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
file!servers,!and!mail!servers.!Under!Windows!Server!2003,!MSCS!provides!
failover!support!for!eight‐node!clusters.
! Microsoft!Network!Load!Balancing!(NLB)!—!balances!the!load!of!incoming!IP!
traffic!across!a!cluster!of!up!to!32!nodes!for!applications!such!as!Web!servers!and!
terminal!services.
! Veritas!Clustering!Service!(VCS).
! Novell!Clustering!Services.
NOTE These!clustering!services!are!tested!and!supported!by!VMware!only!with!
Windows!host!operating!systems.
Creating a Cluster in a Box
With!VMware!Server,!you!can!create!a!simple!cluster!in!a!box!to!help!mitigate!the!
effects!of!software!crashes!or!administrative!problems.
CAUTION When!you!use!VMware!Server!virtual!machines!in!a!cluster,!you!must!
turn!off!disk!caching!for!each!virtual!machine!that!is!a!member!of!the!
cluster.!If!you!do!not!turn!off!data!on!the!shared!drive!might!become!
corrupted.!To!turn!off!disk!caching!open!the!configuration!.vmx!file
!of!
each!virtual!machine!in!a!text!editor!and!add!the!following!line:!
diskLib.dataCaheMaxSize = “0”
NOTE When!you!configure!a!cluster,!the!ability!to!take!snapshots!is!disabled!in!
virtual!machines!in!the!cluster.!
This!type!of!cluster:
! Consists!of!multiple!virtual!machines!(nodes)!on!a!single!physical!machine.
! Supports!shared!disks!without!any!shared!SCSI!hardware.
! Supports!a!heartbeat!network!without!an!extra!physical!network!adapter.