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 7 Networking
Manually Assigning a MAC Address
If!you!want!to!guarantee!that!the!same!MAC!address!is!assigned!to!a!given!virtual!
machine!every!time,!even!if!the!virtual!machine!is!moved,!or!if!you!want!to!guarantee!
a!unique!MAC!address!for!each!virtual!machine!within!a!networked!environment,!you!
can!assign!the!address!manually!instead
!of!letting!VMware!Server!assign!it!
automatically.!
To!assign!the!same,!unique!MAC!address!to!any!virtual!machine!manually,!use!a!text!
editor!to!remove!three!lines!from!the!configuration!file!and!add!one!line.!The!
configuration!file!has!a.vmx!extension!at!the!end!of!the!filename.!On!a!Linux
!host,!a!
virtual!machine!created!with!an!earlier!VMware!product!might!have!a!configuration!
file!with!a!.cfg!extension.!
Remove!the!three!lines!that!begin!with!the!following:
ethernet[n].generatedAddress
ethernet[n].addressType
ethernet[n].generatedAddressOffset
In!these!options,![n]!is!the!number!of!the!virtual!Ethernet!adapter!—!for!example!
ethernet0.
Add!the!following!line!to!the
!configuration!file!:
ethernet0.address = 00:50:56:XX:YY:ZZ
In!this!line,!XX!must!be!a!valid!hexadecimal!number!between!00h!and!3Fh,!and!YY!and!
ZZ!must!be!valid!hexadecimal!numbers!between!00h!and!FFh.!Because!VMware!Server!
virtual!machines!do!not!support!arbitrary!MAC!addresses,!you!must!use!the!above!
format.
So!long!as!
you!choose!a!value!for!XX:YY:ZZ!that!is!unique!among!your!hard‐coded!
addresses!(where!XX!is!a!valid!hexadecimal!number!between!00h!and!3Fh,!and!YY!and!
ZZ!are!valid!hexadecimal!numbers!between!00h!and!FFh),!conflicts!between!the!
automatically!assigned!MAC!addresses!and!the!manually!assigned!ones!should
!never!
occur.!
Controlling Routing for a Host-Only Network on a Linux Host
A!host‐only!network!is!a!full‐fledged!network.!It!has!a!network!interface!associated!
with!it!(VMnet1)!that!is!marked!“up”!at!the!time!the!host!operating!system!is!booted.!
Consequently,!routing!server!processes!that!operate!on!the!host!operating!system,!such!
as!routed!and!gated,!automatically!discover!the!
network!and!propagate!information!on!
how!to!reach!it!unless!you!explicitly!configure!them!not!to!do!so.!