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 7 Using High-Availability
Configurations
This!chapter!describes!using!high‐availability!configurations!with!VMware!Server!and!
covers!the!following!topics:
! “Using!SCSI!Reservation!to!Share!SCSI!Disks!with!Virtual!Machines”!on!page 161
! “Overview!of!Clustering!with!VMware!Server”!on!page 165
! “Creating!a!Cluster!in!a!Box”!on!page 167
! “Using!Network!Load!Balancing!with!VMware!Server”!on!page 175
! “Creating!Two‐Node!Clusters!Using!Novell!Clustering!Services”!on!page 179
! “Clustering!Using!the!iSCSI!Protocol”!on!page 183
Using SCSI Reservation to Share SCSI Disks with Virtual
Machines
VMware!Server!permits!the!sharing!of!a!preallocated!virtual!SCSI!disk!with!multiple!
virtual!machines!running!on!the!same!host.!When!the!disk!is!shared,!all!virtual!
machines!connected!to!the!disk!use!the!SCSI!reservation!protocol!to!write!to!the!disk!
concurrently.
You!must!install!clustering!software!on!each!virtual!
machine!that!you!plan!to!share!a!
SCSI!disk.!Enabling!SCSI!reservation!in!and!of!itself!does!not!automatically!mean!that!
a!running!virtual!machine!is!a!participant!in!the!SCSI!reservation!protocol.!
NOTE Although!growable!virtual!disks!and!physical!disks!can!be!used!with!SCSI!
reservation,!such!use!is!considered!experimental!and!should!not!be!attempted!
in!a!production!environment.!Only!the!use!of!preallocated!virtual!disks!is!fully!
supported!with!SCSI!reservation.!When!you!create!a!new!virtual!machine,!or!
add!a!new
!virtual!disk!to!an!existing!virtual!machine,!VMware!Server!creates!
a!preallocated!virtual!disk!by!default.