• Introduction
    • Additional documentation for VMware ESX Server
    • New features of this release
  • VMware ESX Server help contents
  • Upgrading Your VMware ESX Server Software
    • Upgrading to GSX Server 2.0
    • Uninstalling VMware ESX Server
  • Configuring VMware ESX Server on a host machine
    • Disabling memory checks for virtual machines
    • Grabbing keyboard and mouse input from virtual machines
    • Determining when input is grabbed
    • Enabling copying and pasting to and from the virtual machine
    • Setting the maximum memory allocation for virtual machines
    • Setting the key combination used for hot-key sequences
    • Using hot-key sequences with virtual machines
    • Keyboard Issues
    • Lock files used by virtual machines
    • Memory Use: Host Operating System and virtual machines
    • Sizing the virtual machine window
    • Finding the best resolution for full screen mode
  • Migrating a virtual machine
    • Moving a virtual machine
    • Migrating an older virtual machine
    • Moving files with virtual machines
    • Sharing a virtual machine
  • Starting the VMware Remote Console
  • Creating a new virtual machine
    • Creating a new virtual machine with the Configuration Wizard
    • Selecting a guest operating system
    • Selecting a directory for the virtual machine
    • Configuring network access for the virtual machine
    • Configuring the memory allocated to a virtual machine
    • Selecting a disk type
    • Setting the size of the disk
    • Configuring the CD-ROM
    • Configuring the floppy drive
  • Starting a virtual machine
  • Common functions of the virtual machine
    • Starting and stopping a virtual machine
    • Powering on a virtual machine
    • Powering off a virtual machine
    • Resetting the state of a virtual machine
    • Suspending a virtual machine
    • Resuming a virtual machine
    • Resuming virtual machines repeatedly from the same point
    • Switching between virtual machines and the host
    • Instantly restoring a virtual machine
  • Installing a guest operating system into a virtual machine
    • Installing Windows .NET Server into a virtual machine
    • Windows XP into a virtual machine
    • Installing Windows 2000 into a virtual machine
    • Installing Windows 95 into a virtual machine
    • Installing Windows 98 into a virtual machine
    • Installing Windows Me into a virtual machine
    • Installing Windows NT into a virtual machine
    • Installing DOS or Windows 3.x into a virtual machine
    • Installing Mandrake Linux into a virtual machine
    • Installing Caldera OpenLinux 2.x into a virtual machine
    • Installing Corel Linux OS 1.1, 1.2 into a virtual machine
    • Installing Red Hat Linux into a virtual machine
    • Installing SuSE Linux into a virtual machine
    • Installing FreeBSD into a virtual machine
    • Installing Novell NetWare 6 into a virtual machine
    • Installing Novell NetWare 5 into a virtual machine
    • Installing Novell NetWare 4.x into a virtual machine
    • Installing Novell ZeNWorks into a virtual machine
    • Installing Solaris 7 into a virtual machine
    • Installing a guest operating system onto a raw disk partition
  • Installing applications in a virtual machine
  • Modifying the virtual machine's configuration
    • Setting up hardware profiles
    • Setting up virtual machines on a dual-boot SCSI system
    • Setting up virtual machines on a disk partition
    • Assigning access rights to disk partitions
    • Hiding read only disk partitions
    • Setting up virtual machines on a dual-boot system
    • Setting up virtual machines on a virtual disk
    • Configuring a virtual machine
    • Configuring the automation properties of a virtual machine
    • Running a virtual machine with debugging information
    • Selecting a display name for the virtual machine
    • Setting the virtual machine's color depth
    • Problems with your graphical display
    • Selecting a guest operating system
    • Choosing the redo log directory
    • Configuring the memory allocated to a virtual machine
    • Configuring the disk mode of a virtual machine
    • Configuring a virtual disk
    • Configuring advanced options
  • Enabling devices to work with virtual machines
    • Automatically connecting a device when the virtual machine powers on
    • Enabling a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM from a virtual machine
    • Changing the connection for a virtual CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
    • Disabling a CD-ROM from a virtual machine
    • Issues with CD-ROM or DVD-ROM devices and virtual machines
    • Problems reading CD-ROM drives on Linux host operating systems
    • Enabling a removable CD-ROM or DVD-ROM device from a virtual machine
    • Removing a virtual CD-ROM or DVD-ROM from a virtual machine
    • Enabling a floppy drive from a virtual machine
    • Changing the connection for a floppy drive from a virtual machine
    • Generic SCSI Devices
    • Enabling a generic SCSI device (such as a scanner) from a Linux-based virtual machine
