VMware Server 2.0 User guide

VMware Server User’s Guide

VMware Server 2.0

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Contents

AboutThisBook 13

RevisionHistory 13

IntendedAudience 13

DocumentFeedback 14

TechnicalSupportandEducationResources 14

OnlineandTelephoneSupport 14

SupportOfferings 14

VMwareProfessionalServices 14

ReportingProblems 15

LogFiles 16

1 IntroductionandSystemRequirements 19

VMwareServerProductBenefits 19

NewFeaturesofVMwareServer2.0 20

Web‐BasedInterface 20

VMwareRemoteConsole 21

IncreasedMemorySupport 21

IncreaseinNumberofNetworkAdaptersSupported 21

QuiescedBackupsofVirtualMachinesonWindows 21

SupportforHigh‐SpeedUSB2.0Devices 21

AdditionalHostOperatingSystemSupport 22

AdditionalGuestOperatingSystemSupport 22

Improved64‐BitGuestSupport 22

64‐

BitSoundDriver 22

Native64‐BitHostSupportonLinux 22

UpdatedVIXAPI 23

VMCISocketsInterface 23

AbouttheHostandGuestComputers 23

HostSystemRequirements 23

PCHardware 23

Memory 24

DiskDrives 24

LocalAreaNetworking 25

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WindowsHostOperatingSystems 25

LinuxHostOperatingSystemRequirements 26

VIWebAccessandVMwareRemoteConsoleClientSystemRequirements 27

VirtualMachineSpecifications 28

Processor 28

ChipSet 28

BIOS 28

Memory 29

Graphics 29

IDEDrives 29

SCSIDevices 29

PCISlots 29

FloppyDrives 30

Serial(COM)Ports 30

Parallel(LPT)Ports 30

USBPorts 30

Keyboard 30

MouseandDrawingTablets 30

EthernetCard 30

VirtualNetworking 31

Sound 31

SupportedGuestOperatingSystems 31

ProcessorSupportfor64‐BitGuest

OperatingSystems 33

2 InstallingVMwareServer 35

InstallationPrerequisites 35

PreparingtoInstallVMwareServer 36

SharingaVMwareServerHostwithOtherVMwareProducts 36

InstallingVMwareServeronaWindowsHost 37

InstallingVMwareServerSilently 39

UninstallingVMwareServeronaWindowsHost 41

InstallingVMwareServeronaLinuxHost 41

ConfiguringVMwareServeronaLinuxHostUsingvmware‐config.pl 42

UninstallingVMwareServeronaLinuxHost 43

UninstallingatarInstallationofVMwareServer 43

UninstallinganRPMInstallationofVMwareServer 44

UpgradingfromVMwareServer144

WheretoGoNext 45

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3 LearningVMwareServerBasics:UsingVIWebAccess 47

OverviewofVIWebAccess 48

UsingtheVMwareServerHostWorkspace 49

UsingtheVirtualMachineWorkspace 50

ViewingVirtualMachineSummaryInformation 51

InstallingtheVMwareRemoteConsoleAdd‐On 52

StartingVMwareRemoteConsolefromtheConsoleTab 53

UsingVIWebAccessMenuOptions 54

ApplicationMenu 54

VirtualMachineMenu 55

AdministrationMenu 56

ViewingVMwareServerand

VirtualMachineTasks 56

ViewingVMwareServerandVirtualMachineEvents 57

LoggingOut 57

4 CreatingandUpgradingVirtualMachines 59

BeforeYouCreateaVirtualMachine 59

VirtualMachineLocation 59

GuestOperatingSystem 60

ProductCompatibility(VirtualMachineHardwareVersion) 61

AmountofMemory 61

NumberofProcessors 62

HardDiskTypeandProperties 62

NetworkConnectionType 64

UsingtheNewVirtualMachineWizard 65

InstallingtheGuestOperatingSystem 68

UpdatingtheGuestOperatingSystem 71

UpgradingtheVirtualMachineVersion 72

5 InstallingandUsingVMwareTools 73

ComponentsofVMwareTools 73

VMwareToolsService 74

VMwareDeviceDrivers 74

VMwareUserProcess 75

VMwareToolsControlPanel 75

ManuallyInstallingVMwareToolsinaWindowsGuestSystem 76

ConfiguringtheVideoDriveronOlderVersionsofWindows 77

InstallingVMwareToolsinaLinuxGuestSystem 80

InstallingVMwareToolsinaSolarisGuestSystem 84

InstallingVMwareToolsin

aFreeBSDGuestSystem 86

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InstallingVMwareToolsinaNetWareGuestSystem 88

