Specifications

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Moving and Sharing Virtual Machines ___________________________ 161
Moving a VMware GSX Server 3 Virtual Machine ______________________163
Virtual Machines Use Relative Paths ______________________________163
Preparing Your Virtual Machine for the Move ______________________163
Moving a Virtual Machine to a New Host __________________________164
Moving a GSX Server 2 Virtual Machine _____________________________166
Virtual Machines Use Relative Paths ______________________________166
Preparing Your Virtual Machine for the Move ______________________166
Moving a Virtual Machine to a New Host __________________________167
Moving Older Virtual Machines ___________________________________169
Virtual Machines May Use Relative or Absolute Paths ________________169
Preparing Your Virtual Machine for the Move ______________________169
Preparing the New Host Machine _______________________________170
Considerations for Moving Disks in Undoable Mode _________________171
Sharing Virtual Machines with Other Users ___________________________173
Performance Tuning and the VMware GSX Server Host ____________ 175
Configuring and Maintaining the Host Computer _____________________176
Configuring GSX Server _________________________________________177
General GSX Server Options ___________________________________177
GSX Server on a Windows Host _________________________________181
GSX Server on a Linux Host ____________________________________184
Understanding Memory Usage ___________________________________185
Memory Use on the Host ______________________________________185
Specifying How Much RAM is Used by All Running
Virtual Machines ____________________________________________185
Memory Usage on Older Linux Hosts ____________________________188
High-Availability Configurations with VMware GSX Server _________ 191
Using SCSI Reservation to Share SCSI Disks with Virtual Machines _________192
SCSI Reservation Support _____________________________________193
Enabling SCSI Reservation _____________________________________194
Issues to Consider When Sharing Disks ___________________________196
Overview of Clustering with GSX Server _____________________________197
Applications That Can Use Clustering ____________________________198
Clustering Software in Virtual Machines __________________________198
Creating a Cluster in a Box _______________________________________199
Configuring Virtual Machines for Cluster in a Box ___________________200