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 Server Administration Guide
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! Your!VMware!Server!serial!number.!The!serial!number!is!included!in!the!email!
message!you!received!from!VMware.
Also,!before!you!install!and!run!VMware!Server,!check!the!following!information!and!
make!any!necessary!adjustments!to!the!configuration!of!your!host!operating!system:
! The!real‐time!clock!function!must!be!compiled!into!your!Linux!kernel.!
! VMware!Server!for!Linux!systems!requires!that!the!parallel!port!PC‐style!
hardware!option!(CONFIG_PARPORT_PC)!be!built!and!loaded!as!a!kernel!module!(that!
is,!it!must!be!set!to!m!when!the!kernel!is!compiled).
! For!SUSE!Linux!Enterprise!Server!8!hosts,!the!gcc!package!must!be!installed!on!
your!host!before!you!install!VMware!Server.!See!“Before!You!Install!on!a!SUSE!
Linux!Enterprise!Server!8!Host”!on!page 45.
CAUTION Some!operating!systems,!such!as!Red!Hat!Linux!7.2!and!7.3,!include!a!
firewall!by!default.!This!firewall!prevents!access!from!the!VMware!Server!
Console!and!the!VMware!Management!Interface!on!client!computers!to!
the!VMware!Server!host.!For!the!VMware!Server!Console!to!connect!to!
the!host,!you!must!open
!port!902.!To!connect!to!the!host!with!the!VMware!
Management!Interface,!you!must!open!port!8333!and!port!8222!if!you!
plan!to!disable!SSL!for!the!VMware!Management!Interface.
Installation on the Server
You!can!install!up!to!three!software!packages!on!the!Linux!server:!
! The!VMware!Server!package!for!the!server!(from!an!RPM!or!tar!archive!available!
on!the!VMware!Server!CD‐ROM!or!the!VMware!Web!site).!The!RPM!file!is!called!
VMware-server-<xxxx>.i386.rpm and!the!tar!archive!is!called!
VMware-server-<xxxx>.tar.gz,!where!<xxxx>!is!a!series!of!numbers!representing!
the!version!and!build!numbers.
NOTE The!VmPerl!API!and!the!Programming!API!packages!are!installed!when!
you!install!VMware!Server.!The!VmPerl!API!is!a!scripting!tool!that!uses!
Perl!to!manage!virtual!machines!remotely.
! The!VMware!Management!Interface!package!(from!a!tar!archive!available!on!the!
VMware!Web!site).!This!tar!archive!is!called!VMware-mui-<xxxx>.tar.gz.
! The!VMware!Server!Console!package!(which!you!download!from!the!VMware!
Management!Interface.)!The!package!is!also!available!as!an!RPM!file!or!as!tar!
archive!in!a!client!GZip!file!that!also!contains!the!VmPerl!API.!The!RPM!and!tar!
archives!files!are!available!on!the!VMware!Web!site).!The
!RPM!file!is!called!