StartingtheVMwareUserProcessManuallyIfYouDoNotUseaSession

ManageronUNIX 89

UpdatingVMwareTools 90

UninstallingVMwareTools 91

RepairingorChangingVMwareTools 91

UsingtheVMwareToolsControlPanel 91

UsingtheWindowsControlPaneltoDisplaytheTaskbarIcon 92

OptionsTab 93

DevicesTab 94

ScriptsTab 94

SharedFoldersTab 95

ShrinkTab 95

AboutTab 95

ConfiguringVMwareToolsinaNetWareGuest 96

CustomizingVMwareTools 97

HowVMwareToolsScriptsAffectPowerStates 97

ExecutingCommandsAfterYouPowerOfforResetaVirtualMachine 101

PassingaStringfromtheHosttotheGuestatStartup 101

PassingInformationBetweentheGuestandAnother

Program 104

UsingtheVMwareToolsCommand‐LineInterface 104

6 ManagingVMwareServer 107

AddingaVirtualMachinetotheInventory 108

RemovingaVirtualMachinefromtheInventory 108

PerformingPowerOperationsonVirtualMachines 109

ManagingDatastores 110

AddingDatastores 110

RenamingDatastores 111

RemovingDatastores 112

RefreshingDatastores 112

EditingHost‐WideMemoryandSnapshotSettings 113

ConfiguringHostMemory 113

EnablingandDisablingBackgroundSnapshots 115

ConfiguringVirtualMachineStartupandShutdownSettings 115

EnablingSystem‐WideStartupand

ShutdownSettings 116

SpecifyingtheStartupandShutdownOrderforVirtualMachines 117

CustomizingtheStartupandShutdownSettingsforIndividualVirtual

Machines 117

EnablingQuiescedBackupsofVirtualMachinesonWindows 118

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7 RunningVirtualMachines 121

RunningVMwareTools 122

ChangingthePowerStateofaVirtualMachine 122

ChangingVirtualMachineSnapshotSettings 126

LockingtheSnapshot 126

SettingSnapshotPowerOffOptions 127

ChangingVirtualMachineAdvancedSettings 127

DeletingaVirtualMachine 130

UsingVMwareRemoteConsole 130

InteractingwiththeGuestOperatingSystem 131

EnteringandLeavingFullScreenMode 131

ConnectingandDisconnectingClientDevices 132

Resettingand

PoweringOff 132

ViewingtheMessageLog 133

QuittingVMwareRemoteConsole 133

GeneratingandSharingVirtualMachineShortcuts 133

GeneratingaWebShortcut 133

GeneratingaVMwareRemoteConsoleDesktopShortcut 134

EditingNotesintheVirtualMachineSummaryTab 135

EditingtheHardwareConfigurationofaVirtualMachine 135

AddingHardwaretoaVirtualMachine 137

InstallingNewSoftwareinaVirtualMachine 138

8 ConfiguringVirtualMachineHardware 141

ConfiguringHardDisks 141

HardDiskTypesandProperties 142

AddingaHardDisktoaVirtualMachine 144

EditingaVirtualHardDisk 145

RemovingaHardDiskfromaVirtualMachine 146

VirtualDiskMaintenanceTasks 147

ConfiguringCD/DVDDrives 150

CD/DVDDriveTypeandProperties 150

AddingaCD/DVDDrivetoaVirtualMachine 151

EditingaVirtualCD/DVDDrive 152

Removinga

CD/DVDDrivefromaVirtualMachine 153

ConfiguringFloppyDrives 154

AddingaFloppyDrivetoaVirtualMachine 154

EditingaVirtualFloppyDrive 155

RemovingaFloppyDrivefromaVirtualMachine 156

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ConfiguringPassthrough(Generic)SCSIDevices 156

