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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Configuring Web Browsers for Use with VMware Server
To!run!the!VMware!Management!Interface!in!Internet!Explorer!6.0!on!a!Windows!
system,!you!must!take!certain!steps!to!configure!Internet!Explorer!properly.!These!steps!
are!needed!whether!the!browser!is!running!on!a!VMware!Server!Windows!host!or!you!
are!using!a!Windows!client!machine!to!connect!to!a
!VMware!Server!host.
To!run!the!VMware!Server!in‐product!help!from!the!VMware!Server!Console!on!a!
Linux!system,!you!might!need!to!link!to!the!location!of!Netscape!on!the!system!if!it!is!
different!from!the!location!where!VMware!Server!expects!it!to!be.
The!configuration!steps!allow!
you!to!perform!the!following!activities:
! “Launching!the!VMware!Server!Console!from!the!VMware!Management!Interface!
on!an!Encrypted!Server”!on!page 46
! “Connecting!to!the!VMware!Management!Interface!on!a!Proxy!Server”!on!page 47
! “Launching!Help!in!Netscape! on!a!Linux!System”!on!page 48
Launching the VMware Server Console from the VMware
Management Interface on an Encrypted Server
You!can!launch!the!VMware!Server!Console!from!the!VMware!Management!Interface!
automatically.!In!order!to!do!this!in!an!Internet!Explorer!6.0!browser!on!a!Windows!
system!where!SSL!is!encrypting!your!VMware!Server!remote!connections,!you!must!
ensure!that!the!Do!not!save!encrypted!pages!to!disk!option!is
!disabled.
For!information!on!encrypting!remote!connections,!see!“Enabling!and!Disabling!SSL!
for!Remote!Sessions”!on!page 91.
When!this!option!is!enabled,!Internet!Explorer!does!not!save!any!files!to!disk,!including!
the!files!it!needs!to!hand!off!to!helper!applications.!This!prevents!the!VMware!Server!
Console!from!launching!automatically.!
Some!patches!installed!when!you!run!Windows!
Update!reset!this!setting,!so!you!might!need!to!repeat!this!process!after!you!run!
Windows!Update.
CAUTION This!option!might!have!been!enabled!deliberately!at!your!site!to!prevent!
the!saving!of!sensitive!files!to!disk.!Disabling!it!could!permit!other!
sensitive!information!to!be!saved!to!disk.
To enable the option to save encryted pages to disk
1In!the!Internet!Explorer!6.0!window,!open!the!Internet!Options!control!panel.!
Choose!Tools!>!Internet!Options.
2Click!the!Advanced!tab.