Red Hat NETSCAPE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 4.5 User Manual

VMware ESX ServerVersion 1.5User’s Manual™ ™

Running VMware ESX Server100www.vmware.commachine or cut, copy, paste and delete files as you would if you were working directly on the file system it

Running VMware ESX Server101www.vmware.comSome file and folder icons have special meanings.To perform an action on a file or folder (directory), click

Running VMware ESX Server102www.vmware.comWhen you copy and paste or cut and paste a virtual disk file from the VMFS file system to the console operat

Running VMware ESX Server103www.vmware.comIf you select more than one file or folder, you can change permissions for all the files at once. Any change

Running VMware ESX Server104www.vmware.comUse the top pane of the file manager to navigate the directory structure and create new directories.To creat

Running VMware ESX Server105www.vmware.comTo change the setting for a VMkernel configuration parameter, click the link for the value. The Update VMker

Running VMware ESX Server106www.vmware.comIn the New Value entry field, type the value for the parameter and click Update. The window closes and the u

Running VMware ESX Server107www.vmware.com4. You see a list of all the files that are to be deleted. For each disk file not associated with another re

Running VMware ESX Server108www.vmware.comUsing Disk Modes You can use the Configure VM page of the VMware Management Interface to change the disk mod

Running VMware ESX Server109www.vmware.comMonitoring System StatusAll users can get an overview of system status on the overview page of the managemen

1Introduction and System Requirements

Running VMware ESX Server110www.vmware.comnumerical form. To view this information, from the overview page click Configure System, then click Memory U

Running VMware ESX Server111www.vmware.comSetting the MIME Type in Netscape Navigator 4.xIf you are using Netscape Navigator 4.x and want to launch a

Running VMware ESX Server112www.vmware.comSetting the MIME Type in Netscape 6 and MozillaIf you are using Netscape 6 or Mozilla and want to launch a r

Running VMware ESX Server113www.vmware.com5. Highlight Helper Applications. 6. Click New Type….An input dialog is displayed. 7. Fill in the Descriptio

Running VMware ESX Server114www.vmware.comUsing the Remote Console The remote console gives you a direct window into an individual virtual machine run

Running VMware ESX Server115www.vmware.comRunning a Virtual Machine Using the Remote Console When you view your virtual machine through a remote conso

Running VMware ESX Server116www.vmware.comWhen VMware Tools for Windows is running, the VMware Tools icon appears in the system tray

Running VMware ESX Server117www.vmware.comVMware Tools Settings The following description of the settings for VMware Tools is based on a Windows 2000

Running VMware ESX Server118www.vmware.com4. The Shrink tab lets you prepare to export a virtual disk to VMware GSX Server using the smallest possible

Running VMware ESX Server119www.vmware.comInstalling New Software Inside the Virtual Machine Installing new software in an ESX Server virtual machine

Introduction and System Requirements12www.vmware.comIntroduction and System RequirementsThe following sections introduce VMware ESX Server and list th

Running VMware ESX Server120www.vmware.comSuspending and Resuming Virtual MachinesYou can save the current state of your virtual machine. Then the res

Running VMware ESX Server121www.vmware.comShutting Down a Virtual Machine The following steps are based on using a Windows 2000 or Windows NT guest op

Running VMware ESX Server122www.vmware.comRebooting or Shutting Down the ServerTo reboot or shut down the computer where ESX Server is running, take t

Running VMware ESX Server123www.vmware.com3. Click the Reboot/Halt System link.

Running VMware ESX Server124www.vmware.com4. Click the appropriate link to reboot or halt the system.5. Enter the reason for the reboot or halt. This

Running VMware ESX Server125www.vmware.comUsing SNMP with ESX ServerThis section contains the following information about using SNMP with ESX Server:•

Running VMware ESX Server126www.vmware.comInformation about the Physical ComputerSNMP get variables allow you to monitor a wide variety of items about

Running VMware ESX Server127www.vmware.com• The state of the CD-ROM drive — connected or disconnectedNote: SNMP information is provided for virtual m

Running VMware ESX Server128www.vmware.com2. Select Enable SNMP agent and SNMP trap generation.3. Use the text editor on the page to make any needed c

Running VMware ESX Server129www.vmware.comBy default, the agent starts and runs as a background process. For details on command line options, see the

Introduction and System Requirements13www.vmware.comWelcome to VMware ESX ServerThank you for choosing VMware™ ESX Server™, the virtual machine softwa