AddingaPassthrough(Generic)SCSIDevicetoaVirtualMachine 157

EditingaVirtualPassthrough(Generic)SCSIDevice 158

RemovingaPassthrough(Generic)SCSIDevicefromaVirtualMachine 158

ConfiguringSCSIControllers 159

ConfiguringUSBControllersandDevices 159

AddingaUSBControllertoaVirtualMachine 159

RemovingaUSBControllerfroma

VirtualMachine 160

ConnectingUSBDevices 160

UsingUSBDevicesinaVirtualMachine 161

DisconnectingUSBDevicesfromaVirtualMachine 164

ConfiguringSound 164

AddingaSoundAdaptertoaVirtualMachine 165

EditingaVirtualSoundAdapter 165

RemovingaSoundAdapterfromaVirtualMachine 166

ConfiguringSerialPorts 166

AddingaSerialPorttoaVirtualMachine 166

Editinga

VirtualSerialPort 169

RemovingaSerialPortfromaVirtualMachine 170

SerialPortGeneralUsageExamples 170

SerialPortDebuggingUsageExamples 174

ConfiguringParallelPorts 177

AddingaParallelPorttoaVirtualMachine 177

EditingaVirtualParallelPort 178

RemovingaParallelPortfromaVirtualMachine 179

UsingParallelPorts 179

ConfiguringaParallelPortonaWindows

Host 179

ConfiguringaParallelPortonaLinuxHost 180

NotesforUsingtheIomegaZipDrive 184

KeyboardMappingonLinuxHosts 184

9 PreservingtheStateofaVirtualMachine 193

SuspendingandResumingVirtualMachines 193

ConfiguringHardSuspendorSoftSuspend 194

SuspendingorResumingaVirtualMachine 195

UsingSnapshots 195

WhattoUseSnapshotsFor 195

WhatIsCapturedbyaSnapshot 196

ActivitiesThatConflictwithSnapshots 196

EnablingandDisablingBackgroundSnapshotsforAllVirtualMachines 197

SnapshotsandaVirtualMachine’sHardDisks 197

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ExcludingVirtualDisksfromSnapshots 198

TakingaSnapshot 198

RevertingtoaSnapshot 199

RemovingaSnapshot 199

LockingaSnapshot 199

10 ManagingRolesandPermissions 201

AccessElements 201

ManagingUsers 203

ManagingGroups 203

ManagingRoles 203

CreatingRoles 204

EditingandRenamingRoles 205

RemovingRoles 205

ManagingPermissions 206

CreatingPermissions 206

EditingPermissions 207

RemovingPermissions 208

RulesforPermissionPropagation 208

11 ConfiguringaVirtualNetwork 211

NetworkBasics 212

ComponentsoftheVirtualNetwork 213

VirtualNetworkSwitch 213

InternalDHCPServer 214

VirtualNetworkAdapter 214

HostVirtualAdapter 214

CommonNetworkingConfigurations 215

BridgedNetworking 215

NetworkAddressTranslation(NAT) 216

Host‐OnlyNetworking 218

ExampleCustomNetworkingConfiguration 219

ChangingtheNetworkingConfiguration 222

RefreshingtheNetwork 223

AddingaNetworkAdaptertoaVirtualMachine 223

EditingaVirtualNetworkAdapter 224

RemovingaNetwork

AdapterfromaVirtualMachine 225

ConfiguringBridgedNetworkingOptionsonaWindowsHost 225

Enabling,Disabling,Adding,andRemovingHostVirtualAdapters 227

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AdvancedNetworkingTopics 230

SelectingIPAddressesonaHost‐OnlyNetworkorNATConfiguration 230

AvoidingIPPacketLeakageinaHost‐OnlyNetwork 232

MaintainingandChangingtheMACAddressofaVirtualMachine 234

ControllingRoutingforaHost‐OnlyNetworkonaLinuxHost 235

PotentialIssueswithHost‐OnlyNetworkingonaLinux

Host 236

SettingUpaSecondBridgedNetworkInterfaceonaLinuxHost 237

ConfiguringBridgedNetworkingWhenUsingTeamedNetworkInterface

Cards 238

SettingUpTwoSeparateHost‐OnlyNetworks 240

RoutingBetweenTwoHost‐OnlyNetworks 243

UsingVirtualNetworkAdaptersinPromiscuousModeonaLinuxHost 247

UnderstandingNAT 248

UsingNAT 248

TheHostComputerandtheNAT

Network 249

DHCPontheNATNetwork 249

DNSontheNATNetwork 249

ExternalAccessfromtheNATNetwork 250

AdvancedNATConfiguration 251

CustomNATandDHCPConfigurationonaWindowsHost 254

ConsiderationsforUsingNAT 255

UsingNATwithNetLogon 255

SampleLinuxvmnetnat.confFile 257

UsingSambaforFileSharingonaLinuxHost 258

UsingtheVirtualNetworkEditor 267

Summary

Tab 267

AutomaticBridgingTab 268

HostVirtualNetworkMappingTab 268

HostVirtualAdaptersTab 269

DHCPTab 269

NATTab 270

12 PerformanceTuningforVMwareServer 273

ConfiguringandMaintainingtheHostSystem 273

DefragmentingHardDisks 274

MaintainingAdequateFreeDiskSpace 274

EnablingDiskWriteCachingonWindowsHosts 274

ConfiguringSwapSpaceonLinuxHosts 274

IncreasingNICInterruptCoalescing 275

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CalculatingMemoryRequirementstoAllowforVirtualMachine

