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 2 Installing VMware Server
To install VMware Server on a Linux host
1Log!on!to!your!Linux!host!with!the!user!name!you!plan!to!use!when!running!
VMware!Server.!
2In!a!terminal!window,!become!root!so!you!can!perform!the!initial!installation.!
su -
3 Change!to!the!directory!where!you!saved!the!installer!file.!
Do!one!of!the!following:!
! Use!the!RPM!installer—Run!RPM!specifying!the!installation!file.
rpm -Uhv VMware-server-<xxxx>.i386.rpm
VMware-server-<xxxx>.i386.rpm!is!the!installation!file!on!the!CD;!where!
<xxxx>!is!a!series!of!numbers!representing!version!and!build!numbers.
! Use!the!tar!installer—Complete!the!following!steps:
aCopy!the!tar!archive!to!a!directory!on!your!hard!drive.!For!example,!to!/tmp.
cp VMware-server-<xxxx>.tar.gz /tmp where!<xxxx>!is!a!series!of!numbers!
representing!the!version!and!build!numbers.
b Change!to!the!directory!to!which!you!copied!the!file.
cd /tmp
cUnpack!the!archive.!
tar zxf VMware-server-<xxxx>.tar.gz
d Change!to!
the!installation!directory.
cd vmware-server-distrib
eRun!the!installation!program.
./vmware-install.pl
fAccept!the!default!directories!for!the!binary!files,!daemon!files,!library!files,!
manual!files,!documentation!files,!init!directories!and!init!scripts.
4Run!the!configuration!program.
vmware-config.pl
! If!you!are!installing!VMware!Server!on!a!Mandrake!Linux!host,!the!
configuration!program!asks!for!the!location!of!lspci.!When!that!prompt!
appears,!enter!the!following!path:!
/usr/bin/lspcidrake
! If!you!use!the!RPM!installer, !you!must!run!the!configuration!program!
separately!from!the!command!line.!If!you! install!from!the!tar!archive,!the!