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
An!alternative!solution!is!to!explicitly!state!the!set!of!network!interfaces!that!you!want!
dhcpd!to!listen!to!each!time!you!start!the!program.!For!example,!if!your!machine!has!one!
Ethernet!interface,!eth0,!then!each!time!you!start!dhcpd,!list!it!on!the!command!line:
dhcpd eth0
This!keeps!dhcpd!
from!probing!for!all!available!network!interfaces.!
If!the!above!solutions!do!not!work!for!your!DHCP!server!program,!then!it!likely!is!old.!
You!can!try!upgrading!to!a!more!current!version!such!as!the!DHCP!software!available!
from!the!ISC!Web!site!at!www.isc.org.
DHCP and Dynamic Domain Name Service (DDNS)
DHCP!can!be!used!to!hand!out!IP!addresses!as!well!as!other!information,!such!as!the!
identity!of!a!host!running!a!name!server!and!the!nearest!router!or!gateway.!The!DHCP!
server!in!VMware!Server!does!not!provide!a!means!to!dynamically!establish!a!
relationship!between!the!IP!address
!it!assigns!and!a!client’s!name!(that!is,!to!update!a!
DNS!server!using!DDNS).
If!you!want!to!use!names!to!communicate!with!other!virtual!machines,!you!must!either!
edit!the!DHCP!configuration!file!for!VMnet1!(/etc/vmware/vmnet1.conf)!or!use!IP!
addresses!that!are!statically!bound!to!a!host!name.
!Editing!the!DHCP!server!
configuration!file!requires!information!that!is!best!obtained!directly!from!the!DHCP!
server!documentation.!Consult!the!manual!pages!dhcpd(8)!and!dhcpd.conf(8).!
Setting Up a Second Bridged Network Interface on a Linux Host
If!your!host!computer!has!two!Ethernet!adapters!connected!to!two!different!networks,!
you!can!configure!your!virtual!machines!on!that!host!computer!to!bridge!to!both!
Ethernet!adapters.!That!way,!the!virtual!machines!can!access!either!or!both!physical!
networks.
When!you!install!VMware!Server!on!a!host!computer!with!
multiple!Ethernet!adapters,!
you!have!the!option!of!configuring!more!than!one!bridged!network.!You!can!also!
configure!additional!bridged!networks!at!any!time!by!rerunning!vmware-config.pl.
1On!the!host!computer,!become!root!(su -)!and!run!the!VMware!Server!
configuration!program.
vmware-config.pl
CAUTION To!configure!VMware!Server!correctly,!the!vmware-config.pl!
configuration!program!requires!all!virtual!machines!to!be!shut!
down.!The!program!shuts!down!any!running!virtual!machines!
automatically.