!combination.!Thus,!you!need!to!use!an!alternate!hot‐key!combination!to!
get!out!of!full!screen!mode.!