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
VMware, Inc. 187
Appendix: Mounting Virtual Disks
VMware!Server!DiskMount!Utility!lets!you!mount!an!unused!virtual!disk!in!a!
Microsoft!Windows!host!file!system!as!a!separate!drive!without!needing!to!connect!to!
the!virtual!disk!from!within!a!virtual!machine.!You!can!mount!specific!volumes!of!a!
virtual!disk!if!the!virtual!disk!is!partitioned.
DiskMount!
Utility!is!a!command!line!program!called!vmware-mount!that!works!
similarly!to!how!you!use!the!subst!command!on!Windows.!Once!the!disk!is!mounted,!
you!can!read!from!and!write!to!the!disk!as!if!it!were!a!separate!file!system!with!its!own!
drive!letter!on!your!network.!However,
!you!cannot!power!on!any!virtual!machine!that!
uses!this!disk!until!the!disk!is!unmounted.
You!can!perform!activities!such!as!scanning!a!virtual!disk!for!viruses!and!transferring!
files!between!the!host!system!and!a!powered!off!virtual!machine.
When!you!are!finished!using!the!mounted!virtual!disk,!delete!
the!mapping!so!the!
virtual!disk!can!be!used!by!virtual!machines!again.
Considerations for Mounting Virtual Disks
! You!can!use!DiskMount!with!virtual!disks!created!with!VMware!Server!as!well!
VMware!ESX!Server!2,!VMware!GSX!Server!3!and!2.5.1,!VMware!ACE,!and!
VMware!Workstation!5!and!4.
NOTE Virtual!disks!created!with!VMware!ACE!cannot!be!encrypted!virtual!
disks.!Encrypted!virtual!disks!cannot!be!mounted!with!DiskMount.
! You!can!run!DiskMount!on!any!versions!of!Windows!2000,!Windows!XP,!or!
Windows!Server!2003.
! You!must!mount!virtual!disks!as!drive!D:!or!greater.!You!cannot!specify!a!letter!
already!in!use!on!the!host.
! You!can!mount!volumes!formatted!with!FA T!(12/16/32)!or!NTFS!only.!If!the!virtual!
disk!has!a!mix!of!partitions!(volumes)!where,!for!example,!a!partition!is!
unformatted!or!is!formatted!with!a!Linux!operating!system!and!another!partition!
is!formatted!with!a!Windows!operating!system,!you!can!mount!the!Windows
!
partition!with!DiskMount.