Running VMware ESX Server130www.vmware.comSNMP uses community names somewhat like passwords. They are exchanged in clear text in communications betwee

Running VMware ESX Server131www.vmware.comdlmod SNMPVMFloppyCD /usr/lib/vmware/SNMPVMFloppyCD.so dlmod SNMPResCPU /usr/lib/vmware/SNMPResCPU.sodlmod S

Running VMware ESX Server132www.vmware.comthat are assigned exclusively to virtual machines or shared between virtual machines and the console operati

Running VMware ESX Server133www.vmware.comvmware.vmwSystem This group consists of three simple variables providing basic information about the system.

Running VMware ESX Server134www.vmware.comhbaTable — index = <vmIdx, hbaIdx>, a table of disk adapters seen by this virtual machine.hbaTgtTable

Running VMware ESX Server135www.vmware.comfloppyTable — index = <vmIdx, fdIdx>, a table of floppy drives seen by this virtual machine.cdromTable

Running VMware ESX Server136www.vmware.comcpuTable — index = <vmID>, CPU usage by virtual machine.vmware.vmwResources.vmwMemory This group conta

Running VMware ESX Server137www.vmware.comvmwHBATable — index = <hbaIdx>, the disk adapter and target information table.vmware.vmwResources.vmwN

Running VMware ESX Server138www.vmware.comvmware.vmwProductSpecificThis group contains variables categorized into product-specific subgroups.vmware.vm

Running VMware ESX Server139www.vmware.comvmware.vmwOIDThere are no variables in this group. This group is used to allocate a unique identifier for th

Introduction and System Requirements14www.vmware.comESX Server lets you transform physical computers into a pool of logical computing resources. You c

Running VMware ESX Server140www.vmware.comBacking Up Virtual MachinesYour backup strategy depends on how you want to protect your data and recover fro

Running VMware ESX Server141www.vmware.comNote: You can also use a virtual machine to run the server component of a client-server backup product, pro

Running VMware ESX Server142www.vmware.commachines in the event of a full system loss or data loss due to failure of unprotected disks. However, these

Running VMware ESX Server143www.vmware.comYou can combine these approaches with the ESX Server redo log API (described in Providing Optimum Data Integ

Running VMware ESX Server144www.vmware.comThe VMware Guest Operating System ServiceWhen you install VMware Tools in a virtual machine, the VMware gues

Running VMware ESX Server145www.vmware.comIn addition, the guest service can synchronize the date and time between the guest and console operating sys

Running VMware ESX Server146www.vmware.comIf you receive an event log message saying, “You will need to power off or reset the virtual machine at this

Running VMware ESX Server147www.vmware.comPassing a String from the Console Operating System to the Guest Operating System With ESX Server and knowled

Running VMware ESX Server148www.vmware.comThen launch a virtual machine using this configuration file. 2. Retrieve the machine.id string in the virtua

4Guest Operating Systems

Introduction and System Requirements15www.vmware.comWhat’s New in Version 1.5Scale to the Largest Server PlatformsVMware ESX Server now supports up to

Guest Operating Systems150www.vmware.comGuest Operating SystemsThis section provides information on the following:• Installing Guest Operating Systems

Guest Operating Systems151www.vmware.comInstalling Guest Operating SystemsGuest operating system installation instructions assume you are using a remo

Guest Operating Systems152www.vmware.comWindows 2000 Installation GuidelinesWindows 2000 server versions can be installed in a virtual machine using t

Guest Operating Systems153www.vmware.comWindows NT Installation GuidelinesWindows NT 4.0 can be installed in a virtual machine using the standard Wind

Guest Operating Systems154www.vmware.comRed Hat Linux 7.3 Installation GuidelinesThe easiest method of installing Red Hat Linux 7.3 in a virtual machi

Guest Operating Systems155www.vmware.com6. In the Package Group Selection screen, select Software Development. If you select Select individual package

Guest Operating Systems156www.vmware.comRed Hat Linux 7.1 and 7.2 Installation GuidelinesThe easiest method of installing Red Hat Linux 7.1 or 7.2 in

Guest Operating Systems157www.vmware.com3. Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine. Be sure to make the choices outlined in

Guest Operating Systems158www.vmware.comRed Hat Linux 7.0 Installation Guidelines The easiest method of installing Red Hat Linux 7.0 in a virtual mach

