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1. Installation Steps 1 Insert the Mandrake Linux 9 0 CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Mandrake Linux 9 0 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine Be sure to make the choices outlined in the following steps 4 Use the text mode installer At the opening screen press F1 for options and then enter text for text mode 5 Usethe Expert installer 6 Inthe partitioning step unless you have special requirements it is all right to let Mandrake Linux automatically allocate the space Click Use free space VMware Inc 85 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 86 7 VMware GSX Server When selecting a boot loader use LILO with text menu Do not use the graphical version of LILO It causes the virtual machine to hang 8 Donot create a custom boot disk when prompted 9 Near the end of the installation after files have been copied you reach the monitor setup screen Select the resolution and refresh rate you want your guest to use Select VMware virtual video card 10 You are offered a choice of 2 XFree86 X servers to install Choose XFree 4 2 1 This driver recognizes the VMware SVGA driver 11 When the installer asks if you want to test the configuration answer No 12 When the installer asks whether to start X when you reboot answer No 13 When the installer asks if you want to install updates to the packages answer No This completes basic installation of
2. Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NoTE During the Mandrake Linux 10 1 installation you are offered a choice of XFree86 X servers You can choose either one but do not run that X server Instead to get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine you should install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing Mandrake Linux 10 1 NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps 1 Insert the Mandrake Linux 10 1 CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Mandrake Linux 10 1 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine Be sure to make the choices outlined in the following steps 4 Use the text mode installer At the opening screen press F1 for options and then enter text for text mode 5 In the partitioning step unless you have special requirements it is all right to let Mandrake Linux automatically allocate the space Select Use free space 6 When you reach the Summary screen configure the graphical interface Select Graphical Interface and then click Do Make the following selections m The resolution and refresh rate you want y
3. VMware Inc 175 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 176 Installation from DVD Might Stop with an Error Message Installation from a DVD might stop at the Software item under Installation Settings with the following error message No base selection available ERROR No proposal SUSE has seen this problem on both physical and virtual machines To work around the problem inside a virtual machine type the following at the boot prompt as you begin the installation linux cdromdevice dev hdc Replace dev hdc with the appropriate device name if your CD ROM device is not the master device on the second IDE channel The installation should then proceed normally Guest Screen Saver VMware Workstation or VMware GSX Server On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines ESX Server 2 5 x Although ESX Server 2 5 x virtual machines are compatible with Physical Address Extension PAE they are not optimized for it As a result guest operating systems with PAE enabled might experience poor performance For best performance VMware recommends that you disable PAE in guest operating systems For more information and instructions on disabling PAE see the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 2020 Migration to a Dif
4. VMware Experimental Feature Support Definition VMware includes certain experimental features in some of our product releases These features are there for you to test and experiment with We do not expect these features to be used in a production environment However if you do encounter any issues with an experimental feature we are interested in any feedback you are willing to share Please submit a support request through the normal access methods at http www vmware com support We cannot however commit to troubleshoot provide workarounds or provide fixes for these experimental features Determining Memory Settings for a Virtual Machine When you configure the memory settings for a virtual machine you should consult the documentation for the guest operating system you plan to run in that virtual machine The user interface of your VMware product provides general guidelines for the amount of memory required but if the interface and the operating system documentation do not agree you should rely on the operating system documentation Installing VMware Tools in a Linux Guest Operating System In VMware Workstation 6 and VMware Server you can install VMware Tools in a Linux guest operating system while X is running See the VMware Workstation 6 User s Manual for details VMware Inc 29 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 30 In all other VMware products you must install VMware Tools from a text mode screen You canno
5. m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or GSX Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Mandrake Linux 8 0 or 8 1 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Mandrake Linux distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Mandrake Linux 8 0 or 8 1 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NoTE During the Mandrake Linux 8 0 or 8 1 installation you are offered a choice of XFree86 X servers You can choose either one but do not run that X server Instead to get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine you should install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing Mandrake Linux 8 0 or 8 1 and create one symbolic link as described in the steps that follow NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SC
6. NoTE During the Mandriva Linux 2007 installation you are offered a choice of XFree86 X servers You can choose either one but do not run that X server Instead to get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine you should install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing Mandriva Linux 2007 NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps 1 Insert the Mandriva Linux 2007 CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Mandriva Linux 2007 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine Be sure to make the choices outlined in the following steps 4 Use the text mode installer At the opening screen press F1 for options and then enter text for text mode 5 In the partitioning step unless you have special requirements it is all right to let Mandriva Linux automatically allocate the space Select Use free space 6 When you reach the Summary screen configure the graphical interface VMware Inc 67 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 68 Select Graphical Interface and then click Do Make the following selections m The resolution and refresh rate you want your guest to use mg VMware virtual video card m
7. Note the host s IP address for VMnet8 and change the last octet so it is greater than the last octet in the IP address of the host For example if the host IP address is 192 168 160 1 the virtual machine s IP address is 192 168 160 where is any number greater than 2 and less than 128 For the subnet mask enter 255 255 255 0 For the router gateway enter the NAT service s IP address 192 168 160 2 in this example Note that with Network Address Translation there are two IP addresses in use on the host The IP address assigned to the interface for VMnet8 shows up in the ipconfig output with a 1 in the last octet The IP address used by the NAT device itself always uses 2 as the last octet 6 Finish the installation by following the on screen instructions After you finish the installation install VMware Tools which installs and loads the CPU idler program VMware Inc 241 Guest Operating System Installation Guide VMware Tools for NetWare 5 1 Guest Operating Systems Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Installing VMware Tools also installs and loads the CPU idler program NetWare servers do not idle the CPU when the operating system is idle As a result a virtual machine takes CPU time from the host regardless of whether the NetWare server software is id
8. This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly If the clock in your guest operating system runs too quickly or too slowly use one of the workarounds described in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 1420 Changing Resolution in the Guest Operating System To change the display resolution in the guest operating system as root su rerun the VMware Tools configuration program vmware config tools pl and select the desired resolution from the list this program presents If you prefer you can edit the X configuration file directly to make the change Getting a DHCP Address in the Guest Operating System When the guest operating system tries to get a DHCP address the attempt fails and an error message displays indicating the link is down To work around this problem become root su and use a text editor to edit the following files in the guest operating system etc
9. To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze 134 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel
10. Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adv
11. m VMware GSX Server 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Solaris 10 1 06 Update 1 on Workstation 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for Solaris 10 6 06 Update 2 on Workstation 5 5 3 Solaris 10 6 06 Update 2 on Workstation 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for Solaris 10 11 06 Update 3 on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Solaris 10 1 06 Update 1 supported on ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Solaris 10 6 06 Update 2 supported on ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Solaris 10 11 06 Update 3 supported on ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Solaris 10 8 07 Update 4 supported on ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Virtual SMP supported VMware Inc 247 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 248 m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Solaris 10 11 06 Update 3 supported on Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 This guest operating system has experimental support on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 2 Experimental support for Solaris 10 1 06 Update 1 on Workstation 5 5 2 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Exper
12. 210 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Guest Screen Saver On a FreeBSD host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze VMware Inc 211 Guest Operating System Installation Guide FreeBSD 6 0 212 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the FreeBSD 6 0 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This operating system has experimental support as a guest operating system on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 64 Bit Version This operating system has experimental support as a guest operating system on the following VMware products m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE With many FreeBSD guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogi
13. Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Mandriva Linux distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NoTE During the Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 installation you are offered a choice of XFree86 X servers You can choose either one but do not run that X server Instead to get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine you should install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps 1 Insert the Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 3 Follow the install
14. To open the VMware Tools control panel on a Windows Server 2008 guest you need to be logged in as an administrator user Warnings When Installing VMware Tools on Some VMware Products Windows Server 2008 uses a new method to install drivers As a result and depending upon which VMware product you are using you may see warning messages at several stages during installation of VMware Tools in Windows Server 2008 guest operating systems Sometimes these messages are hidden The driver installation appears to hang However if you press Alt Tab you can bring the warning message to the foreground There are two types of messages m A message that says the driver is not Authenticode signed When you see one of these messages click Install Now to continue installing VMware Tools m A message that says the driver package is not compatible with Windows Server 2008 When you see one of these messages click Cancel to continue installing VMware Tools You might also see a message asking you to restart before the VMware Tools installer has finished Do not restart the guest operating system at that time Wait until the Installation Wizard Completed screen appears click Finish and then restart the guest operating system when you are prompted to do so Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause t
15. 225 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Guest Screen Saver On a FreeBSD host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze 226 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems FreeBSD 4 4 4 5 4 6 2 4 8 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the FreeBSD 4 4 4 5 4 6 2 and 4 8 operating systems Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine NOTE With many FreeBSD guest operating systems various problems have been o
16. 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical PC VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free VMware Inc 229 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 230 This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running FreeBSD disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running FreeBSD 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Setting the Disk Geometry for a FreeBSD SCSI Virtual Disk If you install FreeBSD 4 0 4 1 4 2 or 4 3 as the guest operating system on a 2GB or larger SCSI virtual disk the guest operating system does not boot unles
17. 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware ESX Server 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 Virtual SMP supported NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Red Hat Linux 7 2 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Red Hat distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Red Hat Linux 7 2 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already c
18. 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Mware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Mware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 6 V m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 V V n Mware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine DOS Installation Notes You can install MS DOS 6 22 inside a virtual machine using the Microsoft full version MS DOS installation disks If you have the upgrade disks you must install an earlier version of DOS before you upgrade To start installing MS DOS 6 22 put the first disk in the floppy drive used by your virtual machine power on the virtual machine and follow the instructions on the screen After you install DOS VMware recommends that you install a CPU idle program within the virtual machine Most versions of DOS do not idle the CPU when they are idle Therefore when you are running DOS in a virtual machine the virtual machine takes up CPU time on the host even when
19. Although ESX Server 2 5 x virtual machines are compatible with Physical Address Extension PAE they are not optimized for it As a result guest operating systems with PAE enabled might experience poor performance For best performance VMware recommends that you disable PAE in guest operating systems For more information and instructions on disabling PAE see the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 2020 ESX Server 3 x Note that disabling PAE also disables NX no execute and ED execute disabled features found in recent AMD and Intel processors These features are not supported by ESX Server versions before ESX Server 3 x ESX Server Virtual Machine Running Windows Might Fail to Power On If Not Rebooted after VMware Tools Installation ESX Server 2 5 x After you install VMware Tools on an ESX Server 2 5 x virtual machine that is running Microsoft Windows the VMware Tools installer asks you to reboot the virtual machine If you choose not to reboot at that time and subsequently remove power from the virtual machine either by using the button Power Off Virtual Machine in the remote console or by shutting down the ESX Server you might then be unable to power on the virtual machine again When you attempt to do so the virtual machine might fail to boot up displaying the message STOP 0x0000007B INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE To avoid this problem after installing VMware Tools be sure to reboot the virtual machine when the VMware Tools ins
20. Guest Screen Saver 58 Asianux 3 0 59 Support 59 32 Bit Support 59 64 Bit Support 59 General Installation Notes 59 Installation Steps 59 VMware Tools 60 Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 0 61 Support 61 VMware Inc 5 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 32 Bit Support 61 64 Bit Support 61 General Installation Notes 61 Installation Steps 61 VMware Tools 62 Known Issues 62 Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly 62 Changing Resolution in the Guest Operating System 62 Getting a DHCP Address in the Guest Operating System 62 Guest Screen Saver 63 Migration to a Different Processor 63 Mandriva Corporate Server 4 64 Support 64 32 Bit Support 64 64 Bit Support 64 General Installation Notes 64 Installation Steps 64 VMware Tools 65 Known Issues 65 Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly 65 Changing Resolution in the Guest Operating System 65 Getting a DHCP Address in the Guest Operating System 65 Guest Screen Saver 66 Migration to a Different Processor 66 Mandriva Linux 2007 67 Support 67 32 Bit Support 67 64 Bit Support 67 General Installation Notes 67 Installation Steps 67 VMware Tools 68 Known Issues 68 Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly 68 Changing Resolution in the Guest Operating System 68 Getting a DHCP Address in the Guest Operating System 68 Guest Screen Saver 69 Migration to a Different Processor 69 Mandriva Linux 2006 70 Support
21. NetWare 6 0 Server 238 NetWare 6 5 Server 235 Novell Linux Desktop 9 95 Open SUSE Linux 10 2 154 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 107 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 102 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 97 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 1 111 Red Hat Linux 6 2 134 Red Hat Linux 7 0 131 Red Hat Linux 7 1 128 Red Hat Linux 7 2 126 Red Hat Linux 7 3 123 Red Hat Linux 8 0 120 Red Hat Linux 9 0 115 Solaris 10 249 Sun Java Desktop System 2 136 SUSE LINUX 10 160 SUSE LINUX 10 1 157 SUSE Linux 10 3 151 SuSE Linux 7 3 184 SuSE Linux 8 0 181 SuSE Linux 8 1 178 SuSE Linux 8 2 175 SUSE LINUX 9 0 172 VMware Inc Index SUSE LINUX 9 1 169 SUSE LINUX 9 2 166 SUSE LINUX 9 3 163 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 139 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 149 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 147 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 143 Turbolinux 10 Desktop 188 Turbolinux 10 Server 186 Turbolinux 7 0 194 Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 190 Turbolinux Workstation 8 192 Ubuntu Linux 5 04 207 Ubuntu Linux 5 10 205 Ubuntu Linux 6 06 203 Ubuntu Linux 6 10 201 Ubuntu Linux 7 04 198 Ubuntu Linux 7 10 196 Windows 2000 45 Windows 3 1x 57 Windows 95 56 Windows 98 53 Windows Me 50 Windows NT 48 Windows Server 2003 38 Windows Server 2008 32 windows Vista 34 Windows XP 42 L license needed for guest operating systems 29 M Mandrake Linux 10 1 screen saver 75 changing display resolution 74 77 installing X server 73 76 79 82
22. SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 64 bit support 141 avoid migrating to different processor type 144 installing guest operating system 141 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 known issues 143 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 screen saver 144 switch workspaces in Linux guest 30 T tainted driver message in Red Hat Linux 3 108 message in Red Hat Linux 8 0 120 message in Red Hat Linux 9 0 117 text mode navigating for Netware 6 5 Server 235 Troubleshooting 264 FreeBSD 4 10 224 FreeBSD 4 11 223 FreeBSD 4 4 4 5 4 6 2 4 8 228 FreeBSD 4 9 225 FreeBSD 5 1 221 FreeBSD 5 2 220 FreeBSD 5 3 219 FreeBSD 5 4 217 FreeBSD 5 5 215 Mandrake Linux 8 2 90 NetWare 5 1 Server 242 NetWare 6 0 Server 238 NetWare 6 5 Server 235 Novell Linux Desktop 9 95 Open SUSE LINUX 10 2 154 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 107 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 102 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 97 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 1 111 Red Hat Linux 9 0 115 Solaris 10 249 SUSE LINUX 10 1 157 SUSE Linux 10 3 151 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 139 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 147 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 143 Windows Server 2003 38 troubleshooting FreeBSD 4 0 4 1 4 2 4 3 230 FreeBSD 5 0 222 FreeBSD 6 0 213 FreeBSD 6 1 210 FreeBSD 6 2 208 Mandrake Linux 10 77 Mandrake Linux 10 1 74 Mandrake Linux 8 0 or 8 1 92 Mandrake Linux 9 0 87 Mandrake Linux 9 1 83 Mandrake Linux 9 2 81 Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 0 62 Mandriva C
23. Support 113 General Installation Notes 113 Installation Steps 113 VMware Tools 114 Known Issues 115 Forcing the Installer to Read the Second Installation CD 115 Guest Screen Saver 115 INIT Errors Slow or Poor Performance 115 Migration to a Different Processor 116 Getting a DHCP Address in a Red Hat Linux 9 0 Virtual Machine 116 Message about Tainted Driver 117 Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines 117 Red Hat Linux 8 0 118 Support 118 General Installation Notes 118 Installation Steps 118 VMware Tools 119 Known Issues 120 Guest Screen Saver 120 Migration to a Different Processor 120 Message about Tainted Driver 120 Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines 120 Red Hat Linux 7 3 121 Support 121 General Installation Notes 121 Installation Steps 121 VMware Tools 122 Known Issues 123 Guest Screen Saver 123 Migration to a Different Processor 123 Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines 123 Red Hat Linux 7 2 124 Support 124 General Installation Notes 124 Installation Steps 124 VMware Tools 125 VMware Inc 9 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Known Issues 126 Guest Screen Saver 126 Installation Hang 126 Migration to a Different Processor 126 Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines 126 Red Hat Linux 7 1 127 Support 127 General Installation Notes 127 Installation Steps 127 VMware Tools 128 Known Issues 128 Guest Screen Saver 128 Installation Hang 129 Migration to a Different Processor 129 Red H
24. This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware ESX Server 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Red Hat Linux 7 3 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Red Hat distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Red Hat Linux 7 3 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from
25. VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config tools p1 after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly If the clock in your guest operating system runs too quickly or too slowly use one of the workarounds described in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 1420 Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine In some cases networking does not work properly in a copied or cloned virtual machine or a virtual machine deployed to end users as part of a VMware ACE package If you copy a virtual machine
26. VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 NOTE You must use the tar installer to install VMware Tools in Ubuntu Linux Known Issues Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also li
27. VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config to01s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Do not start the X server in the guest operating system until you install VMware Tools and run the SaX2 configuration utility See Before You Start the X Server NOTE When you start installing VMware Tools by typing vmware install pl in the vmware tools distrib directory the following message appears Found an installed version of the VMware SVGA driver for XFree86 4 Some versions of this driver included with the XFree86 4 distributions do not work properly Would you like to install a stable but possibly older version of the driver over the currently installed one If you plan to dual boot the virtual machine
28. Workstation 8 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 mg VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Turbolinux Workstation 8 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Turbolinux distribution CDs The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Turbolinux Workstation 8 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install
29. answer No 12 When the installer asks whether to start X when you reboot answer No This completes basic installation of the Mandrake Linux 8 2 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config tools p1 after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully NOTE With a Mandrake Linux 8 2 guest you should install VMware Tools from the Linux console Do not start X until you have installed VMware Tools NOTE Provided you installed the XFre
30. answer Yes to allow the driver to be installed Answer Yes again to back up the existing video driver files and also copy the XF86Config 4 dist file to XF86Config 4 vm The latter file is used when dual booting the virtual machine If you do not intend to dual boot the virtual machine answer No to keep the existing driver Before You Start the X Server After you have installed VMware Tools but before you start the X server as the root user run the SaX2 configuration utility to configure your X server At a command prompt type SaX2 and use the wizard to configure your X server If you intend to connect to this virtual machine with the VMware Virtual Machine Console configure the color resolution for 65536 16 bit colors or less After you run SaX2 you can boot your SUSE Linux 8 1 virtual machine with any of the selections offered in GRUB Known Issues Virtual Machine Might Hang During Guest Operating System Installation On some host systems the SUSE Linux 8 1 installer attempts to use a kernel that is incompatible with the ACPI features of the virtual hardware To work around this problem open the virtual machine s configuration file in a text editor and add the following line acpi present FALSE You should then be able to install and run a SUSE Linux 8 1 guest operating system VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best
31. using in 32 bit mode on a 64 bit host 249 Solaris 9 supported network adapter driver 252 sound in a Mandrake Linux 10 1 guest 74 in a Mandrake Linux 8 2 guest 90 in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 guest 111 in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 guest 102 VMware Inc Index in a Red Hat Linux 7 3 guest 123 in a Red Hat Linux 8 0 guest 120 in a Red Hat Linux 9 0 guest 115 in a SuSE Linux 7 3 guest 184 in a SuSE Linux 8 2 guest 175 in a SuSE Linux Enterprise 7 guest 149 in a TurboLinux 7 0 guest 194 in a TurboLinux Enterprise Server 8 guest 190 in a Windows 3 1x guest 57 in a Windows 95 guest 56 not tested in FreeBSD 208 210 213 215 217 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 228 231 sound adapters on GSX and VMware Servers 30 Sun Java Desktop System changing display resolution 136 installing guest operating system 136 known issues 136 support URL www vmware com support 29 SUSE LINUX 10 64 bit support 159 avoid migrating to different processor type 160 known issues 160 SUSE LINUX 10 1 64 bit support 156 avoid migrating to different processor type 158 installing guest operating system 150 156 known issues 157 SUSE Linux 10 3 64 bit support 150 avoid migrating to different processor type 151 known issues 151 SuSE Linux 7 3 avoid migrating to different processor type 184 installing guest operating system 183 installing X server 183 known issues 184 screen saver 184 SuSE Linux 8 0 avoid migrating to different proce
