Installation guide

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Index
A
Access
to configuration file 207
Accessibility
of virtual disks 313
Affinity set 390
Apache server
and the VMware Management Inter-
face 158
API
VmPerl 54, 175
Append
disk mode 124
ASCII characters 38, 87
Authentication 206
availability report 251
B
Backup 174
creating stable disk images for 175
Beacon monitoring 376
binding adapters 373
Bootup, loading VMkernel device mod-
ules 288
Build number 188
bus sharing 313–314
C
CD-ROM
attaching to image file 132
Clone
virtual machine 338, 344, 353, 354
Clustering
and FAStT storage 358
and shared disks 334
basic configuration types 332
configuration to use Microsoft Clus-
ter Service 335, 342
consolidating to ESX Server machine
333
description 330
network adapters needed for 334
on a single ESX Server machine 332
on multiple ESX Server machines
333
setup with virtual machines 329
sharing virtual disks 313
using an ESX Server machine as a
standby host 334
Color depth 126
Command
Linux 197–204, 206
passing from console operating sys-
tem to guest 54
Commit 300
Communication
from console operating system to
guest 54
Configuration
clustering with virtual machines 329
virtual machine 39, 79, 161
Configuration options for SANs 317–
318
Configuring a Virtual Machine’s Startup
and Shutdown Options 140
Console operating system 194
Copy
in file manager 164
text 189
cp 293
CPU
affinity set 390
maximum percentage 388
minimum percentage 388
monitoring with SNMP 266
scheduling virtual machine use of
388
shares 389
CPU resources 388
managing from the management
interface 394
managing from the service console
395
CPU statistics 400–402
Cut
in file manager 164
text 189