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, Inc. 9
Chapter 1 Introduction and System Requirements
! Red!Hat!Linux!7.2,!stock!2.4.7‐10!and!upgrades!2.4.9‐7,!2.4.9‐13,!2.4.9‐21,!and!
2.4.9‐31
! SUSE!Linux!Enterprise!Server!10!(experimental!support)
! SUSE!LINUX!Enterprise!Server!9,!including!SP1,!SP2,!and!SP3
! SUSE!Linux!Enterprise!Server!8!stock!2.4.19
! SUSE!LINUX!9.3!
! SUSE!LINUX!9.2
! SUSE!Linux!10
! SUSE!Linux!10.1
! SUSE!LINUX!9.1!stock!2.6.4‐52
! SUSE!LINUX!9.0!stock!2.4.21‐99
! SUSE!Linux!8.2!stock!2.4.20
! SUSE!Linux!7.3
! Ubuntu!Linux!5.04!and!5.10
! Ubuntu!6.06!
NOTE As!new!Linux!kernels!and!distributions! are!released,!VMware!modifies!and!
tests!its!products!for!stability!and!reliability!on!those!host!platforms.!VMware!
makes!every!effort!to!add!support!for!new!kernels!and!distributions!in!a!
timely!manner,!but!until!a!kernel!or!distribution!is!added!to!the!list,!its!use
!is!
not!supported.!Look!for!newer!prebuilt!modules!in!the!Download!section!of!
VMware!Web!site.!Go!to!http://www.vmware.com/download.!
Other!Linux!host!operating!system!requirements!include:
! Linux!kernel!2.2.14‐5.0!is!not!supported.
! Standard!Linux!server!installation!is!required!with!glibc!version!2.1!or!higher!and!
libXpm.so.
! The!inetd!process!must!be!configured!and!active!for!VMware!Server!Console!and!
VMware!Management!Interface!connections.
! Version!2.1.36!of!the!SCSI!Generic!(sg.o)!driver!is!required!to!use!generic!SCSI!
devices!in!virtual!machines.
! Perl!5.005x!or!higher!is!required!to!use!VmPerl!API.