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www.vmware.com10Using Virtual Switches __________________________________________373Choosing a Network Label _____________________________________373

www.vmware.com108VMware ESX Server Administration Guide• Configuring a Virtual Machine’s Hardware on page 116• Setting Standard Virtual Machine Config

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines109The CPU page shows how much of the server processor or processors ea

www.vmware.com110VMware ESX Server Administration GuideModifying CPU ValuesThese values can be modified. Click Edit. For information on changing CPU s

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines111• Used Memory — value which represents the amount of memory allocate

www.vmware.com112VMware ESX Server Administration GuideUnderstanding Resource ValuesThe values under Resources indicate a range of system memory to wh

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines113Configuring a Virtual Machine’s Disk UsageTo review and configure th

www.vmware.com114VMware ESX Server Administration Guide• Memory Affinity — if displayed, represent the NUMA nodes on the ESX Server system to which th

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines115The Network page also indicates whether traffic shaping is enabled.

www.vmware.com116VMware ESX Server Administration Guide3. Specify the average bandwidth. In the Average Bandwidth field, specify the average value for

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines117Most hardware can be configured only when the virtual machine is pow

11Automatic NUMA Optimizations ________________________________420Manual NUMA Optimizations __________________________________420Sizing Memory on th

www.vmware.com118VMware ESX Server Administration Guide• Connecting to a Virtual Machine with the VMware Remote Console on page 94• Using the Virtual

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines1195. Enter the location of the drive or floppy image in the Location f

www.vmware.com120VMware ESX Server Administration GuideConfiguring a Virtual Machine’s Memory and Virtual ProcessorsYou can change how much memory to

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines1211. In the Hardware page, under Processors and Memory, click Edit. Th

www.vmware.com122VMware ESX Server Administration GuideNote: If you use vmxnet in a Windows or Linux virtual machine, the virtual network device is n

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines1231. In the Hardware page, under SCSI Controller, click Edit. The SCSI

www.vmware.com124VMware ESX Server Administration Guide• Undoable: When you use undoable mode, you have the option later of keeping or discarding chan

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines125If the virtual disk is a physical disk on a LUN, the following windo

www.vmware.com126VMware ESX Server Administration Guided. Choose the disk mode. Under Disk Mode, click Persistent, Nonpersistent, Undoable or Append.•

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines127Configuring a Virtual Machine’s Generic SCSI DeviceYou can configure

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www.vmware.com128VMware ESX Server Administration GuideAdding a Virtual Disk to a Virtual MachineTo add a new virtual disk to a virtual machine, make

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines129• Click Blank to create a new virtual disk. Then specify the followi

www.vmware.com130VMware ESX Server Administration Guide• Click Existing to add an existing virtual disk to the virtual machine. Then specify the follo

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines131• Click System LUN/Disk to allow the virtual machine to access a phy

www.vmware.com132VMware ESX Server Administration Guide2. Click Network Adapter. The Network Adapter page appears.3. In the Device Binding list, selec

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines1332. Click DVD/CD-ROM. The cdrom page appears.3. To connect this virtu

www.vmware.com134VMware ESX Server Administration GuideAdding a Virtual Floppy Drive to a Virtual MachineIf your server contains a floppy drive, you c

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines1355. Enter the location of the drive or floppy image in the Location f

www.vmware.com136VMware ESX Server Administration Guide5. Specify the virtual device node. Select the appropriate SCSI ID in the Virtual SCSI Node lis

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines1373. Click Generic SCSI Device. The SCSI Device page appears.4. To con

CHAPTER 121Introduction to VMware ESX ServerThis VMware ESX Server Administration Guide provides information on how to use VMware ESX ServerTM once it

www.vmware.com138VMware ESX Server Administration GuideSetting Standard Virtual Machine Configuration OptionsTo review and modify basic information ab

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines139information to VMware support to help troubleshoot any problems you

www.vmware.com140VMware ESX Server Administration Guide• Continue Stopping Other Virtual Machines After — the amount of time to wait after stopping th

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines141Changing Configuration OptionsTo change any of these options:1. Powe

www.vmware.com142VMware ESX Server Administration Guide1. Under Verbose Options, click the link. The Options window appears.2. Click Add.3. A prompt a

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines1435. Click OK in the Options window to save the change to the configur

www.vmware.com144VMware ESX Server Administration GuideViewing a List of Connected UsersTo see a list of users that are connected to a virtual machine

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines145• Changing the Power State of a Virtual Machine on page 96• Using Co

www.vmware.com146VMware ESX Server Administration GuideWhen you perform an action within the management interface that prompts the virtual machine to

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines147Modifying Virtual Machine PeripheralsA virtual machine’s peripheral

www.vmware.com22VMware ESX Server Administration GuideVMware ESX Server System ArchitectureVMware ESX Server incorporates a resource manager and a ser

www.vmware.com148VMware ESX Server Administration Guide1. On the Options tab for the virtual machine, click the link under Verbose Options. 2. Click A

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines149Using Parallel Ports in a Virtual MachineTo connect the virtual mach

www.vmware.com150VMware ESX Server Administration Guidestarts, the guest operating system may detect new virtual hardware and install drivers for it.

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines151To reconfigure the virtual machine so it starts with the first seria

www.vmware.com152VMware ESX Server Administration Guidelog. You can also commit the changes to the main virtual disk file using the commit option in v

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines153Deleting a Virtual Machine Using the VMware Management InterfaceYou

www.vmware.com154VMware ESX Server Administration Guide4. All the files that are to be deleted are listed. For each disk file not associated with anot

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines155Managing ESX Server ResourcesFor information on managing server reso

www.vmware.com156VMware ESX Server Administration GuideConfiguring VMware ESX ServerTo configure certain VMware ESX Server settings, on the Status Mon

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines157Logging Out of the VMware Management InterfaceWhen you are ready to

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to VMware ESX Server23inside a virtual machine) can never directly determine which specific underlying physical resources they

www.vmware.com158VMware ESX Server Administration GuideUsing the Apache Web Server with the Management InterfaceOn VMware ESX Server, an Apache server

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines159Setting a MIME Type to Launch the VMware Remote ConsoleFrom a browse

www.vmware.com160VMware ESX Server Administration Guidechmod +x vmware-console-helper.sh3. Use the browser to connect to the server you want to manage

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines161Editing a Virtual Machine’s Configuration File DirectlyThere are two

www.vmware.com162VMware ESX Server Administration GuideIf, however, you change the guest operating system on a virtual machine with a BusLogic or LSI

