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
! DHCP:!C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\VMware\vmnetdhcp.conf!
NOTE You!can!change!many!key!NAT!and!DCHP!settings!using!the!Virtual!Network!
Editor!(Host!>!Virtual!Network!Settings).!However,!if!you!have!made!
manual!changes!to!the!configuration!files,!some!or!all!of!those!changes!might!
be!lost!when!you!use!the!Virtual!Network!Editor.!If!you!have!made
!manual!
changes,!you!should!make!backup!copies!of!the!files!before!changing!any!
settings!in!the!Virtual!Network!Editor.!After!making!changes!in!the!Virtual!
Network!Editor,!you!can!copy!your!manual!changes!back!into!the!appropriate!
configuration!files.!
Specifying Connections from Ports Below 1024
When!a!client!machine!makes!a!TCP!or!UDP!connection!to!a!server,!the!connection!
comes!from!a!particular!port!on!the!client!(the!source!port)!and!connects!to!a!particular!
port!on!the!server!(the!destination!port).!For!security!reasons,!some!servers!accept!
connections!only!from!source!ports!below!1024.
If!a!virtual!machine!using!NAT!attempts!to!connect!to!a!server!that!requires!the!client!
to!use!a!source!port!below!1024,!it!is!important!that!the!NAT!device!forward!the!request!
from!a!port!below!1024.!You!can!specify!this!behavior!in!the!vmnetnat.conf!file.
This!behavior!is!controlled!
by!entries!in!sections!headed![privilegedUDP]!and!
[privilegedTCP].!You!might!have!to!add!settings!to!or!modify!settings!in!either!or!both!
of!these!sections,!depending!on!the!kind!of!connection!you!need!to!make.
You!can!set!two!parameters,!each!of!which!appears!on!a!separate!line.
autodetect = <n>
The!autodetect!setting
!determines!whether!the!VMware!NAT!device!automatically!
attempts!to!map!virtual!machine!source!ports!below!1024!to!NAT!source!ports!below!
1024.!A!setting!of!1!means!true.!A!setting!of!0!means!false.!On!a!Windows!host,!the!
default!is!1!(true).!On!a!Linux!host,!the!default!is!
0!(false).
port = <n>
The!port!setting!specifies!a!destination!port!(<n>!is!the!port!on!the!server!that!accepts!
the!connection!from!the!client).!Whenever!a!virtual!machine!connects!to!the!specified!
port!on!any!server,!the!NAT!device!attempts!to!make!the!connection!from!a!source!port!
below!1024.!You!
can!include!one!or!more!port!settings!in!the![privilegedUDP]!or!
[privilegedTCP]!section!or!in!both!sections,!as!required!for!the!connections!you!need!
to!make.!Each!port!setting!must!be!entered!on!a!separate!line.