32. 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 supported VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition VMware ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 Virtual SMP supported on ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system You can install Windows XP Home Edition or Professional in a virtual machine using the corresponding Windows XP distribution CD If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server VMware Workstation or VMware ACE To use the virtual BusLogic SCSI adapter in a Windows XP virtual machine you need a special SCSI driver available from the download section of the VMware Web site at www vmware com download Follow the instructions on the Web site to use the driver with a fresh installation of Windows XP If you have a virtual machine with a SCSI virtual disk
33. 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Mandrake Linux 8 2 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Mandrake Linux distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Mandrake Linux 8 2 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NoTE During the Mandrake Linux 8 2 installation you are offered a choice of XFree86 X servers You can choose either one but do not run that X server Instead to get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine you should install the VMware
34. 1 This operating system has experimental support as a guest operating system on the following VMware product m VMware Workstation 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Ubuntu Linux 6 10 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Ubuntu Linux distribution CD Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the Ubuntu Linux CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Ubuntu Linux VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems 3 After the Ubuntu Linux installer copies the files it needs to the virtual disk it ejects the installation CD and displays a message indicating that the computer will restart If the virtual machine fails to restart as expected click the Reset button to restart it 4 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical
35. 1 Insert the Windows 98 CD in the CD ROM drive NOTE Some Windows 98 packages require that you boot from a floppy disk If you have such a package insert the boot floppy in the floppy disk drive Follow the on screen instructions Be sure to run FDISK and FORMAT when the installer prompts you to do so 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows 98 3 Choose to boot from CD ROM and then select the option Start Windows 98 Setup from CD ROM The setup program runs FDISK and reboots 4 Once again choose to boot from CD ROM and then select the option Start Windows 98 Setup from CD ROM The setup program continues installing Windows 98 5 Follow the Windows 98 installation steps as you would for a physical PC VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 52 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Enabling Networking After Installing Windows 98 If networking was disabled at the time you installed Windows 98 you can enable it after the operating system has been installed To set up networking for a virtual machine power off the virtual machine and add a network adapter to the configuration When you power on the virtual machine Windows 98 automatically detects an AMD PCNET Family Ethernet Adapter PCI ISA and prompts for the
36. 157 Known Issues 157 Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine 157 Migration to a Different Processor 158 SUSE Linux 10 159 Support 159 32 Bit Version 159 64 Bit Version 159 General Installation Notes 159 Installation Steps 159 VMware Tools 160 Known Issues 160 Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine 160 Migration to a Different Processor 160 SUSE Linux 9 3 162 Support 162 32 Bit Version 162 64 Bit Version 162 General Installation Notes 162 Installation Steps 162 VMware Tools 163 Known Issues 163 Choosing Architecture When Installing SUSE Linux 9 3 on a 64 Bit Host 163 Do Not Use 4 Bit Color 164 Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly 164 Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine 164 Guest Screen Saver 164 Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines 164 Migration to a Different Processor 164 SUSE Linux 9 2 165 Support 165 32 Bit Version 165 64 Bit Version 165 General Installation Notes 165 Installation Steps 166 VMware Tools 166 Known Issues 166 Do Not Use 4 Bit Color 166 Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly 166 Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine 166 Guest Screen Saver 167 Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines 167 Migration to a Different Processor 167 SUSE Linux 9 1 168 Support 168 32 Bit Version 168 64 Bit Version 168 General
37. 2 1 using the text mode installer which you can choose when you first boot the installer At the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 CD boot prompt you are offered a number of choices including the following To install or upgrade Red Hat Linux in graphical mode To install or upgrade in text mode type text lt ENTER gt Use the function keys listed below To choose the text mode installer type text and press Enter Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine Be sure to make the choices outlined in the following steps Choose the language and keyboard and then in the Installation Type screen choose either Advanced Server or Custom for the installation type In the Mouse Selection screen choose Generic 3 Button Mouse PS 2 and select the Emulate 3 Buttons option for three button mouse support in the virtual machine If you have a wheel mouse you can choose Generic Wheel Mouse PS 2 VMware GSX Server only In the Package Group Selection screen choose Software Development and Select individual packages In the Individual Package Selection screen use the arrow keys to move down to System Environment Kernel and press Enter Be sure that kernel smp is deselected no asterisk should appear between the brackets The SMP kernel is not supported in a GSX Server virtual machine You do not need to change any other selections VMware ESX Server or VirtualCenter if installing to an ESX Server machine wi
38. 2 5 x Installation Steps 1 Insert the SUSE Linux 9 3 installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing SUSE Linux 9 3 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems 3 Install using the text mode installer In the first installation screen press the F2 key use the arrow keys to select text mode and then press Enter to select the text mode installer 4 During final configuration after all packages are installed do not perform the Internet connection test 5 Follow the remaining installation steps as you would for a physical machine 6 Ifyou might copy or move this virtual machine make the change described in Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine on page 164 This completes basic installation of the SUSE Linux 9 3 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reb
39. 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Ubuntu Linux 5 10 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Ubuntu Linux distribution CD Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the Ubuntu Linux CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Ubuntu Linux VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems 3 After the Ubuntu Linux installer copies the files it needs to the virtual disk it ejects the installation CD and displays a message indicating that the computer will restart If the virtual machine fails to restart as expected click the Reset button to restart it 4 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical PC VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base articl
40. 3 0 59 FreeBSD 5 3 218 FreeBSD 5 4 216 FreeBSD 5 5 214 FreeBSD 6 0 212 Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 0 61 Mandriva Corporate Server 4 64 Mandriva Linux 2006 70 Mandriva Linux 2007 67 Open SUSE Linux 10 2 153 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 104 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 99 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 96 Solaris 10 247 SUSE LINUX 10 159 SUSE LINUX 10 1 156 SUSE Linux 10 3 150 SUSE LINUX 9 1 168 SUSE LINUX 9 2 165 SUSE LINUX 9 3 162 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 141 system requirements 28 Ubuntu Linux 5 04 206 Ubuntu Linux 5 10 204 Ubuntu Linux 6 06 202 Ubuntu Linux 6 10 200 Ubuntu Linux 7 04 197 Ubuntu Linux 7 10 195 Windows Server 2003 36 Windows Server 2008 31 Windows Vista 33 Windows XP 40 A activation and memory settings 38 42 and VMware Tools 38 42 Windows Server 2003 38 Windows XP 42 address IP via DHCP in Red Hat Linux 9 0 guest 116 Asianux 3 0 64 bit support 59 installing guest operating system 59 VMware Inc B boot failure in Windows 2000 SP3 guest 45 C change display resolution in a Mandrake Linux 10 guest 77 display resolution in a Mandrake Linux 10 1 guest 74 display resolution in a Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 0 guest 62 display resolution in a Mandriva Corporate Server 4 guest 65 display resolution in a Mandriva Linux 2006 guest 71 display resolution in a Mandriva Linux 2007 guest 68 display resolution in a Sun Java Desktop guest 136 network adapter for Windows Vista guest 35 clock Mandri
41. 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Red Hat Linux 7 0 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Red Hat distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Red Hat Linux 7 0 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NOTE During the Re
42. 53 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Windows 95 54 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Windows 95 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Mware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Mware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 6 V m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 V V Mware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Service Pack 1 required NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system You can install Windows 95 in a virtual machine using a standard Windows 95 boot floppy and CD ROM If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server NOTE Some Windows 95 distributions provide instructions that do not include the steps to FDISK and FORMAT a C drive You must FDISK and FORMAT the virtual hard disk drives before running Windows 95 setup The instr
43. 66 installing guest operating system 64 installing X server 64 known issues 65 screen saver 66 Mandriva Linux changing display resolution 62 65 68 71 installing X server 67 70 known issues 68 71 Mandriva Linux 2006 64 bit support 70 avoid migrating to different processor type 72 installing guest operating system 70 screen saver 72 Mandriva Linux 2007 260 64 bit support 67 avoid migrating to different processor type 69 installing guest operating system 67 screen saver 69 memory and product activation 38 42 limits during Windows NT installation 48 Microsoft Windows Clustering Service and ESX Server 39 mouse resolving problems in Windows 3 1x guest 57 MSCS See Microsoft Windows Clustering Service MS DOS installing guest operating system 57 known issues 57 prompt during Windows 95 installation 55 screen saver 58 use of CPU idle program recommended 57 VMware Tools not available 58 msgina dll and boot failure in Windows 2000 SP3 guest 45 N NetWare 4 2 Server installing guest operating system 244 NetWare 5 1 Server installing guest operating system 240 known issues 242 NetWare 6 0 Server installing guest operating system 236 known issues 238 NetWare 6 5 Server installing guest operating system 233 known issues 235 Netware 6 5 Server hangs with SP3 and SP5 235 navigating in text mode 235 RDM virtual machine 235 networking adapter for Windows 3 1x 57 in Windows 95 guest 55 56 in Windo
44. Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine on page 166 This completes basic installation of the SUSE Linux 9 2 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Do Not Use 4 Bit Color If you change the screen resolution in the SUSE Linux 9 2 guest operating system be sure you also set a color bit depth greater than 16 colors 4 bit If you attempt to use a settin
45. Cannot Mount a CD ROM asa Volume 242 Using More than One Virtual Network Adapter on the Same Network 242 Grabbing the Mouse Pointer 243 Cannot Browse File System with Arrow Keys 243 Netware Server Guest Inaccessible If Installed as RDM Virtual Machine Using the Same LUN as a Prior Windows NT RDM Guest Installation 243 NetWare 4 2 Server 244 Support 244 General Installation Notes 244 Creating and Configuring the NetWare Virtual Machine 244 Installing the Guest Operating System 244 VMware Tools for NetWare 4 2 Guest Operating Systems 246 Netware Server Guest Inaccessible If Installed as RDM Virtual Machine Using the Same LUN as a Prior Windows NT RDM Guest Installation 246 Solaris 10 Operating System for x86 Platforms 247 Support 247 32 Bit Version 247 64 Bit Version 247 General Installation Notes 248 Memory Requirements for Solaris 10 248 Installation Steps 248 VMware Tools ESX Server 3 x Only 249 Known Issues 249 Faults Reported on Solaris 10 and Solaris10 Update 1 249 ESX Server 3 x Network Adapter Driver Support for 32 Bit and 64 Bit Solaris 10 Guests 249 Using Solaris 10 in 32 Bit Mode on a 64 Bit Host 249 Display Too Small After Installation 249 PAE Message During Installation 250 Performance Problems in ESX Server 3 x Virtual Machines with Four Virtual Processors on Hosts with Hyperthreading 250 Solaris 10 Guests Might Become Unresponsive When Halted 250 Solaris 10 1 06 Update 1 and Solaris 10 6 06 Updat
46. Enterprise Edition Windows Small Business Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 R2 supported on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Service Pack 1 supported on Workstation 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Visual Studio Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Windows Server 2003 Web Edition Standard Edition Enterprise Edition Small Business Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2 on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Windows Server 2003 Web Edition Standard Edition Enterprise Edition Small Business Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2 on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Windows Server 2003 Web Edition Standard Edition Enterprise Edition Windows Small Business Server 2003 Service Pack 1 supported on VMware ACE 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 Windows Server 2003 Web Edition Standard Edition Enterprise Edition Windows Small Business Server 2003 Service Pack 1 supported on GSX Server 3 2 3 2 1 VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Windows Server 2003 Web Edition Standard Edition Enterprise Edition Windows Small Busine
47. For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Known Issues Sound VMware has not tested sound support in FreeBSD Guest Screen Saver On a FreeBSD host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze VMware Inc 221 Guest Operating System Installation Guide FreeBSD 5 0 222 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the FreeBSD 5 0 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running th
48. Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and Service Pack 3 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on ESX Server 3 0 and 3 0 1 20061206 updates information about ESX Server 3 0 x support for Windows Vista Windows XP Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 20061129 20061130 modifies information about ESX Server 3 0 1 and VMware Server 1 x support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 20061116 includes information for Workstation 5 5 3 20061109 adds ESX Server 3 0 1 support for 64 bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 modifies information about ESX Server support for Microsoft Clustering Service with Windows Server 2003 SP1 20061023 includes information for Workstation 4 5 3 VMware Inc About This Book Table 1 Revision History Continued Revision Description 20061005 includes information for ESX Server 2 5 4 20061004 minor changes 20061002 includes information for ESX Server 3 0 1 20060816 updates information for VMware Server 1 0 1 maintenance release 20060810 includes information for Workstation 5 5 2 updates information for ESX Server 2 5 3 and ESX Server 2 1 3 patch release 20060727 includes information for ESX Server 2 5 3 and ESX Server 2 1 3 patch release 20060711 includes information for VMware Server 1 0 20060619 20060622 minor changes 20060614 includes information for ESX Server 3 0 and VirtualCenter 2 0 20060502 includes information for ESX Server 2 5 3 Intended Aud
49. Hat Linux 3 0 message about tainted driver 108 Red Hat Linux 6 2 avoid migrating to different processor type 135 installing guest operating system 133 known issues 134 Red Hat Linux 7 0 avoid migrating to different processor type 131 installing guest operating system 130 installing X server 130 known issues 131 screen saver 131 Red Hat Linux 7 1 avoid migrating to different processor type 129 installing guest operating system 127 installing X server 127 known issues 128 resolving installation hang 129 screen saver 128 Red Hat Linux 7 2 avoid migrating to different processor type 126 installing guest operating system 124 installing X server 124 known issues 126 resolving installation hang 126 screen saver 126 Red Hat Linux 7 3 avoid migrating to different processor type 123 installing guest operating system 121 installing X server 121 known issues 123 screen saver 123 Red Hat Linux 8 0 avoid migrating to different processor type 120 installing guest operating system 118 installing X server 118 known issues 120 message about tainted driver 120 screen saver 120 Red Hat Linux 9 0 avoid migrating to different processor type 116 getting IP address via DHCP 116 installing guest operating system 113 installing X server 113 known issues 115 message about tainted driver 117 262 reading second installation CD 115 screen saver 115 Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2 1 installing guest operating system 113
50. ROM device is not the master device on the second IDE channel The installation should then proceed normally VMware Inc 169 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 170 Do Not Use 4 Bit Color If you change the screen resolution in the SUSE Linux 9 1 guest operating system be sure you also set a color bit depth greater than 16 colors 4 bit If you attempt to use a setting of 16 colors 4 bit it can cause a fatal error in the X server Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly If the clock in your guest operating system runs too quickly or too slowly use one of the workarounds described in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 1420 Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine In some cases networking does not work properly in a copied or cloned virtual machine or a virtual machine deployed to end users as part of a VMware ACE package If you copy a virtual machine and specify that the copy should have a unique identifier the MAC addresses for any virtual Ethernet adapters attached to the virtual machine change When a SUSE Linux 9 1 guest operating system is installed it includes the MAC address as part of a key configuration filename When the virtual machine s MAC address changes the guest operating system might fail to associate this configuration file with the virtual Ethernet adapter If you experience this problem you can work around it by copying or re
51. Removes section for Red Hat Linux 4 5 Adds Update 5 to Red Hat Linux 4 Corrects virtual smp support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Adds Update 9 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Adds known issue to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 Corrects release number for FreeBSD 6 1 Corrects release number for Ubuntu 5 04 Adds known issue for Solaris 10 20070806 adds new product VMware Fusion 1 0 for Mac OSX to supported guest operating systems 20070731 adds new VMware ESX Server 3 0 2 release to supported guest operating systems Lists full support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 5 guest operating system Clarifies support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Adds previously supported FreeBSD 5 5 which had not been included in this guide Also includes minor corrections 20070530 changes instructions for enabling sound to adding sound adapters for GSX and VMware Servers Describes how 64 bit version of Ubuntu Linux 5 10 lacks the driver needed for correct operation of the X server Revises install instructions for RHEL 5 0 and 4 5 Describes how 64 bit Linux guests on EM64T hardware require Execute Disable functionality Removes support for 64 bit Windows 2003 Server on ESX Server Clarifies support for Windows 2000 on ESX Server Provides minor corrections and additions 20070508 lists new support for VMware Workstation 6 0 and ACE 2 0 releases Lists new support for Visual Studio and Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debuggers Lists new support
52. Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware ESX Server 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 AS ES WS Update 6 supported on ESX Server 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 Update 7 supported on ESX Server 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Virtual SMP supported NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 AS ES WS General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Red Hat distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 WS on VMware ESX Server When you install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 WS in a virtual machine on an ESX Server us
53. Start the X Server 192 Known Issues 192 Guest Screen Saver 192 Migration to a Different Processor 192 Turbolinux 7 0 193 Support 193 General Installation Notes 193 Installation Steps 193 VMware Tools 194 Known Issues 194 Guest Screen Saver 194 Migration to a Different Processor 194 Ubuntu Linux 7 10 195 Support 195 14 VMware Inc 32 Bit Version 195 64 Bit Version 195 General Installation Notes 195 Installation Steps 195 VMware Tools 196 Known Issues 196 Migration to a Different Processor 196 Ubuntu Linux 7 04 197 Support 197 32 Bit Version 197 64 Bit Version 197 General Installation Notes 197 Installation Steps 198 VMware Tools 198 Known Issues 198 Migration to a Different Processor 198 Ubuntu Linux 6 10 200 Support 200 32 Bit Version 200 64 Bit Version 200 General Installation Notes 200 Installation Steps 200 VMware Tools 201 Known Issues 201 Migration to a Different Processor 201 Ubuntu Linux 6 06 202 Support 202 32 Bit Version 202 64 Bit Version 202 General Installation Notes 202 Installation Steps 202 VMware Tools 203 Known Issues 203 Migration to a Different Processor 203 Ubuntu Linux 5 10 204 Support 204 32 Bit Version 204 64 Bit Version 204 General Installation Notes 204 Installation Steps 204 VMware Tools 205 VMware Tools and 64 bit Version of Ubuntu Linux 5 10 205 Known Issues 205 Migration to a Different Processor 205 Ubuntu Linux 5 04 206 Support 206 32 Bit Version 206 64 Bit Version 206 Genera
54. Tools cannot be configured with vmware config tools p1 after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully NOTE With a Mandrake Linux 8 0 or 8 1 guest you should install VMware Tools from the Linux console Do not start X until you have installed VMware Tools and set up a symbolic link to the XFree86 configuration file Setting Up a Symbolic Link to XFree86 Be sure you are logged on as root su and then take the following steps to set up a symbolic link to the correct XFree86 configuration file cd etc ln s etc X11 XF86Config vm XF86Config Use the startx command to start your X server Known Issues Installation of Mandrake Linux 8 0 Hangs Installation of Mandrake Linux 8 0 sometimes hangs at running sbin load
55. Tools package immediately after installing Mandrake Linux 8 2 NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps 1 Insert the Mandrake Linux 8 2 CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Mandrake Linux 8 2 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine Be sure to make the choices outlined in the following steps 4 Use the Expert installer 5 In the partitioning step unless you have special requirements it is all right to let Mandrake Linux auto allocate the space 6 When selecting a boot loader use LILO with text menu Do not use the graphical version of LILO It causes the virtual machine to hang 7 Do not create a custom boot disk when prompted VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems 8 You are offered a choice of 2 XFree86 X servers to install Choose XFree 4 2 0 This driver recognizes the VMware SVGA driver 9 Near the end of the installation after files have been copied you reach the monitor setup screen Choose the resolution and refresh rate you want your guest to use 10 When the installer asks if you want to test the configuration answer No 11 When the installer asks if you want to install system updates
56. VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installati
57. Virtual Disk 230 Sound 231 Guest Screen Saver 231 Migration to a Different Processor 231 NetWare 6 5 Server 233 Support 233 General Installation Notes 233 Installation Steps 234 VMware Tools for NetWare 6 5 Guest Operating Systems 235 Known Issues 235 Regaining Keyboard and Mouse Control After Reboot 235 Navigating in Text Mode 235 Netware 6 5 Server SP3 and SP5 Installations Hang after Selection of Ethernet Driver on a Guest with Non Passthrough Raw Device Mapping 235 Netware Server Guest Inaccessible If Installed as RDM Virtual Machine Using the Same LUN as a Prior Windows NT RDM Guest Installation 235 NetWare 6 0 Server 236 Support 236 General Installation Notes 236 Installation Steps 236 VMware Tools for NetWare 6 0 Guest Operating Systems 237 Known Issues 238 Disconnecting VMware Tools ISO File 238 Installation Failure on First Try 238 Grabbing the Mouse Pointer 238 Cannot Browse File System with Arrow Keys 238 Netware 6 0 Server SP5 Crashes When Stack Dump Exceeds the Valid Memory Limit 238 Netware Server Guest Inaccessible If Installed as RDM Virtual Machine Using the Same LUN as a Prior Windows NT RDM Guest Installation 239 NetWare 5 1 Server 240 Support 240 General Installation Notes 240 Installation Steps 240 VMware Tools for NetWare 5 1 Guest Operating Systems 242 Known Issues 242 Updated LSI Logic SCSI Driver 242 Disconnecting VMware Tools ISO File 242 18 VMware Inc Contents Pentium 4 Host Page Fault 242
58. You Start the X Server 178 Known Issues 178 Virtual Machine Might Hang During Guest Operating System Installation 178 Guest Screen Saver 179 Migration to a Different Processor 179 SUSE Linux 8 0 180 Support 180 General Installation Notes 180 Installation Steps 180 VMware Tools 181 Before You Start the X Server 181 Known Issues 181 Guest Screen Saver 181 Migration to a Different Processor 181 SUSE Linux 7 3 183 VMware Inc 13 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Support 183 General Installation Notes 183 Installation Steps 183 VMware Tools 183 Known Issues 184 Guest Screen Saver 184 Migration to a Different Processor 184 Turbolinux 10 Server 185 Support 185 32 Bit Version 185 64 Bit Version 185 General Installation Notes 185 Installation Steps 185 VMware Tools 185 Known Issues 186 Guest Screen Saver 186 Migration to a Different Processor 186 Problem Switching from X to VGA 186 Turbolinux 10 Desktop 187 Support 187 General Installation Notes 187 Installation Steps 187 VMware Tools 187 Known Issues 188 Guest Screen Saver 188 Migration to a Different Processor 188 Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 189 Support 189 General Installation Notes 189 Installation Steps 189 VMware Tools 190 Before You Start the X Server 190 Known Issues 190 Guest Screen Saver 190 Migration to a Different Processor 190 Turbolinux Workstation 8 191 Support 191 General Installation Notes 191 Installation Steps 191 VMware Tools 191 Before You
