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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If!you!want!to!limit!access!to!the!virtual!machine,!clear!the!Allow!inheritable!
permissions!from!parent!to!propagate!to!this!object!check!box.
4To!specify!that!a!user!or!group!that!should!not!have!access!to!the!configuration!file,!
either!click!Remove!or!check! all!permissions!in!the!Deny!column!
to!deny!all!
permissions!to!that!user!or!group.!
5To!add!more!users!or!groups,!click!Add.!
The!Select!Users,!Computers!and!Groups!dialog!box!appears.
6In!the!dialog!box,!select!the!groups!or!users!that!you!want!to!access!the!virtual!
machine,!then!click!Add.!
7After!you!finish!adding!
the!users!or!groups,!click!OK.!
The!users!and!groups!are!added!with!default!Read!and!Write!permissions.!
8In!the!Properties!dialog!box,!change!the!type!of!access!for!the!user!or!group!to!the!
configuration!file.!Choose!either!Read!or!Read!&!Execute!and!Write.!
9Click!OK!to!set
!the!permissions!to!the!configuration!file.!
Authenticating Users and Running Virtual Machines for a Linux
Host
VMware!Server!for!Linux!uses!Pluggable!Authentication!Modules!(PAM)!for!user!
authentication!in!the!VMware!Server!Console!and!the!VMware!Management!Interface.!
The!default!installation!of!VMware!Server!uses!standard!Linux!/etc/passwd!
authentication,!but!can!be!configured!to!use!LDAP,!NIS,!Kerberos!or!another!
distributed!authentication!mechanism.!
Every!time!you!connect
!to!the! VMware!Server!host!with!the!VMware!Server!Console!
or!VMware!Management!Interface,!the!inetd!or!xinetd!process!runs!an!instance!of!the!
VMware!authentication!daemon!(vmware-authd).!The!vmware-authd!process!requests!a!
username!and!password,!and!hands!them!off!to!PAM,!which!performs!the!
authentication.
After!you!are!authenticated,
!the!console!starts!or!the!management!interface’s!Status!
Monitor!page!appears.!What!you!can!now!do!with!the!virtual!machines!is!based!on!
your!permissions.!See!“Understanding!Permissions!and!Virtual!Machines”!on!page 83.
The!vmware-authd!process!starts!a!virtual!machine!process!as!the! owner!of!the!
configuration!file,!not!as!the
!user!connecting!to!the!virtual!machine.!However,!the!user!
is!still!restricted!by!his!or!her!permissions!on!the!configuration!file.