Guest Operating Systems159www.vmware.com5. Near the end of the installation, after files have been copied, you reach the Monitor Setup screen. Choose

Introduction and System Requirements16www.vmware.comgives you the option of running a secure terminal application to carry out command line tasks remo

Guest Operating Systems160www.vmware.comRed Hat Linux 6.2 Installation Guidelines The easiest method of installing Red Hat Linux 6.2 in a virtual mach

Guest Operating Systems161www.vmware.comNote: If the virtual machine’s Ethernet adapter has been enabled, the installation program automatically dete

Guest Operating Systems162www.vmware.comSuSE Linux 7.3 Installation Guidelines The easiest method of installing SuSE Linux 7.3 in a virtual machine is

Guest Operating Systems163www.vmware.com10. Run YaST to configure networking in the guest.yast11. Run SaX2 and configure X to set the screen resolutio

Guest Operating Systems164www.vmware.comFreeBSD 4.5 Installation GuidelinesBefore installing the operating system, be sure that you have already creat

Guest Operating Systems165www.vmware.comTo use FreeBSD 4.5 in your virtual machine, you can set the disk geometry by hand when installing FreeBSD. To

Guest Operating Systems166www.vmware.comIn the above illustration, the virtual disk is a 2055MB disk with 2055 cylinders, 64 heads and 32 sectors per

Guest Operating Systems167www.vmware.comThe VMware Guest Operating System Service When you install VMware Tools in a virtual machine, the VMware guest

5Console Operating System and VMkernel

Introduction and System Requirements17www.vmware.comSystem Requirements Server Hardware Requirements Minimum • Processor: Intel® Pentium® II 500MHz an

Console Operating System and VMkernel170www.vmware.comConsole Operating System and VMkernelThe following sections provide reference information about

Console Operating System and VMkernel171www.vmware.comCharacteristics of the VMware Console Operating System The purpose of the VMware Console Operati

Console Operating System and VMkernel172www.vmware.comthe console operating system unless your DNS server can handle the host name translation.

Console Operating System and VMkernel173www.vmware.comLoading and Unloading the VMkernelThe VMkernel Loader The program vmkloader loads or unloads the

Console Operating System and VMkernel174www.vmware.comConfiguring Your Server to Use VMkernel Device Modules Loading VMkernel Device Modules The insta

Console Operating System and VMkernel175www.vmware.comOptions -l --list List out the current modules loaded. If the -l option is given, other argument

Console Operating System and VMkernel176www.vmware.comExamples vmkload_mod ~/modules/e100.o vmnic debug=5loads the module ~/modules/e100.o into the VM

Console Operating System and VMkernel177www.vmware.comEthernet card assigned to the VMkernel is given the name vmnic0 and the two SCSI cards assigned

Console Operating System and VMkernel178www.vmware.comcontains a comment line containing the keyword MANUAL-CONFIG. Otherwise, the configuration is ob

6Configuring and Running Virtual Machines

Introduction and System Requirements18www.vmware.comSimilarly, you should provide enough RAM for all of the virtual machines plus the console operatin

Configuring and Running Virtual Machines180www.vmware.comConfiguring and Running Virtual MachinesThis section contains the following:• Configuring Vir

Configuring and Running Virtual Machines181www.vmware.comConfiguring Virtual Machines This section contains the following:• Using VMkernel Devices on

Configuring and Running Virtual Machines182www.vmware.comThere may also be situations when you want to create virtual machines that are more complex t

Configuring and Running Virtual Machines183www.vmware.comscsi0.present = TRUEscsi0.virtualDev = vmxbuslogic scsi0:2.present = TRUEscsi0:2.name = vmhba

Configuring and Running Virtual Machines184www.vmware.comappend modes. You can change the disk mode setting on the Edit VM Configuration page of the V

Configuring and Running Virtual Machines185www.vmware.comscsi0.present = TRUEscsi0.virtualDev = buslogic scsi0:1.present = TRUEscsi0:1.fileName = virt

Configuring and Running Virtual Machines186www.vmware.comRecommended Configuration Options This section details options that can influence the perform

Configuring and Running Virtual Machines187www.vmware.comModifying the SMBIOS UUIDEach ESX Server virtual machine is automatically assigned a universa

Configuring and Running Virtual Machines188www.vmware.comIf the automatically generated UUID matches the value of uuid.location, ESX Server checks for