59. a virtual machine is to use the standard SUSE distribution CDs The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing SUSE Linux 8 0 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NOTE During the SUSE Linux 8 0 installation do not install an X server To get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing SUSE Linux 8 0 Installation Steps 1 Insert the SUSE Linux 8 0 installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Poweronthe virtual machine to start installing SUSE Linux 8 0 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine until you get to the selection screens described in the next steps 4 Install using the text mode installer 5 When prompted do not install an X server In the Configure Monitor screen choose No X11 The installer asks you to confirm Click Continue and finish the installation This completes basic installation of the SUSE Linux 8 0 guest operating system VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in
60. an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products VMware Workstation 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 AS ES WS Update 1 2 supported on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Update 3 4 supported on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for Update 5 on Workstation 6 0 Update 5 supported on Workstation 6 0 1 Update 6 supported on Workstation 6 0 3 Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger does not support Update 6 on Workstation 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 VMware ACE 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2
61. are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc 81 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Mandrake Linux 9 1 82 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Mandrake Linux 9 1 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware GSX Server 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or GSX Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Mandrake Lin
62. as RDM Virtual Machine Using the Same LUN as a Prior Windows NT RDM Guest Installation If you install Novell Netware Server in a Raw Device Mapping RDM virtual machine and you use the same logical unit number LUN previously used to install Windows NT in an RDM virtual machine on the same host the installation will take place on an existing FAT16 partition that was created by the prior Window NT installation The installation will proceed correctly until the final reboot when it will load the Windows NT master boot record MBR but will crash to bluescreen due to an inaccessible device error Even though Netware is installed you will not be able to access the Netware operating system To work around this problem format the LUN before you begin installing the Netware virtual machine This ensures that the old FAT16 partition is formatted and that Netware will reboot correctly VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Solaris 10 Operating System for x86 Platforms This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Solaris 10 Operating System for x86 platforms operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Solaris 10 1 06 Update 1 on Workstation 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for Solaris 1
63. as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines Unless you are using ESX Server 2 5 x VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the SLES 10 installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing SLES 10 3 Install using the text mode installer In the first installation screen use the arrow keys to select Installation press the F2 key use the arrow keys to choose text mode and then press Enter to select the text mode installer 4 At the Installation Settings screen go to the Change menu and choose Booting 5 The Boot Loader Setup screen appears Set the Boot Loader Type to LILO instead of the default GRUB 6 The installer displays a warning that indicates you might lose some settings and prompts you to select a course of action Select Convert current configuration and continue 7 Select Finish to return to the Installation Settings screen 8 Follow the remaining installation steps as you would for a physical machine This completes basic
64. asterisk should appear between the brackets The SMP kernel is not supported in a virtual machine You do not need to change any other selections 5 Allow automatic partitioning of the disk to occur in the Automatic Partitioning screen or partition the virtual disk manually if you do not want to use the Asianux defaults You might see a warning that begins The partition table on device lt devicename gt was unreadable To create new partitions it must be initialized causing the loss of ALL DATA on the drive This does not mean that anything is wrong with the hard drive on your physical computer It simply means that the virtual hard drive in your virtual machine needs to be partitioned and formatted 6 Click Yes to partition the drive 7 If your computer is connected to a LAN that provides DHCP support in the Network Configuration screen you can select the option Use bootp dhcp If you prefer you can also set the networking parameters manually This completes basic installation of the Asianux 3 0 guest operating system VMware Inc 59 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 60 VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Do not start the X server in the guest operating system until you install VMware Tools In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enable
65. best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Phantom COM Ports After you install Windows 95 you might notice Unknown COM5 and COM6 devices exist in the Windows Device Manager These devices do not actually exist and are not consuming IRQ or other resources You can remove them using the Windows Device Manager if you like Lack of Support for USB 2 0 Drivers Workstation 6 x This guest operating system does not provide drivers for USB 2 0 on Workstation 6 x As a result when you install this operating system a warning will display indicating that the device driver for USB 2 0 cannot be found To resolve this issue disable the USB Controller on the guest To disable the USB 2 0 controller 1 Open the virtual machine settings editor VM gt Settings 2 Select Settings to open the Virtual Machine Settings dialog box 3 Select Hardware and deselect the Enable USB 2 0 check box for the USB Controller 4 Click OK 56 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems DOS and Windows 3 1x This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for DOS and the Windows 3 1x operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3
66. center at the LSI Logic Web site Go to http www lsilogic com cm DownloadSearch do and download for the LSI20320 R SCSI adapter driver for your guest operating system For details on installing this driver see the VMware ESX Server Administration Guide Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Installation Steps 1 Insert the Windows 2000 CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows 2000 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 After you install VMware Tools you must change your Windows 2000 screen area to be greater than 640x480 pixels if you do not change it Windows 2000 uses the standard VGA driver and your performance will suffer Known Issues Guest Screen Saver VMware Workstation On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Service Pack 3 A Windows 2000 guest with Service Pack 3 installed might fail to boot A dialog box appears sayin
67. change for Novell Linux Desktop 9 95 avoiding change for Open SUSE Linux 10 2 155 avoiding change for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 112 avoiding change for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 107 avoiding change for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 102 avoiding change for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 98 avoiding change for Red Hat Linux 6 2 135 avoiding change for Red Hat Linux 7 0 131 avoiding change for Red Hat Linux 7 1 129 avoiding change for Red Hat Linux 7 2 126 avoiding change for Red Hat Linux 7 3 123 avoiding change for Red Hat Linux 8 0 120 avoiding change for Red Hat Linux 9 0 116 avoiding change for SUSE LINUX 10 160 avoiding change for SUSE LINUX 10 1 158 avoiding change for SUSE Linux 10 3 151 avoiding change for SuSE Linux 7 3 184 avoiding change for SuSE Linux 8 0 181 avoiding change for SuSE Linux 8 1 179 avoiding change for SuSE Linux 8 2 176 avoiding change for SUSE LINUX 9 0 173 avoiding change for SUSE LINUX 9 1 170 VMware Inc Index avoiding change for SUSE LINUX 9 2 167 avoiding change for SUSE LINUX 9 3 164 avoiding change for SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 140 avoiding change for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 149 avoiding change for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 147 avoiding change for SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 144 avoiding change for Turbolinux 10 Desktop 186 188 avoiding change for Turbolinux 7 0 194 avoiding change for Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 190 avoiding change for Turbolinux Wo
68. choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines ESX Server 2 5 x Although ESX Server 2 5 x virtual machines are compatible with Physical Address Extension PAE they are not optimized for it As a result guest operating systems with PAE enabled might experience poor performance For best performance VMware recommends that you disable PAE in guest operating systems For more information and instructions on disabling PAE see the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 2020 VMware Inc Choosing and I
69. com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off VMware Inc 187 Guest Operating System Installation Guide After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux ch
70. configured with vmware config tools p1 after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully NOTE With a Mandrake Linux 9 2 guest you should install VMware Tools from the Linux console Do not start X until you have installed VMware Tools NOTE Provided you installed the XFree 4 3 X server when you installed the guest operating system as advised in the install steps when you start the VMware Tools installation script by typing vmware install plinthe vmware tools distrib directory the following message appears Found an installed version of the VMware SVGA driver for XFree86 4 Some versions of this driver included with the XFree86 4 distributions do not work properly Would you like to install a stable but possibly older versi
71. created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc 161 Guest Operating System Installation Guide SUSE Linux 9 3 162 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the SUSE Linux 9 3 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware ESX Server 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 Virtual SMP supported m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic vi
72. do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive 90 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Mandrake Linux 8 0 and 8 1 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Mandrake Linux 8 0 and 8 loperating systems Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products
73. from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine y CAUTION During the Turbolinux Workstation 8 installation do not install an X server To get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing Turbolinux Workstation 8 Installation Steps 1 Insert the Turbolinux Workstation 8 installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Turbolinux Workstation 8 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine until you get to the selection screens described in the next steps 4 Install using the text mode installer In the first installation screen press the F2 key and then press Enter to select the text mode installer 5 When prompted do not install an X server In the Desktop Settings screen choose Text Mode Only Click Accept and finish the installation VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 VMware Inc 191 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 192 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config tools p1 after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the networ
74. if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc 147 Guest Operating System Installation Guide SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 148 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Service Pack 2 supported m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 Service Pack 2 supported on GSX Server 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running t
75. in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing the guest operating system 3 If you are using the virtual BusLogic SCSI driver downloaded from the VMware Web site or the LSI Logic SCSI driver downloaded from the LSI Logic Web site you must take some special steps at this point in the installation process As the Windows XP installer loads press the F6 key This allows you to select the additional SCSI driver required for installation Press S to specify the additional driver After you specify the SCSI driver press Enter to continue with setup 4 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Sound Driver Needed for 64 Bit Guests VMware Workstation 5 5 x and VMware Server if you want to use sound in a 64 bit Windows XP Professional guest operating system you must use the driver available on the VMware Web site at www vmware com download ws drivers_tools html under VMaudio Driver experimental VMware Inc 41 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 42 Known Issues Product Activation The Microsoft Windows XP product activation feature creates a numerical key based on the virtual hardware in the virtual machine where it is installed Changes in the configuration of the
76. installing guest operating system 33 known issues 34 network adapter 35 screen saver 35 VMwere Tools installation 34 Windows XP 42 64 bit support 40 hibernation 42 installing guest operating system 40 known issues 42 PAE message during installation 42 product activation 42 screen saver 42 SCSI driver 41 workspaces switching in Linux guest 30 Index 267 Guest Operating System Installation Guide X X server 268 and Mandrake Linux 10 guest 76 and Mandrake Linux 10 1 guest 73 and Mandrake Linux 8 2 guest 88 and Mandrake Linux 9 0 guest 85 and Mandrake Linux 9 1 guest 82 and Mandrake Linux 9 2 guest 79 and Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 0 guest 61 and Mandriva Corporate Server 4 guest 64 and Mandriva Linux 2006 guest 70 and Mandriva Linux 2007 guest 67 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 1 guest 109 and Red Hat Linux 7 0 guest 130 and Red Hat Linux 7 1 guest 127 and Red Hat Linux 7 2 guest 124 and Red Hat Linux 7 3 guest 121 and Red Hat Linux 8 0 guest 118 and Red Hat Linux 9 0 guest 113 and SuSE Linux 7 3 guest 183 and SuSE Linux 8 0 guest 180 and SuSE Linux 8 1 guest 177 and SuSE Linux 8 2 guest 174 and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 guest 148 and Turbolinux 7 0 guest 193 VMware Inc
77. known issues 74 Mandrake Linux 10 avoid migrating to different processor type 78 installing guest operating system 76 known issues 77 screen saver 78 Mandrake Linux 10 1 avoid migrating to different processor type 75 installing guest operating system 73 Mandrake Linux 8 0 avoid migrating to different processor type 93 screen saver 92 shutting down 93 Mandrake Linux 8 0 and 8 1 installing guest operating system 91 known issues 92 259 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Mandrake Linux 8 2 avoid migrating to different processor type 90 installing guest operating system 88 installing X server 88 known issues 90 screen saver 90 Mandrake Linux 9 0 avoid migrating to different processor type 87 installing guest operating system 85 installing X server 85 known issues 87 screen saver 87 Mandrake Linux 9 1 avoid migrating to different processor type 84 installing guest operating system 82 known issues 83 screen saver 83 Mandrake Linux 9 2 avoid migrating to different processor type 81 installing guest operating system 79 known issues 81 number lock on a laptop host 79 screen saver 81 Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 avoid migrating to different processor type 63 Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 0 64 bit support 61 installing guest operating system 61 installing X server 61 known issues 62 screen saver 63 Mandriva Corporate Server 4 64 bit support 64 avoid migrating to different processor type
78. line in the lilo conf file 1 Login as root at the command line 2 Change directories to the etc directory 3 Use a text editor to comment out the vga 788 line in the lilo conf file label linux root dev sdal initrd boot initrd img append acpi ht resume dev sda5 splash silent vga 788 read only 4 Enterliloatthe command line to run the file 5 Reboot the guest Any display issues should be resolved VMware Inc 75 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Mandrake Linux 10 76 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Mandrake Linux 10 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines
79. m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine NOTE With many FreeBSD guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing FreeBSD 4 0 4 1 4 2 or 4 3 in a virtual machine is to use the standard FreeBSD distribution CD Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NOTE If you create your virtual machine with a virtual IDE disk installation proceeds as it would ona physical machine If you create your virtual machine with a SCSI virtual disk that is 2GB or larger see Setting the Disk Geometry for a FreeBSD SCSI Virtual Disk Installation Steps 1 Insert the FreeBSD CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing FreeBSD
80. m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Turbolinux 10 Desktop in a virtual machine is to use the standard Turbolinux distribution CDs The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Turbolinux 10 Desktop via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps 1 Insert the Turbolinux 10 Desktop installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Turbolinux 10 Desktop 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware
81. more frequently on guests with non passthrough Raw Device Mapping RDM To work around this problem reinstall Netware 6 0 Server SP5 238 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Netware Server Guest Inaccessible If Installed as RDM Virtual Machine Using the Same LUN as a Prior Windows NT RDM Guest Installation If you install Novell Netware Server in a Raw Device Mapping RDM virtual machine and you use the same logical unit number LUN previously used to install Windows NT in an RDM virtual machine on the same host the installation will take place on an existing FAT16 partition that was created by the prior Window NT installation The installation will proceed correctly until the final reboot when it will load the Windows NT master boot record MBR but will crash to bluescreen due to an inaccessible device error Even though Netware is installed you will not be able to access the Netware operating system To work around this problem format the LUN before you begin installing the Netware virtual machine This ensures that the old FAT16 partition is formatted and that Netware will reboot correctly VMware Inc 239 Guest Operating System Installation Guide NetWare 5 1 Server This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Netware 5 1 Server operating system 240 Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products VMware Works
82. network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps 1 Insert the SUSE Linux 10 1 installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing SUSE Linux 10 1 3 Install using the text mode installer In the first installation screen press the F3 key to get boot options Press the F3 key again and use the arrow keys to select text mode and then press Enter to select the text mode installer VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems 4 Be sure to install gcc and the kernel source so the VMware Tools installer can compile modules for SUSE Linux 10 At the Installation Settings screen choose Change and then choose Software From the Filter menu choose RPM Groups Choose the Development group press Enter to open it and add gcc gec c and kernel source by highlighting those items in the list and pressing the spacebar 5 At the Test Internet Connection screen during final configuration after all packages are installed do not perform
83. on ESX 3 0 20071105 removed irrelevant information about network adapters for Workstation running Windows Server 2008 Corrected support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 on ESX Server 20071019 updated with new Workstation 6 0 2 and ACE 2 0 2 releases 20071015 adds support for Solaris 10 8 07 Update 4 32 and 64 bit on ESX 3 0 1 and 3 0 2 Removes information about sound driver needed for Windows Server 2008 64 bit guests and modifies information about network adapter support for Windows Server 2008 on VMware Workstation VMware Inc 21 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 22 Table 1 Revision History Continued Revision 20071009 Description adds support for Ubuntu 7 04 Server and Desktop editions 32 and 64 bit on ESX Server 3 0 2 Adds support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 1 on ESX Server 3 0 1 and 3 0 2 Modifies VMware Workstation support for Solaris 10 Operating System for x86 Platforms 20070919 adds new VMware Workstation 6 0 1 and ACE 2 0 1 releases Adds new Workstation 5 5 5 ACE 1 0 4 and VMware Server 1 0 4 releases Adds support for para virtualization on Workstation running Ubuntu 7 0 4 Reverses order of entries in Revision History table Revises file and directory names for disabling IPv6 when installing VMware Tools on Ubuntu Linux guest operating systems 20070906 Fixes incorrect linking in Table 1 Adds known issue to Windows Vista
84. page 174 4 0 1 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 5 5 1 0 1 0 5 SUSE Linux 8 1 on page 177 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 SUSE Linux 8 0 on page 180 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 26 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems VMware GSX ESX VMware VMware Guest Operating System Workstation ACE Server Server Server Fusion SUSE Linux 7 3 on page 183 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 Turbolinux 10 Server on page 185 6 0 1 6 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 3 Turbolinux 10 Desktop on page 187 5 5 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 1 1 Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 on page 189 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 1 1 Turbolinux Workstation 8 on page 191 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 Turbolinux 7 0 on page 193 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 Ubuntu Linux 7 10 on page 195 6 0 3 Ubuntu Linux 7 04 on page 197 6 0 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 3 5 Ubuntu Linux 6 10 on page 200 6 0 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 1 Ubuntu Linux 6 06 on page 202 5 5 2 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 5 Ubuntu Linux 5 10 on page 204 5 5 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 1 1 Ubuntu Linux 5 04 on page 206 5 5 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 5 FreeBSD 6 2 on page 208 6 0 1 6 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 3 FreeBSD 6 1 on page 210 5 5 2 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 1 FreeBSD 6 0 on pag
85. power it on while the host is in 8 bit 256 color mode Install the guest operating system and VMware Tools which includes the CPU idler program See below for details Installing the Guest Operating System To install NetWare 4 2 in a virtual machine complete the following steps 1 VMware recommends that you install MS DOS 5 0 or higher in a small 50MB FAT16 partition as described in these guidelines The rest of the free space on the virtual disk is used for the NetWare partition Even if the virtual machine is to run NetWare most of the time it is a good idea to install a CPU idler program Install a CD ROM driver or CD ROM software for DOS If you have problems setting up the DOS virtual machine to access the CD ROM drive you can use the mtmcdai sys driver which can be found at www mitsumi com Under Drivers and Manuals look for ide158 exe Modify the config sys and autoexec bat files on your DOS boot floppy along with the mscdex exe file as shown below If you are using a DOS boot partition adjust the drive letters accordingly config sys device himem sys testmem off device NEC_IDE SYS D MSCD001 files 12 buffers 15 stacks 9 256 lastdrive z autoexec bat ECHO OFF VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems set EXPAND YES SET DIRCMD 0 N cls set temp c set tmp c path c IF config NOCD GOTO QUIT a NWCDEX EXE D mscd001 QUIT After you have configured the CD ROM
86. reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully 114 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems NOTE When you are installing VMware Tools the configuration program asks you to specify a resolution for the guest operating system s display Be sure to set the resolution to 1152 x 864 or lower If you set a higher resolution the guest operating system instead switches to a default resolution of 800 x 600 Known Issues Forcing the Installer to Read the Second Installation CD VMware Workstation VMware ACE or VMware GSX Server The Red Hat installer might fail to read the second installation CD correctly if the CD drive in your virtual machine is set up using the defaults The specific failure message depends on the set of packages you choose to install In many cases the first package the installer tries to read from the second CD is the XPDF package so the error message reports a problem with xpdf lt version number gt You can force the installer to read the second CD correct
87. restart the guest operating system VMware Inc 65 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel m
88. saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines ESX Server 2 5 x Although ESX Server 2 5 x virtual machines are compatible with Physical Address Extension PAE they are not optimized for it As a result guest operating systems with PAE enabled might experience poor performance For best performance VMware recommends that you disable PAE in guest operating systems For more information and instructions on disabling PAE see the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 2020 Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine creat
89. sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Open SUSE Linux 10 2 in a virtual machine is to use the standard SUSE Linux distribution CDs The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Open SUSE Linux 10 2 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps 1 Insert the Open SUSE Linux 10 2 installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Open SUSE Linux 10 2 3 Install using the text mode installer In the first installation screen press the F3 key to get boot options Press the F3 key again and use the arrow keys to select text mode and then press Enter to select the text mode installer VMware Inc 153 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 154 4 Be sure to install gcc and the kernel source so the VMware Tools installer can compile modu