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines163Using the VMware Management Interface File ManagerUsing the VMware M

www.vmware.com164VMware ESX Server Administration GuideSome file and folder icons have special meanings.To perform an action on a file or folder (dire

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines165this means a virtual disk larger than 2GB will be split into multipl

www.vmware.com166VMware ESX Server Administration Guide• A letter, corresponding to the letter at the top of the column (read, write or execute), indi

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines167For example, if a configuration file is /home/foo/vms/win2k/win2k.vm

www.vmware.com24VMware ESX Server Administration GuideDisk VirtualizationSupport of disk devices in ESX Server is an example of the product’s hardware

www.vmware.com168VMware ESX Server Administration GuideRegistering and Unregistering Virtual MachinesESX Server requires that each virtual machine&apo

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines1692. On the Status Monitor page, click Manage Files. The file manager

www.vmware.com170VMware ESX Server Administration GuideRunning Many Virtual Machines on ESX Server If you plan to run or register more than 60 virtual

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines171renice -15 -p <httpd_process_ID> 5. Verify that you can log in

www.vmware.com172VMware ESX Server Administration GuideIncreasing Memory for the vmware-serverd ProcessAs root, use a text editor and add the followin

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines173Avoiding Management Interface Failures when Many Virtual Machines Ar

www.vmware.com174VMware ESX Server Administration GuideBacking Up Virtual MachinesYour backup strategy depends on how you want to protect your data an

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines175Note: You can also use a virtual machine to run the server componen

www.vmware.com176VMware ESX Server Administration Guideservers, consider using some level of application integration so you can be sure your backups h

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines177network I/O level and the CPU requirements to service that network I

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to VMware ESX Server25Private Virtual Ethernet Networks (VMnets)VMnet connections may be used for high-speed networking between

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CHAPTER 4179Using the VMware Remote ConsoleThe following sections describe various aspects of using the VMware Management Interface:• Starting the Rem

www.vmware.com180VMware ESX Server Administration GuideUsing the Remote ConsoleThe remote console gives you a direct window into an individual virtual

CHAPTER 4 Using the VMware Remote Console1813. When the connection is made, a dialog box displays the paths to the configuration files of virtual mac

www.vmware.com182VMware ESX Server Administration Guidemanagement workstation, the appearance of the toolbar is somewhat different, but the same funct

CHAPTER 4 Using the VMware Remote Console183From a remote console, you can choose from the following options when powering on a virtual machine:• Pow

www.vmware.com184VMware ESX Server Administration Guidevirtual machine may be adversely affected. Clicking the Reset button on the toolbar resets the

CHAPTER 4 Using the VMware Remote Console185• VMware Tools icon display in the taskbar — If you choose not to display the VMware Tools icon in the sy

www.vmware.com186VMware ESX Server Administration GuideChoosing Scripts for VMware Tools to Run During Power State ChangesThrough VMware Tools, you ca

CHAPTER 4 Using the VMware Remote Console187• To disable the running of a script, uncheck the Use Script check box.3. Click Apply to save your settin

www.vmware.com26VMware ESX Server Administration GuideVirtualization at a GlanceESX Server virtualizes the resources of the physical system for use by

www.vmware.com188VMware ESX Server Administration GuideViewing Information About VMware ToolsOn the About tab, you see general information about VMwar

CHAPTER 4 Using the VMware Remote Console1891. Be sure you have started the virtual machine and, if necessary, logged on. Check the Devices menu to b

www.vmware.com190VMware ESX Server Administration Guide• With a remote console connected to that virtual machine, click Suspend on the toolbar. • With

CHAPTER 4 Using the VMware Remote Console191Shutting Down a Virtual MachineThe following steps are based on using a Windows 2000 or Windows NT guest

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CHAPTER 5193Using the VMware Service Console The following sections describe various aspects of using the VMware Service Console:• Characteristics of

www.vmware.com194VMware ESX Server Administration GuideCharacteristics of the VMware Service Console The purpose of the VMware service console is to s

C H A P T E R 5 Using the VMware Service Console195Managing the Service ConsoleThe command summary in this section provides an introduction to the

www.vmware.com196VMware ESX Server Administration GuideManaging a VMware ESX Server File SystemThe vmkfstools command lets you create and manipulate f

C H A P T E R 5 Using the VMware Service Console197Common Linux Commands Used on the Service ConsoleThe service console runs a modified version of

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to VMware ESX Server27Service ConsoleService Console FunctionsThe ESX Server system management functions and interfaces are imp

www.vmware.com198VMware ESX Server Administration Guidels List the files in the current directory.ls -alList all (-a) the files in the current directo

C H A P T E R 5 Using the VMware Service Console199Finding and Viewing FilesCommand Example and Explanationcat Concatenate the contents of files an

www.vmware.com200VMware ESX Server Administration GuideManaging the Computer and Its UsersThe root user or super user (su) can run all of these comman

C H A P T E R 5 Using the VMware Service Console201groupadd Add a new group.groupadd newgroupAdd a group named newgroup to the system.hostname Disp

www.vmware.com202VMware ESX Server Administration GuideSetting File Permissions and OwnershipFiles and directories on the service console can have rea

C H A P T E R 5 Using the VMware Service Console203named User. The word User in the fourth column indicates the file’s owner is a member of a group

www.vmware.com204VMware ESX Server Administration GuideSwitching User NamesThe proc File SystemThe proc file system is a set of directories, beginning

C H A P T E R 5 Using the VMware Service Console205Note: The contents and format of the /proc/vmware directory may change between releases of ESX

www.vmware.com206VMware ESX Server Administration GuideGetting Help for Service Console CommandsDetailed usage notes for most service console commands

C H A P T E R 5 Using the VMware Service Console207Authentication and Security Features This section contains the following:• Authenticating Users

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www.vmware.com28VMware ESX Server Administration Guide• Authentication daemon (vmauthd) — Authenticates remote users of the management interface and r

www.vmware.com208VMware ESX Server Administration Guide• The user must have read access to the configuration file to use the local console on the serv

C H A P T E R 5 Using the VMware Service Console209itself (mui.crt) and the private key file (mui.key). The private key file should be readable onl

www.vmware.com210VMware ESX Server Administration Guide• 111 – portmap, used by the NFS client when mounting a drive on a remote machineLow Security•

C H A P T E R 5 Using the VMware Service Console211Using Devices With ESX ServerIn this section, we discuss any considerations in using devices wit

www.vmware.com212VMware ESX Server Administration GuideThe -query option of vmkpcidivy reports various ESX Server configuration details. For example,