Configuring and Running Virtual Machines189www.vmware.com3. Use the VMware Management Interface to create a new virtual machine configuration and set

Introduction and System Requirements19www.vmware.comRemote Management Workstation Requirements The remote workstation is a Windows NT 4.0, Windows 200

Configuring and Running Virtual Machines190www.vmware.comSuspending and Resuming Virtual Machines This section contains the following:• Setting the Su

Configuring and Running Virtual Machines191www.vmware.comWhen you change the directory where the suspended state file for a virtual machine is stored,

Configuring and Running Virtual Machines192www.vmware.com3. Next to Repeatable Resume, click On to enable the repeatable resume feature.4. Power on th

Configuring and Running Virtual Machines193www.vmware.comAuthentication and Security Features This section contains the following:• Authenticating Use

Configuring and Running Virtual Machines194www.vmware.com• The user must have read access to the configuration file to use the local console on the co

Configuring and Running Virtual Machines195www.vmware.comto allow access on the appropriate ports. The lists below show which ports are available when

7Disks

Disks198www.vmware.comDisksThis section provides the following information:• File System Management on SCSI Disks and RAID on page 199• Using vmkfstoo

Disks199www.vmware.comFile System Management on SCSI Disks and RAID The VMFS file system is a simple, high-performance file system on physical SCSI di

Please note that you will always find the most up-to-date technical docu-mentation on our Web site at http://www.vmware.com/support/.The VMware Web si

Introduction and System Requirements20www.vmware.comSupported Guest Operating Systems • Windows® 2000 (any server version) • Windows NT® 4.0 — Service

Disks200www.vmware.comnumber specifies the partition. If the partition number is zero, the whole disk is implied; otherwise, the indicated partition i

Disks201www.vmware.com-R --recoverRecover a VMFS file system (that is accessible by multiple ESX servers) when other vmkfstools commands indicate that

Disks202www.vmware.comvirtual disk. Since the console operating system has a maximum file size of 2GB, this command is not useful for large disk image

Disks203www.vmware.comswap file. If the specified length is different from the length of the existing swap file, the length of the swap file is change

Disks204www.vmware.comvmkfstools -l vmhba0:2:0:0List the contents of the file system on target 2 of SCSI adapter 0. vmkfstools -X 8000M vms:win2000.ds

Disks205www.vmware.comNaming VMFS File Systems If you create a VMFS file system on a SCSI disk or partition, you can give a name to that file system a

Disks206www.vmware.comUtility to Mount VMFS File Systems mount-vmfs is a program that mounts VMFS (VMware ESX Server File System) file systems. It is

Disks207www.vmware.comThe reported file length of all VMFS files (disk images) is 512 bytes longer than the disk image. The additional 512 bytes conta

Disks208www.vmware.comDetermining SCSI Target IDs In order to assign SCSI drives to a virtual machine, you need to know which controller the drive is

Disks209www.vmware.comnum: Start Size Type4: 1 17526914 fbPartition 0:VM 11Commands 2Kbytes read 0Kbytes written 0Commands aborted 0Bus resets 0

Introduction and System Requirements21www.vmware.comLegacy Devices Virtual machines may also make use of the following legacy devices. However, for pe

Disks210www.vmware.comSharing the SCSI BusNormally, VMware ESX Server enforces locking and does not allow two virtual machines to access the same virt

Disks211www.vmware.comWhen a shared disk is used for high availability purposes, the current machine that is running the application and using the sha

Disks212www.vmware.comUsing Storage Area Networks with ESX ServerVMware ESX Server can be used effectively with storage area networks (SANs). ESX Serv

Disks213www.vmware.comonly to a single server at a time. Choose shared to make the VMFS partition available to virtual machines on multiple physical s

Disks214www.vmware.comyou prepare to suspend or resume the virtual machine, you must ensure that the appropriate VMFS file system is mounted on /vmfs.