90. sysconfig network scripts ifcfg eth lt n gt etc sysconfig networking devices ifcfg eth lt n gt In both cases lt n gt is the number of the Ethernet adapter for example eth0 In each of the two files add the following line MII_NOT_SUPPORTED yes Then run the command ifup eth lt n gt where lt n gt is the number of the Ethernet adapter or restart the guest operating system VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host wit
91. system itself 64 Bit Guest Operating Systems Requirements for 64 Bit Guest Operating Systems To install and run a 64 bit guest operating system you must have a supported CPU in the host computer and you must be running a VMware product that supports 64 bit guests For details see the documentation for your VMware product Running 64 Bit Guest Operating Systems To run a 64 bit guest operating system on 32 bit Intel hardware with VT support you must enable VT on the host machine BIOS NOTE For more information about support for 64 bit guest operating systems on 32 bit Intel hardware with VT support refer to knowledge base article 1901 at kb vmware com kb 1901 64 Bit Linux Guests and Execute Disable Functionality When running a 64 bit Linux guest operating system on EM64T hardware make sure that you have Execute Disable functionality enabled in the host BIOS This helps to ensure that the Linux guest operating system will run without interruption General Guidelines for All VMware Products 28 Before starting to install a guest operating system create a virtual machine and be sure that its devices are set up as you expect For example if you would like networking software to be installed when you install the guest operating system be sure the virtual machine s Ethernet adapter is configured and enabled The tool or interface you use to configure the virtual machine depends on the VMware product you are using A new
92. technology you might get an error message The error message indicates the guest operating system is trying to use PAE Discontinue the installation process if this occurs and enable PAE for the affected virtual machine To enable PAE for the virtual machine 1 Make sure the virtual machine is powered off 2 Editthe configuration vmx file for the virtual machine by adding the following line to the file paevm true 3 Power on the virtual machine and install the guest operating system Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines ESX Server 2 5 x Although ESX Server 2 5 x virtual machines are compatible with Physical Address Extension PAE they are not optimized for it As a result guest operating systems with PAE enabled might experience poor performance For best performance VMware recommends that you disable PAE in guest operating systems For more information and instructions on disabling PAE see the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 2020 ESX Server 3 x Note that disabling PAE also disables NX no execute and ED execute disabled features found in recent AMD and Intel processors These features are not supported by ESX Server versions before ESX Server 3 x Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine In some cases networking does not work properly in a copied or cloned virtual machine or a virtual machine deployed to end users as part of a VMware ACE package If you copy a virtual mac
93. than the last octet in the IP address of the host For example if the host IP address is 192 168 160 1 the virtual machine s IP address is 192 168 160 where is any number greater than 2 and less than 128 For the subnet mask enter 255 255 255 0 For the router gateway enter the NAT service s IP address 192 168 160 2 in our example Note that with Network Address Translation there are 2 IP addresses in use on the host VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems The IP address assigned to the interface for VMnet8 which shows up in the ipconfig output with a 1 in the last octet The IP address used by the NAT device itself which always uses 2 as the last octet 7 Finish the installation by following the on screen instructions After you finish the installation install VMware Tools which installs and loads the CPU idler program VMware Tools for NetWare 6 5 Guest Operating Systems Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Installing VMware Tools also installs and loads the CPU idler program NetWare servers do not idle the CPU when the operating system is idle As a result a virtual machine takes CPU time from the host regardless of whether the NetWare server software is idle or busy To prevent unnecessary slowdowns VMware r
94. the Internet connection test 6 Follow the remaining installation steps as you would for a physical machine This completes basic installation of the SUSE Linux 10 1 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 NOTE If the initial X display is not usable you must install VMware Tools from a text mode console as described in Installing VMware Tools in a Linux Guest Operating System on page 29 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware
95. the USB Controller Click OK 51 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Windows 98 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Windows 98 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Visual Studio Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Windows 98 on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Windows 98 SE NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system You can install Windows 98 in a virtual machine using the standard Windows 98 CD If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps
96. the file Press the Esc key Save the file 5 Restart the guest operating system In the system console type restart server The virtual machine should be able to grab and ungrab the mouse now Cannot Browse File System with Arrow Keys If you are using text mode and want to browse the file system you might notice that the arrow keypad and Insert key do not allow you to navigate directories To work around this issue use the numeric keypad but first turn off the number lock by pressing the Num Lock key Netware Server Guest Inaccessible If Installed as RDM Virtual Machine Using the Same LUN as a Prior Windows NT RDM Guest Installation If you install Novell Netware Server in a Raw Device Mapping RDM virtual machine and you use the same logical unit number LUN previously used to install Windows NT in an RDM virtual machine on the same host the installation will take place on an existing FAT16 partition that was created by the prior Window NT installation The installation will proceed correctly until the final reboot when it will load the Windows NT master boot record MBR but will crash to bluescreen due to an inaccessible device error Even though Netware is installed you will not be able to access the Netware operating system To work around this problem format the LUN before you begin installing the Netware virtual machine This ensures that the old FAT16 partition is formatted and that Netware will reboot correctly VMware I
97. the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config tools p1 after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Do not start the X server in the guest operating system until you install VMware Tools NOTE When you start installing VMware Tools by typing vmware install pl in the vmware tools distrib directory the following message appears Found an installed version of the VMware SVGA driver for XFree86 4 Some versions of this driver included with the XFree86 4 distributions do not work properly Would you like to install a stable but possibly older version of the driver over the currently installed one If you plan to du
98. the space Select Use free space 6 When you reach the Summary screen configure the graphical interface Select Graphical Interface and then click Do Make the following selections m The resolution and refresh rate you want your guest to use VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems m VMware virtual video card m No when asked if you want to install updates to the packages m No when asked if you want to start X when you reboot This completes basic installation of the Mandriva Corporate Server 4 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 I
99. the standard Novell NetWare 5 1 CD ROM Keep the following issues in mind VMware recommends you install NetWare 5 1 on a computer with at least 256MB of memory For SCSI support be sure to download the latest LSI Logic driver as described in Updated LSI Logic SCSI Driver on page 242 When you configure a virtual machine for a NetWare 5 1 guest use the virtual LSI Logic SCSI adapter NetWare 5 1 Support Pack 6 does not include a driver for the virtual BusLogic SCSI adapter In the NetWare installation process you must boot from the installation CD twice once to format the virtual machine s disk drive and a second time to install files from the CD On the reboot you see the message Operating System not found and a dialog box with the message No bootable CD floppy or hard disk was detected In order to boot from the CD the second time you must change the boot order As the virtual machine boots click inside the virtual machine window When the VMware logo appears press Esc Use the arrow keys to select the CD drive as the boot device and then press Enter Installation Steps To install NetWare 5 1 in a virtual machine take the following steps 1 2 Insert the Novell NetWare 5 1 CD into the CD ROM drive Power on the virtual machine to start installing NetWare 5 1 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems 3 Read and accept the license agreement 4 Create a new boot partition The guest o
100. the value you want 48 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines ESX Server 2 5 x Although ESX Server 2 5 x virtual machines are compatible with Physical Address Extension PAE they are not optimized for it As a result guest operating systems with PAE enabled might experience poor performance For best performance VMware recommends that you disable PAE in guest operating systems For more information and instructions on disabling PAE see the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 2020 ESX Server Virtual Machine Running Windows Might Fail to Power On If Not Rebooted after VMware Tools Installation ESX Server 2 5 x After you install VMware Tools on an ESX Server 2 5 x virtual machine that is running Microsoft Windows the VMware Tools installer asks you to reboot the virtual machine If you choose not to reboot at that time and subsequently remove power from the virtual machine either by using the button Power Off Virtual Machine in the remote console or by shutting down the ESX Server you might then be unable to power on the virtual machine again When you attempt to do so the virtual machine might fail to boot up displaying the message STOP 0x0000007B INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE To avoid this problem after installing VMware Tools be sure to reboot the virtual machine when the VMware Tools installer prompts you VMware Inc 49 Guest Operating System Installat
101. various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps 1 Insert the SUSE Linux 10 installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing SUSE Linux 10 3 Install using the text mode installer In the first installation screen press the F3 key to get boot options Press the F3 key again and use the arrow keys to select text mode and then press Enter to select the text mode installer 4 Be sure to install gcc and the kernel source so the VMware Tools installer can compile modules for SUSE Linux 10 VMware Inc 159 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 160 At the Installation Settings screen choose Change and then choose Software From the Filter menu choose RPM Groups Choose the Development group press Enter to open it and add gcc gec c and kernel source by highlighting those items in the list and pressing the spacebar 5 At the Test Internet Connection screen during final configuration after all packages are installed do not perform the Internet connection test 6 Follow the remaining installation steps as you would for a physical machine This completes basic installation of the SUSE Linux 10 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For d
102. virtual machine is like a physical computer with a blank hard disk Before you can use it you must partition and format the virtual disk and install an operating system The operating system s installation program might handle the partitioning and formatting steps for you NOTE You should disable any screen saver that might be running on the host system before you start to install the guest operating system Installing a guest operating system inside a virtual machine is essentially the same as installing it on a physical computer VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems The basic steps to install a typical operating system 1 Start Workstation VMware ACE Manager or a VMware Virtual Machine Console and connect to the virtual machine 2 Insert the installation CD ROM or floppy disk for your guest operating system into the CD ROM or floppy drive being used by your virtual machine ESX Server 2 x You must insert the installation CD ROM or floppy disk in the drive on the server where the virtual machine is running You cannot use the drives on your management workstation GSX Server If your guest operating system requires a floppy disk you must insert it in the drive on the server where the virtual machine is running You cannot use the floppy drive on your management workstation NOTE Rather than boot from a physical CD ROM you might wish to create an ISO image file from the installation CD ROM You
103. virtual machine might require you to reactivate the operating system There are some steps you can take to minimize the number of significant changes m Set the final memory size for your virtual machine before you activate Windows XP When you cross certain thresholds approximately 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB and 1GB the product activation feature sees the changes as significant NOTE The size reported to the Windows product activation feature is slightly less than the actual amount configured for the virtual machine For example 128MB is interpreted as falling in the 64MB 127MB range m Install VMware Tools before you activate Windows XP When the SVGA driver in the VMware Tools package is installed it activates features in the virtual graphics adapter that make it appear to Windows XP as a new graphics adapter m Ifyou want to experiment with any other aspects of the virtual machine configuration do so before activating Windows XP Keep in mind that you have 30 days for experimentation before you have to activate the operating system For more details on Windows XP product activation see the Microsoft Web site PAE Message During Installation VMware Workstation 5 0 If you are installing the guest operating system on a VMware Workstation 5 0 or lower on a host computer that has PAE technology you might get an error message The error message indicates the guest operating system is trying to use PAE Discontinue the in
104. without a LAN driver NOTE Once the installation has been completed you can load and bind the appropriate LAN driver Selecting or loading a LAN driver during the NetWare 4 2 installation might hang the installation process 12 Finish the NetWare 4 2 installation by following the on screen instructions Then shut down the server and type exit to return to a DOS prompt After you finish the installation install VMware Tools which installs and loads the CPU idler program VMware Inc 245 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 246 VMware Tools for NetWare 4 2 Guest Operating Systems Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system In NetWare 4 2 virtual machines VMware Tools provides CPU idling sends a heartbeat from the guest operating system to the host and gives the virtual machine the ability to be gracefully powered on or off For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Installing VMware Tools also installs and loads the CPU idler program NetWare servers do not idle the CPU when the operating system is idle As a result a virtual machine takes CPU time from the host regardless of whether the NetWare server software is idle or busy To prevent unnecessary slowdowns VMware recommends that after you install VMware Tools you keep the NetWare CPU idle program loaded Netware Server Guest Inaccessible If Installed
105. 0 1 11 DOS and Windows 3 1x on page 57 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 05 1 0 1 11 Asianux 3 0 on page 59 6 0 3 Mandriva Corporate Server 4 on page 64 5 5 3 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 Mandriva Linux 2007 on page 67 5 5 3 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 1 Mandriva Linux 2006 on page 70 5 5 2 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 1 1 Mandrake Linux 10 1 on page 73 5 5 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 Mandrake Linux 10 on page 76 5 0 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 Mandrake Linux 9 2 on page 79 5 0 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 Mandrake Linux 9 1 on page 82 3 1 3 2 1 Mandrake Linux 9 0 on page 85 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 Mandrake Linux 8 2 on page 88 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 Mandrake Linux 8 0 and 8 1 on page 91 3 0 3 2 1 Novell Linux Desktop 9 on page 94 5 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 05 1 0 1 1 1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 on page 96 5 5 3 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 3 5 1 0 1 1 1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 on page 99 5 0 6 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 3 3 2 3 21 2 5 2 3 5 1 0 1 05 1 0 1 1 1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 on page 104 4 5 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 3 5 1 0 1 05 1 0 1 11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 on page 109 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 3 5 1 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 1 1 Red Hat Linux 9 0 on page 113 4 0 1 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 5 5 1 0 1 05 1 0 1 11 Red Hat Linux 8 0 on page 118 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 5
106. 0 2 6 0 3 AS ES WS Update 4 5 6 supported on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Update 7 8 supported on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 AS ES WS Update 3 4 supported on VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Updates 6 7 supported on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for Update 8 on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems m VMware ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 AS ES WS Update 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 supported on ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Virtual SMP supported on ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 This guest operating system has experimental support on the following VMware products m VMware ESX Server 3 0 AS ES WS Experimental support for Update 5 6 7 on ESX Server 3 0 NOTE 64 bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 without any update and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 1 do not support more than 4GB of memory on VMware virtual hardware NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware Virtual
107. 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 NOTE With many FreeBSD guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware product m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing FreeBSD 6 1 in a virtual machine is to use the standard FreeBSD distribution CD Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the FreeBSD CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing FreeBSD 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical PC VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Known Issues Sound VMware has not tested sound support in FreeBSD
108. 0 6 06 Update 2 on Workstation 5 5 3 Solaris 10 6 06 Update 2 on Workstation 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for Solaris 10 11 06 Update 3 on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware ESX Server 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Solaris 10 1 06 Update 1 supported on ESX Server 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Solaris 10 6 06 Update 2 supported on ESX Server 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Solaris 10 11 06 Update 3 supported on ESX Server 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Solaris 10 8 07 Update 4 supported on ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Virtual SMP supported m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Solaris 10 11 06 Update 3 supported on Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 This guest operating system has experimental support on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 Experimental support for Solaris 10 1 06 Update 1 on Workstation 5 5 2 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for Solaris 10 1 06 Update 1 on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for Solaris 10 6 06 Update 2 on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5
109. 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing SUSE Linux 7 3 in a virtual machine is to use the standard SUSE distribution CDs The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing SUSE Linux 7 3 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NOTE During the SUSE Linux 7 3 installation do not install an X server To get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine install the VMwar
110. 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system VMware products support only the x86 Platform Edition You cannot install the SPARC Platform Edition in a VMware virtual machine The easiest method of installing the Solaris 9 Operating System in a virtual machine is to use the standard Solaris x86 Platform Edition Installation CD The notes below describe an installation using the CD If your VMware product supports it you might also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NOTE If you want to use a SCSI hard disk in your virtual machine configure the virtual machine to use the LSI Logic adapter and use Solaris 9 9 04 or a later release An LSI Logic driver is included in releases beginning with Solaris 9 9 04 If you use an earlier release of Solaris 9 and configure the virtual machine to use a SCSI hard disk you must get the LSI Logi
111. 1 guests Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc 93 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Novell Linux Desktop 9 94 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Novell Linux Desktop 9 operating system Support This g
112. 17 Guest Operating System Installation Guide FreeBSD 5 3 218 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the FreeBSD 5 3 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 This operating system has experimental support as a guest operating system on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure
113. 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger support for SUSE Linux 10 on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing SUSE Linux 10 in a virtual machine is to use the standard SUSE Linux distribution CDs The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing SUSE Linux 10 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems
114. 2 0 3 AS ES WS VMware GSX Server 3 2 3 2 1 AS ES WS VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Update 1 2 3 supported on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for Update 4 on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 VMware ESX Server 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 with special driver and updated VMware Tools AS ES WS Update 1 supported on ESX Server 3 0 2 3 5 Update 2 supported on ESX Server 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Update 3 4 supported on ESX Server 2 5 3 requires Upgrade Patch 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Update 5 supported on ESX Server 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Update 6 supported on ESX Server 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 1 3 0 2 Virtual SMP supported on ESX Server 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 NOTE Before you apply Update 3 or Update 4 to this guest on ESX Server 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 or 3 5 refer to knowledge base article 51306 at kb vmware com kb 51306 VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Update 4 supported on Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products VMware Inc VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 AS ES WS Update 1 and 2 supported on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5
115. 2 Bit Version This operating system has experimental support as a guest operating system on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware ESX Server 3 5 Windows Server 2008 RCO Experimental support for Virtual SMP 64 Bit Version This operating system has experimental support as a guest operating system on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware ESX Server 3 5 Windows Server 2008 RCO Experimental support for Virtual SMP General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system You can install the Windows Server 2008 in a virtual machine using the Windows Server 2008 distribution CD If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Installation Steps If you want to run Windows Server 2008 in a virtual machine be sure you have a full installation CD for the operating system You can install Windows Server 2008 in a virtual machine using the corresponding Windows Server 2008 distribution CD If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before install
116. 2 Bit and 64 Bit Solaris 10 Guests in the Known Issues section For details on installing VMware Tools see your ESX Server User s Manual or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Known Issues Faults Reported on Solaris 10 and Solaris10 Update 1 ESX 3 0 1 For a description of the guest kernel fault reports see the knowledgebase article at kb vmware com kb 3605018 ESX Server 3 x Network Adapter Driver Support for 32 Bit and 64 Bit Solaris 10 Guests Solaris 10 32 bit guests supports the Flexible network adapter driver If VMware Tools is installed on the guest the adapter driver identifies itself as Vmxnet If VMware Tools has not been installed on the guest the adapter driver identifies itself as pen After installing the Solaris 10 Operating System on a virtual machine the pen driver appears Install VMware Tools and reboot the virtual machine to ensure that the default pen driver switches to vmxnet Solaris 10 64 bit guests support only the e1000 network adapter driver Using Solaris 10 in 32 Bit Mode on a 64 Bit Host On a 64 bit host when you install or run Solaris 10 as a guest operating system Solaris 10 automatically attempts to install or boot up in 64 bit mode To force Solaris 10 to boot up in 32 bit mode on a 64 bit host see the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 2074 To force Solaris 10 to install as a 32 bit guest on a 64 bit host see the knowledge base articl
117. 220 FreeBSD 5 3 guest 218 FreeBSD 5 4 guest 216 FreeBSD 5 5 guest 214 FreeBSD 6 0 guest 212 FreeBSD 6 1 guest 210 FreeBSD 6 2 guest 208 Mandrake Linux 10 guest 76 Mandrake Linux 10 1 guest 73 Mandrake Linux 8 0 and 8 1 guest 91 Mandrake Linux 8 2 guest 88 Mandrake Linux 9 0 guest 85 Mandrake Linux 9 1guest 82 Mandrake Linux 9 2 guest 79 Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 0 guest 61 Mandriva Corporate Server 4 guest 64 Mandriva Linux 2006 guest 70 Mandriva Linux 2007 guest 67 NetWare 4 2 Server guest 244 VMware Inc Index NetWare 5 1 Server guest 240 NetWare 6 0 Server guest 236 NetWare 6 5 Server guest 233 Novell Linux Desktop 9 guest 94 Open SUSE Linux 10 2 guest 153 Open SUSE Linux 10 3 guest 150 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 guest 109 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 guest 104 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 guest 96 Red Hat Linux 6 2 guest 133 Red Hat Linux 7 0 guest 130 Red Hat Linux 7 1 guest 127 Red Hat Linux 7 1 with early 2 4 kernel 129 Red Hat Linux 7 2 guest 124 Red Hat Linux 7 2 with early 2 4 kernel 126 Red Hat Linux 7 3 guest 121 Red Hat Linux 8 0 guest 118 Red Hat Linux 9 0guest 113 Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2 1 guest 113 Solaris 10 guest 247 Sun Java Desktop System guest 136 SUSE LINUX 10 1 guest 150 156 SuSE Linux 7 3 guest 183 SuSE Linux 8 0 guest 180 SuSE Linux 8 1 guest 177 SuSE Linux 8 2 guest 174 SUSE LINUX 9 0 guest 171 SUSE LINUX 9 1 guest 168 SUSE LINUX 9 2 guest 165 SUSE LINUX Enterp
