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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For!example:
! In!a!Web!server!cluster!where!the!Web! site!serves!static!content,!a!gateway!
distributes!requests!to!all!nodes!according!to!load.!The!gateway!also!redirects!
requests!to!remaining!nodes!if!one!crashes.
This!configuration! increases!availability!and!performance!over!a!single‐machine!
approach.!Network!Load!Balancing!in!Windows!2000!and!
Windows!Server!2003!
provides!such!a!service.
! In!a!more!complex!cluster,!a!single!node!might!serve!a!database.!If!that!node!
crashes,!it!must!restart!the!database!on!another!node.!The!database!application!
knows!how!to!recover!from!a!crash.!In!normal!operation,!other!nodes!run!other!
applications.
Microsoft!Cluster!Service!and!Veritas!Cluster!Service!provide!such!
a!service.
In!a!typical!virtual!machine!cluster:
! Each!virtual!machine!is!one!node!in!the!cluster.
! Disks!are!shared!between!nodes.
Shared!disks!are!needed!if!the!application!uses!dynamic!data!as!mail!servers!or!
database!servers!do.
When!using!virtual!disks,!you!must!preallocate!the!disk!space!at!the!time!you!
create!the!virtual!disk.
! Extra!network!connections!between!nodes!for!monitoring!heartbeat!status!are!
available.
! A!method!for!redirecting!incoming!requests!is!available.
Applications That Can Use Clustering
To!take!advantage!of!clustering!services,!applications!need!to!be!clustering‐aware.!Such!
applications!can!be!stateless,!such!as!Web!servers!and!VPN!servers.!Clustering‐aware!
applications!often!include!built‐in!recovery!features,!like!those!in!database!servers,!
mail!servers,!file!servers,!or!print!servers.
Clustering Software
Available!clustering!software!includes:
! Microsoft!Clustering!Service!(MSCS)!—!under!Windows!2000,!MSCS!provides!
failover!support!for!two‐!to!four‐node!clusters!for!applications!such!as!databases,!