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VMware Server User’s Guide
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Uninstalling an RPM Installation of VMware Server
IfyouusedtheRPMinstallertoinstallVMwareServer,removethesoftwarefromyour
systemusingthefollowingcommand:
rpm -e VMware-server-<xxxx>
Inplaceof<xxxx>thefilenamecontainsnumbersthatcorrespondtotheversionand
build.IfyouhaveVMwareServerproperlyinstalled,youcanfindtheVMwareServer
buildnumberbyrunning:
rpm -qa | grep VM
Upgrading from VMware Server 1
RuntheVMwareServer2installerforyourhosttoupgradetoVMwareServer2from
VMwareServer1.Theinstallerautomaticallyuninstallsthepreviousversionofthe
software,exceptfortarinstallations,whichrequireyoutouninstalltheprevious
versionofVMwareServermanuallyasdescribedin“Uninstallingatar
Installationof
VMwareServeronpage 43.
Therearesomefeaturedifferencesbetweentheseproductversions:
VI WebAccessandVMwareRemoteConsolereplacethe
VMware Management InterfaceandVMwareServerConsole.SeeChapter 3,
“LearningVMwareServerBasics:UsingVIWebAccess,”onpage 47.
VMwareServer2doesnotsupportphysical(raw)disks.
VMwareServer2usesdatastorestomanagevirtualmachinelocations.Adatastore
isastoragelocationforVMwareServervirtualmachinefiles.Thestoragelocation
canbethelocalfilesystem,aCIFSstore(Windowsonly),oranNFSmountedfile
system(Linuxonly).
VirtualmachinesthatwereregisteredinVMware
Server1areautomatically
registeredinVMwareServer2.Howev er,thelocationsforexistingvirtual
machinesarenotautomaticallyaddedasdatastores.Itisrecommendedthatyou
addthemmanually.See“ManagingDatastores”onpage 110.
VMwareServer2createshardwareversion7virtualmachinesbydefault.Ifyou
wanttouseallfeaturesofVMwareServer2,itisrecommendedthatyouupgrade
virtualmachinestohardwareversion7.
Youcanimporthardwareversion3andabovevirtualmachines.However,theonly
tasksVIWebAccess
canperformonhardwareversion3virtualmachinesare
poweroperationsandupgrade.Toupgradethehardwareversionofoldervirtual
machines,see“UpgradingtheVirtualMachineVersiononpage 72.