118. 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Update 3 and 4 supported on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for Update 5 on Workstation 6 0 Update 5 supported on Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Update 6 supported on Workstation 6 0 3 Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger does not support Update 6 on Workstation 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 99 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 100 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 AS ES WS m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Update 3 supported on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for Update 4 on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware ESX Server 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 AS ES WS Update 1 supported on ESX Server 3 0 2 3 5 Experimental support for Update 2 3 on ESX Server 3 0 Update 2 3 4 5 supported on ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Update 6 supported on ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 Experimental support for Virtual SMP on ESX 3 0 Virtual SMP supported on ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 NOTE Before you apply Update 3 or Update 4 to this guest o
119. 3 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Do not start the X server in the guest operating system until you install VMware Tools In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully NOTE When you start installing VMware Tools by typing vmware instal1 pl in the vmware tools distrib directory the following message appears Found an installed version of the VMware SVGA driver for XFree86 4 Some versions of this driver included
120. 37 Installation Steps 37 Installing the Guest Operating System 38 VMware Tools 38 Sound Driver Needed for 64 Bit Guests 38 Known Issues 38 Product Activation 38 Display Hardware Acceleration 38 Guest Screen Saver 39 Hibernation 39 Checked Debug Build 39 ESX Server and Support Microsoft Clustering Service with Windows Server 2003 SP1 39 vlance Ethernet Adapter Fails to Start for Windows Server 2003 Virtual Machine in PAE Mode 39 Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines 39 ESX Server Virtual Machine Running Windows Might Fail to Power On If Not Rebooted after VMware Tools Installation 39 On Intel Woodcrest Based Hosts Installing 64 Bit Windows 2003 Enterprise Server R2 in Virtual Machine Might Cause Virtual Machine to Crash 39 Windows XP 40 Support 40 32 Bit Version 40 64 Bit Version 40 General Installation Notes 41 Installation Steps 41 VMware Tools 41 Sound Driver Needed for 64 Bit Guests 41 Known Issues 42 Product Activation 42 PAE Message During Installation 42 Guest Screen Saver 42 Hibernation 42 Checked Debug Build 42 Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines 43 ESX Server Virtual Machine Running Windows Might Fail to Power On If Not Rebooted after VMware Tools Installation 43 Windows 2000 44 Support 44 General Installation Notes 44 Installation Steps 45 VMware Tools 45 Known Issues 45 Guest Screen Saver 45 Service Pack 3 45 Installation Hangs 45 Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines 45 ESX Server Vi
121. 4 1 0 5 Service Pack 1 supported VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware ESX Server 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Service Pack 1 supported on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Service Pack 1 and supported VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing SUSE Linux 9 2 in a virtual machine is to use the standard SUSE Linux distribution CDs The notes below desc
122. 5 Updates 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 supported on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for Update 8 on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 VMware ESX Server 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 AS ES WS pdate 1 supported on ESX Server 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 pdate 2 supported on ESX Server 2 1 with Virtual SMP 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 pdate 3 supported on ESX Server 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 pdate 4 supported on ESX Server 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 pdate 5 supported on ESX Server 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 pdate 6 7 supported on ESX Server 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 pdate 8 supported on ESX Server 2 5 3 requires Upgrade Patch 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 pdate 9 supported on ESX Server 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Virtual SMP supported on ESX Server 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 U U U U U U U U VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Update 8 supported on Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6
123. 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for Service Pack 3 on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 Service Pack 3 supported on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for Service Pack 4 on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 NOTE Before you apply Service Pack 3 to ESX Server 3 0 3 0 1 or 3 0 2 refer to knowledge base article 51306 at kb vmware com kb 51306 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Service Pack 1supported on VMware ACE 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Service Pack 2 supported on VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Service Pack 3 supported on VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Experimental support for Service Pack 4 beta on VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Service Pack 1 2 3 supported on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Service Pack 1 2 supported on ESX Server 3 5 Service Pack 3 supported on ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 m Service Pack 4 supported on ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 requires Patch ESX 1002431 Virtual SMP supported m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Service Pack 3 supported on Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Th
124. 5 1 0 1 0 5 Red Hat Linux 7 3 on page 121 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 5 5 1 0 1 0 5 Red Hat Linux 7 2 on page 124 4 0 6 0 3 1 02 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 5 5 1 0 1 0 5 Red Hat Linux 7 1 on page 127 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 Red Hat Linux 7 0 on page 130 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 05 1 0 1 11 Red Hat Linux 6 2 on page 133 3 0 3 2 1 Sun Java Desktop System 2 on page 136 5 0 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on page 138 5 5 2 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 1 1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on page 141 5 0 6 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 3 3 2 3 2 1 2 5 3 5 1 0 1 0 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 on page 146 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 3 5 1 0 1 0 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 on page 148 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 Open SUSE Linux 10 3 on page 150 6 0 1 6 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 3 Open SUSE Linux 10 2 on page 153 6 0 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 SUSE Linux 10 1 on page 156 5 5 2 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 1 1 SUSE Linux 10 on page 159 5 5 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 5 SUSE Linux 9 3 on page 162 5 5 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 2 5 2 2 5 5 1 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 1 1 SUSE Linux 9 2 on page 165 5 0 6 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 3 3 2 3 2 1 2 5 1 2 5 5 1 0 1 0 5 SUSE Linux 9 1 on page 168 4 5 2 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 1 3 2 1 2 5 2 5 5 1 0 1 0 5 SUSE Linux 9 0 on page 171 4 5 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 2 1 2 5 5 1 0 1 0 5 SUSE Linux 8 2 on
125. 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 64 Bit Version This operating system has experimental support as a guest operating system on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Ubuntu Linux 5 04 in a virtual
126. 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB and 1GB the product activation feature sees the changes as significant NOTE The size reported to the Windows product activation feature is slightly less than the actual amount configured for the virtual machine For example 128MB is interpreted as falling in the 64MB 127MB range m Install VMware Tools before you activate Windows Server 2003 When the SVGA driver in the VMware Tools package is installed it activates features in the virtual graphics adapter that make it appear to Windows Server 2003 as a new graphics adapter m If you want to experiment with any other aspects of the virtual machine configuration do so before activating Windows Server 2003 Keep in mind that typically you have 14 days for experimentation before you have to activate the operating system Your EULA might define a different period before activation is required For more details on Windows Server 2003 product activation see the Microsoft Web site Display Hardware Acceleration Windows Server 2003 has display adapter hardware acceleration disabled by default This slows down graphics performance and mouse responsiveness in the guest operating system To enable hardware acceleration in a Windows Server 2003 guest open the Control Panel and then open the Display Properties control panel On the Settings tab click Advanced On the Troubleshoot tab drag the Hardware acceleration slider all the way to Full VMware Inc
127. 70 32 Bit Support 70 64 Bit Support 70 General Installation Notes 70 Installation Steps 70 VMware Tools 71 Known Issues 71 Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly 71 Changing Resolution in the Guest Operating System 71 Getting a DHCP Address in the Guest Operating System 71 Guest Screen Saver 72 Migration to a Different Processor 72 Mandrake Linux 10 1 73 Support 73 General Installation Notes 73 6 VMware Inc Contents Installation Steps 73 VMware Tools 74 Known Issues 74 Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly 74 Changing Resolution in the Guest Operating System 74 Getting a DHCP Address in the Guest Operating System 74 Guest Screen Saver 75 Migration to a Different Processor 75 Display Issues 75 Mandrake Linux 10 76 Support 76 General Installation Notes 76 Installation Steps 76 VMware Tools 77 Known Issues 77 Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly 77 Changing Resolution in the Guest Operating System 77 Getting a DHCP Address in the Guest Operating System 77 Guest Screen Saver 78 Migration to a Different Processor 78 Mandrake Linux 9 2 79 Support 79 General Installation Notes 79 Installation Steps 79 VMware Tools 80 Known Issues 81 Guest Screen Saver 81 Migration to a Different Processor 81 Mandrake Linux 9 1 82 Support 82 General Installation Notes 82 Installation Steps 82 VMware Tools 83 Known Issues 83 Guest Screen Saver 83 Migrati
128. Center be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Update 8 supported on Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Red Hat distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NOTE Be sure the virtual machine is configured with at least 256MB of memory If the virtual machine has less than 256MB of memory Red Hat Enterprise Linux presents an error message as it loads certain VMware drivers NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps NOTE Pay particular attention to the notes in Step 6
129. Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Hibernation Should you experience difficulties with the hibernation feature for this guest operating system suspend the virtual machine instead Checked Debug Build VMware GSX Server In order to install and run a checked debug build of Windows Server 2003 in a virtual machine you must first edit the virtual machine s configuration file vmx Add the following line uhci forceHaltBit TRUE ESX Server and Support Microsoft Clustering Service with Windows Server 2003 SP1 For information about support of Microsoft Clustering Service MSCS with Windows 2003 SP1 see the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 2021 vlance Ethernet Adapter Fails to Start for Windows Server 2003 Virtual Machine in PAE Mode VMware ESX Server VMware Workstation In a Windows Server 2003 virtual machine in PAE mode the vlance Ethernet adapter fails to start VMware recommends that you download and install the NDIS5 Driver for AMD PCnet Ethernet Adapter version 4 5 1 from the AMD Web site at http www amd com us en ConnectivitySolutions ProductInformation 0 50_2330_6629_2452 5E2454 5E2 486 00 html Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines ESX Server 2 5 x
130. DOS is idle VMware products rely on the guest operating system to use the Halt instruction or advanced power management to deschedule the virtual machine when it is idle Windows 3 1x Installation Notes You can install Windows 3 1x using the standard installation disks VMware Workstation VMware ACE and GSX Server virtual machines support the networking features found in Windows 3 11 or Windows for Workgroups If you set up networking choose the Advanced Micro Devices PCNET Family NDIS2 NDIS3 Ethernet driver Known Issues Mouse Problems We intermittently encounter erratic mouse behavior in virtual machines running Windows 3 1x in window mode This problem does not appear in the full screen mode VMware Inc 57 Guest Operating System Installation Guide No VMware Tools No VMware Tools package exists for DOS or Windows 3 1x guest operating systems therefore Windows 3 1x is limited to VGA mode graphics and you must always use the Ctrl Alt key combination to release the mouse from a DOS or Windows 3 1x virtual machine Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze 58 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Asianux 3 0 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the As
131. E Linux 10 3 guest operating system is installed it includes the MAC address as part of a key configuration filename When the virtual machine s MAC address changes the guest operating system might fail to associate this configuration file with the virtual Ethernet adapter If you experience this problem you can work around it by copying or renaming the file For eth0 for example make the following change Old name etc sysconfig network ifcfg eth0 id lt MAC_address gt New name etc sysconfig network ifcfg eth0 Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD proces
132. ESX Server 2 5 x Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Installation Steps 1 Insert the SUSE Linux 9 1 installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing SUSE Linux 9 1 3 Install using the text mode installer In the first installation screen press the F2 key use the arrow keys to select text mode and then press Enter to select the text mode installer 4 Follow the remaining installation steps as you would for a physical machine 5 If you might copy or move this virtual machine make the change described in Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine on page 170 This completes basic installation of the SUSE Linux 9 1 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too01s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats conti
133. Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware ESX Server 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Windows 2000 Server Advanced Server and Terminal Services Edition Service Pack 3 or 4 Terminal Services Edition Service Pack 4 Update Rollup 1 supported on ESX Server 2 5 4 2 5 5 Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4 supported on ESX Server 2 0 2 2 1 3 2 5 1 2 5 3 Virtual SMP supported mg VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4 supported on Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Windows 2000 Advanced Server Service Pack 4 supported on Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system You can install a supported version of Windows 2000 in a virtual machine using the corresponding Windows 2000 distribution CD If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server ESX Server or VirtualCenter If you are using the virtual LSI Logic SCSI adapter you must download the driver from the download
134. Guest Operating System Installation Guide March 14 2008 8 vmware Guest Operating System Installation Guide Guest Operating System Installation Guide Revision 20080314 Item GSTOS ENG Q108 198 You can find the most up to date technical documentation on our Web site at http www vmware com support The VMware Web site also provides the latest product updates If you have comments about this documentation submit your feedback to docfeedback vmware com 2006 2008 VMware Inc All rights reserved Protected by one or more of U S Patent Nos 6 397 242 6 496 847 6 704 925 6 711 672 6 725 289 6 735 601 6 785 886 6 789 156 6 795 966 6 880 022 6 944 699 6 961 806 6 961 941 7 069 413 7 082 598 7 089 377 7 111 086 7 111 145 7 117 481 7 149 843 7 155 558 7 222 221 7 260 815 7 260 820 7 269 683 7 275 136 7 277 998 7 277 999 7 278 030 7 281 102 and 7 290 253 patents pending VMware the VMware boxes logo and design Virtual SMP and VMotion are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware Inc in the United States and or other jurisdictions All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies VMware Inc 3401 Hillview Ave Palo Alto CA 94304 www vmware com 2 VMware Inc Contents About This Book 21 Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems 25 Latest Updates 25 Supported Guest Operating Systems 25 Supported and Unsupported Guest Operat
135. Guest Operating System Installation Guide 34 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system You can install the Windows Vista in a virtual machine using the Windows Vista distribution CD If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Installation Steps If you want to run Windows Vista in a virtual machine be sure you havea full installation CD for the operating system You can install Windows Vista Enterprise Vista Business Vista Home Basic Vista Home Premium or Vista Ultimate in a virtual machine using the corresponding Windows Vista distribution CD If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Be sure the virtual machine has at least 512MB of RAM The host computer must have more than 512MB of RAM to support this setting If you are installing the 32 bit version of Windows Vista be sure the virtual machine s hard drive is 16GB or larger If you are installing the 64 bit version of Windows Vista be sure the virtual machine s hard drive is 24GB or larger If an Internet connection is not available while installing a 32 bit Windows Vista guest the driver for the multimedia audio controller will not be installed The Windows Devi
136. Guest Operating Systems FreeBSD 4 11 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the FreeBSD 4 11 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware ESX Server 2 5 4 2 5 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine NOTE With many FreeBSD guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing FreeBSD 4 11 in a virtual machine is to use the standard FreeBSD distribution CD Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine vmxnet Ethernet Adapter Recommended for ESX Server ESX Server VMware recommends that you configure ESX Server virtual machines that use this guest operating system to use the vmx Ethernet adapter See your product documentation for instructions Installation Steps 1 Insert the FreeBSD CD
137. Guest Operating Systems Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc 155 Guest Operating System Installation Guide SUSE Linux 10 1 156 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the SUSE Linux 10 1 operating system Support 32 B
138. ING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues PAE Message During Installation VMware Workstation 5 0 If you are installing the guest operating system on a VMware Workstation 5 0 or lower on a host computer that has PAE technology you might get an error message The error message indicates the guest operating system is trying to use PAE Discontinue the installation process if this occurs and enable PAE for the affected virtual machine To enable PAE for the virtual machine 1 Make sure the virtual machine is powered off 2 Editthe configuration vmx file for the virtual machine by adding the following line to the file paevm true 3 Power on the virtual machine and install the guest operating system Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines ESX Server 2 5 x Although ESX Server 2 5 x virtual machines are compatible with Physical Address Extension PAE they are not optimized for it As a result guest operating systems with PAE enabled might experience poor performance For best performance VMware recommends that you disable PAE in guest operating systems For more information and instructions on disabling PAE see the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 2020 ESX Server 3 x Note that
139. If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Mandrake Linux 9 0 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Mandrake Linux distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Mandrake Linux 9 0 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NoTE During the Mandrake Linux 9 0 installation you are offered a choice of XFree86 X servers You can choose either one but do not run that X server Instead to get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine you should install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing Mandrake Linux 9 0 NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system
140. In some cases networking does not work properly in a copied or cloned virtual machine or a virtual machine deployed to end users as part of a VMware ACE package If you copy a virtual machine and specify that the copy should have a unique identifier the MAC addresses for any virtual Ethernet adapters attached to the virtual machine change When a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 guest operating system is installed it includes the MAC address as part of a key configuration filename When the virtual machine s MAC address changes the guest operating system might fail to associate this configuration file with the virtual Ethernet adapter If you experience this problem you can work around it by copying or renaming the file For eth0 for example make the following change Old name etc sysconfig network ifcfg eth0 id lt MAC_address gt New name etc sysconfig network ifcfg eth0 Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly If the clock in your guest operating system runs too quickly or too slowly use one of the workarounds described in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 1420 Guest Screen Saver VMware Workstation or VMware GSX Server On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze SLES 9 SP3 Guest Experiences Monitor Panic in SMP Mode
141. Installation Guide VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config tools p1 after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Do not start the X server in the guest operating system until you install VMware Tools VMware GSX Server If you plan to test scripts in a Turbolinux 7 0 guest operating system you must update the Turbolinux guest operating system This is a known issue with Turbolinux Go to ftp ftp turbolinux com pub TurboLinux TurboLinux ia32 Workstation 7
142. Installation Notes 168 Installation Steps 169 VMware Tools 169 Known Issues 169 12 VMware Inc Contents Virtual Machine Might Hang during Guest Operating System Installation 169 Installation from DVD Might Stop with an Error Message 169 Do Not Use 4 Bit Color 170 Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly 170 Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine 170 Guest Screen Saver 170 Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines 170 Migration to a Different Processor 170 SUSE Linux 9 0 171 Support 171 General Installation Notes 171 Installation Steps 171 VMware Tools 171 Before You Start the X Server 172 Known Issues 172 Virtual Machine Might Hang during Guest Operating System Installation 172 Installation from DVD Might Stop with an Error Message 172 Do Not Use 4 Bit Color 172 Guest Screen Saver 173 Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines 173 Migration to a Different Processor 173 SUSE Linux 8 2 174 Support 174 General Installation Notes 174 Installation Steps 174 VMware Tools 175 Before You Start the X Server 175 Known Issues 175 Virtual Machine Might Hang during Guest Operating System Installation 175 Installation from DVD Might Stop with an Error Message 176 Guest Screen Saver 176 Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines 176 Migration to a Different Processor 176 SUSE Linux 8 1 177 Support 177 General Installation Notes 177 Installation Steps 177 VMware Tools 178 Before
143. Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc 87 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Mandrake Linux 8 2 88 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Mandrake Linux 8 2 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6
144. Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly 144 Guest ScreenSaver 144 SLES 9 SP3 Guest Experiences Monitor Panic in SMP Mode on Host with AMD Opteron Processor 144 Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines 144 Migration to a Different Processor 144 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 146 Support 146 General Installation Notes 146 Installation Steps 146 VMware Tools 147 Known Issues 147 Guest Screen Saver 147 Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines 147 Migration to a Different Processor 147 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 148 Support 148 General Installation Notes 148 Installation Steps 148 VMware Tools 149 Known Issues 149 Guest Screen Saver 149 Migration to a Different Processor 149 Open SUSE Linux 10 3 150 Support 150 32 Bit Version 150 64 Bit Version 150 General Installation Notes 150 Installation Steps 150 VMware Tools 151 Known Issues 151 Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine 151 Migration to a Different Processor 151 Open SUSE Linux 10 2 153 Support 153 32 Bit Version 153 64 Bit Version 153 General Installation Notes 153 Installation Steps 153 VMware Tools 154 Known Issues 154 Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine 154 Migration to a Different Processor 155 SUSE Linux 10 1 156 Support 156 32 Bit Version 156 VMware Inc 11 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 64 Bit Version 156 General Installation Notes 156 Installation Steps 156 VMware Tools
145. Mware Tools 220 Known Issues 220 Sound 220 Guest Screen Saver 220 FreeBSD 5 1 221 Support 221 General Installation Notes 221 Installation Steps 221 VMware Tools 221 Known Issues 221 Sound 221 Guest Screen Saver 221 FreeBSD 5 0 222 Support 222 General Installation Notes 222 Installation Steps 222 VMware Tools 222 Known Issues 222 Sound 222 Guest Screen Saver 222 FreeBSD 4 11 223 Support 223 General Installation Notes 223 vmxnet Ethernet Adapter Recommended for ESX Server 223 Installation Steps 223 VMware Tools 223 Known Issues 223 Sound 223 Guest Screen Saver 223 FreeBSD 4 10 224 Support 224 General Installation Notes 224 vmxnet Ethernet Adapter Recommended for ESX Server 224 Installation Steps 224 VMware Tools 224 Known Issues 224 Sound 224 Guest Screen Saver 224 FreeBSD 4 9 225 Support 225 General Installation Notes 225 vmxnet Ethernet Adapter Recommended for ESX Server 225 Installation Steps 225 VMware Tools 225 Known Issues 225 VMware Inc Contents 17 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Sound 225 Guest Screen Saver 226 FreeBSD 4 4 4 5 4 6 2 4 8 227 Support 227 General Installation Notes 227 Installation Steps 227 VMware Tools 227 Known Issues 228 Sound 228 Guest Screen Saver 228 Migration to a Different Processor 228 FreeBSD 4 0 4 1 4 2 4 3 229 Support 229 General Installation Notes 229 Installation Steps 229 VMware Tools 229 Known Issues 230 Setting the Disk Geometry for a FreeBSD SCSI
