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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This!option!is!useful!if!you!want!to!squeeze!every!possible!bit!of!speed!from!your!serial!
connection!over!a!pipe!to!the!virtual!machine.!In!principle,!there!is!no!limit!on!the!
output!speed!—!the!speed!at!which!the!virtual!machine!sends!data!through!the!virtual!
serial!port.!In
!practice,!the!output!speed!depends!on!how!fast!the!application!at!the!
other!end!of!the!pipe!reads!data!inbound!to!it.
<n>!is!the!number!of!the!serial!port,!starting!from!0.!So!the!first!serial!port!is!serial0.!
<x>!is!any!positive!integer.!It!specifies!the!time!taken
!to!transmit!a!character,!expressed!
as!a!percentage!of!the!default!speed!set!for!the!serial!port!in!the!guest!operating!system.!
For!example,!a!setting!of!200!forces!the!port!to!take!twice!as!long!per!character,!or!send!
data!at!half!the!default!speed.!A!setting!of!50!
forces!the!port!to!take!only!half!as!long!per!
character,!or!send!data!at!twice!the!default!speed.
You!should!first!use!the!guest!operating!system!to!configure!the!serial!port!for!the!
highest!setting!supported!by!the!application!you!are!running!in!the!virtual!machine.
After!the!serial!port!speed
!is!set!appropriately!in!the!guest!operating!system,!
experiment!with!this!setting.!Start!with!a!value!of!100!and!gradually!decrease!it!until!
you!find!the!highest!speed!at!which!your!connection!works!reliably.
Examples: Debugging over a Virtual Serial Port
You!can!use!Debugging!Tools!for!Windows!(WinDbg)!or!Kernel!Debugger!(KD)!to!debug!
kernel!code!in!a!virtual!machine!over!a!virtual!serial!port.!You!can!download!
Debugging!Tools!for!Windows!from!the!Windows!DDK!Web!site!at!
www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx.
The!following!two!examples!illustrate!how!to!use!
a!virtual!serial!port!to!debug!kernel!
code!in!a!virtual!machine:
! With!the!debugging!application!on!the!VMware!Server!host!(Windows!hosts!only)
! With!the!debugging!application!in!another!virtual!machine!on!the!same!VMware!
Server!host!(useful!on!a!Linux!host!and!can!also!be!done!on!a!Windows!host)
Either!of!these!methods!lets!you!debug!kernel!code!on!one!system,!without!requiring!
two!physical!computers,!a!modem!or!serial!cable.
Debugging an Application in a Virtual Machine from the Windows or
Linux Host
In!this!example,!you!have!kernel!code!to!debug!in!a!virtual!machine!(called!the!target!
virtual!machine)!and!are!running!WinDbg!or!KD!on!your!Windows!host.