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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To!prevent!the!leakage,!be!sure!packet!forwarding!is!disabled!in!your!guest!operating!
system.
Maintaining and Changing the MAC Address of a Virtual
Machine
When!a!virtual!machine!is!powered!on,!VMware!Server!automatically!assigns!each!of!
its!virtual!network!adapters!an!Ethernet!MAC!address.!MAC!stands!for!media!access!
control.!A!MAC!address!is!the!unique!address!assigned!to!each!Ethernet!device.
The!software!guarantees!that!virtual!machines!are!assigned!unique!MAC!addresses!
within!
a!given!host!system.!In!most!cases,!the!virtual!machine!is!assigned!the!same!
MAC!address!every!time!it!is!powered!on,!so!long!as!the!virtual!machine!is!not!moved!
(the!path!and!filename!for!the!virtual!machine’s!configuration!file!must!remain!the!
same)!and!no!changes!are!made!to
!certain!settings!in!that!file.
In!addition,!VMware!Server!does!its!best,!but!cannot!guarantee,!to!automatically!assign!
unique!MAC!addresses!for!virtual!machines!running!on!multiple!host!systems.!
Avoiding MAC Address Changes
To!avoid!changes!in!the!MAC!address!automatically!assigned!to!a!virtual!machine,!you!
must!not!move!the!virtual!machine’s!configuration!file.!Moving!it!to!a!different!host!
computer!or!even!moving!it!to!a!different!location!on!the!same!host!computer!changes!
the!MAC!address.
You!also!need!to!be!
sure!not!to!change!certain!settings!in!the!virtual!machine’s!
configuration!files.!If!you!do!not!edit!the!configuration!file!by!hand!and!do!not!remove!
the!virtual!Ethernet!adapter,!these!settings!remain!untouched.!If!you!do!edit!the!
configuration!file!by!hand,!be!sure!not!to!remove!or!change!the
!following!options:
ethernet[n].generatedAddress
ethernet[n].addressType
ethernet[n].generatedAddressOffset
uuid.location
uuid.bios
ethernet[n].present
In!these!options,![n]!is!the!number!of!the!virtual!Ethernet!adapter,!for!example!
ethernet0.
NOTE To!preserve!a!virtual!Ethernet!adapter’s!MAC!address,!you!also!must!be!
careful!not!to!remove!it.!If!you!remove!the!adapter,!then!recreate!it,!it!might!
be!assigned!a!different!MAC!address.