8Networking

Networking216www.vmware.comNetworkingThis section contains the following:• Setting the MAC Address Manually for a Virtual Machine on page 217• How VMw

Networking217www.vmware.comSetting the MAC Address Manually for a Virtual Machine VMware ESX Server automatically generates MAC addresses for the virt

Networking218www.vmware.comWhen the algorithm generates the last 24 bits of the MAC address, the first 16 bits are set to the same values as the last

Networking219www.vmware.comavoid conflict with MAC addresses that are generated by the VMware Workstation and VMware GSX Server products. Thus the max

Introduction and System Requirements22www.vmware.comTechnical Support ResourcesThe VMware Web SiteThe latest technical support and troubleshooting not

Networking220www.vmware.comThe VMkernel Network Card Locator When network interface cards are assigned to the VMkernel, sometimes it is difficult to m

Networking221www.vmware.comForcing the Network Driver to Use a Specific SpeedThe VMkernel network device drivers start with a default setting of 100Mb

Networking222www.vmware.comForcing a Virtual Adapter to Use Promiscuous ModeFor security reasons, guest operating systems are not normally allowed to

Networking223www.vmware.coma different network, such as vmnet_0, make the appropriate substitution in the command.

Networking224www.vmware.comSharing Network Adapters and Virtual Networks In many ESX Server configurations, there is a clear distinction between netwo

Networking225www.vmware.comprovide access to them from the console operating system, you would use the following command to install the vmxnet_console

Networking226www.vmware.comContinuing with the example from the previous section, you can append the following lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local: insmod vmx

Networking227www.vmware.comIf the original line isalias eth0 e100edit it to be # alias eth0 e100 This disables eth0 on the console operating system wh

Networking228www.vmware.comPerformance Tuning for Heavy Network LoadsIf your virtual machines have heavy network loads composed of many connections, y

Networking229www.vmware.comRecommended range: 1000–10000NetRXClusterDelayOnThis parameter specifies how sensitive to changes in traffic rate the VMker

Introduction and System Requirements23www.vmware.comgenerates a core dump and error log. More serious problems in the VMkernel can freeze the machine

Networking230www.vmware.comLowering the value of this parameter decreases the CPU overhead of the traffic rate sampling when the network adapter is in

9Resource Management

Resource Management232www.vmware.comResource ManagementThis section contains the following:• CPU Resource Management on page 234• Proportional-share S

Resource Management233www.vmware.com• Disk Bandwidth Management on page 257• Managing Disk Bandwidth from the Management Interface on page 258• Managi

Resource Management234www.vmware.comCPU Resource Management VMware ESX Server provides dynamic control over both the execution rate and the processor

Resource Management235www.vmware.comrunning on the server so the console operating system’s 1,000 shares represent a greater or smaller proportion of

Resource Management236www.vmware.comManaging CPU Resources from the Management InterfaceYou may also change settings from the Resource Editor page of

Resource Management237www.vmware.com/proc/vmware/vm/<id>/cpu/shares Reading from this file reports the number of shares allocated to the virtual

Resource Management238www.vmware.comThis indicates that virtual machine 103 is currently allocated 1,000 shares. To change the number of shares alloca

Resource Management239www.vmware.comMemory Resource Management VMware ESX Server provides dynamic control over the amount of physical memory allocated

Resource Management240www.vmware.comand maximum constraints, provided they are both actively using the memory they have been allocated.Admission Contr

Resource Management241www.vmware.comexample, a virtual machine that has twice as many shares as another is entitled to consume twice as much memory, s

Resource Management242www.vmware.comreclaim and, if necessary, swaps them to its own virtual disk. The guest operating system must be configured with

Resource Management243www.vmware.comManaging Memory Resources from the Management InterfaceOn the server’s Overview page, click Manage Resources. The

Resource Management244www.vmware.comdepends on the amount of available swap space. The default minimum size is 50 percent of the specified maximum vir

Resource Management245www.vmware.comWriting the string realloc to this file causes an immediate memory reallocation. Memory is normally reallocated pe

Resource Management246www.vmware.com/proc/vmware/config/MemCtlMaxPercentThis ESX Server option limits the maximum amount of memory that may be reclaim

Resource Management247www.vmware.comThe Server Summary section at the top shows systemwide information. The Virtual Machine Summary section below it s

Resource Management248www.vmware.comIn this example, the virtual machine with ID 103 is running the vmmemctl driver and is not currently blocked waiti

Resource Management249www.vmware.comSizing Memory on the ServerThese guidelines are intended to help system administrators determine an appropriate am

2Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server

Resource Management250www.vmware.comVirtual Machine MemoryEach virtual machine consumes memory based on its configured size, plus additional overhead

Resource Management251www.vmware.comMemory Utilization page (Overview > Configure System > Memory Utilization; you must be logged in as root to

Resource Management252www.vmware.com512MB of memory. The native memory requirement with eight physical servers is 8 * 512MB = 4GB.To consolidate these

Resource Management253www.vmware.comNetwork Bandwidth Management VMware ESX Server supports network traffic shaping with the nfshaper loadable module.