C H A P T E R 5 Using the VMware Service Console213Enabling Users to View Virtual Machines Through the VMware Remote ConsoleThe default security se

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CHAPTER 6215Administering ESX Server ESX Server configuration can be viewed and modified through the VMware Management Interface. This section provide

www.vmware.com216VMware ESX Server Administration GuideModifying VMware ESX ServerTo modify the ESX Server configuration:1. Log in to the VMware Manag

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server217• Configuring Storage Area Networks on page 232• Adapter Bindings on page 238• Viewing Failover Paths Connection

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to VMware ESX Server29Using VMware ESX ServerVMware ESX Server contains many features to help you manage your virtual machines’

www.vmware.com218VMware ESX Server Administration GuideUpdating the Startup ProfileUse the Startup Profiles option to create and modify ESX Server boo

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server219enable this feature. For more information on Hyper-Threading, see Using Hyper-Threading on page 393.If you make

www.vmware.com220VMware ESX Server Administration Guide5. Other Outbound Adapters lists the adapters currently assigned to other switches. Select an a

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server2212. Click the Options tab, then click the Network Connections tab. The Virtual Switches window opens.3. To create

www.vmware.com222VMware ESX Server Administration GuideConfiguring Physical AdaptersUse the Network Connections option to view and configure the physi

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server223From the Physical Adapters details page, choose the settings you want from the Configured Speed, Duplex pull-dow

www.vmware.com224VMware ESX Server Administration GuideChanging Users and GroupsUse the Users and Groups option to add, modify and remove ESX Server u

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server225Adding Users and GroupsTo add a new user, complete the following steps.1. Expand the Users list. Click the + (pl

www.vmware.com226VMware ESX Server Administration Guide1. Expand the Groups list. Click the + (plus) sign next to Groups, then click Add. The Edit Use

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server227Editing and Removing Users and GroupsTo change information for or remove a user, complete the following steps.1.

www.vmware.com30VMware ESX Server Administration GuideDecide how to organize your virtual machine configuration files.The default location for these f

www.vmware.com228VMware ESX Server Administration Guide1. Expand the Groups list. Click the + (plus) sign next to Groups, then click the group you wan

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server229Configuring Security SettingsUse the Security Settings option to configure ESX Server security properties. You c

www.vmware.com230VMware ESX Server Administration GuideUsing Custom Security SettingsBy customizing your security settings, you can enable or disable

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server231Configuring the SNMP AgentUse the SNMP Configuration option to configure the ESX Server SNMP agent and sub-agent

www.vmware.com232VMware ESX Server Administration GuideViewing the License and Changing Serial NumbersUse the Licensing and Serial Numbers option to v

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server233Note: Be sure that only one ESX Server system has access to the SAN while you are using the VMware Management I

www.vmware.com234VMware ESX Server Administration GuideCreating a Disk PartitionYou can use any existing free space on your VMFS volumes to create new

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server235If it does not exist, you are asked if you want to create a core dump partition.The core dump partition stores i

www.vmware.com236VMware ESX Server Administration GuideEditing a Disk PartitionSelect a partition to edit and click Edit.ESX Server 2.1 includes a new

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server237With a public VMFS version 2 (VMFS-2) volume, multiple ESX Server computers can access the VMware ESX Server fil

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to VMware ESX Server31Set user and group permissions for the owner of a virtual machine.Log into the management interface and c

www.vmware.com238VMware ESX Server Administration GuideFor more information, see File System Management on SCSI Disks and RAID on page 255.• Convert t

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server239Viewing Failover Paths ConnectionsThe Failover Paths page allows you to review the current state of paths betwee

www.vmware.com240VMware ESX Server Administration GuideConfiguring Failover PoliciesThe failover paths edit feature allows you to configure the policy

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server241Configuring a Swap FileUse the Swap Configuration option to create and configure a swap file, which enables your

www.vmware.com242VMware ESX Server Administration Guide• The name of the swap file, which defaults to SwapFile.vswp. To change the name of the swap fi

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server243When you configure the VMware ESX Server computer (see the VMware ESX Server Installation Guide), various system

www.vmware.com244VMware ESX Server Administration GuideConfiguring the Service Console’s Processor UsageTo review and configure the service console’s

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server245That is, the virtual machine has three times as much CPU time as the service console, as long as the virtual mac

www.vmware.com246VMware ESX Server Administration GuideThe Disk page shows hard disk performance information and resources allocated to the service co

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server247• Service Console messages, the data for which is gathered from /var/log/messages in the service console. For mo

www.vmware.com32VMware ESX Server Administration GuideThe following table includes tasks from the VMware Management Interface for a virtual machine us

www.vmware.com248VMware ESX Server Administration GuideViewing VMkernel MessagesTo view the VMkernel message log, click the VMkernel Log tab.

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server249This information is useful if you are experiencing problems with ESX Server or your virtual machines. If your lo

www.vmware.com250VMware ESX Server Administration GuideViewing Service Console LogsTo view service console messages, click the Service Console Log tab

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server251This information is useful if you are experiencing problems with ESX Server or your virtual machines. If your lo

www.vmware.com252VMware ESX Server Administration GuideThe availability report contains useful information about server uptime and downtime. This incl

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server253Seeing How Memory Is UtilizedThe Memory Utilization page shows how much memory is being used by the ESX Server a

www.vmware.com254VMware ESX Server Administration GuideMemory• Memory Savings Due to Sharing — amount of memory saved by sharing memory between virtua

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server255Memory• Private — total memory allocated to virtual machines that is not shared• Shared — total memory allocated

www.vmware.com256VMware ESX Server Administration Guide• Active — memory that has been accessed recently by the virtual machine• Swap I/O— rate at whi

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server257Configuring Startup and Shutdown Options for Virtual MachinesUsing the system-wide Virtual Machine Startup and S

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to VMware ESX Server33Working With ESX ServerThis section includes information on maintenance tasks, performance enhancements,

www.vmware.com258VMware ESX Server Administration GuideNote: The when VMWare Tools starts option applies an additional condition for starting up the

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server2592. Under System Configuration, click Edit. The System Startup and Shutdown Defaults page appears.3. To enable sy

www.vmware.com260VMware ESX Server Administration Guidenumber of minutes other than what is displayed in the list, select Other and enter the number o

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server261Disabling the System’s Configuration SettingsTo disable the system-wide configuration settings, complete the fol

www.vmware.com262VMware ESX Server Administration GuideEditing the Startup Sequence for Virtual MachinesTo edit the startup sequence for virtual machi