Overhead 275

ConfiguringHost‐WideVirtualMachineMemoryUsage 275

AllocatingMemorytoaVirtualMachine 277

EditingVirtualMachineMemory 277

UsingTwo‐WayVirtualSymmetricMultiprocessing 278

EditingVirtualProcessors 279

ConfiguringandMaintainingGuestOperatingSystems 279

InstallingLinuxGuestOperatingSystemsinTextMode 279

SelectingtheCorrectGuestOperatingSystem 279

InstallingVMwareTools 280

TemporarilyDisablingAccelerationintheGuestOperatingSystem 280

AvoidingRemoteDiskAccess 280

ManagingSnapshotsandVirtualDisks 280

DisablingDebuggingMode 281

DisablingCD/DVDDrivePolling 281

DisablingFadeEffectsinWindows2000,WindowsXP,andWindowsServer

2003 282

DisablingVisualEffectsinWindows98 282

ConfiguringSwapFileUsageinWindows95andWindows98 282

EnablingHardwareAccelerationinWindowsServer2003 282

ConfiguringDirectMemoryAccess(DMA)DiskSettings 283

UsingDMAinWindowsNTGuestsonMultiprocessorHostSystems 284

MonitoringVirtualMachinePerformanceonWindowsHosts 284

13 ConfiguringClusteringonWindowsHosts 287

OverviewofClusteringwithVMwareServer 287

ClusteringSoftwareRequirements 288

ApplicationsThatCanUseClustering 288

UsingSCSIReservationtoShareVirtualSCSIDisks 288

SCSIReservationPrerequisitesandRestrictions 289

EnablingSCSIReservation 289

CreatingaClusterinaBox 291

ConfiguringVirtualMachinesforClusterinaBox 292

CreatingaTwo‐NodeClusterwithMicrosoftClusteringServices 293

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A DefinedPrivileges 299

Alarms 300

Datacenter 301

Datastore 301

Extensions 302

Folders 303

Global 303

HostCIM 305

HostConfiguration 306

HostInventory 308

HostLocalOperations 309

Network 310

Performance 310

Permissions 311

Resource 311

ScheduledTask 313

Sessions 313

Tasks 314

VirtualMachineConfiguration 314

VirtualMachineInteraction 317

VirtualMachineInventory 319

VirtualMachineProvisioning 319

VirtualMachineState 321

B FilesThatMakeUpaVirtualMachine 323

FilesThatMakeUpaVirtualMachine 323

Glossary 327

Index 335

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TheVMwareServerUser’sGuideprovidesinformationaboutinstallingandusing

VMwareServer2.

Revision History

Thismanualisrevisedwitheachreleaseoftheproductorwhennecessary.Arevised

versioncancontainminorormajorchanges.Table 1summarizesthesignificant

changesineachversionofthismanual.

Toviewthemostcurrentversionofthemanual,seetheVMware

®

Website:

http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/server_pubs.html

Intended Audience

Thisbookisintendedforanyonewhoneedstoinstall,upgrade,configure,oruse

VMwareServer.VMwareServeruserstypicallyworkinsmall‐andmedium‐sized

businesses,doingsoftwaredevelopmentandtestingorworkingwithmultiple

operatingsystemsorcomputingenvironments.Usersincludesoftwaredevelopers,QA

engineers,trainers,salespeoplewhorun

demos,andanyonewhowantstocreate

virtualmachines.

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Table 1. Revision History

Revision Description

20080828 FirstversionoftheVMwareServer2.0documentation.

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VMwarewelcomesyoursuggestionsforimprovingourdocumentation.Ifyouhave

comments,sendyourfeedbackto:

[email protected]

Technical Support and Education Resources

Thefollowingsectionsdescribethetechnicalsupportresourcesavailabletoyou.To

accessthemostcurrentversionofthisbookandotherbooks,goto:

http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs

Online and Telephone Support

Useonlinesupporttosubmittechnicalsupportrequests,viewyourproductand

contractinformation,andregisteryourproducts.Goto:

http://www.vmware.com/support

Customerswithappropriatesupportcontractsshouldusetelephonesupportforthe

fastestresponseonpriority1issues.Goto:

http://www.vmware.com/support/phone_support.html

Support Offerings

FindouthowVMwaresupportofferingscanhelpmeetyourbusinessneeds.Goto:

http://www.vmware.com/support/services

VMware Professional Services

VMwareEducationServicescoursesofferextensivehands‐onlabs,casestudy

examples,andcoursematerialsdesignedtobeusedason‐the‐jobreferencetools.