Resource Management254www.vmware.comManaging Network Bandwidth from the Console Operating System/proc/vmware/filters/status This file contains network

Resource Management255www.vmware.combucket controls peak bandwidth during bursts. Each nfshaper instance can accept parameters to control average bps,

Resource Management256www.vmware.comThe same procfs node can also be used to issue commands supported by the nfshaper class. For example, you can dyna

Resource Management257www.vmware.comDisk Bandwidth ManagementESX Server provides dynamic control over the relative amount of disk bandwidth allocated

Resource Management258www.vmware.comManaging Disk Bandwidth from the Management InterfaceTo change disk bandwidth settings from the management interfa

Resource Management259www.vmware.com<nshares> shares. The valid range of values for <nshares> is 0 to 100000, enabling a large range of al

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server26www.vmware.comInstalling, Configuring and Upgrading ESX ServerThe following sections describe how to

Resource Management260www.vmware.comWriting a number <nshares> to this file changes the number of disk bandwidth shares allocated to the virtual

10Glossary

Glossary262www.vmware.comGlossaryAppend mode — When software running in the virtual machine writes to a disk used in append mode, the changes appear t

Glossary263www.vmware.comthe disk; 2) discard the changes, thus restoring the disk to its previous state; or 3) keep the changes, so that further chan

AAppendix A: I/O Adapter Compatibility Guide

Appendix A: I/O Adapter Compatibility Guide266www.vmware.comI/O Adapter Compatibility GuideVMware ESX Server has an architecture that delivers high pe

Appendix A: I/O Adapter Compatibility Guide267www.vmware.comVMware may add support for drivers and devices between releases of the product; check the

Appendix A: I/O Adapter Compatibility Guide268www.vmware.comAdaptec SCSI AdaptersThe ESX Server Adaptec driver is based on the Linux aic7xxx version 5

Appendix A: I/O Adapter Compatibility Guide269www.vmware.com• AAA-113xRAID Port Card• AIC-7810(motherboard chip set)• AHA-174x• AHA-1542• AHA-152x• AI

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server27www.vmware.com• Setting File Permissions on Existing Virtual Disk Files on page 89• Updating Virtual

Appendix A: I/O Adapter Compatibility Guide270www.vmware.comLSI Logic (Symbios, NCR) Based SCSI AdaptersMost SCSI adapters based on the LSI Logic Symb

Appendix A: I/O Adapter Compatibility Guide271www.vmware.com• SYM22902 Ultra2 MiniHAB — SYM53C895A/SYM53C895• SYM22910 PCI-to-Dual Ultra2 SCSI — SYM53

Appendix A: I/O Adapter Compatibility Guide272www.vmware.comEmulex Fibre Channel AdaptersThe ESX Server driver is based on the Linux port of the Emule

Appendix A: I/O Adapter Compatibility Guide273www.vmware.comDell PercRAID RAID ControllersVMware ESX Server supports two classes of PercRAID branded c

Appendix A: I/O Adapter Compatibility Guide274www.vmware.comlisting of Intel and OEM models which have been based on these chip sets. You should check

Appendix A: I/O Adapter Compatibility Guide275www.vmware.com• Intel(R) PRO/100 S Combo Mobile Adapter• Intel(R) PRO/100 SR Combo Mobile Adapter• Intel

Appendix A: I/O Adapter Compatibility Guide276www.vmware.com3Com EtherLink PCI III/XL Series Ethernet NICsESX Server supports many 3Com Ethernet NICs.

Appendix A: I/O Adapter Compatibility Guide277www.vmware.com• Farallon — PN9000sx• Netgear — GA620 Gigabit Ethernet Card• Netgear — GA620T Copper Giga

BAppendix B: The OpenSSL Toolkit License

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server28www.vmware.comInstalling the Software on the Server This installation guide steps you through the pr

Appendix B: The OpenSSL Toolkit License280www.vmware.comThe OpenSSL Toolkit LicenseThe licence agreement for the usage of the OpenSSL utility included

Appendix B: The OpenSSL Toolkit License281www.vmware.comTHIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE OpenSSL PROJECT “AS IS” AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTI

Appendix B: The OpenSSL Toolkit License282www.vmware.com3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the foll