CHAPTER 6 Administering ESX Server263Rebooting or Shutting Down the ServerTo reboot or shut down the computer where ESX Server is running:1. Log in t

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CHAPTER 7265Using SNMP with ESX Server Simple network management protocol (SNMP) is a communication protocol between the SNMP client (for example, a w

www.vmware.com266VMware ESX Server Administration GuideUsing SNMP to Monitor the Computer Running ESX ServerESX Server ships with an SNMP agent that a

C H A P T E R 7 Using SNMP with ESX Server267Information about the Virtual MachinesSNMP get variables allow you to monitor a number of items about

www.vmware.com34VMware ESX Server Administration GuideThe following table includes ESX Server performance-related tasks for an Administrator (root use

www.vmware.com268VMware ESX Server Administration Guidevmware-serverd. You may restart vmware-serverd by rebooting the server or by logging in to the

C H A P T E R 7 Using SNMP with ESX Server269Setting Up and Installing for ESX Server SNMP Setting Up VMware ESX Server SNMP ESX Server 2.1 include

www.vmware.com270VMware ESX Server Administration GuideThen, configure your SNMP trap destinations. See Configuring SNMP Trap Destinations on page 274

C H A P T E R 7 Using SNMP with ESX Server271Configuring the ESX Server AgentConfiguring the ESX Server Agent through the VMware Management Interfa

www.vmware.com272VMware ESX Server Administration Guide5. Make sure that the status of the master SNMP agent is Running. 6. If you’re interested in VM

C H A P T E R 7 Using SNMP with ESX Server273export of ESX Server MIB items after installing the third party management application. The script con

www.vmware.com274VMware ESX Server Administration GuideConfiguring SNMPConfiguring SNMP Trap DestinationsCurrently, you cannot configure trap destinat

C H A P T E R 7 Using SNMP with ESX Server275security mechanism that allow an administrator to set up a more elaborate permissions scheme. See the

www.vmware.com276VMware ESX Server Administration GuideVMware ESX Server SNMP VariablesThe VMware enterprise tree is at .iso.dod.org.internet.private.

C H A P T E R 7 Using SNMP with ESX Server277hbaTable — a table of disk adapters seen by this virtual machine.hbaTgtTable — a table of SCSI targets

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to VMware ESX Server35The following table includes some general troubleshooting information.Be sure there is sufficient swap sp

www.vmware.com278VMware ESX Server Administration GuidecdromTable — a table of CD-ROM drives seen by this virtual machine.vmware.vmwResourcesThis grou

C H A P T E R 7 Using SNMP with ESX Server279vmware.vmwResources.vmwMemory This group contains RAM information in three simple variables and one ta

www.vmware.com280VMware ESX Server Administration GuidevmwNetTable — network adapter statistics.vmware.vmwProductSpecificThis group contains variables

C H A P T E R 7 Using SNMP with ESX Server281vmware.vmwOIDThere are no variables in this group. This group is used to allocate a unique identifier

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CHAPTER 8283Using VMkernel Device ModulesThe ESX Server virtualization layer, also known as the VMkernel, runs on the native hardware. It manages all

www.vmware.com284VMware ESX Server Administration GuideConfiguring Your Server to Use VMkernel Device Modules Loading VMkernel Device Modules The inst

C H A P T E R 8 Using VMkernel Device Modules285-u <module-binary> --unload <module-binary> Unload the module named <module-binary&g

www.vmware.com286VMware ESX Server Administration Guidevmkload_mod --device 0:12 ~/modules/aic7xxx.o vmhbaloads the module ~/modules/aic7xxx.o into th

C H A P T E R 8 Using VMkernel Device Modules287adapters that are shared and load the device module appropriately. However, if you wish to control

www.vmware.com36VMware ESX Server Administration GuideCan’t connect to the VMware Remote Console.Check to see if there has been a loss in IP connectiv

www.vmware.com288VMware ESX Server Administration GuideControlling VMkernel Module Loading During BootupYou can customize the loading of VMkernel devi

C H A P T E R 8 Using VMkernel Device Modules289Customizing Loading of VMkernel Device Driver Modules on BootupYou can completely customize the loa

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CHAPTER 9291Storage and File SystemsThis chapter contains information about SCSI disks. These disks may be accessed by local SCSI adapters, or on a St

www.vmware.com292VMware ESX Server Administration GuideFile System Management on SCSI Disks and RAIDVMFS (VMware ESX Server File System) is a simple,

C H A P T E R 9 Storage and File Systems293Viewing and Manipulating Files in the /vmfs DirectoryYou can view and manipulate files under /vmfs in th

www.vmware.com294VMware ESX Server Administration GuideLabelling VMFS Volumes If you create a VMFS volume on a SCSI disk or partition, you can give a

C H A P T E R 9 Storage and File Systems295VMFS Accessibility on a SANAny VMFS volume on a disk that is on a SAN should have VMFS accessibility set

www.vmware.com296VMware ESX Server Administration GuideUsing vmkfstoolsThe vmkfstools command supports the creation of a VMware ESX Server file system

C H A P T E R 9 Storage and File Systems297For example, you can specify a VMFS volume by a path such as:/vmfs/vmhba1:2:0:3You can also specify a si

CHAPTER 237Creating and Configuring Virtual MachinesThe following sections describe how to create and configure virtual machines and install the VMwar

www.vmware.com298VMware ESX Server Administration Guide• Specify the block size by using the -b option. The block size must be 2x (a power of 2) and a

C H A P T E R 9 Storage and File Systems299Note: However, your original source redo log(s) and base virtual disk remain unchanged.• If you want to

www.vmware.com300VMware ESX Server Administration GuideSets the name of the VMFS on the specified SCSI device-S --setfsname <fsName>You can see

C H A P T E R 9 Storage and File Systems301Note: A VMFS volume that is used for failover-based clustering should have its mode set to shared. Writ

www.vmware.com302VMware ESX Server Administration GuideDisplays Disk Geometry for a VMware Workstation or GSX Server Virtual Disk-g -- geometry <vi

C H A P T E R 9 Storage and File Systems303The -L reserve command reserves the specified raw disk, or the disk containing the specified VMFS volume

www.vmware.com304VMware ESX Server Administration GuideYou can resize an existing swap file by specifying the new file size as an argument to the -k o

C H A P T E R 9 Storage and File Systems305Note: If you have an active swap partition, you must deactivate it before running this command. Deactiv

www.vmware.com306VMware ESX Server Administration GuideYou can address the file system by using the name of its head partition; for example, vmhba1:3:

C H A P T E R 9 Storage and File Systems307vmkfstools -i winXP.vmdk vmhba0:6:0:1:winXP.dskBy contrast, if you are importing directly into a raw par

Table of Contents3Introduction to VMware ESX Server ______________________________ 21VMware ESX Server System Architecture _________________________

www.vmware.com38VMware ESX Server Administration GuideCreating a New Virtual MachineYou can create new virtual machines from within the VMware Managem

www.vmware.com308VMware ESX Server Administration GuideAccessing Raw SCSI DisksYou can access raw disks directly or use the vmkfstools -r command to m

C H A P T E R 9 Storage and File Systems3093. Click Add Device. The Add Device Wizard starts.4. Click Hard Disk. The Virtual Disk Type page appears

www.vmware.com310VMware ESX Server Administration Guide5. Click System LUN/Disk to allow the virtual machine to access a physical disk stored on a LUN

C H A P T E R 9 Storage and File Systems311Determining SCSI Target IDs In order to assign SCSI disks to a virtual machine, you need to know which c

www.vmware.com312VMware ESX Server Administration GuidePartition Info:Block size: 512Num Blocks: 17783240num: Start Size Type4: 1 17526914 fbPartiti

C H A P T E R 9 Storage and File Systems313Sharing the SCSI BusNormally, VMware ESX Server enforces locking and does not allow two virtual machines

www.vmware.com314VMware ESX Server Administration GuideAlso, if the bus sharing is Physical, commands that reserve, reset or release a shared virtual

C H A P T E R 9 Storage and File Systems315Using Storage Area Networks with ESX ServerVMware ESX Server can be used effectively with storage area n

www.vmware.com316VMware ESX Server Administration GuideConfiguring VMFS Volumes on SANsBe sure that only one ESX Server has access to the SAN while yo

C H A P T E R 9 Storage and File Systems317Note: If you are using multipathing with multiple FC HBAs, then you should run this command on all of t

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines392. Click Add Virtual Machine. The Add Virtual Machine wizard starts.3. Choose the guest

www.vmware.com318VMware ESX Server Administration GuideThe DiskMaskLUNs configuration option allows the masking of specific LUNs on specific HBAs. Mas

C H A P T E R 9 Storage and File Systems319Troubleshooting SAN Issues with ESX ServerYou can view LUNs through the VMware Management Interface or v

www.vmware.com320VMware ESX Server Administration GuideUsing Persistent BindingYou can specify persistent bindings for your Fibre Channel host bus ada

C H A P T E R 9 Storage and File Systems321Example Output for a QLogic HBA#cat /proc/scsi/<FC_SCSI_driver>/<adapter_number>...SCSI Devi

www.vmware.com322VMware ESX Server Administration GuideExamples Using the pbind.pl ScriptThis example adds bindings for all QLogic 2200 hosts.pbind.pl

C H A P T E R 9 Storage and File Systems323Using Multipathing in ESX ServerESX Server 2.1 includes multipathing support to maintain a constant conn

www.vmware.com324VMware ESX Server Administration GuideChoosing Path Management ToolsESX Server allows you to configure and manage multipath access to

C H A P T E R 9 Storage and File Systems325vmhba0:2:4 onvmhba1:0:4 onvmhba1:1:4 onvmhba1:2:4 onDisk vmhba0:0:6 (0 MB) has 6

www.vmware.com326VMware ESX Server Administration GuideSetting Your Multipathing Policy for a LUNYou can specify the default policy for the multipathi

C H A P T E R 9 Storage and File Systems327Note: ESX Server ignores the preferred path when the multipathing policy is set to mru.Saving Your Mult

www.vmware.com40VMware ESX Server Administration GuideWhen you are ready to proceed, click Next.4. In the Processors list, choose the number of virtua

www.vmware.com328VMware ESX Server Administration GuideFailover in Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 Guest Operating SystemsFor the Windows 2000 an

CHAPTER 10329Configuration for ClusteringESX Server clustering capabilities are ideally suited for development, testing and training applications. Any

www.vmware.com330VMware ESX Server Administration GuideWhat Is Clustering?Clustering is simply described as providing a service via a group of servers

C H A P T E R 1 0 Configuration for Clustering331Clustering HardwareA typical clustering setup includes:• Disks that are shared between nodesThese

www.vmware.com332VMware ESX Server Administration GuideClustering Virtual Machines Clustering Software in Virtual MachinesNetwork Load Balancing, Micr

C H A P T E R 1 0 Configuration for Clustering333Cluster across Boxes — This type of cluster also consists of virtual machines. The virtual disks a

www.vmware.com334VMware ESX Server Administration GuideCost-effective Standby Host — Provide a standby host for multiple physical machines on one stan

C H A P T E R 1 0 Configuration for Clustering335• One or more virtual disks that will be shared attached to the secondary SCSI host adapterImporta

www.vmware.com336VMware ESX Server Administration Guide5. Change the Location of the virtual machine configuration file to /home/<user>/vmware/c

C H A P T E R 1 0 Configuration for Clustering337Note: Shared disks must be attached to a separate SCSI controller. Select SCSI 1:18. By default,

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines41When you are ready to proceed, click Next.5. Choose the type of virtual disk you want to

www.vmware.com338VMware ESX Server Administration Guide6. Accept all the default options during the installation. Do not install the clustering servic

C H A P T E R 1 0 Configuration for Clustering339Creating the Second Node Virtual MachineCreate a new virtual machine as follows:1. On the manageme

www.vmware.com340VMware ESX Server Administration Guide8. By default the disk mode is set to persistent. Click Persistent to verify the disk mode.9. C

C H A P T E R 1 0 Configuration for Clustering3414. Start the Disk Administrator and change both shared disks to basic disks.5. Format both shared

www.vmware.com342VMware ESX Server Administration Guide25. Stop the cluster service on the local node (from Cluster Manager, right-click the node name

C H A P T E R 1 0 Configuration for Clustering343For this exercise the VMFS partition for the internal storage on each ESX Server computer is label

www.vmware.com344VMware ESX Server Administration Guideconfigured for public access. In order to support clustering, the VMFS partition needs to be co

C H A P T E R 1 0 Configuration for Clustering345This sets the transfer mode to binary. If you use text transfer mode, the virtual disk may not be

www.vmware.com346VMware ESX Server Administration GuideIn order for the virtual machine to access a physical disk, the instructions in the Virtual Dis

C H A P T E R 1 0 Configuration for Clustering347example installation above), always put these virtual disks in the same MSCS resource group. That

www.vmware.com42VMware ESX Server Administration Guidea. Choose the location for the new virtual disk. In the VMFS Volume list, choose the volume on w

www.vmware.com348VMware ESX Server Administration GuideRunning Microsoft Cluster ServiceMicrosoft Cluster Service should operate normally in the virtu

