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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Remote Disk Access
Whenever!possible,!do!not!use!disks!that!are!on!remote!machines!and!accessed!over!the!
network!unless!you!have!a!very!fast!network.!If!you!must!run!disks!remotely,!choose!
VM!>!Settings!>!Options,!select!General!and!set!the!Working!directory!to!a!directory!
on!your!local!hard!disk.!
Then!take!a!snapshot.!After!you!take!the!snapshot,!changes!you!
make!are!stored!locally!in!the!working!directory.
Snapshots
If!you!do!not!need!to!use!snapshots,!run!your!virtual!machine!without!a!snapshot.!This!
provides!best!performance.!To!be!sure!a!virtual!machine!has!no!snapshot,!choose!
Snapshot!>!Remove!Snapshot.
Issues Installing or Running Applications in a Guest Operating System
You!might!notice!that!whenever!you!try!to!install!or!start!a!particular!program!in!a!
virtual!machine,!the!program!seems!to!hang,!crash,!or!complain!that!it!is!running!under!
a!debugger.!VMware!has!seen!this!problem!with!a!few!programs,!including!the!
installer!for!the!Japanese!version!of!Trend
!Micro!Virus!Buster,!the!FoxPro!database,!the!
NetWare!client!in!Windows!98,!Mathcad,!The!Sims,!and!Civilization!III.
You!can!work!around!this!problem!by!disabling!acceleration.!Frequently,!the!problem!
occurs!only!during!installation!or!early!in!the!programʹs!execution;!in!that!case!you!
should!turn!acceleration!back!on!after
!getting!past!the!problem.!Follow!these!steps:
1Power!on!the!virtual!machine.!
2Before!running!or!installing!the!program!that!was!encountering!problems,!disable!
acceleration.
Choose!VM!>!Settings!>!Advanced,!and!check!Disable!acceleration.
3Click!OK!to!save!the!change!and!close!the!virtual!machine!settings!editor.
4Start!the!program!or!run
!the!installer.
5After!you!pass!the!point!where!the!program!was!encountering!problems,!return!to!
the!virtual!machine!settings!editor!and!remove!the!check!beside!Disable!
acceleration.!You!might!be!able!to!run!the!program!with!acceleration!after!it!is!
started!or!installed.!
NOTE Disabling!acceleration!can!help!you!get!past!the!execution!problem,!but!it!
causes!the!virtual!machine!to!run!slowly.!If!the!problem!occurs!only!at!
startup!or!during!installation,!you!can!improve!performance!by!resuming!
accelerated!operation!after!the!program!that!was!encountering!problems!
is!running!or!is!installed.!