    • Enabling a modem on the host from a virtual machine
    • Enabling a mouse from a virtual machine
    • Adding a Network/Ethernet Adapter to a virtual machine
    • Removing a host-only network/Ethernet adapter from a virtual machine
    • Enabling a parallel port device from a virtual machine
    • Changing the connection for a parallel port device from a virtual machine
    • VMware ESX Server support for parallel port devices
    • Enabling a parallel port device on a guest operating system
    • Enabling a PCMCIA card from a virtual machine
    • Enabling a printer from a virtual machine
    • Enabling a raw disk from a virtual machine
    • Enabling a scanner from a virtual machine
    • Enabling a SCSI device from a virtual machine
    • VMware’s SCSI implementation
    • Using SCSI versus IDE
    • Configuring SCSI in the BIOS
    • Configuring SCSI in the guest operating system
    • Enabling a serial port device from a virtual machine
    • Enabling sound from a virtual machine
    • Changing the connection for sound from a virtual machine
    • Issues with enabling sound from a virtual machine
    • Enabling a USB device from a virtual machine
    • VMware ESX Server support for USB devices
    • Known issues using an XFree86 4.x X server in a guest operating system
    • Changing video resolutions in a virtual machine with Linux
    • Enabling video in a virtual machine with Windows 2000
    • Enabling video in a virtual machine with Windows 95
    • Enabling video in a virtual machine with Windows 98
    • Enabling a Zip drive from a virtual machine
  • Disks
    • Adding a disk to a virtual machine
    • Consolidating multiple virtual drives into one
    • Disk modes for virtual disks
    • Adding a virtual disk to a virtual machine
    • Adding a virtual disk that uses a physical disk
    • Adding an existing virtual disk to a virtual machine
  • Common networking configurations
    • Components of a virtual network
    • How VMware ESX Server networking appears on a guest operating system
    • How VMware ESX Server networking appears on the host machine
    • Bridged Networking
      • Setting up bridged networking
      • Setting up bridged networking on the guest operating system
      • Setting up a second bridged network interface on a Linux host
    • Setting up host-only networking
      • Setting up host-only networking on the guest operating system
      • Controlling routing information for a host-only network on a Linux host
      • Using Samba for file sharing on a host-only network
      • Setting up two separate host-only networks
      • Issues with host-only networking on a Linux host
      • Avoiding IP packet leakage with host-only networking
      • Disabling and removing NAT and host-only adapters
    • Setting up Network Address Translation
      • Understanding Network Address Translation
      • Sharing files between host and guest operating systems
      • Disabling and removing NAT and host-only adapters
    • Custom networking configurations
    • Other networking tasks
      • Assigning an IP address to a virtual machine
      • Changing network access for a virtual machine
      • Setting up IP Masquerading
      • Creating the firewall.rh file on Red Hat Linux 6.1
      • Creating the fw.config file on Red Hat Linux 6.1
      • Changing the MAC address of a virtual machine
      • Connecting to an external network using a proxy server
      • Connecting to a wireless network
      • Promiscuous mode and virtual Ethernet adapters in a guest operating system
  • Improving performance
    • Improving performance of a Linux guest operating system
    • Improving performance of a Windows 2000 guest operating system
    • Improving performance of a Windows 95 or 98 guest operating system
    • Improving performance for a Linux host
    • VMware ESX Server and Screen Savers
  • Using VMware Tools
    • Installing VMware Tools
    • Installing VMware Tools for FreeBSD
    • Installing VMware Tools for Linux
    • Installing VMware Tools for NetWare
    • Installing VMware Tools for Windows
    • Executing scripts when the virtual machine’s power state changes
    • Setting preferences for VMware Tools
    • Copying and Pasting
    • Shrinking a Virtual Disk
    • Defragmenting a Virtual Disk
  • Configuration Wizard Help
    • Configuration Wizard Help (CD-ROM)
    • Configuration Wizard Help (Confirmation)
    • Configuration Wizard Help (Disks)
    • Configuration Wizard Help (Disk Partitions)
    • Configuration Wizard Help (Disk Types)
    • Configuration Wizard Help (Floppy Settings)
    • Configuration Wizard Help (Network Settings)
    • Configuration Wizard Help (Guest Operating System Selection)
    • Configuration Wizard Help (Configuration File Pathnames)
  • Configuration Editor Help
    • Configuration Editor
    • Configuration Editor options
  • Reference Material
    • Glossary
    • Command Reference for VMware ESX Server for Linux
    • Technical Support Resources
    • Finding the VMware build number
    • Problems with a serial number
    • System Requirements
    • User Permissions on Linux