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
3Insert!the!driver!floppy!disk!in!the!hostʹs!floppy!drive.
4Copy!the!drivers!to!the!c:\nwserver!directory.
5Remove!the!driver!floppy!disk!from!the!hostʹs!floppy!drive.
6 Reboot!the!virtual!machine.
7The!server!should!be!able!to!recognize!the!shared!disks.!You!can!verify!that!by!
running!List Devices.
Repeat!the!above
!steps!for!the!node!2!virtual!machine!(Cluster2).
Now!you!are!ready!to!install!the!Novell!Clustering!Services! (NCS)!as!you!would!
normally!on!two!physical!machines.!Refer!to!the!NetWare!6.0!or!6.5!product!
documentation!for!details.
Clustering Using the iSCSI Protocol
You!can!use!the!iSCSI!protocol!with!virtual!machines!and!physical!machines!in!a!
clustered!environment!to!provide!highly!available!network!storage!and!failover.
Clustering!with!iSCSI!is!the!only!way!you!can!use!VMware!Server!to!configure!
clustering!across!multiple!hosts.!Using!the!iSCSI!protocol!also!means!that!you!do!
not!
need!to!manually!edit!the!virtual!machine’s!configuration!file!as!you!do!with!the!other!
clustering!configuration!methods.!However,!performance!is!limited!by!the!slower!
speed!of!virtual!networking.
Each!virtual!machine!represents!a!cluster!node.!You!configure!each!node!of!the!cluster!
to!act!as!an!iSCSI!initiator.!The!
initiator!communicates!with!the!iSCSI!target.!The!iSCSI!
target!can!be:
! A!virtual!machine!on!this!host!or!another!host.
! The!VMware!Server!host!itself!or!a!different!host!on!the!netw ork.
The!iSCSI!initiator!must!run!the!Microsoft!iSCSI!Software!Initiator!package,!available!
for!download!from!the!Microsoft!Web!site!at!
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/technologies/storage/iscsi/default.
mspx.!This!software!runs!in!a!virtual!machine!with!a!Windows!Server!2003,!Windows!
2000,!or!Windows!
XP!guest!operating!system.
The!iSCSI!target!software!can!run!in!a!virtual!machine!or!on!a!host!with!a!Windows!or!
Linux!operating!system.!Examples!of!iSCSI!target!software!include!WinTarget!(for!
Windows)!and!NetApp!Filer!(for!Linux).