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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Creating Virtual Machines on NFS Shares
If!the!virtual!machine!is!located!on!an!NFS!share,!make!sure!the!root!user!has!access!to!
the!location!of!the!virtual!machine!files.!Otherwise,!you!may!encounter!problems!
configuring!the!virtual!machine.
If!you!create!a!virtual!machine!on!an!NFS!share!to!which!the!root!user!has!no!
access,!
certain!operations!do!not!work!when!the!virtual!machine!is!not!running.!For!example,!
you!cannot!revert!to!a!snapshot,!add!or!remove!devices!to!or!from!the!virtual!machine,!
or!otherwise!change!the!virtual!machine’s!configuration.
Checking Permissions in the VMware Management Interface
The!VMware!Management!Interface!lists!the!permissions!you!have!for!each!
configuration!file!on!the!host!machine!to!which!you!are!connected.!The!permissions!
appear!on!the!Users!and!Events!page!for!each!virtual!machine.!For!more!information,!
see!“Viewing!a!List!of!Connected!Users”!on!page 109.
Only!virtual!machines!for!
which!you!have!read!access!are!visible!to!you!in!the!VMware!
Management!Interface.
Securing Your Remote Sessions
The!username,!password,!and!network!packets!sent!to!the!VMware!Server!host!over!a!
network!connection!when!using!the!VMware!Server!Console!or!the!VMware!
Management!Interface!are!encrypted!in!VMware!Server!by!default.!As!the!
Administrator!user!(Windows!hosts)!or!root!user!(Linux!hosts),!you!can!disable!Secure!
Sockets!Layer
!(SSL)!if!you!do!not!want!to!encrypt!these!sessions.
With!SSL!enabled,!VMware!Server!creates!security!certificates!and!stores!them!on!your!
host.!However,!the!certificates!used!to!secure!your!VMware!Management!Interface!
sessions!are!not !signed!by!a!trusted!certificate!authority.!Therefore!they!do!not!provide!
authentication.!To!use
!encrypted!remote!connections!externally,!you!should!consider!
purchasing!a!certificate!from!a!trusted!certificate!authority.
With!SSL!enabled,!the!console!and!management!interface!perform!exactly!as!they!do!
when!SSL!is!disabled.
When!SSL!is!enabled!for!the!VMware!Server!Console,!a!lock!icon!appears!in!the!lower!
right!corner!of!
the!console!window.!Any!consoles!that!are!already!open!at!the!time!SSL!
is!enabled!do!not!become!encrypted,!and!the!lock!icon!does!not!appear!in!these!console!
windows.!You!must!close!these!consoles!and!start!new!console!sessions!to!ensure!
encryption.
When!SSL!is!enabled!for!the!VMware!Management!
Interface,!the!URL!to!connect!to!the!
management!interface!is!https://<hostname>:8333.!The!management!interface!