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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virtual!machines!to!a!DNS!server!that!is!known!by!the!host.!Responses!come!back!to!the!
NAT!device,!which!then!forwards!them!to!the!virtual!machines.
If!they!get!their!configuration!information!from!DHCP,!the!virtual!machines!on!the!
NAT!network!automatically!use!the!NAT!device!as!the!DNS!server.!
However,!the!
virtual!machines!can!be!statically!configured!to!use!another!DNS!server.
The!virtual!machines!in!the!private!NAT!network!are!not,!themselves,!accessible!via!
DNS.!If!you!want!the!virtual!machines!running!on!the!NAT!network!to!access! each!
other!by!DNS!names,!you!must!set!up!a!private!
DNS!server!connected!to!the!NAT!
network.
External Access from the NAT Network
In!general,!any!protocol!using!TCP!or!UDP!can!be!used!automatically!by!a!virtual!
machine!on!the!NAT!network!so!long!as!the!virtual!machine!initiates!the!network!
connection.!This!is!true!for!most!client!applications!such!as!Web!browsing,!Telnet,!
passive‐mode!FTP,!and!downloading!streaming!video.!Additional!protocol
!support!
has!been!built!into!the!NAT!device!to!allow!FTP!and!ICMP!echo!(ping)!to!work!
completely!transparently!through!the!NAT.
On!the!external!network!to!which!the!host!is!connected,!any!virtual!machine!on!the!
NAT!network!appears!to!be!the!host!itself,!because!its!network!traffic!uses!the
!host’s!IP!
address.!It!is!able!to!send!and!receive!data!using!TCP/IP!to!any!machine!that!is!
accessible!from!the!host.!
Before!any!such!communication!can!occur,!the!NAT!device!must!set!up!a!mapping!
between!the!virtual!machine’s!address!on!the!private!NAT!network!and!the!host’s!
network!
address!on!the!external!network.!
When!a!virtual!machine!initiates!a!network!connection!with!another!network!resource,!
this!mapping!is!created!automatically.!The!operation!is!perfectly!transparent!to!the!user!
of!the!virtual!machine!on!the!NAT!network.!No!additional!work!needs!to!be!done!to!let!
the!virtual!machine!access
!the!external!network.
The!same!cannot!be!said!for!network!connections!that!are!initiated!from!the!external!
network!to!a!virtual!machine!on!the!NAT!network.!
When!a!machine!on!the!external!network!attempts!to!initiate!a!connection!with!a!virtual!
machine!on!the!NAT!network,!it!cannot!reach!the!virtual
!machine!because!the!NAT!
device!does!not!forward!the!request.!Network!connections!that!are!initiated!from!
outside!the!NAT!network!are!not!transparent.!
However,!it!is!possible!to!configure!port!forwarding!manually!on!the!NAT!device!so!
network!traffic!destined!for!a!certain!port!can!still!be!forwarded!automatically!to!
a!