Specifications

VMware, Inc. 7
Contents
Setting!Startup!and!Shutdown!Options!by!Modifying!the!Configuration!File!
Directly!(Advanced!Users!Only) 126
Viewing!a!List!of!Connected!Users 129
Viewing!a!Log!of!a!Virtual!Machine’s!Events 130
Modifying!Virtual!Machine!Peripherals 131
Adding!More!than!Six!SCSI!Virtual!Disks!to!a!Virtual!Machine 131
Using!a!Physical!(Raw)!Disk!in!a!Virtual!Machine 132
Using!Parallel
!Ports!in!a!Virtual!Machine 133
Using!Serial!Ports!in!a!Virtual!Machine 134
Using!Disk!Modes 135
Deleting!a!Virtual!Machine!Using!the!VMware!Management! Interface 136
Managing!ESX!Server!Resources 137
Configuring!VMware!ESX!Server 137
Logging!Out!of!the!VMware!Management!Interface 138
Using!the!Apache!Web!Server!with!the!Management!Interface 138
Setting!a!MIME!Type!to!Launch!
the!VMware!Remote!Console 139
Setting!the!MIME!Type!in!Netscape!7.0!and!Mozilla!1.x 139
Editing!a!Virtual!Machine’s!Configuration!File!Directly 140
Changing!Your!Virtual! SCSI!Adapter 141
Using!the!VMware!Management!Interface!File!Manager 141
Setting!Permissions!for!Owners!of!Virtual!Machines 144
Creating!a!Flagship!User 145
Registering!and!Unregistering!Virtual!Machines 145
Registering!a!Virtual!Machine 146
Unregistering!a!
Virtual!Machine 147
Running!Many!Virtual!Machines!on!ESX!Server 148
Increasing!the!Reserved!Memory!for!the!Service!Console 148
Allocating!CPU!Resources!to!the!Management!Interface 148
Changing!Default!Parameters!in!the!config!File 149
Increasing!Memory!to!the!Apache!Process 149
Increasing!the!Timeout!Value!for!the!vmware‐authd!Process 150
Increasing!Memory!for!the!vmware‐serverd!Process 150
Running!Many!Virtual!Machines!with!a!Significant!CPU!Load 150
Avoiding!Management!Interface! Failures!when!Many!Virtual!Machines!Are!
Registered 151
Backing!Up!Virtual!Machines 151
Using!Tape!Drives!with!VMware!ESX!Server 152
Backing!Up!from!Within!a!Virtual!Machine 152
Backing!Up!Virtual!Machines!from!the!Service!Console 153
Providing!Optimum!Data!Integrity!In!Virtual!Machine!Backups!Without!
Downtime 153