Installation guide

Configuring a Virtual Machine’s Disk Usage ________________________113

Configuring a Virtual Machine’s Networking Settings ________________114

Configuring a Virtual Machine’s Hardware _________________________116

Setting Standard Virtual Machine Configuration Options _____________138

Setting Startup and Shutdown Options for a Virtual Machine __________139

Viewing a List of Connected Users _______________________________144

Viewing a Log of a Virtual Machine’s Events _______________________145

Modifying Virtual Machine Peripherals ______________________________147

Adding More than Six SCSI Virtual Disks to a Virtual Machine __________147

Using a Physical (Raw) Disk in a Virtual Machine ____________________148

Using Parallel Ports in a Virtual Machine __________________________149

Using Serial Ports in a Virtual Machine ____________________________150

Using Disk Modes ___________________________________________151

Deleting a Virtual Machine Using the VMware Management Interface _____153

Managing ESX Server Resources ___________________________________155

Configuring VMware ESX Server ___________________________________156

Logging Out of the VMware Management Interface ___________________157

Using the Apache Web Server with the Management Interface __________158

Setting a MIME Type to Launch the VMware Remote Console ____________159

Setting the MIME Type in Netscape 7.0 and Mozilla 1.x _______________159

Editing a Virtual Machine’s Configuration File Directly __________________161

Changing Your Virtual SCSI Adapter _____________________________161

Using the VMware Management Interface File Manager ________________163

Setting Permissions for Owners of Virtual Machines _________________166

Registering and Unregistering Virtual Machines _______________________168

Registering a Virtual Machine __________________________________168

Unregistering a Virtual Machine _________________________________169

Running Many Virtual Machines on ESX Server _______________________170

Increasing the Memory in the Service Console _____________________170

Allocating CPU Resources to the Management Interface _____________170

Changing Default Parameters in the config File _____________________171

Avoiding Management Interface Failures when Many

Virtual Machines Are Registered ________________________________173

Backing Up Virtual Machines _____________________________________174

Using Tape Drives with VMware ESX Server ________________________174

Backing Up from within a Virtual Machine _________________________174

Backing Up Virtual Machines from the Service Console _______________175

Using Hardware or Software Disk Snapshots _______________________175