Coursesareavailableonsite,intheclassroom,andliveonline.Foronsitepilotprograms

andimplementationbestpractices,VMwareConsultingServiceshelpsyouassess,

plan,build,

andmanageyourvirtualenvironment.Toaccessinformationabout

educationclasses,certificationprograms,andconsultingservices,goto:

http://www.vmware.com/services

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Reporting Problems

IfyouhaveproblemswhilerunningVMwareServer,reportthemtotheVMware

supportteam.Youmustfirstregisteryourserialnumber.Thenyoucanreportyour

problemsbysubmittingasupportrequestto:

http://www.vmware.com/requestsupport

Logfilesareneededtodiagnoseandreportproblems.Therequiredlogfilesdependon

theproblem

youencounter.

Youcansimplifytheprocessofcollectingtheinformationbyrunningthesupportscript

tocollectthelogfilesandsysteminformation.Followtheprocedurethatappliesto

yourhostcomputer.

To run the support script on a Linux host

1Openaterminalwindow.

2Runthesupportscriptastherootuser:

vm-support

Ifyoudonotrunthescriptasroot,thescriptdisplaysmessagesindicatingthatit

cannotcollectsomeinformation.Thisisnormal.IftheVMwaresupportteam

needsthatinformation,asupportrepresentativemightaskyoutorunthescript

again,asroot.

Thescriptcreatesacompressed.tgzfilein

thecurrentdirectory.

3Includetheoutputfilewithyoursupportrequest.

Ifyourvirtualmachinesareinstalledinanon‐standardlocation,thescriptmight

notpickupalltherequireddata.Makesurethatthe*.log and*.vmxfilesfrom

yourvirtualmachinefoldersareincludedwiththefilesyou

send.

NOTEThesupportscriptrunsonlyontheVMwareServerhost.Ifyouencounter

problemsonaremoteclient,youmustcollectthelogfilesmanually.

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To run the support script on a Windows host

1Openacommandprompt.

2 ChangetotheVMwareServerprogramdirectory.Thedefaultdirectoryis:

C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Server

3Runthesupportscript:

cscript vm-support.vbs

Afterthescriptruns,itdisplaysthenameandlocationofthezippedoutput.

Log Files

ThefollowinglogfilesaregeneratedbyVMwareServerandcollectedbythesupport

script.

Virtual Machine Log File

Ifavirtualmachineexitsabnormallyorcrashes,runthesupportscriptorsavethe

virtualmachinelogfilesbeforeyourestartthevirtualmachine.

Thevirtualmachinelogfilesarelocatedinthesamedirectoryasthevirtualmachine

configuration(.vmx)file.IntheCommandssectionofthevirtual

machine’sSummary

tab,clickConfigureVM.ThepathtotheconfigurationfileisshownintheGeneraltab.

OnWindowsandLinuxhosts,thefilesarenamedvmware-<n>.log.

Alsosaveanydump(Windows)orcore(Linux)files.

VMware Host Agent Log File

TheVMwareHostAgentwritesinformationtologfiles.

OnaWindowsandLinuxhosts,thefilesarenamedhostd-<n>.log.

OnWindowshosts,thefilesarelocatedinthedirectory

<%ALLUSERSPROFILE%>\VMware\VMware Server.

Forexample:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware Server

OnLinuxhostsystems,thefilesarelocatedinthedirectory/var/log/vmware.

VMware Authorization Service Log File

YoucanmanuallyenableloggingfortheVMwareAuthorizationService,named

vmware-authdonLinuxhosts.

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To enable logging for the VMware Authorization Service

1Inatexteditor,editthefollowingfile:

 Windows–config.ini,locatedinthedirectory

<%ALLUSERSPROFILE%>\VMware\VMware Server

Forexample:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application

Data\VMware\VMware Server



Linux–/etc/vmware/config

2Addthefollowinglinestotheconfigurationfile:

vmauthd.logEnabled = TRUE

log.vmauthdFileName = "vmauthd.log"

pref.hardLimitDebug = 2

3Toenablelogging:

 OnaWindowshost,selectStart>AdministrativeTools>Services,right‐click

VMwareAuthorizationService,andselectRestart.

