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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After!you!finish!creating!the!virtual!disks,!add!them!to!the!second!node!by!completing!
the!following!steps.
1Open!the!virtual!machine!settings!editor!for!the!node!2!virtual!machine!(called!
Cluster2).!Choose!VM!>!Settings.
2Add!the!two!virtual!disks!that!are!to!be!shared.!Instead!of!creating!new!virtual!
disks,!use!the!existing!virtual!disks!created!for!node!1!(called!Cluster1).
3Click!OK!to!save!your!changes!and!close!the!virtual!machine!settings!editor.
4For!the!virtual!machine!named!Cluster1,!use!a!text!editor!to!manually!edit!the!
configuration!file.!This!file!is!D:\Netware6\Cluster1\Cluster1.vmx!on!a!Windows!
host!or!/home/Netware/Cluster1/Cluster1.vmx!on
!a!Linux!host.
5For!the!virtual!machine!named!Cluster2,!use!a!text!editor!to!manually!edit!the!
configuration!file.!This!file!is!D:\Netware6\Cluster2\Cluster2.vmx!on!a!Windows!
host!or!/home/Netware/Cluster2/Cluster2.vmx!on!a!Linux!host.
6Add!the!following!lines!to!each!configuration!file:
scsi0.sharedBus = “virtual”
disk.locking = “false”
NOTE The!default!virtual!disk!type!is!IDE!for!the!base!virtual!machine’s!virtual!
disk!created!in!“Creating!the!First!Nodeʹs!Base!Virtual!Machine”!on!
page 180.!If!you!are!using!SCSI!virtual!disks!for!the!base!virtual!machine!
instead,!the!configuration!file!options!for!the!shared!bus!are:
scsi1.present = “true” (If!this!line
!already!exists,!do!not!add!it!again.)
scsi1.sharedBus = “virtual”
disk.locking = “false”
These!settings!are!necessary!because!your!base!virtual!machine’s!virtual!disk!is!
attached!to!scsi0!and!you!must!have!a!separate!virtual!SCSI!card!for!attaching!the !
shared!disks.!The!settings!enable!SCSI!reservation!for!scsi1,!which!is!described!in!
more!detail!in!“Using!SCSI!Reservation!to!Share!SCSI!Disks
!with!Virtual!
Machines”!on!page 161.
Installing Novell Clustering Services on the Cluster Nodes
Complete!the!following!steps!to!install!Novell!Clustering!Services!in!each!virtual!
machine.
1Power!on!the!first!node!virtual!machine!(Cluster1).
2 Boot!into!DOS!by!pressing!the!F5!key!to!bypass!running!the!startup!files.