Specifications

Basic System Administration
8 VMware, Inc.
CloningVirtualMachines 210
CreatingaScheduledTasktoCloneaVirtualMachine 212
14 CustomizingGuestOperatingSystems 215
PreparingforGuestCustomization 216
VirtualHardwareRequirementsforGuestCustomization 216
WindowsRequirementsforGuestCustomization 217
LinuxRequirementsforGuestCustomization 218
CustomizingaWindowsGuestOperatingSystem 218
CustomizingaLinuxGuestOperatingSystem 222
UsingtheCustomizationSpecificationWizard 224
UsingtheCloneVirtualMachineWizard 228
CompletingaGuestOperatingSystemCustomization 229
CompletingLinuxGuestOperatingSystemCustomization 229
CompletingWindowsGuestOperatingSystemCustomization 229
15 MigratingVirtualMachines 231
AboutMigration 232
Migration 233
MigrationwithVMotion 233
VMotionRequirements 234
SharedStorage 234
SharedVMFSVolumeorNASStorage 234
CPUCompatibility 234
NetworkingRequirements 236
SwapfileLocationCompatibility 237
MigratingVirtualMachineswithSnapshots 238
VMotionCompatibility 238
CPUCompatibilityMasks 240
MigrationWizard 241
MigrationwithStorageVMotion 245
StorageVMotionRequirementsandLimitations 246
StorageVMotionRemoteCommand‐LineSyntax 247
StorageVMotionExamples 248
16 UsingSnapshots 249
UnderstandingSnapshots 249
RelationshipBetweenSnapshots 250
SnapshotsandOtherActivityintheVirtualMachine 251