C H A P T E R 1 0 Configuration for Clustering349In a public VMFS-2 volume, locking is at a per-file level, resulting in fewer locking issues. Howe

www.vmware.com350VMware ESX Server Administration Guidemachine cluster that is running across physical machines, reservations by the clustering softwa

C H A P T E R 1 0 Configuration for Clustering351Network Load BalancingWhat Is Network Load Balancing?Network Load Balancing is a Windows 2000 Adva

www.vmware.com352VMware ESX Server Administration Guide8. Change Memory to show the amount of RAM you want to allocate to this virtual machine.9. Clic

C H A P T E R 1 0 Configuration for Clustering3534. Click Power On.5. Install Windows 2000 Advanced Server on the disk connected to scsi0.6. Accept

www.vmware.com354VMware ESX Server Administration GuideCloning the Virtual Machine, an Alternate Method1. Run sysprep.exe, which is available on the W

C H A P T E R 1 0 Configuration for Clustering3559. Retrieve the virtual disk file: get cluster1.dskThis transfers a copy of the virtual disk to th

www.vmware.com356VMware ESX Server Administration GuideNetwork Device Configuration — You need to add another network adapter that the cluster nodes w

C H A P T E R 1 0 Configuration for Clustering35710. On the Cluster Parameters tab, configure cluster operations using these parameters:• Primary I

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines43• Click Existing to add an existing virtual disk to the virtual machine. Then specify th

www.vmware.com358VMware ESX Server Administration GuideGuidelines for Specific ConfigurationsConfiguring FAStT Storage for Failover and Multipath Visi

C H A P T E R 1 0 Configuration for Clustering3593. In Enterprise Management, choose Tools > Execute Script. The Script Editor opens.4. In the S

www.vmware.com360VMware ESX Server Administration Guide

CHAPTER 11361NetworkingThis section contains the following:• Setting the MAC Address Manually for a Virtual Machine on page 362• The VMkernel Network

www.vmware.com362VMware ESX Server Administration GuideSetting the MAC Address Manually for a Virtual Machine VMware ESX Server automatically generate

CHAPTER 11 Networking363Once the MAC address has been generated, it does not change, unless the virtual machine is moved to a different location; for

www.vmware.com364VMware ESX Server Administration GuideUsing MAC AddressesThe easiest way to familiarize yourself with MAC addresses is to set the MAC

CHAPTER 11 Networking365The VMkernel Network Card Locator When network interface cards are assigned to the VMkernel, sometimes it is difficult to map

www.vmware.com366VMware ESX Server Administration GuideExamples findnic vmnic0 10.2.0.5 10.2.0.4 Binds VMkernel device vmnic0 to IP address 10.2.0.5 a

CHAPTER 11 Networking367Forcing the Network Driver to Use a Specific SpeedThe VMkernel network device drivers start with a default setting of Autonego

www.vmware.com44VMware ESX Server Administration Guide• Click System LUN/Disk to allow the virtual machine to access a physical disk stored on a LUN.

www.vmware.com368VMware ESX Server Administration GuideEnabling a Virtual Adapter to Use Promiscuous ModeFor security reasons, guest operating systems

CHAPTER 11 Networking369Sharing Network Adapters and Virtual NetworksIn many ESX Server configurations, there is a clear distinction between networkin

www.vmware.com370VMware ESX Server Administration Guideinsmod vmxnet_console devName=”vmnic1;vmnet_0”The devName parameter is a comma-separated list o

CHAPTER 11 Networking371Another method is to set up the files /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth2

www.vmware.com372VMware ESX Server Administration Guideconfiguration you want to change. Find the table row that lists the Ethernet controller assigne

CHAPTER 11 Networking373Using Virtual SwitchesESX Server allows you to create abstracted network devices called virtual ethernet switches. Each virtua

www.vmware.com374VMware ESX Server Administration GuideWhen you choose a network connection for a virtual machine, ESX Server links it to the associat

CHAPTER 11 Networking375Choosing a Load Balancing ModeYou can choose one of three modes for determining how ESX Server distributes traffic among the n

www.vmware.com376VMware ESX Server Administration GuideSelect a primary adapter by setting the home_link option for a virtual switch:1. Log into the S

CHAPTER 11 Networking377the failure threshold will the server identify a link as disconnected and switch to another adapter.By default, the beacon fai

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines45Installing a Guest Operating System and VMware Tools This section describes the followin

www.vmware.com378VMware ESX Server Administration GuideUsing Beacon Monitoring with a Port GroupYou can enable beacon monitoring for a port group with

CHAPTER 11 Networking379TroubleshootingIf, while booting your virtual machine, you see an error message stating that the Ethernet device cannot be det

www.vmware.com380VMware ESX Server Administration Guide

CHAPTER 12381VMware ESX Server Resource ManagementVMware ESX Server allows you to optimize the performance of your virtual machines by managing a virt

www.vmware.com382VMware ESX Server Administration GuideThis chapter contains the following sections:• Virtual Machine Resource Management on page 383•

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management383Virtual Machine Resource ManagementESX Server uses a proportional share mechanism to allo

www.vmware.com384VMware ESX Server Administration GuideUsing ESX Server Resource VariablesThe majority of this chapter describes the different paramet

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management385• Automatic NUMA Optimizations on page 420• Manual NUMA Optimizations on page 420• Sizing

www.vmware.com386VMware ESX Server Administration GuideImproving PerformanceBefore deploying all your virtual machines, we suggest that you create a l

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management387If the problem is VMkernel swapping, then check and make sure VMware Tools is installed.

www.vmware.com46VMware ESX Server Administration GuideIf you are using image files, you should connect the virtual machine’s CD-ROM or floppy drives t

www.vmware.com388VMware ESX Server Administration GuideCPU Resource ManagementVMware ESX Server provides dynamic control over both the execution rate

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management389CPU shares entitle a virtual machine to a relative fraction of CPU resources. For example

www.vmware.com390VMware ESX Server Administration GuideFor example, if one of your virtual machines is running an important application, you can speci

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management391You can modify CPU shares and affinity sets dynamically at any time by using the procfs i

www.vmware.com392VMware ESX Server Administration Guideincrease the minimum CPU percentage or the number of CPU shares to allocated more CPU to the se

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management393Using Hyper-ThreadingEnabling Hyper-Threading in ESX ServerYou should enable Hyper-Thread

www.vmware.com394VMware ESX Server Administration GuideManaging Virtual Machine CPU ResourcesYou can manage CPU resources from the VMware Management I

