Specifications
Table Of Contents
- Virtual Machine 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
- 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
- Creating a New Virtual Machine
- Using VMware Tools
- About VMware Tools
- Installing VMware Tools
- Installing VMware Tools in a Windows Virtual Machine
- To install VMware Tools in a Windows Guest Operating System
- Additional Steps When Migrating from Old Versions of Windows
- To migrate from Windows NT guest operating systems
- To migrate from Windows Me guest operating systems
- To migrate from Windows 98 guest operating systems
- To migrate from Windows 95 guest operating systems
- Automating the Installation of VMware Tools in a Windows Guest
- Installing VMware Tools in a Linux Virtual Machine
- Installing VMware Tools in a NetWare Virtual Machine
- Installing VMware Tools in a Windows Virtual Machine
- Executing Scripts When the Virtual Machine’s Power State Changes
- Configuring VMware Tools
- Configuring VMware Tools in a Windows Virtual Machine
- Configuring VMware Tools in a Linux, FreeBSD, or Solaris Virtual Machine
- Configuring VMware Tools in a NetWare Virtual Machine
- Configuring VMware Tools in a NetWare 6.5, 6.0, or NetWare 5.1 Guest
- Viewing Information About VMware Tools
- Connecting Devices with VMware Tools
- Shrinking Virtual Disks with VMware Tools
- Setting Options with VMware Tools
- Configuring VMware Tools for NetWare Guests in the System Console
- Summary of VMware Tools Commands for a NetWare Guest
- About the VMware Tools Service
- Running Virtual Machines
- Overview of the VMware Server Console Window
- Connecting to Virtual Machines and VMware Server Hosts
- Changing the Power State of a Virtual Machine
- Controlling the Virtual Machine Display
- Running Virtual Machines from DVDs or CD-ROM Discs
- Using PXE with Virtual Machines
- Installing Software in a Virtual Machine
- Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Text
- Using Devices in a Virtual Machine
- Command Reference
- Preserving the State of a Virtual Machine
- Suspending and Resuming Virtual Machines
- Taking Snapshots
- Using Disks in a Virtual Machine
- Configuring Hard Disk Storage in a Virtual Machine
- Configuring Optical and Floppy Drives
- Adding Drives to a Virtual Machine
- Using VMware Virtual Disk Manager
- Installing an Operating System onto a Physical Partition
- Disk Performance in Windows NT Guests on Multiprocessor Hosts
- Networking
- Components of the Virtual Network
- Common Networking Configurations
- Custom Networking Configurations
- Changing the Networking Configuration
- Advanced Networking Topics
- Selecting IP Addresses on a Host-Only Network or NAT Configuration
- Avoiding IP Packet Leakage in a Host-Only Network
- Maintaining and Changing the MAC Address of a Virtual Machine
- Controlling Routing for a Host-Only Network on a Linux Host
- Issues with Host-Only Networking on a Linux Host
- Setting Up a Second Bridged Network Interface on a Linux Host
- Configuring Bridged Networking When Using Teamed Network Interface Cards
- Setting Up Two Separate Host-Only Networks
- To set up the second host-only interface on a Windows host
- To set up the second host-only interface on a Linux host
- Configuring the Virtual Machines
- Configuration 1 - Connect to the Default Host-Only Interface
- Configuration 2 - Connect to the Newly Created Host-Only Interface
- Configuration 3 - Connect to Two Host-Only Interfaces
- Routing Between Two Host-Only Networks
- Setting Up the First Host-Only Interface
- To set up the second host-only interface on a Windows host
- To set up the second host-only interface on a Linux host
- Setting Up the Virtual Machines
- Virtual Machine 1 - Connected to the Default Host-Only Interface
- Virtual Machine 2 - Connected to the Newly Created Host-Only Interface
- Virtual Machine 3 - Connected to Both Host-Only Interfaces
- Using Virtual Ethernet Adapters in Promiscuous Mode on a Linux Host
- Understanding NAT
- Using Samba for File Sharing on a Linux Host
- Sample smb.conf for Host-Only Networking
- Sample smb.conf for Bridged Networking
- Adding User Names and Passwords to the VMware Server Samba Password File
- If You Are Already Running Samba
- Using a Samba Server for Both Bridged and Host-Only Networks
- Using VMware Server’s Samba with an Existing Installation
- Sample smb.conf for Running Two Samba Servers at the Same Time
- Configuring Devices
- Using Parallel Ports
- Using Serial Ports
- Keyboard Mapping on a Linux Host
- Using USB Devices in a Virtual Machine
- Connecting to a Generic SCSI Device
- Using Two-Way Virtual Symmetric Multiprocessing (Experimental)
- Video and Sound
- Performance Tuning for Virtual Machines
- Glossary
- Index
VMware Server Virtual Machine Guide
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For!example,!you!might!want!to!run!a!virtual!machine!that!uses!a!virtual!disk!stored!on!
DVD!or!CD‐ROM.!For!more!information,!see!“Running!Virtual!Machines!from!DVDs!
or!CD‐ROM!Discs”!on!page 98.
Or,!you!might!want!to!exclude!one!or!more!virtual!disks!from!a!virtual!machine’s!
snapshot.!For!more!information!about!snapshots,!see!“Taking!Snapshots”!on!page 112.
To!configure!a!disk!as!an!independent!disk,!choose!VM!>!Settings,!select!the!virtual!
disk,!and!click!Advanced.!On!the!advanced!settings!screen,!select!Independent,!then!
the!mode!for!the!disk.!You!have!the!following!options!for!an
!independent!disk:
! Persistent!—!changes!are!immediately!and!permanently!written!to!the!disk.!All!
changes!to!an!independent!disk!in!persistent!mode!remain,!even!when!you!revert!
to!the!snapshot.
! Nonpersistent!—!changes!to!the!disk!are!discarded!when!you!power!off!or!revert!
to!the!snapshot.!Choose!this!option!to!run!a!virtual!machine!where!the!virtual!disk!
is!stored!on!a!DVD!or!CD‐ROM,!or!to!lose!any!changes!made! to!the!virtual!disk!
since!the!snapshot!was
!taken!when!you!revert!to!the!snapshot.
Additional Information about Disk, Redo-Log, Snapshot, and
Lock Files
This!section!provides!information!about!virtual!machine!files.
Disk Files
The!virtual!machine!settings!editor!(VM!>!Settings)!lets!you!choose!the!disk!files!for!a!
virtual!machine.!
Choose!a!file!other!than!the!one!created!by!the!New!Virtual!Machine!Wizard!if!you!are!
using!a!virtual!disk!that!you!created!in!a!different!location!or!if!you!are
!moving!the!
created!disk!files!to!a!new!location.
The!disk!files!for!a!virtual!disk!store!the!information!that!you!write!to!a!virtual!
machine’s!hard!disk!—!the!operating!system,!the!program!files,!and!the!data!files.!The!
virtual!disk!files!have!a!.vmdk!extension.!
A!virtual!disk!is
!made!up!of!one!or!more!.vmdk!files.!
On!Microsoft!Windows!hosts,!each!virtual!disk!is!contained!in!one!file!by!default.!You!
can!optionally!configure!the!virtual!disk!to!use!a!set!of!files!limited!to!2GB!per!file.!Use!
this!option!if!you!plan!to!move!the!virtual!
disk!to!a!file!system!that!does!not!support!
files!larger!than!2GB.!
You!must!set!this!option!at!the!time!you!create!the!virtual!disk.