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 9 Video and Sound
If!this!happens,!immediately!leave!full!screen!mode!by!pressing!Ctrl‐Alt,!then!fix!your!
X!server!configuration!and!restart!the!X!server.!However,!if!the!only!problem!is!that!the!
image!is!off!center!or!is!not!quite!the!right!size!on!the!monitor,!you!can!usually!correct!
it!using
!the!controls!on!your!monitor.!Note!that!most!modern!monitors!are!capable!of!
storing!separate!settings!for!each!resolution,!so!changing!the!settings!for!a!new!mode!
should!not!impair!the!settings!for!the!host!resolution.
Configuring Sound
VMware!Server!provides!a!sound!device!compatible!with!the!Creative!Technology!
Sound!Blaster!Audio!API!adapter!and!supports!sound!in!Windows!95,!Windows!98,!
Windows!Me,!Windows!NT,!Windows!2000,!Windows!XP,!Windows!Server!2003,!and!
Linux!guest!operating!systems.!The!VMware!Server!sound!device!is!disabled!by!default!
and!must
!be!installed!using!the!virtual!machine!settings!editor!(VM!>!Settings).
Sound!support!includes!PCM!(pulse!code!modulation)!output,!and!input.!For!example,!
you!can!play!.wav!files,!MP3!audio,!and!Real!Media!audio.!MIDI!output!from!Windows!
guests!is!supported!through!the!Windows!software!synthesizer.!MIDI!input!is!not
!
supported,!and!no!MIDI!support!is!available!for!Linux!guests.
Windows!2000,!Windows!XP,!and!most!recent!Linux!distributions!automatically!detect!
the!sound!device!and!install!appropriate!drivers!for!it.!
The!following!sections!describe!installing!sound!drivers!in!some!Windows!guest!
operating!systems.
Installing Sound Drivers in a Windows Server 2003 Guest OS
Windows!Server!2003!does!not!ship!with!the!drivers!for!the!Sound!Blaster!AudioPCI!
adapter.!For!the!32‐bit!version!of!Windows!Server!2003,!you!can!install!the!drivers!from!
a!Windows!2000!installation!CD‐ROM.!For!information!on!installing!these!drivers,!see!
the!VMware!knowledge!base!article!at!
www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1115.
!For!the!64‐bit!
version!of!Windows!Server!2003,!a!sound!driver!is!installed!when!you!install!VMware!
Tools.!For!more!information!about!VMware!Tools,!see!“Using!VMware!Tools”!on!
page 39.
Installing Sound Drivers in Windows 9x and NT Guest OS
Windows!95,!Windows!98,!Windows!98SE,!and!Windows!NT!4.0!do!not!have!drivers!
for!the!Sound!Blaster!AudioPCI!adapter.!To!use!sound!in!these!guest!operating!
systems,!you!must!download!the!driver!from!the!Creative!Labs!Web!site!
(www.creative.com)!and!install!it!in!the!guest!operating!system.