Specifications

Administration Guide
4 VMware, Inc.
Installing!a!Guest!Operating!System!and!VMware!Tools 43
Installing!a!Guest!Operating!System!in!a!Virtual!Machine 43
Installing!a!Guest!Operating!System!on!a!Formatted!Raw!Disk 44
Installing!VMware!Tools!in!the!Guest!Operating!System 44
Starting!VMware!Tools!Automatically 48
Using!the!VMware!Guest!Operating!System!Service 49
Synchronizing!the!Time!Between!the!Guest!and!Service
!Consoles 50
Shutting!Down!and!Restarting!a!Virtual!Machine 50
Shutting!Down!or!Restarting!a!Virtual!Machine!from!the!VMware!
Management!Interface 51
Shutting!Down!or!Restarting!a!Virtual!Machine!from!the!Command!
Line 51
Executing! Commands!to!Halt!or!Reboot!a!Virtual!Machine 51
Passing!a!String!from!the!Service!Console!to!the!Guest!Operating!
System 52
Example!
of!Passing!a!String!from!the!Service!Console!to!the!Guest 52
Using!PXE!with!Virtual!Machines 53
Configuring!a!Virtual!Machine!to!Use!the!LSI!Logic!SCSI!Adapter 55
Adding!the!Adapter!to!the!Virtual!Machine’s!Configuration!File 55
Configuring!the!LSI!Logic!SCSI!Adapter!in!a!Windows!Guest!Operating!
System 57
Configuring!the!LSI!Logic!SCSI!
Adapter!in!a!Linux!Guest!Operating!
System 58
Importing,!Upgrading,!and!Exporting!Virtual!Machines 60
Configuring!a!Virtual!Machine!to!Use!More!than!One!Virtual!Processor 60
Windows!Server!2003!Guest!Operating!Systems 61
Windows!2000!Guest!Operating!Systems 61
Linux!Guest!Operating!Systems 61
Downgrading!to!One!Virtual!Processor 62
Migrating!Older!ESX!Server!Virtual!Machines 62
Upgrading!Windows!Server!2003!Guest
!Operating!Systems!Created!by!ESX!
Server!1.5.2 62
Running!ESX!Server!1.5!Virtual!Machines!in!Legacy!Mode 63
Using!the!LSILogic!SCSI!Adapter 63
Migrating!VMware!Workstation!and!VMware!GSX!Server!Virtual!
Machines 63
Disk!Geometry!Failures!When!Importing!GSX!Server!Virtual!Machines 65
Path!Name!Failures!When!Importing!GSX!Server!Virtual!Machines 66
Importing!a!GSX!Server!or!
Workstation!Virtual!Machine 66
Exporting!Virtual!Machines 68
Preparing!to!Use!the!Remote!Management!Software 69