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
Installing the Guest Operating System in the First Virtual Machine (Node)
For!information!on!installing!Windows!2000!Advanced!Server!or!Windows!Server!2003!
Enterprise!Edition!in!the!virtual!machine,!see!the!VMware!Guest!Operating!System!
Installation!Guide.!It!is!available!from!the!VMware!Web!site!at!
http://www.vmware.com/support/guestnotes/doc/index.html.
NOTE During!the!installation!of!the!guest!operating!system,!do!not!install!the!
clustering!services.
When!the!installation!is!complete,!install!VMware!Tools!in!the!guest!operating!system.!
See!“Installing!VMware!Tools”.
After!you!finish!installing!the!guest!operating!system!and!VMware!Tools,!clone!the!
virtual!machine.!(Later,!you!create!the!second!cluster!node!using!the!clone.)
To clone the first virtual machine node
1Run!sysprep.exe,!which!is!available!on!the!
Windows!CD!in!the!file!
\support\tools\deploy.cab!(or!from!the!Microsoft!Web!site).!
The!sysprep.exe!utility!removes!the!security!ID!assigned!to!the!guest!operating!
system,!resets!the!machine!information!and!resets!the!TCP/IP!network!
configuration.
2Shut!down!the!guest!operating!system!and!power!off!the!virtual!machine.
3 Create!a!directory!named!SQL2
!under!the!cluster!directory.
4Copy!the!SQL1*.vmdk!files!into!this!directory.
5Use!the!VMware!Virtual!Disk!Manager!to!change!the!name!of!the!virtual!disk!to!
SQL2*.vmdk.!At!a!command!prompt,!type:
vmware-vdiskmanager -n SQL1.vmdk SQL2.vmdk
For!more!information!about!the!virtual!disk!manager,!see!“Using!VMware!Virtual!
Disk!Manager”.
You!are!finished!cloning!the!
first!node.!You!are!now!ready!to!create!the!second!node!in!
the!cluster!using!the!clone.
To create the second node in the cluster from the clone of the first node
1Log!on!to!your!VMware!Server!host!as!the!user!who!will!own!the!virtual!machine.
2 Launch!a!VMware!Server!Console!and!create!a!new!virtual!machine!(for!
information!on!creating!a!new!virtual!machine,
!see!“Creating!a!New!Virtual!
Machine!with!the!Virtual!Machine!Wizard”).!Choose!the!settings!you!want!(for!