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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NOTE This!feature!is!advanced.!Use!it!only!if!you!are!familiar!with!SCSI!in!general!
and!the!SCSI!reservation!protocol!in!particular.
The!following!sections!describe!how!to!use!SCSI!reservation!to!share!disks!among!
multiple!virtual!machines.
! “SCSI!Reservation!Support”!on!page 162
! “Enabling!SCSI!Reservation”!on!page 162
! “Issues!to!Consider!When!Sharing!Disks”!on!page 164
SCSI Reservation Support
SCSI!reservation!support!is!limited!by!the!following:
! You!can!enable!SCSI!reservation!for!SCSI!virtual!and!physical!disks.!No!other!type!
of!SCSI!devices!can!use!SCSI!reservation!in!a!virtual!machine.!Specifically,!you!
cannot!enable!SCSI!reservation!for!a!SCSI!disk!that!is!configured!as!a!generic!SCSI!
device.!For!more!information!about!generic!SCSI,!see!“Connecting
!to!a!Generic!
SCSI!Device”.
NOTE VMware!Server!supports!SCSI!reservation!when!used!with!preallocated!
virtual!disks.!Support!for!SCSI!reservation!with!growable!virtual!disks!
and!physical!disks!is!considered!experimental.!For!high‐availability!
configurations,!use!SCSI!reservation!with!preallocated!virtual!disks.
! SCSI!disks!can!be!shared!using!SCSI!reservation!among!virtual!machines!running!
on!the!same!host.!This!means!that!the!configuration!files!for!the!virtual!machines!
must!all!be!located!on!the!same!VMware!Server!host.!However,!the!disk!or!disks!
the!virtual!machines!are!sharing!can!be!located!remotely!on
!a!different!host.
! A!SCSI!virtual!disk!can!be!located!on!a!host!with!any!type!of!hard!disk!(for!
example,!IDE,!SCSI!or!SATA).!A!shared!physical!disk!must!always!be!a!SCSI!disk.
! VMware!Server!virtual!machines!currently!support!only!the!SCSI‐2!disk!protocol,!
and!not!applications!using!SCSI‐3!disk!reservations.!All!popular!clustering!
software!(including!MSCS!and!VCS)!currently!use!SCSI‐2!reservations.
Enabling SCSI Reservation
SCSI!reservation!must!be!enabled!in!a!virtual!machine!before!you!can!share!its!disks.!
VMware!recommends!you!set!up!any!shared!disks!on!the!same!SCSI!bus,!which!is!a!
different!bus!from!the!one!the!guest!operating!system!uses.!For!example,!if!your!guest!