146. Networking in Copied Virtual Machine In some cases networking does not work properly in a copied or cloned virtual machine or a virtual machine deployed to end users as part of a VMware ACE package If you copy a virtual machine and specify that the copy should have a unique identifier the MAC addresses for any virtual Ethernet adapters attached to the virtual machine change When a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 guest operating system is installed it VMware Inc 139 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 140 includes the MAC address as part of a key configuration filename When the virtual machine s MAC address changes the guest operating system might fail to associate this configuration file with the virtual Ethernet adapter If you experience this problem you can work around it by copying or renaming the file For eth0 for example make the following change Old name etc sysconfig network ifcfg eth0 id lt MAC_address gt New name etc sysconfig network ifcfg eth0 Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly If the clock in your guest operating system runs too quickly or too slowly use one of the workarounds described in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 1420 Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installat
147. No when asked if you want to install updates to the packages m No when asked if you want to start X when you reboot This completes basic installation of the Mandriva Linux 2007 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config tools p1 after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthe file etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly If the clock in your guest operating system runs too quickly or too slowly use o
148. PC VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 NOTE You must use the tar installer to install VMware Tools in Ubuntu Linux In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is opti
149. PU idler program VMware Tools for NetWare 6 0 Guest Operating Systems Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 VMware Inc 237 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Installing VMware Tools also installs and loads the CPU idler program NetWare servers do not idle the CPU when the operating system is idle As a result a virtual machine takes CPU time from the host regardless of whether the NetWare server software is idle or busy To prevent unnecessary slowdowns VMware recommends that after you install VMware Tools you keep the NetWare CPU idle program loaded Known Issues Disconnecting VMware Tools ISO File After the virtual machine reboots while installing VMware Tools make sure the virtual machine releases the VMware Tools ISO image Choose Edit gt Removable Devices gt CD ROM and if the CD ROM s configuration shows the VMware Tools ISO image change it back to Use physical drive Installation Failure on First Try During the installation of the guest operating system if you get an ABEND error in the JVM NLM module try installing the operating system again This is a third party problem that occurs rarely but when it does it occurs during installation only Once you complete the installation you should not see this error again Grabbing the Mouse Pointer If
150. Pack 1 services supported on NetWare 6 5 Support Pack 3 running under VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 VMware ESX Server 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Novell OES Service Pack 1 supported on 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 5 Novell OES Service Pack 2 supported on 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 5 Support Pack 2 supported on ESX Server 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 Support Pack 3 supported on ESX Server 3 0 Support Pack 4 a supported on ESX Server 2 5 3 requires Upgrade Patch 1 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 Support Pack 5 supported on ESX Server 2 5 3 requires Upgrade Patch 1 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Support Pack 6 supported on ESX Server 2 5 3 requires Upgrade Patch 8 ESX 2 5 4 2 5 5 requires Upgrade Patch 5 ESX 3 0 requires Patch 6530518 ESX 3 0 1 requires Patch 1271657 3 0 2 3 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Service Pack 5 supported on Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating
151. Pv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues PAE Message During Installation VMware Workstation 5 x and 6 x If you are installing the guest operating system on a VMware Workstation 5 0 or lower on a host computer that has PAE technology you might get an error message The error message indicates the guest operating system is trying to use PAE Discontinue the installation process if this occurs and enable PAE for the affected virtual machine VMware Inc 97 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 98 To enable PAE for the virtual machine 1 Make sure the virtual machine is powered off 2 Editthe configuration vmx file for the virtual machine by adding the following line to the file paevm true 3 Power on the virtual machine and install the guest operating system Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine In some cases networking does not work properly in a copied or cloned virtual machine or a virtual machine deployed to end users as part of a VMware ACE package If you copy a virtual machine and specify that the copy should have a unique identifier the MAC addresses for any virtual Ethernet adapters attached to the virtual machine change When a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 guest operating system is installed it includes the MAC address in a key configuration file This can cause errors when the virtual machine s MAC address changes If you e
152. Red Hat Linux Enterprise 5 97 resolution S changing in a Mandrake Linux 10 guest 77 changing in a Mandrake Linux 10 1 guest 74 changing in a Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 0 guest 62 changing in a Mandriva Corporate Server 4 guest 65 changing in a Mandriva Linux 2006 guest 71 changing in a Mandriva Linux 2007 guest 68 changing in a Sun Java Desktop guest 136 screen saver disable on host 28 in DOS or Windows 3 x guest 58 in FreeBSD 4 0 4 1 4 2 4 3 guest 231 in FreeBSD 4 10 guest 224 in FreeBSD 4 11 guest 223 in FreeBSD 4 4 4 5 4 6 2 4 8 guest 228 in FreeBSD 4 9 guest 226 in FreeBSD 5 0 guest 222 in FreeBSD 5 1 guest 221 in FreeBSD 5 2 guest 220 in FreeBSD 5 3 guest 219 in FreeBSD 5 4 guest 217 in FreeBSD 5 5 guest 215 in FreeBSD 6 0 guest 213 in FreeBSD 6 1 guest 211 in FreeBSD 6 2 guest 208 in Mandrake Linux 10 guest 78 in Mandrake Linux 10 1 guest 75 in Mandrake Linux 8 0 guest 92 in Mandrake Linux 8 2 guest 90 in Mandrake Linux 9 0 guest 87 in Mandrake Linux 9 1 guest 83 in Mandrake Linux 9 2 guest 81 in Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 0 guest 63 in Mandriva Corporate Server 4 guest 66 in Mandriva Linux 2006 guest 72 in Mandriva Linux 2007 guest 69 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1guest 111 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 guest 107 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 guest 102 in Red Hat Linux 7 0 guest 131 in Red Hat Linux 7 1 guest 128 in Red Hat Linux 7 2 guest 126 in Red Hat Linux 7 3guest 123 i
153. SD guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing FreeBSD 5 5 in a virtual machine is to use the standard FreeBSD distribution CD Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Installation Steps 1 Insert the FreeBSD CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing FreeBSD 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical PC VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Known Issues Sound VMware has not tested sound support in FreeBSD Guest Screen Saver On a FreeBSD host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze VMwere Inc 215 Gu
154. SI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps 1 Insert the Mandrake Linux 8 0 or 8 1 CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Mandrake Linux 8 0 or 8 1 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine Be sure to make the choices outlined in the following steps 4 Use the Expert installer 5 Inthe partitioning step unless you have special requirements it is all right to let Mandrake Linux auto allocate the space 6 When selecting a boot loader use LILO with text menu Do not use the graphical version of LILO It causes the virtual machine to hang 7 On the Select a Graphic Card screen choose Other gt Generic VGA compatible 8 Near the end of the installation after files have been copied you reach the monitor setup screen Choose Super VGA 800x600 56 Hz 9 When the installer asks whether to start X when you reboot answer No This completes basic installation of the Mandrake Linux 8 0 or 8 1 guest operating system VMware Inc 91 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 92 VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware
155. Server 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Novell OES Service Pack 1 supported on 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 5 Novell OES Service Pack 2 supported on 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 5 Support Pack 3 supported on ESX Server 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 Support Pack 5 supported on ESX Server 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system You can install NetWare 6 0 in a virtual machine using the standard Novell NetWare 6 0 CD ROM Keep the following issues in mind VMware recommends you install NetWare 6 on a computer with at least 256MB of memory In the NetWare installation process you must boot from the installation CD twice once to format the virtual machine s disk drive and then a second time to install files from the CD On the reboot you see the message Operating System not found and a dialog box with the message No bootable CD floppy or hard disk was detected In order to boot from the CD the second time you must change the boot order As the virtual machine
156. The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems When creating the virtual machine be sure to select the LSI Logic SCSI adapter Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 does not include a driver for the BusLogic SCSI adapter NOTE Be sure the virtual machine is configured with at least 512MB of memory If the virtual machine has less than 512MB of memory Red Hat Enterprise Linux presents an error message as it loads certain VMware drivers Installation Steps 1 Insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CD ROM in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine Be sure to make the choices outlined in the following steps 4 Allow automatic partitioning of the disk to occur in the Automatic Partitioning screen or partition the virtual disk manually if you do not want to use the Red Hat defaults You might see a warning that begins The partition table on device lt devicename gt was unreadable To create new partitions it must be initialized causing the l
157. Tools successfully Known Issues Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine In some cases networking does not work properly in a copied or cloned virtual machine or a virtual machine deployed to end users as part of a VMware ACE package If you copy a virtual machine and specify that the copy should have a unique identifier the MAC addresses for any virtual Ethernet adapters attached to the virtual machine change When a SUSE Linux 10 1 guest operating system is installed it includes the MAC address as part of a key configuration filename When the virtual machine s MAC address changes the guest operating system might fail to associate this configuration file with the virtual Ethernet adapter If you experience this problem you can work around it by copying or renaming the file For eth0 for example make the following change Old name etc sysconfig network ifcfg eth0 id lt MAC_address gt New name etc sysconfig network ifcfg eth0 VMware Inc 157 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but p
158. Ultimate 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Windows Vista Enterprise Vista Business Vista Home Basic Vista Home Premium and Vista Ultimate Visual Studio Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Windows Vista Enterprise Vista Business Vista Home Basic Vista Home Premium and Vista Ultimate on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Windows Vista Enterprise Vista Business Vista Home Basic Vista Home Premium and Vista Ultimate on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Windows Vista Enterprise Vista Business Vista Home Basic Vista Home Premium and Vista Ultimate m VMware ESX Server 3 5 Windows Vista Ultimate Vista Enterprise Vista Business Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium Virtual SMP supported This operating system has experimental support as a guest operating system on the following VMware products m VMware ESX Server 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 Windows Vista Ultimate m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Windows Vista Enterprise Vista Business and Vista Ultimate NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine VMware Inc 33
159. VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Do not start the X server in the guest operating system until you install VMware Tools and run the SaX2 configuration utility See Before You Start the X Server NOTE When you start installing VMware Tools by typing vmware install pl in the vmware tools distrib directory the following message appears Found an installed version of the VMware SVGA driver for XFree86 4 Some versions of this driver included with the XFree86 4 distributions do not work properly Would you lik
160. VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing SUSE Linux 8 1 in a virtual machine is to use the standard SUSE distribution CDs The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing SUSE Linux 8 1 via the boo
161. VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMwere Inc 173 Guest Operating System Installation Guide SUSE Linux 8 2 174 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the SUSE Linux 8 2 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware produc
162. Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 64 Bit Version This operating system has experimental support as a guest operating system on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Ubuntu Linux 6 06 on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Ubuntu Linux 6 06 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Ubuntu Linux distribut
163. Windows 98 CD ROM to install drivers The default Ethernet adapter settings should work well and do not need to be changed Use the Network icon in the Windows 98 Control Panel to view or change network settings For example you might want to add the TCP IP protocol since Windows 98 does not install it by default Known Issues Phantom COM Ports After Windows 98 has been installed you might notice COM5 and COM6 devices exist within the Windows Device Manager These devices do not actually exist and are not consuming IRQ or other resources You can remove them using the Windows device manager if you like Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Lack of Support for USB 2 0 Drivers Workstation 6 x This guest operating system does not provide drivers for USB 2 0 on Workstation 6 x As a result when you install this operating system a warning will display indicating that the device driver for USB 2 0 cannot be found To resolve this issue disable the USB Controller on the guest To disable the USB 2 0 controller 1 Open the virtual machine settings editor VM gt Settings 2 Select Settings to open the Virtual Machine Settings dialog box 3 Select Hardware and deselect the Enable USB 2 0 check box for the USB Controller 4 Click OK VMware Inc
164. a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive Message about Tainted Driver VMware ESX Server or VMware VirtualCenter When a Red Hat Linux 8 0 guest operating system loads the vmxnet networking driver it reports that the driver is tainted This does not mean that there is anything wrong with the driver It simply indicates that this is a proprietary driver not licensed under the GNU General Public License Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines ESX Server 2 5 x Although ESX Server 2 5 x virtual machines are compatible with Physical Address Extension PAE they are not optimized for it As a result guest operating systems with PAE enabled might experience poor performance For best performance VMware recommends that you disable PAE in guest operating systems For more information and instructions on disabling PAE see the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 2020 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Red Hat Linux 7 3 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Red Hat Linux 7 3 operating system Support
165. a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Turbolinux 10 Server This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Turbolinux 10 Server operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 3 This operating system has experimental support as a guest operating system on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 m VMware ACE 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 3 This operating system has experimental support as a guest operating system on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 m VMware ACE 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Turbolinux 10 Server in a virtua
166. a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NOTE You should not run the X server that is installed when you set up Red Hat Linux 7 3 Instead to get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine you should install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing Red Hat Linux 7 3 NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps 1 Insert the Red Hat Linux 7 3 CD ROM in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Red Hat Linux 7 3 You must install Red Hat Linux 7 3 using the text mode installer which you can choose when you first boot the installer At the Red Hat Linux 7 3 CD boot prompt you are offered the following choices To install or upgrade a system in graphical mode To install or upgrade a system in text mode type text lt ENTER gt To enable expert mode Use the function keys listed below To choose the text mode installer type text and press Enter VMware Inc 121 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 122 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine Be sure to make the choices outlined in the follo
167. about how to avoid installing an inappropriate kernel 1 Insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CD ROM in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 You must install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 using the text mode installer which you can choose when you first boot the installer At the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CD boot prompt you are offered a number of choices including the following To install or upgrade Red Hat Linux in graphical mode To install or upgrade in text mode type text lt ENTER gt Use the function keys listed below To choose the text mode installer type text and press Enter 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine Be sure to make the choices outlined in the following steps VMware Inc 105 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 106 4 Choose the language and keyboard and then in the Installation Type screen choose either Advanced Server or Custom for the installation type 5 Inthe Mouse Selection screen choose Generic 3 Button Mouse PS 2 and select the Emulate 3 Buttons option for three button mouse support in the virtual machine If you have a wheel mouse you can choose Generic Wheel Mouse PS 2 6 VMware GSX Server only In the Package Group Selection screen choose Software Development and Select individual packages In the Individual Package Selection screen use the arrow keys to move down
168. achine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive 66 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Mandriva Linux 2007 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Mandriva Linux 2007 operating system Support 32 Bit Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 64 Bit Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Mandriva Linux 2007 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Mandriva Linux distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Mandriva Linux 2007 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine
169. al boot the virtual machine answer Yes to allow the driver to be installed Answer Yes again to back up the existing video driver files and also copy the XF86Config 4 dist file to XF86Config 4 vm The latter file is used when dual booting the virtual machine If you do not intend to dual boot the virtual machine answer No to keep the existing driver Before You Start the X Server After you have installed VMware Tools but before you start the X server as root user run the SaX2 configuration utility to configure your X server Ata command prompt type SaX2 and use the wizard to configure your X server After you run SaX2 you can boot your SUSE 8 0 virtual machine with any of the selections offered in LILO Known Issues Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor VMware Inc 181 Guest Operating System Installation Guide During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architec
170. al machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc 205 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Ubuntu Linux 5 04 206 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Ubuntu Linux 5 04 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation
171. allation 55 screen saver 58 use of CPU idle program recommended 57 VMware Tools not available 58 driver tainted message in Red Hat Linux 3 108 tainted message in Red Hat Linux 8 0 120 tainted message in Red Hat Linux 9 0 117 network adapter for Solaris 10 249 network adapter for Solaris 9 252 SCSI for Windows Server 2003 guest 37 SCSI for Windows XP guest 41 F floppy disk and Windows 98 installation 52 format virtual disk 28 FreeBSD 64 bit support 212 214 216 218 disk geometry for SCSI virtual disk 230 installing guest operating system 208 210 212 214 216 218 220 221 222 223 224 225 227 229 sound not tested 208 210 213 215 217 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 228 231 FreeBSD 4 0 4 1 4 2 4 3 avoid migrating to different processor type 231 installing guest operating system 229 known issues 230 screen saver 231 FreeBSD 4 10 installing guest operating system 224 known issues 224 256 screen saver 224 FreeBSD 4 11 installing guest operating system 223 known issues 223 screen saver 223 FreeBSD 4 4 4 5 4 6 2 4 8 avoid migrating to different processor type 228 installing guest operating system 227 known issues 228 screen saver 228 FreeBSD 4 9 installing guest operating system 225 known issues 225 screen saver 226 FreeBSD 5 0 installing guest operating system 222 known issues 222 screen saver 222 FreeBSD 5 1 installing guest operating system 221 known issues 221 screen sa
172. ame instead 7 Allow automatic partitioning of the disk to occur in the Automatic Partitioning screen or partition the virtual disk manually if you do not want to use the Red Hat defaults 8 If your computer is connected to a LAN that provides DHCP support in the Network Configuration screen you can select the option Use bootp dhcp If you prefer you can also set the networking parameters manually 9 Inthe Video Card Configuration screen choose Skip X Configuration This completes basic installation of the Red Hat Linux 8 0 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Do not start the X server in the guest operating system until you install VMware Tools In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config tools pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysc
173. aming the file For eth0 for example make the following change Old name etc sysconfig network ifcfg eth0 id lt MAC_address gt New name etc sysconfig network ifcfg eth0 Guest Screen Saver VMware Workstation On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines ESX Server 2 5 x Although ESX Server 2 5 x virtual machines are compatible with Physical Address Extension PAE they are not optimized for it As a result guest operating systems with PAE enabled might experience poor performance For best performance VMware recommends that you disable PAE in guest operating systems For more information and instructions on disabling PAE see the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 2020 Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only
174. an earlier VMware product see the user s manual that came with your product for instructions on installing guest operating systems supported by that product This guide covers Workstation 4 0 VMware ACE 1 0 GSX Server 3 0 ESX Server 2 0 VMware Server 1 0 VMware Fusion 1 0 and later products VMware Inc 27 Guest Operating System Installation Guide The section for each guest operating system begins with a note indicating which VMware products support use of the operating system in a virtual machine Operating systems that are not included in this guide are not supported for use under the VMware products covered by the guide VMware ESX Server 3i version 3 5 support VMware ESX Server 3i version 3 5 and VMware ESX Server 3 5 support the same guest operating systems Please see the ESX Server column in Table 1 Supported Guest Operating Systems by VMware Product on page 25 for the list of operating systems supported by both VMware ESX Server 3i version 3 5 and VMware ESX Server 3 5 Operating Systems that the Operating System Vendor No Longer Supports For operating systems listed in this guide that the operating system vendor no longer supports VMware may at its sole discretion provide support and fixes to VMware products to address problems that are exposed by running such operating systems on a VMware virtual machine VMware is not responsible for resolving problems with or providing support or fixes to the operating
175. and a Windows 9x Windows Me Windows NT or Windows 2000 guest operating system and want to upgrade it to Windows XP install the new SCSI driver before upgrading the operating system GSX Server ESX Server or VirtualCenter If you are using the virtual BusLogic SCSI adapter you need a special SCSI driver available from the download section of the VMware Web site at www vmware com download Follow the instructions on the Web site to use the driver with a fresh installation of Windows XP GSX Server or ESX Server If you are using the virtual LSI Logic SCSI adapter you must download the driver from the download center at the LSI Logic Web site Go to http www Isilogic com cm DownloadSearch do and download for the LSI20320 R SCSI adapter driver for your guest operating system For details on installing this driver see the VMware ESX Server Administration Guide The LSI Logic Web site also provides an Installation Guide for the LSI Logic Fusion MPT Driver SYMMPLSYS V1 xx xx located at the time of this Guest Operating System Installation Guide s publication at www lsilogic com files support ssp fusionmpt WinXP symmpi_xp_12018 txt If you want to run Windows XP Home Edition or Professional in a virtual machine be sure you have a full installation CD for the operating system Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the installation CD
