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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location!is!on!a!large!enough!file!system!to!contain!the!files,!as!the!virtual!disk!files!
for!each!virtual!machine!are!usually!gigabytes!in!size.
9Enter!your!VMware!Server!serial!number!exactly!as!it!appears!(with!hyphens)!in!
the!email!message!you!received!from!VMware!or!from!the!reseller!from!
whom!you!
purchased!VMware!Server.!When!you!enter!the!serial!number,!it!is!saved!in!your!
license!file.
The!configuration!program!displays!a!message!saying!the!configuration!
completed!successfully.!If!it!does!not!display!this!message,!run!the!configuration!
program!again.
10 When!you!finish,!do!one!of!the!following:!
! Log!off!the!root!account.
exit!
! Install!the!VMware!Management!Interface.!Go!to!Step!3!under!“Installing!the!
VMware!Management!Interface!on!a!Linux!Host”!on!page 44.
! Install!the!VMware!Server!Console.!Go!to!Step!2!under!“Installing!the!
VMware!Server!Console!on!a!Linux!Host”!on!page 50.
Before Installing VMware Management Interface on a Linux Host
If!you!are!running!VMware!Server!on!a!32‐bit!Linux!host,!you!must!install!the!
libdb.so.3!library!from!your!Linux!distribution’s!CD‐ROM!before!you!install!the!
VMware!Management!Interface.!The!version!that!comes!with!a!default!Linux!
installation!is!incompatible!with!the!VMware!Management!Interface!and!returns!the!
following
!error!when!you!start!the!VMware!Management!Interface:!
Couldn't find necessary components on your system. It appears that you are missing
the following library: libdb.so.3.
Some!Linux!distributions!are!known!to!ship!without!these!libraries.!From!your!Linux!
distribution!CD,!install!this!RPM!package: compat-db-<#>.<#>.<##>-<#>.i386.rpm!or!
libdb#.deb,!where!<#>!is!a!version!number!particular!to!your!version!of!the!
distribution.
If!your!distribution!CD!does!not!have!this!package,!contact!your!vendor!for!a!suitable!
library.!
If!you!install!this!package!after!you!installed!the!VMware!Management!
Interface!software,!start!the!Apache!server!with!the!following!command:!
/etc/init.d/httpd.vmware start.