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management3953. Click Edit. The CPU Resource Settings page appears.4. Enter the desired settings, then

www.vmware.com396VMware ESX Server Administration Guidesched.cpu.min = <min> This configuration file option specifies a minimum CPU reservation

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management397operating with the shared system resources provided by Hyper-Threading, and can reduce pe

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines47• Prepare your virtual machine to install VMware Tools. Choose Settings > VMware Tool

www.vmware.com398VMware ESX Server Administration GuideWriting a number <n> to this file changes the number of shares allocated to the virtual m

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management399/proc/vmware/sched/cpu Reading from this file reports the status information for all virt

www.vmware.com400VMware ESX Server Administration Guide2000 To query the affinity set for virtual machine 103, simply read the file: cat /proc/vmware/

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management401The System Summary section at the top shows systemwide information. The Virtual Machines

www.vmware.com402VMware ESX Server Administration GuideIn this example, ID 137 is an SMP virtual machine with two virtual CPUs. The output shows stati

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management403Memory Resource ManagementVMware ESX Server provides dynamic control over the amount of p

www.vmware.com404VMware ESX Server Administration Guidesystem performance, see Improving Slow Performance on Virtual Machines on page 387.• Its maximu

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management405times that of low. For example, a virtual machine with high shares has twice as many shar

www.vmware.com406VMware ESX Server Administration GuideSimilarly, while memory reservations are used for admission control, actual memory allocations

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management407The MemIdleTax configuration option provides explicit control over the policy for reclaim

www.vmware.com4Third Party Software Compatibility __________________________________76Configuring a Virtual Machine for Use with Citrix MetaFrame XP

www.vmware.com48VMware ESX Server Administration Guide2. During the installation, two Hardware Installation messages appear, stating that the VMware S

www.vmware.com408VMware ESX Server Administration Guidequickly enough to satisfy current system demands. Standard demand paging techniques swap pages

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management409memory than it would when running on physical machines. As a result, higher levels of ove

www.vmware.com410VMware ESX Server Administration GuideManaging Virtual Machine MemoryYou can manage virtual machine memory from the VMware Management

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management411You must log in as root in order to change resource management settings using either the

www.vmware.com412VMware ESX Server Administration Guidememory should be allocated on the specified NUMA node. For more information, see Associating Fu

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management413/proc/vmware/memReading from this file reports the maximum size with which a new virtual

www.vmware.com414VMware ESX Server Administration Guidean allocation policy that allows idle memory to be reallocated away from virtual machines that

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management415Monitoring Memory StatisticsThe VMware Management Interface provides information on the c

www.vmware.com416VMware ESX Server Administration GuideThe preceding output is shown with additional line breaks, in order to avoid wrapping long line

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management417automatically when you install VMware Tools in the guest operating system. The system use

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines49• If you configured this virtual machine to use the vmxnet network driver, choose Start

www.vmware.com418VMware ESX Server Administration GuideUsing Your NUMA SystemESX Server 2.1 includes additional support for machines that are based on

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management419The system type indicates the hardware for your NUMA system (in this case, an IBM x445 se

www.vmware.com420VMware ESX Server Administration GuideAn example output is:The preceding output indicates that the virtual machine, with the specifie

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management421There are two NUMA options you may set manually:• CPU affinity — See the following sectio

www.vmware.com422VMware ESX Server Administration GuideNote: If you manually set CPU affinity by one of the preceding options, then ESX Server automa

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management423Example of Binding a Virtual Machine to a Single NUMA Node on an 8-way ServerThe followin

www.vmware.com424VMware ESX Server Administration GuideSizing Memory on the ServerThese guidelines are intended to help system administrators determin

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management425Virtual Machine MemoryEach virtual machine consumes memory based on its configured size,

www.vmware.com426VMware ESX Server Administration GuideTo determine the effectiveness of memory sharing for a given workload, try running the workload

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management427Example: Web Server ConsolidationSuppose that you are using ESX Server to consolidate eig

www.vmware.com50VMware ESX Server Administration Guide3. Untar the VMware Tools tar file in /tmp and install it. cd /tmptar zxf vmware-linux-tools.tar

www.vmware.com428VMware ESX Server Administration GuideManaging Network Bandwidth VMware ESX Server supports network traffic shaping with the nfshaper

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management4293. Click Edit. The Network Resource Settings page appears.4. Enter the desired settings,

www.vmware.com430VMware ESX Server Administration GuideReading from a file reports status information for the filter instance in a class-defined forma

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management431This attaches a traffic shaper with average bandwidth of 1Mbps, peak bandwidth of 2Mbps a

www.vmware.com432VMware ESX Server Administration GuideManaging Disk Bandwidth ESX Server provides dynamic control over the relative amount of disk ba

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management433Managing Disk Bandwidth from the Management InterfaceYou may also view and change setting

www.vmware.com434VMware ESX Server Administration Guide3. Click Add to add a new configuration parameter or click in the text field to edit an existin

C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management435Reading from this file reports the number of disk bandwidth shares allocated to the virtu

www.vmware.com436VMware ESX Server Administration Guide

437IndexAAccessto configuration file 207Accessibilityof virtual disks 313Affinity set 390Apache serverand the VMware Management Inter-face 158APIVmPer

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines515. When the installation finishes, the message VMware Tools for NetWare are now running

www.vmware.com438DDebug monitor 138Devices 211DHCP 194Directoriesmanaging remotely 163Directorycreating 166Disk bandwidthmanaging from the management

439ISO disc image file 132KKerberos 207LLDAP 207Legacy modevirtual machines 67Linuxinstalling VMware Tools in 49Load balancing 375logs 246availability

www.vmware.com440NIC teaming ??–379NIS 207Nodein clustering configuration 330Nonpersistentdisk mode 123NUMA node 418–423automatic optimization 420manu

441Shaping network traffic 430SharesCPU 389memory 404of CPU time 391Sharingdisks in clustering configuration 334virtual disks 313sharing the SCSI bus

www.vmware.com442display name 39exporting 298Hyper-Threading 109ID number 94importing 299legacy mode 67monitoring with SNMP 267registering 74shutting

443VMware Virtual SMP 40, 120VMware Workstationmigrating virtual machines 67vmware-authd 207TCP/IP port 209vmware-device.map.local file 211vmxnet netw

www.vmware.com444

www.vmware.com52VMware ESX Server Administration Guide• Execute commands in the virtual machine when it is requested to halt or reboot the guest opera

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines53Shutting Down and Restarting a Virtual Machine ESX Server can signal the guest service t

www.vmware.com54VMware ESX Server Administration Guidewhere hard, soft or trysoft specifies the behavior of the power operation <powerop_mode>.