 OnaLinuxhost,thelogfileisenabledwhenyousaveandclosethe

configurationfile.

OnWindowshosts,thevmauthd.logfileiscreatedinC:\Windows\system32or

C:\WINNT\system32.

OnLinuxhosts,thevmauthd.logfileiscreatedin/var/log/vmware.

VI Web Access Log Files

OnWindowshosts,TomcatWebserverlogfilesarelocatedinthedirectory

<%ALLUSERSPROFILE%>\VMware\tomcat-logs.

Forexample:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\tomcat-logs

OnLinuxhosts,logfilesarelocatedinthedirectory/var/log/vmware/WebAccess.

VMware Remote Console Log Files

OnWindowsclients,theVMwareRemoteConsolelogfilesarenamed

vmware-<username>-<nnnn>.log,locatedinthedirectory

%TEMP%\vmware-<username>.

OnLinuxclients,theVMwareRemoteConsolelogfilesarenamedvmrc-<nnnn>.log

and<nnnn>.log,locatedinthedirectory/tmp/vmware-<username>.

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1

ThischapterdescribesthekeyproductfeaturesandbenefitsofusingVMwareServer.

ItalsodescribesthesystemrequirementsforoperatingVMwareServer.Thischapter

includesthefollowingtopics:

 “VMwareServerProductBenefits”onpage 19

 “NewFeaturesofVMwareServer2.0”onpage 20

 “HostSystemRequirements”onpage 23

 “VIWebAccessandVMwareRemoteConsoleClientSystemRequirements”on

page 27

 “VirtualMachineSpecifications”onpage 28

 “SupportedGuestOperatingSystems”onpage 31

VMware Server Product Benefits

VMwareServerisafreevirtualizationproductforMicrosoftWindowsandLinux

servers.Itenablesyoutoquicklyprovisionnewservercapacitybypartitioninga

physicalserverintomultiplevirtualmachines.YoucanuseVMwareServerto

provisionawidevarietyofplug‐and‐playvirtualappliancesforcommonlyused

infrastructure.



VMwareServersupportsthefollowinghardwareandsoftware:

 Anystandardx86‐compatibleorx86‐64‐compatiblepersonalcomputer

 AwidevarietyofWindows,Linux,Solaris,andotherguestoperatingsystems,

including64‐bitoperatingsystems

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 Two‐wayVirtual SMP

 IntelVirtualizationTechnology(IntelVT)

 AMD‐Virtualization(AMT‐V)

WithVMwareServer,youcandothefollowing:

 Provisionanewserverwithoutpurchasingmorehardwarebylocatingmultiple

virtualmachinesonthesamehost.

 RunWindows,Linux,andotheroperatingsystemsandapplicationswithout

softwareconflictsbecausevirtualmachinesarecompletelyisolatedfromone

anotherandfromthephysicalhost.

 Movevirtualmachinesfromonephysicalhosttoanotherwithouthavingto

reconfigurethem.

New Features of VMware Server 2.0

ThissectionprovidesinformationaboutkeynewfeaturesofVMwareServer2.0.

Web-Based Interface

UseVMwareInfrastructureWebAccess(VIWebAccess)toperformhostandvirtual

machineconfigurationforVMwareServer2.0.Thisintuitiveweb‐basedinterface

providesasimpleandflexibletoolforvirtualmachinemanagement.Using

VI Web Access,youcandothefollowing:

 Create,configure,anddeletevirtualmachines

 Addandremovevirtualmachinesfromtheinventory

 Performpoweroperations(start,stop,reset,suspend,andresume)onvirtual

machines

 Monitortheoperationofvirtualmachines

 GenerateaWebshortcuttocustomizetheVI WebAccessuserinterfaceforusers,

withtheoptiontolimittheirviewtotheconsoleorasinglevirtualmachine

 GenerateaVMwareRemoteConsoledesktopshortcutthatallowsvirtualmachine

userstointeractdirectlywiththeguestoperatingsystemoutsideofaWebbrowser

 Configurehost‐wideVMwareServersettings

VI WebAccessandVMwareRemoteConsolereplacetheVMwareManagement

InterfaceandVMwareServerConsole.SeeChapter 3,“LearningVMwareServer

Basics:UsingVIWebAccess,”onpage 47.

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