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
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Chapter 6 Using Disks in a Virtual Machine
3 Select!what!you!want!to!connect!to!—!a!physical!floppy!drive!on!the!host!
computer,!an!existing!floppy!image!file,!or!a!new!floppy!image!file.!Click!Next.
4If!you!selected!Use!a!physical!floppy!drive,!choose!the!drive’s!letter!(on!a!
Windows!host)!or!device!name!(on!a!
Linux!host)!from!the!drop‐down!list!or!choose!
Auto!detect!to!let!VMware!Server!select!the!drive!to!use.!Click!Finish.
The!benefit!of!auto‐detect!devices!is!that!you!can!move!them!between!virtual!
machines!that!use!different!operating!systems,!such!as!Windows!and!Linux,!
without!having!to!reconfigure
!them.
If!you!selected!Use!a!floppy!image,!type!the!path!and!filename!for!the!floppy!
image!file!you!want!to!use,!or!click!Browse!to!navigate!to!the!file.!Click!Finish.
If!you!selected!Create!a!blank!floppy!image,!use!the!default!path!and!filename!or!
type!in!a
!new!one.!To!navigate!to!a!location,!click!Browse.!When!the!field!contains!
the!path!and!filename!you!want!to!use!for!the!new!floppy!image!file,!click!Finish.
NOTE By!default,!only!one!floppy!drive!is!enabled!in!the!virtual!machine’s!BIOS.!If!
you!are!adding!a!second!floppy!drive!to!the!virtual!machine,!click!inside!the!
virtual!machine!window!and!press!F2!as!the!virtual!machine!boots!to!enter!the!
BIOS!setup!utility.!On!the!main!screen,!choose!Legacy
!Diskette!B:!and!use!the!
plus!(+)!and!minus!(‐)!keys!on!the!numerical!keypad!to!select!the!type!of!
floppy!drive!you!want!to!use.!Press!F10!to!save!your!changes!and!close!the!
BIOS!setup!utility.
Using VMware Virtual Disk Manager
VMware!Virtual!Disk!Manager!is!a!utility!in!VMware!Server!that!lets!you!create,!
manage,!and!modify!virtual!disk!files!from!the!command!line!or!within!scripts.!
One!key!feature!is!the!ability!to!enlarge!a!virtual!disk!so!its!maximum!capacity!is!larger!
than!it!was!when!you!created!it.
!This!way,!if!you!find!you!need!more!disk!space!on!a!
given!virtual!disk,!but!do!not !want!to!add!another!virtual!disk!or!use!ghosting!software!
to!transfer!the!data!on!a!virtual!disk!to!a!larger!virtual!disk,!you!can!simply!change!the!
maximum!size!of!the!
disk.!This!is!something!you!cannot!do!with!physical!hard!drives.
Another!feature!allows!you!to!change!whether!or!not!all!virtual!disk!space!is!
preallocated!or!growable,!and!whether!or!not!the!virtual!disk!is!stored!in!a!single!file!or!
split!into!2GB!files.!For!example,!you!might!find!
that!you!preallocated!all!the!disk!space!
for!a!virtual!disk,!but!need!to!reclaim!some!hard!disk!space!on!the!host.!You!can!convert!
the!preallocated!virtual!disk!into!a!growable!disk!and!remove!the!original!virtual!disk!
file.!The!new!virtual!disk!is!large!enough!to!contain!all!the
!data!on!the!original!virtual!
disk.!The!virtual!disk!grows!in!size!as!you!add!data!to!it,!as!if!you!never!preallocated!
the!disk!space!when!you!created!the!virtual!disk.