283www.vmware.comAAccessSNMP controls 129to configuration file 193Accessibilityof virtual disks 210VMFS 48, 56Affinity set 235APIPerl 142, 147Appenddi

Index284www.vmware.comLinux reboot commands 146shutting down and restart-ing a virtual machine 145guestd 167HHardwareinstalling on server 86Heartbeatm

Index285www.vmware.comRed Hat Linux 6.2installing as guest operating system 160Red Hat Linux 7.0installing as guest operating system 158Red Hat Linux

Index286www.vmware.comexporting 118on console operating system 184sharing 210Virtual machineconfiguring 181creating 59deleting from VMware Man-agement

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server29www.vmware.com• The host name for the server, including the full domain name for the server, if appl

Table of Contents3www.vmware.comIntroduction and System Requirements __________________________ 11Introduction and System Requirements _____________

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server30www.vmware.com• As root, mount the CD.mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom• Put a floppy disk in the floppy d

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server31www.vmware.comIf you prefer, and if you are installing the console operating system on a hard drive

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server32www.vmware.com• The third partition should have a mount point of /, a size of about 1800MB and a typ

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server33www.vmware.comUsing the Setup Wizard to Configure Your Server A Web-based Setup Wizard guides you th

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server34www.vmware.com4. Start the wizard by clicking the VMware ESX Server Setup Wizard link at the top of

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server35www.vmware.com5. Confirm that the defaults in the Basic Information section are appropriate for your

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server36www.vmware.comIncrease this to 192MB for eight virtual machines, 272MB for 16 virtual machines, 384M

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server37www.vmware.commachines. If you assign the first adapter to be used by virtual machines, the console

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server38www.vmware.com9. After the server has rebooted, click Next to NIC Configuration to configure speed a

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server39www.vmware.com10. The default setting for the network adapters is 100Mbps, full duplex. Accept the d

4www.vmware.comAccepting the Security Certificate from ESX Server _____________________83Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 ____________________________

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server40www.vmware.com12. Read the ESX Server license agreement, then click Accept to accept it. 13. Enter y

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server41www.vmware.com15. If necessary, change the server start-up setting. In most cases, the defaults are

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server42www.vmware.com17. Select the security level for the VMware ESX Server machine and the network traffi

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server43www.vmware.comThe Custom Security Configuration page lets you customize your settings for encrypting

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server44www.vmware.comEnter the information you want to include in your security certificate, then click Sav

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server45www.vmware.comConfiguring Storage for Virtual Machine FilesDetails of the next steps in configuring

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server46www.vmware.comUsing an Entire SCSI Disk or RAID Array for Virtual Machines If you have a SCSI disk o

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server47www.vmware.comThe VMFS partition provides high-performance access to the virtual machine’s files — e

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server48www.vmware.comthe device to a different machine. Enter the logical name in the field under VMFS Name

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server49www.vmware.com3. Accept the defaults or make any needed changes to the swap file configuration. The

5www.vmware.comConfiguring the ESX Server SNMP Agent __________________________ 129Configuring SNMP Management Software ________________________131Co

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server50www.vmware.com4. The page refreshes, showing the new configuration settings.Click Next to VM Wizard

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server51www.vmware.comSharing a SCSI Drive or RAID Array with the Console Operating System In this example,

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server52www.vmware.com2. First add a small core dump partition. The core dump partition stores information g

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server53www.vmware.comChange the number in the Last cylinder field to +50M (be sure to include the + sign) t

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server54www.vmware.com6. Select Save partition table. 7. Click Perform Action. Note: At this point, your ch

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server55www.vmware.com8. Locate the table row with information about the VMware partition you just created.

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server56www.vmware.com9. You should assign a logical name to the VMFS partition. Choose a name that makes it

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server57www.vmware.comtime. Choose Shared to make the VMFS partition available to virtual machines on multip

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server58www.vmware.com11. The page refreshes, showing the new configuration settings.Click Next to VM Wizard

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server59www.vmware.comCreating a New Virtual Machine The Virtual Machine Wizard guides you through the basic

6www.vmware.comConfiguring Your Server to Use VMkernel Device Modules ______________174Loading VMkernel Device Modules _____________________________

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server60www.vmware.com2. Choose the guest operating system for your virtual machine. Corresponding default e

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server61www.vmware.comallows you to distinguish this virtual machine from others you have created or plan to