176. and specify that the copy should have a unique identifier the MAC addresses for any virtual Ethernet adapters attached to the virtual machine change When a Novell Linux Desktop 9 guest operating system is installed it includes the MAC address as part of a key configuration filename When the virtual machine s MAC address changes the guest operating system might fail to associate this configuration file with the virtual Ethernet adapter If you experience this problem you can work around it by copying or renaming the file For eth0 for example make the following change Old name etc sysconfig network ifcfg eth0 id lt MAC_address gt New name etc sysconfig network ifcfg eth0 Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host wit
177. article at kb vmware com kb 2020 VMware Inc 117 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Red Hat Linux 8 0 118 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Red Hat Linux 8 0 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Red Hat Linux 8 0 on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware ESX Server 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest
178. ase specify the new geometry in cyl hd sect format Don t forget to use the two slash 7 separator characters It s not possible to parse the field without them 22557647320 EO cancel Undo A11 Changes Q Finish Use F1 or to get more help arrow keys to select 3 To calculate the correct geometry find the total number of sectors by multiplying the number of cylinders heads and sectors per head together and then dividing the number of sectors by the correct number of heads and sectors per head In the above illustration the virtual disk is a 2055MB disk with 2055 cylinders 64 heads and 32 sectors per head these numbers represent the incorrect geometry The product of these three numbers 2055 x 64 x 32 equals 4 208 640 sectors To determine the correct geometry for the BusLogic compatible virtual SCSI adapter used by the virtual machine calculate the number of cylinders which is 4 208 640 sectors divided by the product of the actual number of heads and sectors per head 255 heads times 63 sectors per head This results in a total of 261 actual cylinders 4208640 255 63 261 rounded down 1s 64 heads 32 se 4289838 4289829 Value Required Please specify the new geometry in cyl hd sect format Don t forget to use the two slash separator characters It s not possible to parse the field without them s 17255763J ox Cancel ge Type U Undo All Change Q Finish Use F1 or to get more
179. at Enterprise Linux4 99 Support 99 32 Bit Version 99 64 Bit Version 99 General Installation Notes 100 Installation Steps 100 VMware Tools 101 Known Issues 102 PAE Message During Installation 102 Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines 102 Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine 102 Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly 102 Guest Screen Saver 102 Migration to a Different Processor 102 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 2 and Update 3 Guests Displayed with Incorrect Operating System Type in Virtual Infrastructure Client 103 Red Hat Enterprise Linux3 104 Support 104 32 Bit Version 104 64 Bit Version 104 General Installation Notes 105 Installation Steps 105 VMware Tools 106 Known Issues 107 8 VMware Inc Contents PAE Message During Installation 107 Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines 107 Guest Screen Saver 107 Migration to a Different Processor 107 Installation on Uniprocessor Virtual Machines with More than 4GB of Memory 107 Message about Tainted Driver 108 X Windows System Fails to Start in Virtual Machine If Default Depth for Display Is Set to 24 108 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 109 Support 109 General Installation Notes 109 Installation Steps 110 VMware Tools 111 Known Issues 111 Mouse Does Not Function Properly 111 Guest Screen Saver 111 Migration to a Different Processor 112 Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines 112 Red Hat Linux 9 0 113
180. at Linux 7 0 130 Support 130 General Installation Notes 130 Installation Steps 130 VMware Tools 131 Known Issues 131 Guest Screen Saver 131 Migration to a Different Processor 131 Red Hat Linux 6 2 133 Support 133 General Installation Notes 133 Installation Steps 133 VMware Tools 134 Known Issues 134 Guest Screen Saver 134 Migration to a Different Processor 135 Sun Java Desktop System 2 136 Support 136 General Installation Notes 136 Installation Steps 136 VMware Tools 136 Known Issues 136 Changing Resolution in the Guest Operating System 136 Virtual Machine Might Hang during Guest Operating System Installation 136 Guest Screen Saver 137 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 138 Support 138 32 Bit Version 138 64 Bit Version 138 General Installation Notes 138 Installation Steps 139 VMware Tools 139 Known Issues 139 Do Not Use 4 Bit Color 139 Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine 139 Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly 140 Migration to a Different Processor 140 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 141 Support 141 32 Bit Version 141 10 VMware Inc Contents 64 Bit Version 141 General Installation Notes 142 Installation Steps 143 VMware Tools 143 Known Issues 143 64 bit SLES 9 with SP 1 Spontaneously Resets on Intel EM64T Hardware 143 Do Not Use 4 Bit Color 143 Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine 144 Clock in Guest Operating System
181. ate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc 129 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Red Hat Linux 7 0 130 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Red Hat Linux 7 0 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation
182. ating Systems The following sections provide information about the newest changes and additions to the Guest Operating System Installation Guide supported guests and general notes on installation and support Be sure to read the general guidelines as well as the information specific to your guest operating system m Latest Updates on page 25 m Supported and Unsupported Guest Operating Systems on page 27 m General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 Latest Updates These are the changes or updates made to the Guest Operating System Installation Guide since it was last published Find the latest version of the guide on the VMware Web site at http www vmware com support pubs Check the date on the back side of the cover page to determine if your copy of the guide is the most current m Updated with new releases for Workstation 5 5 6 ACE 1 0 5 and VMware Server 1 0 5 m Updated with new releases for Workstation 6 0 3 and ACE 2 0 3 m Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 1 on ESX Server 3 0 2 See Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 on page 96 m Modified information about using network and SCSI adapters with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 WS on an ESX Server See General Installation Notes on page 109 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 m Made miscellaneous edits Supported Guest Operating Systems The following table shows guest operating systems compatible with particular VMware products and prov
183. ation steps as you would for a physical machine Be sure to make the choices outlined in the following steps 4 Use the text mode installer At the opening screen press F1 for options and then enter text for text mode 5 In the partitioning step unless you have special requirements it is all right to let Mandriva Linux automatically allocate the space Select Use free space 6 When you reach the Summary screen configure the graphical interface Select Graphical Interface and then click Do Make the following selections m The resolution and refresh rate you want your guest to use VMware Inc 61 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 62 m VMware virtual video card m No when asked if you want to install updates to the packages m No when asked if you want to start X when you reboot This completes basic installation of the Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free
184. bling in Red Hat Linux 8 0 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 119 disabling in Red Hat Linux 9 0 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 114 disabling in SUSE LINUX 10 virtual machines to con figure VMware Tools 160 disabling in SUSE LINUX 10 1 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 157 disabling in SUSE Linux 10 3 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 151 disabling in SuSE Linux 7 3 virtual machines to con figure VMware Tools 184 disabling in SuSE Linux 8 0 virtual machines to con figure VMware Tools 181 disabling in SuSE Linux 8 1 virtual machines to con figure VMware Tools 178 disabling in SuSE Linux 8 2 virtual machines to con figure VMware Tools 175 disabling in SUSE LINUX 9 0 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 172 disabling in SUSE LINUX 9 1 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 169 disabling in SUSE LINUX 9 2 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 166 disabling in SUSE LINUX 9 3 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 163 disabling in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 139 disabling in SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 149 disabling in SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 147 disabling in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 143 disabling in Turbolinux 10 Desktop virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 187 disabling
185. boots click inside the virtual machine window When the VMware logo appears press Esc Use the arrow keys to select the CD drive as the boot device and then press Enter When you configure a virtual machine for a NetWare 6 0 guest use the virtual LSI Logic SCSI adapter NetWare 6 0 does not include a driver for the virtual BusLogic SCSI adapter Installation Steps To install NetWare 6 in a virtual machine take the following steps 1 2 3 4 Insert the Novell NetWare 6 0 CD in the CD ROM drive Power on the virtual machine to start installing NetWare 6 0 Read and accept the license agreement When prompted choose IDE CD ROM VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems 5 Create a new boot partition The guest operating system reboots 6 To configure IP networking do one of the following m If you chose bridged networking for the virtual machine enter its IP address When NetWare tries to load the LAN driver using pcntnw Lan it fails because it broadcasts for its own IP address This causes IP networking to fail To work around this open the System Console press Ctrl Esc and type set allow ip address duplicates on Press Alt Esc to return to the installation m If you chose host only networking for the virtual machine look up the host machine s IP address At acommand prompt on a Windows host type ipconfig all At acommand prompt on a Linux host type ifconfig Note the host s IP addr
186. bserved when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing FreeBSD 4 4 4 5 4 6 2 or 4 8 in a virtual machine is to use the standard FreeBSD distribution CD NOTE FreeBSD 4 6 is not supported Use FreeBSD 4 6 2 instead It resolves an issue that interferes with installation of FreeBSD 4 6 in a virtual machine Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the FreeBSD CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing FreeBSD 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical PC VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many FreeBSD distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcn
187. c driver and install it as an install time update To locate the driver go to the LSI Logic download page at www Isilogic com support download_center and choose LSI53C1030 from the Select a Specific Product drop down list Installation Steps 1 Insert the Solaris x86 Platform Edition Installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Solaris 9 3 In most respects you should follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine The following steps outline the special choices you should make for installation in a virtual machine In particular note that it is more convenient to delay configuration of the KDM X server until near the end of the installation 4 When you reach the screen titled Boot Solaris press F4 to go to the Boot Tasks screen 5 At the Boot Tasks screen use the arrow keys to navigate to View Edit Property Settings press Enter to select it and then press F2 6 Atthe View Edit Property Settings screen use the arrow keys to navigate to ata dma enabled press Enter to select it and then press F3 to change the value VMware Inc 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems At the Specify Value prompt type 1 and press Enter to enable DMA When you return to the View Edit Property Settings screen press F2 Then on the Boot Tasks screen press F3 Choose CD if you are installing from the CD ROM set and continue wi
188. c virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing FreeBSD 6 0 1 in a virtual machine is to use the standard FreeBSD distribution CD Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the FreeBSD CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing FreeBSD 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical PC VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Known Issues Sound VMware has not tested sound support in FreeBSD Guest Screen Saver On a FreeBSD host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze VMware Inc 213 Guest Operating System Installation Guide FreeBSD 5 5 214 This section
189. can store the ISO file on the host machine or on a network drive accessible from the host machine Use the configuration tool for your VMware product to connect the virtual machine s CD drive to the ISO image file and then power on the virtual machine Using an ISO image file in this way can be particularly convenient if you need to install the same operating system in multiple virtual machines It can also help you work around a problem seen in some host configurations in which the virtual machine is not able to boot from the installation CD ROM NOTE If you plan to use a PXE server to install the guest operating system over a network connection you do not need the operating system installation media When you power on the virtual machine in the next step the virtual machine detects the PXE server 3 Power on your virtual machine by clicking the Power On button 4 Follow the instructions provided by the operating system vendor As with physical computers a separate operating system license is required for each virtual machine you run NOTE Some Microsoft Windows OEM discs included with new computers are customized for those computers and include device drivers and other utilities specific to the hardware system Even if you can install this Windows operating system on your physical computer you might not be able to install it in a virtual machine You might need to purchase a new copy of Windows to install in a virtual machine
190. ce Manager will indicate that the driver for the multimedia audio controller is missing To install the required driver configure an Internet connection and run Windows Update on the Windows Vista virtual machine Installing the Guest Operating System 1 Insert the Windows Vista CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows Vista 3 Follow the remaining installation steps as you would for a physical machine VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Known Issues Opening VMware Tools Control Panel To open the VMware Tools control panel on a Windows Vista guest you need to be logged in as an administrator user Warnings When Installing VMware Tools on Some VMware Products Windows Vista uses anew method to install drivers As a result and depending upon which VMware product you are using you may see warning messages at several stages during installation of VMware Tools in Windows Vista guest operating systems Sometimes these messages are hidden The driver installation appears to hang However if you press Alt Tab you can bring the warning message to the foreground There are two types of messages m A message that says the driver is not Authenticode signed When you see one of these messages click Install Now to continue
191. ce Pack 4 on ESX Server 3 0 2 Removed known issues that were not relevant to Windows Vista 20080220 removed incorrectly listed experimental support for Windows Vista on VMware ACE VMware Server GSX Server and Workstation Added known issue for choosing 32 bit or 64 bit architecture when installing SUSE Linux 9 3 guest on 64 bit host 20080124 updated with new Fusion 1 1 1 release Added note to Ubuntu 7 0 4install instructions Revised install instructions for Red Hat Linux 9 0 20071221 added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 6 on ESX Server Removed September Patch requirement which was incorrectly listed for Solaris 10 8 07 Update 4 on ESX Server 3 0 1 Removed virtual SMP support which was incorrectly listed for 64 bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 on ESX Server 3 0 20071220 added support statement for VMware ESX Server 3i version 3 5 Included additional support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Updates on ESX 3 0 1 and 3 0 2 Added support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 4 on ESX 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 1 and 3 0 2 20071211 added new ESX Server 3 5 release 20071126 changed ESX Server 3 x network adapter driver support for 32 bit and 64 bit Solaris 10 guests 20071111 updated with new Fusion 1 1 release Revised statement for operating systems no longer supported by the operating system vendor Added support for Solaris 10 6 06 Update 2
192. ch you can choose when you first boot the installer At the Red Hat Linux 9 0 CD boot prompt you are offered the following choices To install or upgrade Red Hat Linux in graphical mode To install or upgrade in text mode type linux text lt ENTER gt Use the function keys listed below VMware Inc 113 Guest Operating System Installation Guide To choose the text mode installer type Linux text and press Enter NOTE If you attempt to use the graphical installer it fails and launches the text mode installer 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine Be sure to make the choices outlined in the following steps 4 Choose the language and keyboard 5 Inthe Mouse Selection screen choose Generic 3 Button Mouse PS 2 and select the Emulate 3 Buttons option for three button mouse support in the virtual machine If you have a wheel mouse you can choose Generic Wheel Mouse PS 2 6 Inthe Installation Type screen choose either Server or Workstation for the installation type 7 Allow automatic partitioning of the disk to occur in the Automatic Partitioning screen or partition the virtual disk manually if you do not want to use the Red Hat defaults 8 You might see a warning that says Bad partition table The partition table on device sda is corrupted To create new partitions it must be initialized causing the loss of ALL DATA on the drive This does not mean that anything is wrong w
193. contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the FreeBSD 5 5 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 This operating system has experimental support as a guest operating system on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine NOTE With many FreeB
194. creen configure the graphical interface Select Graphical Interface and then click Do Make the following selections m The resolution and refresh rate you want your guest to use m VMware virtual video card m No when asked if you want to install updates to the packages m No when asked if you want to start X when you reboot This completes basic installation of the Mandriva Linux 2006 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to instal
195. ct the option Start Windows Me Setup from CD ROM The setup program runs FDISK and reboots 4 Once again choose to boot from CD ROM and then select the option Start Windows Me Setup from CD ROM The setup program continues installing Windows Me 5 Follow the Windows Me installation steps as you would for a physical machine VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Known Issues Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze 50 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Lack of Support for USB 2 0 Drivers Workstation 6 x This guest operating system does not provide drivers for USB 2 0 on Workstation 6 x As a result when you install this operating system a warning will display indicating that the device driver for USB 2 0 cannot be found To resolve this issue disable the USB Controller on the guest To disable the USB 2 0 controller 1 2 3 4 VMware Inc Open the virtual machine settings editor VM gt Settings Select Settings to open the Virtual Machine Settings dialog box Select Hardware and deselect the Enable USB 2 0 check box for
196. ction contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the SUSE Linux 8 0 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing SUSE Linux 8 0 in
197. d VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config tools pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 0 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 operating system Support 32 Bit Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware Ace 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 64 Bit Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware Ace 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 General Installation Notes
198. d Hat Linux 7 0 text mode installation a standard XFree86 version 4 server without support for VMware SVGA or standard VGA will be installed Do not run that X server Instead to get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine you should install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing Red Hat Linux 7 0 NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps 1 Insert the Red Hat Linux 7 0 CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Red Hat Linux 7 0 We recommend you install the operating system with the text mode installer At the Red Hat 7 0 CD boot prompt you are offered the following choices To install or upgrade a system in graphical mode To install or upgrade a system in text mode type text lt ENTER gt To enable expert mode Use the function keys listed below Choose the text mode installer by typing text followed by Enter VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine Be sure to make the choices outlined in the following steps 4 In Video Card Selection choose Generic VGA compatible and then click OK 5 Near the end of th
199. d also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive 194 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Ubuntu Linux 7 10 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Ubuntu Linux 7 10 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 3 Experimental support for paravirtualization on Workstation 6 0 3 NOTE Ubuntu Linux 7 10 provides a VMware VMI Virtual Machine Interface enabled kernel which improves guest operating system performance if you enable paravirtual support in the virtual machine For more information on paravirtualization in general see the following VMware Web site http www vmware com interfaces paravirtualization html 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 3 Experimental support for paravirtualization on Workstation 6 0 3 NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure
200. ddress Extension PAE they are not optimized for it As a result guest operating systems with PAE enabled might experience poor performance For best performance VMware recommends that you disable PAE in guest operating systems For more information and instructions on disabling PAE see the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 2020 ESX Server 3 x Note that disabling PAE also disables NX no execute and ED execute disabled features found in recent AMD and Intel processors These features are not supported by ESX Server versions before ESX Server 3 x Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work
201. de in text mode type linux text lt ENTER gt Use the function keys listed below To choose the text mode installer type Linux text and press Enter VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems NOTE If you attempt to use the graphical installer it fails and launches the text mode installer 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine Be sure to make the choices outlined in the following steps 4 Choose the language and keyboard and then in the Installation Type screen choose either Server or Workstation for the installation type 5 Inthe Mouse Selection screen choose Generic 3 Button Mouse PS 2 and select the Emulate 3 Buttons option for three button mouse support in the virtual machine If you have a wheel mouse you can choose Generic Wheel Mouse PS 2 6 You might see a warning that says Bad partition table The partition table on device sda is corrupted To create new partitions it must be initialized causing the loss of ALL DATA on the drive This does not mean that anything is wrong with the hard drive on your physical computer It simply means that the virtual hard drive in your virtual machine needs to be partitioned and formatted Select the Initialize button and press Enter Also note that sda appears in the message as the device name if the virtual disk in question is a SCSI disk if the virtual disk is an IDE drive hda appears in the message as the device n
202. device waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Do not start the X server in the guest operating system until you install VMware Tools and run the SaX2 configuration utility See Before You Start the X Server Before You Start the X Server After you have installed VMware Tools but before you start the X server as root user run the SaX2 configuration utility to configure your X server At a command prompt type SaX2 and use the wizard to configure your X server GSX Server If you intend to connect to this virtual machine with the VMware Virtual Machine Console configure the color resolution for 65536 16 bit colors or less After you run SaX2 you can boot your TLES 8 virtual machine with any of the selections offered in GRUB Known Issues Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of
203. disabling PAE also disables NX no execute and ED execute disabled features found in recent AMD and Intel processors These features are not supported by ESX Server versions before ESX Server 3 x Guest Screen Saver VMware GSX Server On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs o
204. distribution CDs The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing SUSE Linux 8 2 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NOTE During the SUSE Linux 8 2 installation do not install an X server To get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing SUSE Linux 8 2 Installation Steps 1 Insert the SUSE Linux 8 2 installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing SUSE Linux 8 2 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine until you get to the selection screens described in the next steps 4 Install using the text mode installer In the first installation screen press the F2 key type linux and then press Enter to select the text mode installer 5 When prompted do not install an X server In the Configure Monitor screen choose Text Mode Only Click Accept and finish the installation VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems This completes basic installation of the SUSE Linux 8 2 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your
