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
10 Specify!the!number!of!minutes!before!a!session!times!out.!The!default!session!
length!is!60!minutes.
11 When!you!finish,!you!can:!
! Log!off!the!root!account.
exit
! Install!the!VMware!Server!Console.!Go!to!“Installing!the!VMware!Server!
Console!on!a!Linux!Host”!on!page 50.
Installing an X Server
You!need!an!X!server!to !run!the!VMware!Server!Console.!If!an!X!server!is!not!installed,!
you!must!install!libxpm.so.4,!located!on!your!Linux!distribution!disk.!
Before You Install on a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 Host
The!gcc!program!is!not!installed!on!a!SLES!8!host!by!default.!This!compiler!is!required!
by!the!VmPerl!API.!
Before!you!install!VMware!Server!on!a!SLES!8!host!system,!you!must!install!gcc.!
To install gcc in the host operating system
1Start!your!X!server!if!it!does!not!start!by!default.!Log!on!as!
the!root!user.
2Run!YAST2,!the!default!configuration!utility!for!SLES!8.
3Click!Software!in!the!left!pane,!click!Install!or!remove!software!in!the!right!pane.
4Check!C++!Compiler!and!Tools!in!the!left!pane,!and!click!Accept.
5When!prompted,!insert!the!SLES!8!CD.
6Click!Close!to!exit!YAST2.!
The!gcc!program!is!installed.!Now!install!VMware!Server.
To!install!the!correct!library,!run!the!version!of!the!Berkeley!Database!
compat-db-<#>.<#>.<##>-<#>.i386.rpm!RPM!package!included!with!your!Linux!
distribution,!as!long!as!you!install:compat-db-3.3.<##>-<#>.i386.rpm!or!later.
If!you!installed!this!package!after!you!installed!the!VMware!Management!Interface!
software,!start!the!Apache
!server!with!this!command:
/etc/init.d/httpd.vmware start