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 6 Performance Tuning and the VMware Server Host
! “General!VMware!Server!Options”!on!page 147
! “VMware!Server!on!a!Windows!Host”!on!page 151
! “VMware!Server!on!a!Linux!Host”!on!page 154
NOTE In!addition!to!the!VMware!Server!configuration!options!discussed!in!this!
section,!you!should!always!install!VMware!Tools!in!any!guest!operating!
system!for!which!a!VMware!Tools!package!exists.!Installing!VMware!Tools!
provides!better!video!and!mouse!performance!and!also!greatly!improves!the!
usability!of!the!virtual!machine.!For!details,!see!“Installing!VMware!Tools”.
General VMware Server Options
The!following!sections!describe!ways!you!can!improve!the!performance!of!VMware!
Server!on!both!Windows!and!Linux!hosts.
Guest Operating System Selection
Make!certain!you!select!the!correct!guest!operating!system!for!each!of!your!virtual!
machines.!To!check!the!guest!operating!system!setting,!choose!VM!>!Settings!>!
Options!>!General.
VMware!Server!optimizes!certain!internal!configurations!on!the!basis!of!this!selection.!
For!this!reason,!it!is!important!to!set!the
!guest!operating!system!correctly.!The!
optimizations!can!greatly!aid!the!operating!system!they!target,!but!they!might!cause!
significant!performance!degradation!if!there!is!a!mismatch!between!the!selection!and!
the!operating!system!actually!running!in!the!virtual!machine.!(Selecting!the!wrong!
guest!operating!system!is!not!likely!to!cause!
a!virtual!machine!to!run!incorrectly,!but!it!
could!degrade!the!virtual!machine’s!performance.)!
Memory Settings
Make!sure!to!choose!a!reasonable!amount!of!memory!for!your!virtual!machine.!Many!
modern!operating!systems!have!a!growing!need!for!memory,!so!assigning!a!generous!
amount!is!beneficial!for!the!best!virtual!machine!performance.
The!same!holds!true!for!the!host!operating!system,!especially!a!Windows!host.!
The!New!
Virtual!Machine!Wizard!automatically!selects!a!reasonable!starting!point!for!
the!virtual!machine’s!memory,!but!you!might!be!able!to!improve!performance!by!
adjusting!the!settings!in!the!virtual!machine!settings!editor!(choose!VM!>!Settings!>!
Memory).
If!you!plan!to!run!one!virtual!machine!at!a!time!most!of
!the!time,!a!good!starting!point!
is!to!give!the!virtual!machine!half!the!memory!available!on!the!host.!