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Chapter 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines
Workstation!4!does!not!support!the!LSILogic!SCSI!adapter.!To!use!the!SCSI!adapter!in!
the!virtual!machine,!switch!to!the!BusLogic!adapter.
ESX!Server!2.5!does!not!support!exporting!virtual!machines!to!ESX!Server!1.5!or!earlier,!
VMware!Workstation!3.2!or!earlier,!or!VMware!GSX!Server!2.5!or!earlier.
Uninstall!VMware
!Tools!from!a!virtual!machine! before!exporting!it!for!use!in!
Workstation!or!GSX!Server.
Use!the!vmktools!command!in!the!Service!Console!to!export!virtual!disks!associated!
with!a!virtual!machine.!See!the!section!on!using!the!-exportfile!option!of!
vmkfstools!in!“Basic!vmkfstools!Options”!on!page 250.!You!can!find
!an!example!of!
how!to!use!the!-exportfile!option!in!“Examples!Using!vmkfstools”!on!page 259.
Preparing to Use the Remote Management Software
You!can!manage!VMware!ESX!Server!from!a!remote!workstation!using!the!VMware!
Remote!Console!and!the!VMware!Management!Interface.!
Remote!console!software!is!available!for!Windows!and!Linux!workstations.!The!remote!
console!lets!you!attach!directly!to!a!virtual!machine.!You!can!start!and!stop!programs,!
change!the!configuration!of
!the!guest!operating!system!and!do!other!tasks!as!if!you!
were!working!at!a!physical!computer.!
Registering Your Virtual Machines
If!you!create!your!virtual!machines!using!the!Virtual!Machine!Configuration!Wizard,!
they!are!automatically!registered!in!the!file!/etc/vmware/vm-list! on!the!server’s!
service!console.!The!remote!management!software!checks!this!file!for!pointers!to!the!
virtual!machines!you!want!to!manage.!
To!manage!virtual!machines!that!you!set!up!without
!using!the!wizard,!you!must!first!
register!them.!
Be!sure!the!virtual!machine!is!powered!off.!On!the!Status!Monitor!of!the!management!
interface,!point!to!the!terminal!icon!for!the!virtual!machine!you!want!to!register!and!
click!Edit!Configuration.!Select!Registered!at!the!top!of!the!Edit!Configuration
!pane.
N
OTE If!you!need!secure!communications!between!your!management!workstations!and!the!
server,!choose!the!appropriate!security!lev el!when!you!configure!ESX!Server.!See!
“Security!Settings”!on!page 194.
NOTE Registered!virtual!machines!appear!in!the!list!only!if!their!configuration!files!are!stored!
locally! on!the!ESX!Server!computer.!If!the!configuration!files!are!stored!on!an!
NFS‐mounted!drive,!the!virtual!machines!are!not!listed.