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server62www.vmware.com• Nonpersistent: All changes to a disk in nonpersistent mode are discarded when a virt

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server63www.vmware.comIf you need help determining which network adapter is associated with a particular dev

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server64www.vmware.com5. The confirmation page includes information on some basic configuration settings for

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server65www.vmware.com7. To see additional details about a virtual machine, click the virtual machine’s name

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server66www.vmware.com8. To change settings for your virtual machine, be sure the virtual machine is powered

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server67www.vmware.comTop section of page for editing a virtual machine configurationThe Registered check bo

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server68www.vmware.comBottom section of page for editing a virtual machine configurationWhen you are finishe

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server69www.vmware.comFor more information, see Editing a Virtual Machine’s Configuration Remotely on page 9

7www.vmware.comThe VMkernel Network Card Locator _______________________________220Forcing the Network Driver to Use a Specific Speed _______________

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server70www.vmware.comInstalling a Guest Operating System and VMware Tools This section describes the follow

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server71www.vmware.comNote: When you are installing a guest operating system on a new virtual disk, you may

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server72www.vmware.cominformation. On a Linux host, expand the SCSI Drives tree and click the name of the dr

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server73www.vmware.comInstalling VMware Tools and the Network Driver in the Guest Operating System This sect

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server74www.vmware.com• If you configured this virtual machine to use the vmxnet network driver, open the Wi

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server75www.vmware.comVirtual Ethernet Adapter is displayed in the Select OEM Option dialog. The VMware netw

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server76www.vmware.comInstalling VMware Tools and the Network Driver in a Linux Guest 1. Choose Settings >

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server77www.vmware.com7. If you wish, start X and your graphical environment and launch the VMware Tools bac

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server78www.vmware.comInstalling VMware Tools in a FreeBSD Guest 1. Choose Settings > VMware Tools Instal

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server79www.vmware.comPreparing to Use the Remote Management Software You can manage VMware ESX Server from

8www.vmware.comMore Information ____________________________________________252Network Bandwidth Management _________________________________253Using

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server80www.vmware.comTo remove a virtual machine from the list, use this command:vmware-control -s unregist

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server81www.vmware.comInstalling the Remote Console Software Use the package that corresponds to the operati

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server82www.vmware.comFor information on running virtual machines from the remote console, see Using the Rem

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server83www.vmware.comAccepting the Security Certificate from ESX ServerThe first time you use a Web browser

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server84www.vmware.comNetscape Navigator 4.7x on a Windows Management Workstation1. A New Site Certificate d

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server85www.vmware.com4. View the fraud warning, then click Next.5. Click Finish to complete the process and

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server86www.vmware.comInstalling Additional Hardware on the ServerInstalling Hardware for Use by Virtual Mac

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server87www.vmware.comUpgrading from a Previous Version of ESX ServerBefore You Install ESX Server 1.5There

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server88www.vmware.comUpgrading from ESX Server 1.1 to ESX Server 1.5To upgrade from ESX Server 1.1 to ESX S

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server89www.vmware.com2. Reboot the computer and log in as root. 3. At the first installer screen, choose Up

9www.vmware.comOriginal SSLeay License _______________________________________ 281Index ______________________________________________________ 283

Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server90www.vmware.comAlternatively, on the console operating system, you can use the vmkfstools command, or

3Running VMware ESX Server

Running VMware ESX Server92www.vmware.comRunning VMware ESX ServerThe following sections describe various aspects of running ESX Server:• Using the VM

Running VMware ESX Server93www.vmware.com• Synchronizing the Time Between the Guest and Console Operating Systems on page 144• Shutting Down and Resta

Running VMware ESX Server94www.vmware.comUsing the VMware Management Interface The following sections describe how to use the management interface:To

Running VMware ESX Server95www.vmware.comThe information and controls in the VMware Management Interface are arranged in columns containing symbols, s

Running VMware ESX Server96www.vmware.comItem DescriptionHold the mouse over the icon to display a menu of options for the virtual machine, or click t

Running VMware ESX Server97www.vmware.comIn addition, the following buttons appear on most or all of the pages in the management interface.Update – Th

Running VMware ESX Server98www.vmware.comHelp – This button connects you to the main page for ESX Server online documentation. Create VM – This button

Running VMware ESX Server99www.vmware.comEditing a Virtual Machine’s Configuration RemotelyYou can edit a virtual machine’s configuration file remotel