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines55scsi0:1.mode = "persistent"machine.id = "the_id_for_my_first_vm"<

www.vmware.com56VMware ESX Server Administration Guideisolation.tools.machine.id.get.disable = TRUE

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines57Using PXE with Virtual MachinesYou can use a preboot execution environment (commonly kno

5Configuring a Virtual Machine’s Disk Usage ________________________113Configuring a Virtual Machine’s Networking Settings ________________114Configu

www.vmware.com58VMware ESX Server Administration Guide• Remote installation of a supported guest operating system from a Ghost image using Windows 200

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines59Configuring a Virtual Machine to Use the LSI Logic SCSI AdapterESX Server virtual machin

www.vmware.com60VMware ESX Server Administration Guide2. Do one of the following:• If you are adding the LSI Logic adapter to a new virtual machine th

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines61Configuring the LSI Logic SCSI Adapter in a Windows Guest Operating SystemBefore you beg

www.vmware.com62VMware ESX Server Administration Guide5. Remove the LSI Logic adapter you added previously by removing these lines:scsi1.present = &qu

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines632. Create a new initial RAM disk for the running kernel.mkinitrd --preload mptbase/boot/

www.vmware.com64VMware ESX Server Administration GuideImporting, Upgrading and Exporting Virtual MachinesImporting, upgrading and exporting virtual ma

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines65First you must configure the virtual machine to use more than one virtual processor. Use

www.vmware.com66VMware ESX Server Administration GuideMigrating Older ESX Server Virtual MachinesYou can use virtual machines created with versions of

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines67• winNetStandard (Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition) • winNetEnterprise (Windows Serv

www.vmware.com6Using Network-based Replication Tools __________________________176Using the VMware Remote Console _____________________________ 179U

www.vmware.com68VMware ESX Server Administration GuideFirst you need to import the virtual disks and any redo logs to the server and create a new virt

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines69Disk Geometry Failures When Importing GSX Server Virtual MachinesIf you used vmkfstools

www.vmware.com70VMware ESX Server Administration GuidePath Name Failures When Importing GSX Server Virtual MachinesPlain disks used with virtual machi

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines71On a Linux host, expand the SCSI Drives tree and click the name of the drive you want to

www.vmware.com72VMware ESX Server Administration Guide9. If you imported the virtual machine from ESX Server 1.5.2, GSX Server 2.5.1 or Workstation 3.

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines73You can find an example of how to use the -exportfile option in Examples Using vmkfstool

www.vmware.com74VMware ESX Server Administration GuidePreparing to Use the Remote Management SoftwareYou can manage VMware ESX Server from a remote wo

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines75Installing the Remote Console SoftwareUse the package that corresponds to the operating

www.vmware.com76VMware ESX Server Administration GuideThird Party Software CompatibilityThis section includes any special instructions for using a vir

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines77Executing Scripts When the Virtual Machine’s Power State ChangesYou can run scripts in t

7Configuring the SNMP Agent __________________________________231Viewing the License and Changing Serial Numbers _________________232Configuring Sto

www.vmware.com78VMware ESX Server Administration Guide2. The version of VMware Tools must be updated to the current version. If you are using a virtua

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines79Configuring Virtual MachinesKey configuration settings for an existing virtual machine c

www.vmware.com80VMware ESX Server Administration GuideRecommended Configuration Options This section details options that can influence the performanc

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines81unless they detect a discrete failure to access a primary disk. Reporting that a targete

www.vmware.com82VMware ESX Server Administration GuideIn some circumstances — for example, if you are moving the virtual machine but want to keep the

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines83After adding this option to the configuration file, restart the virtual machine. The new

www.vmware.com84VMware ESX Server Administration GuideEnabling the Physical Hardware’s OEM ID to Be Seen by the Virtual MachineEach virtual machine is

CHAPTER 385Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual MachinesThe following sections describe various aspects of using the VMware Ma

www.vmware.com86VMware ESX Server Administration Guide• Logging Out of the VMware Management Interface on page 157• Using the Apache Web Server with t

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines87Running the VMware Management InterfaceVMware ESX Server provides the

www.vmware.com8Controlling VMkernel Module Loading During Bootup _________________288Customizing Parameters of VMkernel Device Driver Moduleson Bootu

www.vmware.com88VMware ESX Server Administration Guiderecent events. In addition, you can create and delete virtual machines from your browser. These

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines89Configuring the Statistics Period for the VMware Management Interface

www.vmware.com90VMware ESX Server Administration GuideUsing Internet Explorer 6.0 to Access the VMware Management InterfaceIf you intend to run the VM

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines91Connecting to the Management Interface On a Proxy ServerIf your netwo

www.vmware.com92VMware ESX Server Administration GuideLogging Into the VMware Management InterfaceTo use the VMware Management Interface, you should b

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines93Using the Status MonitorThe Status Monitor page contains a high-level

www.vmware.com94VMware ESX Server Administration GuideViewing Summary Information about Virtual Machines on VMware ESX ServerUnder Virtual Machines, y

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines95The terminal icon appears slightly differently, depending upon the gu

www.vmware.com96VMware ESX Server Administration Guideand the location of the suspended state file. With the exception of the display name, you can ed

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines97To change the virtual machine’s power state, click the button that in

9Viewing the Current Multipathing State __________________________324Setting Your Multipathing Policy for a LUN ________________________326Specifyin

www.vmware.com98VMware ESX Server Administration Guide• You can suspend a virtual machine at any desired point in its operation, then lock in the susp

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines99The Options page for this virtual machine appears in a new browser wi

www.vmware.com100VMware ESX Server Administration Guidewith a .vmss extension. This file contains the entire state of the virtual machine. When the vi

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines1012. Next to Virtual Disk, click Edit.3. Click Nonpersistent, then cli

www.vmware.com102VMware ESX Server Administration Guide4. Click the Options tab, then under Verbose Options, click the link. The configuration file op

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines1035. Click Add, then create an option called resume.repeatable and set

www.vmware.com104VMware ESX Server Administration Guideminute before the page was last updated. More detailed processor information is available on th

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines105Using Common ControlsIn addition, the following links appear on most

www.vmware.com106VMware ESX Server Administration GuideConfiguring a Virtual MachineTo see more information about a particular virtual machine and to

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines107Note: The period of time these statistics cover can be modified. Se