205. ditor edit etc grub conf 2 Look for the following section in the file Note that you might see a different kernel instead of the 2 4 20 8 kernel shown below title Red Hat Linux 2 4 20 8 root hd0 0 kernel vmlinuz 2 4 20 8 ro root LABEL initrd 3 Atthe end of the kernel vmlinuz 2 4 20 8 ro root LABEL line add nosysinfo 4 Save and close the file You can now boot the guest 5 Restart the guest operating system NOTE If you are not confident with changing this configuration file copy the above four line section and change the title from Red Hat Linux to RH Linux Guest and add nosysinfo to the end of the line beginning with kernel in the newly created section At boot time you can choose to boot either the RH Linux Guest for optimal performance or Red Hat Linux for your original setup VMware Inc 115 Guest Operating System Installation Guide To modify your LILO boot loader 1 Ina text editor edit etc lilo conf 2 Look for the following line append 3 Add nosysinfo to the line like this append nosysinfo 4 If there is no append line in etc 1i1o conf add the following line append nosysinfo at the beginning of etc lilo conf before the first image or other directive 5 Save and close the file 6 Runthelilo command again so your changes can take effect 7 Restart the guest operating system Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux vi
206. driver for the network adapter is included in VMware Tools Installing VMware Tools automatically switches the network adapter to vmxnet and installs the vmxnet driver Alternatively you can change the network adapter to e1000 the Intel PRO 1000 MT Adapter before installing Windows Vista Use a text editor such as Notepad to edit the configuration vmx file for your Windows Vista virtual machine Add the following line Ethernet n virtualDev e1000 Replace n with the number of the Ethernet adapter The first Ethernet adapter is number 0 so the line for that adapter is Ethernet0O virtualDev e1000 Include a line for each Ethernet adapter configured for the virtual machine Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze VMware Inc 35 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Windows Server 2003 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Windows Server 2003 operating system 36 Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Windows Server 2003 Web Edition Standard Edition
207. e and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv 6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues 64 bit SLES 9 with SP 1 Spontaneously Resets on Intel EM64T Hardware A 64 bit virtual machine with Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack1 might spontaneously reset on Intel EM64T hardware If this should occur check to see if the Execute Disable functionality is disabled in the host BIOS Execute Disable must be enabled for all 64 bit Linux kernels to function properly Do Not Use 4 Bit Color If you change the screen resolution in the SLES 9 guest operating system be sure you also set a color bit depth greater than 16 colors 4 bit If you attempt to use a setting of 16 colors 4 bit it can cause a fatal error in the X server VMware Inc 143 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 144 Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine
208. e you must take some special steps at this point in the installation process As the Windows Server 2003 installer loads press the F6 key This allows you to select the additional SCSI driver required for installation Press S to specify the additional driver After you specify the SCSI driver press Enter to continue with setup 4 Follow the remaining installation steps as you would for a physical machine VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Sound Driver Needed for 64 Bit Guests VMware Workstation 6 x and VMware Server If you want to use sound in a 64 bit Windows Server 2003 guest operating system you must use the driver available on the VMware Web site at www vmware com download ws drivers_tools html under VMaudio Driver experimental Known Issues Product Activation The Microsoft Windows Server 2003 product activation feature creates a numerical key based on the virtual hardware in the virtual machine where it is installed Changes in the configuration of the virtual machine might require you to reactivate the operating system There are some steps you can take to minimize the number of significant changes m Set the final memory size for your virtual machine before you activate Windows Server 2003 When you cross certain thresholds approximately 32MB
209. e 2 Guests with Virtual SMP Might Hang When Powering On 250 Solaris 10 Guest Cannot Eject ISO Image Mounted as CD ROM 250 64 Bit Solaris 10 1 06 Update 1 and Solaris 10 6 06 Update 2 Fail with Triple Fault on Intel Pentium M Based Systems Merom Woodcrest and Conroe 250 Solaris 9 Operating System x86 Platform Edition 252 Support 252 General Installation Notes 252 Installation Steps 252 Index 255 VMware Inc 19 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 20 VMware Inc About This Book This manual the Guest Operating System Installation Guide provides users of VMware ESX Server VMware GSX Server VMware Server VMware ACE VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion information about choosing and installing guest operating systems for VMware virtual machines Revision History This manual is revised with each release of the product or when necessary A revised version can contain minor or major changes Table 1 Revision History Revision 20080314 Description updated with new Workstation 5 5 6 ACE 1 0 5 and VMware Server 1 0 5 releases Updated with new Workstation 6 0 3 and ACE 2 0 3 releases Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 1 on ESX Server 3 0 2 Modified information about using network and SCSI adapters with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 WS on ESX Server Made miscellaneous edits 20080225 listed ESX 1002431 Patch required to support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Servi
210. e 212 5 5 2 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 5 FreeBSD 5 5 on page 214 5 5 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 32 1 0 1 05 1 0 1 1 1 FreeBSD 5 4 on page 216 5 5 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 5 FreeBSD 5 3 on page 218 5 5 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 5 FreeBSD 5 2 on page 220 5 0 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 FreeBSD 5 1 on page 221 5 0 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 FreeBSD 5 0 on page 222 4 5 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 FreeBSD 4 11 on page 223 2 5 4 2 5 5 FreeBSD 4 10 on page 224 2 5 2 5 5 FreeBSD 4 9 on page 225 3 2 3 2 1 2 5 FreeBSD 4 4 4 5 4 6 2 4 8 on page 227 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 FreeBSD 4 0 4 1 4 2 4 3 on page 229 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 NetWare 6 5 Server on page 233 4 5 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 1 1 NetWare 6 0 Server on page 236 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 5 NetWare 5 1 Server on page 240 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 5 NetWare 4 2 Server on page 244 5 5 2 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 Solaris 10 Operating System for x86 Platforms 4 5 2 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 1 3 2 1 3 0 3 5 1 0 1 05 1 0 1 11 on page 247 Solaris 9 Operating System x86 Platform 4 5 2 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 Edition on page 252 Supported and Unsupported Guest Operating Systems If you are using VMware Workstation 3 x VMware GSX Server 2 x VMware ESX Server 1 x or
211. e 4 2 0 X server when you installed the guest operating system as advised in the install steps when you start the VMware Tools installation script by typing vmware install plinthe vmware tools distrib directory the following message appears Found an installed version of the VMware SVGA driver for XFree86 4 Some versions of this driver included with the XFree86 4 distributions do not work properly Would you like to install a stable but possibly older version of the driver over the currently installed one If you plan to dual boot the virtual machine answer Yes to allow the driver to be installed Answer Yes again to back up the existing video driver files and also copy the XF86Config 4 dist file to XF86Config 4 vm The latter file is used when dual booting the virtual machine If you do not intend to dual boot the virtual machine answer No to keep the existing driver NOTE As you are installing and configuring VMware Tools the configuration program asks for the location of lspci When that prompt appears enter the following path usr bin Lspcidrake VMwere Inc 89 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Known Issues Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you
212. e Tools package immediately after installing SUSE Linux 7 3 Installation Steps 1 Insert the SUSE Linux 7 3 installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing SUSE Linux 7 3 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine until you get to the selection screens described in the next steps 4 Install using the text mode installer 5 When prompted do not install an X server In the Configure Monitor screen choose No X11 The installer asks you to confirm Click Continue and finish the installation VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 VMware Inc 183 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 184 After you have installed VMware Tools you can boot your SUSE 7 3 virtual machine with any of the selections offered in LILO In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IP
213. e Update 6 or higher This eliminates conflicts with the network and SCSI adapters and installation problems on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 WS guest operating system If you do not install Update 6 or higher use one of the following configurations for the network and SCSI adapters m viance network adapter Use an LSI Logic SCSI adapter m vmxnet network adapter Use an LSI Logic SCSI adapter or BusLogic adapter NOTE Youshould not run the X server that is installed when you set up Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 Instead to get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine you should install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 VMware Inc 109 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 110 NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps NOTE Unless you are running a multiprocessor virtual machine under VMware ESX Server pay particular attention to the notes in Step 6 about how to avoid installing an inappropriate kernel 1 2 Insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 CD ROM in the CD ROM drive Power on the virtual machine to start installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 You must install Red Hat Enterprise Linux
214. e any other selections 5 Allow automatic partitioning of the disk to occur in the Automatic Partitioning screen or partition the virtual disk manually if you do not want to use the Red Hat defaults 6 You might see a warning that begins The partition table on device lt devicename gt was unreadable To create new partitions it must be initialized causing the loss of ALL DATA on the drive This does not mean that anything is wrong with the hard drive on your physical computer It simply means that the virtual hard drive in your virtual machine needs to be partitioned and formatted Click Yes to partition the drive 7 VMware GSX Server If your computer is connected to a LAN that provides DHCP support in the Network Configuration screen you can select the option Use bootp dhcp If you prefer you can also set the networking parameters manually VMware ESX Server If you are using the vlance network adapter in your virtual machine and your computer is connected to a LAN that provides DHCP support in the Network Configuration screen you can select the option Use bootp dhcp If you prefer you can also set the networking parameters manually If you are using the vmxnet network adapter in your virtual machine use the network configuration tools in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 to configure your network connection after you finish installing the guest operating system This completes basic installation of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 guest
215. e at kb vmware com kb 1975 Display Too Small After Installation After installation the Solaris 10 guest operating system starts with a display resolution of 640 x 480 When you install VMware Tools the display will automatically be adjusted to an appropriate resolution VMware Tools is currently supported only for ESX Server 3 x If you are using another VMware product that does not support VMware Tools for Solaris you can switch to the Xsun X server to get a 1024 x 768 display 256 colors To make this change take the following steps 1 Loginas root and run the keyboard display and mouse configuration program from a command prompt kdmconfig 2 Use the arrow keys and spacebar to select Xsun and then press F2 to continue 3 The configuration program detects the virtual machine s configuration and should display results similar to the following list Video Device VMWare Inc vmware0405 Video Driver XF86 VMWARE Resolution colors 1024X768 256 colors 70 hz Monitor type Multifrequency 56 khz Press F3 to accept the configuration 4 Exit the current log in session The next time CDE or the Java Desktop System starts Xsun runs with a resolution of 1024 x 768 VMware Inc 249 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 250 PAE Message During Installation VMware Workstation 5 0 If you are installing the guest operating system on a VMware Workstation 5 0 or lower on a host computer that has PAE technology you might
216. e at kb vmware com kb 340 NOTE You must use the tar installer to install VMware Tools in Ubuntu Linux In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully VMware Tools and 64 bit Version of Ubuntu Linux 5 10 Workstation 5 5 x and Fusion 1 0 The 64 bit version of Ubuntu Linux 5 10 lacks the driver needed for correct operation of the X server in the virtual machine The driver is installed when you install VMware Tools To install VMware Tools in the 64 bit version of Ubuntu Linux 5 10 see knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 1900 Known Issues Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtu
217. e installation after files have been copied you reach the Monitor Setup screen Choose Generic Standard VGA 640x480 60 Hz and then click OK 6 At the Video Memory screen choose 256Kb and then click OK 7 At the Clockchip Configuration screen choose No Clockchip Setting recommended which is the default and then click OK 8 At the Probe for Clocks screen click Skip 9 At the Select Video Modes screen don t choose anything Just click OK 10 At the Starting X screen click Skip NOTE This is the most important step Clicking OK runs the XFree86 version 4 server which fails and the installer aborts This completes basic installation of the Red Hat Linux 7 0 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 NOTE With a Red Hat Linux 7 0 guest you should install VMware Tools from the Linux console Do not start X until you have installed VMware Tools In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously un
218. e installer In the first installation screen press the F2 key use the arrow keys to select text mode and then press Enter to select the text mode installer 4 Follow the remaining installation steps as you would for a physical machine This completes basic installation of the SUSE Linux 9 0 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Do not start the X server in the guest operating system until you install VMware Tools and run the SaX2 configuration utility See Before You Start the X Server VMware Inc 171 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 172 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 I
219. e is to use the standard FreeBSD distribution CD Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the FreeBSD CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing FreeBSD 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical PC VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Known Issues Sound VMware has not tested sound support in FreeBSD Guest Screen Saver On a FreeBSD host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems VMware Inc 209 Guest Operating System Installation Guide FreeBSD 6 1 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the FreeBSD 6 1 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware product m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 This operating system has experimental support as a guest operating system on the following VMware products m Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6
220. e partitioning step unless you have special requirements it is all right to let Mandrake Linux automatically allocate the space Click Use free space 7 VMware GSX Server When selecting a boot loader use LILO with text menu Do not use the graphical version of LILO It causes the virtual machine to hang 8 Donot create a custom boot disk when prompted 9 Near the end of the installation after files have been copied you reach the monitor setup screen Select the resolution and refresh rate you want your guest to use Select VMware virtual video card 10 You are offered a choice of 2 XFree86 X servers to install Choose XFree 4 2 1 This driver recognizes the VMware SVGA driver 11 When the installer asks if you want to test the configuration answer No VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems 12 When the installer asks whether to start X when you reboot answer No 13 When the installer asks if you want to install updates to the packages answer No This completes basic installation of the Mandrake Linux 9 1 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config tools p1 after installation In this case VMware Tools is u
221. e to install a stable but possibly older version of the driver over the currently installed one If you plan to dual boot the virtual machine answer Yes to allow the driver to be installed Answer Yes again to back up the existing video driver files and also copy the XF86Config 4 dist file to XF86Config 4 vm The latter file is used when dual booting the virtual machine If you do not intend to dual boot the virtual machine answer No to keep the existing driver Before You Start the X Server After you have installed VMware Tools but before you start the X server as the root user run the SaX2 configuration utility to configure your X server At a command prompt type SaX2 and use the wizard to configure your X server If you intend to connect to this virtual machine with the VMware Virtual Machine Console configure the color resolution for 65536 16 bit colors or less After you run SaX2 you can boot your SUSE Linux 8 2 virtual machine with any of the selections offered in GRUB Known Issues Virtual Machine Might Hang during Guest Operating System Installation On some host systems the SUSE Linux 8 2 installer attempts to use a kernel that is incompatible with the ACPI features of the virtual hardware To work around this problem open the virtual machine s configuration file in a text editor and add the following line acpi present FALSE You should then be able to install and run a SUSE Linux 8 2 guest operating system
222. e virtual machine NOTE With many FreeBSD guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing FreeBSD 5 0 in a virtual machine is to use the standard FreeBSD distribution CD Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the FreeBSD CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing FreeBSD 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical PC VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Known Issues Sound VMware has not tested sound support in FreeBSD Guest Screen Saver On a FreeBSD host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze VMware Inc Choosing and Installing
223. eats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Mouse Does Not Function Properly The mouse does not function properly when you install VMware Tools on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 2 1 Update 6 guest operating system in a virtual machine with either a single or multiple virtual processor on ESX 3 0 2 The VMware mouse is not supported by Linux guest operating systems running versions of X that are 4 2 or earlier Guest Screen Saver VMware GSX Server On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze VMware Inc 111 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 112 Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many d
224. ecommends 512MB of memory 256MB is the minimum requirement m For the Solaris 10 3 05 release Sun recommends 256MB of memory 128MB is the minimum requirement Before upgrading a virtual machine s guest operating system to the Solaris 10 1 06 release or later increase the virtual machine s RAM to at least 256MB See your VMware product documentation for instructions For more information see the System Requirements and Recommendations for Solaris 10 Installation on the Sun Web site at http docs sun com app docs doc 817 0544 6mgbagb0v a view Installation Steps 1 Insertthe Solaris 10 Operating System for x86 Platforms DVD or the Solaris 10 Software 1 CD in the DVD or CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Solaris 10 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine This completes basic installation of the Solaris 10 guest operating system NOTE The VMware Tools package for Solaris guest operating systems exists only for ESX Server 3 and supports only Solaris 10 1 06 Update 1 and Solaris 10 6 06 Update 2 Support for VMware Tools in Solaris 10 prior to Solaris 10 1 06 is experimental VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems VMware Tools ESX Server 3 x Only Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system and reboot the virtual machine after installing VMware Tools See the section ESX Server 3 x Network Adapter Driver Support for 3
225. ecommends that after you install VMware Tools you keep the NetWare CPU idle program loaded Known Issues Regaining Keyboard and Mouse Control After Reboot Whenever you reboot the guest operating system it can take up to six minutes before you can regain control of the keyboard or mouse Navigating in Text Mode If you are using text mode and want to browse the file system you might notice that the arrow keypad and Insert key do not allow you to navigate directories To work around this issue use the numeric keypad but first turn off the number lock by pressing the Num Lock key Netware 6 5 Server SP3 and SP5 Installations Hang after Selection of Ethernet Driver on a Guest with Non Passthrough Raw Device Mapping When you install Netware Server 6 5 SP3 or SP5 on a guest with non passthrough Raw Device Mapping RDM the installation might hang after you select an Ethernet driver VMware recommends that you use passthrough RDM with Netware Server 6 5 SP3 and SP5 Netware Server Guest Inaccessible If Installed as RDM Virtual Machine Using the Same LUN as a Prior Windows NT RDM Guest Installation If you install Novell Netware Server in a Raw Device Mapping RDM virtual machine and you use the same logical unit number LUN previously used to install Windows NT in an RDM virtual machine on the same host the installation will take place on an existing FAT16 partition that was created by the prior Window NT installation The installation w
226. ed Platform and Desktop Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform Beta on Workstation 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop Beta on Workstation 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Advanced Platform and Desktop Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware ESX Server 3 0 2 3 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 Advanced Platform and Desktop Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 1 supported on ESX 3 0 2 requires Patch ESX 1003374 Virtual SMP supported m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 This guest operating system has experimental support on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 Advanced Platform and Desktop Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform Beta on Workstation 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop Beta on Workstation 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Red Hat distribution CD
227. ed on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc 167 Guest Operating System Installation Guide SUSE Linux 9 1 168 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the SUSE Linux 9 1 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware ESX Server 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 Virtual SMP supported 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimen
228. empts to use a kernel that is incompatible with the ACPI features of the virtual hardware To work around this problem open the virtual machine s configuration file in a text editor and add the following line acpi present FALSE You should then be able to install and run a Sun Java Desktop System 2 guest operating system VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze VMware Inc 137 Guest Operating System Installation Guide SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 138 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for Service Pack 1 supported on Workstation 6 0 1 Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Novell OES Service Pack 1 on ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Novell OES Service Pack 2 on ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Service Pack 1 sup
229. en choose either Server or Workstation for the installation type A warning appears that says Bad partition table The partition table on device sda is corrupted To create new partitions it must be initialized causing the loss of ALL DATA on the drive This does not mean that anything is wrong with the hard drive on your physical computer It simply means that the virtual hard drive in your virtual machine needs to be partitioned and formatted Click the Initialize button and press Enter Also note that sda appears in the message as the device name if the virtual disk in question is a SCSI disk if the virtual disk is an IDE drive hda appears in the message as the device name instead 5 Allow automatic partitioning of the disk to occur in the Automatic Partitioning screen 6 If your computer is connected to a LAN that provides DHCP support in the Network Configuration screen you can select the option Use bootp dhcp If you prefer you can also set the networking parameters manually 7 Inthe Mouse Selection screen choose Generic 3 Button Mouse PS 2 and select the option Emulate 3 Buttons for three button mouse support in the virtual machine 8 Inthe Video Card Selection screen choose the default selection 9 During the configuration of the X server select the defaults and proceed through this section as quickly as possible as this X server is replaced by an X server specific to your guest operating system when you install VMwa
230. en run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Mandrake Linux 9 0 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Mandrake Linux 9 0 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE
231. er for no apparent reason The hang is caused by a bug in early versions of the 2 4 Linux kernel The bug has been fixed in kernel 2 4 5 Distributions based on this kernel should install without problems For earlier 2 4 series kernels a workaround is available Although the Linux kernel bug is not related to CD ROM drives the workaround involves changing a configuration setting for the virtual DVD CD ROM drive Power off the virtual machine and close the virtual machine window Open the virtual machine s configuration file vmx file on a Windows host or cfg file on a Linux host in a text editor and add the following line cdrom minvirtualtime 100 Save the file Now you should be able to install the guest operating system as described above After you finish installing the guest operating system remove this setting from the configuration file as it might have a performance impact Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Shutting Down Mandrake Linux 8 0 The shutdown process in the guest operating system might hang when shutting down the network interface because of the way the Mandrake Linux 8 0 shutdown script handles dhcpd This problem does not occur with Mandrake Linux 8
232. erating Systems Visual Studio Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition Enterprise x64 Edition on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition Enterprise x64 Edition on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition Enterprise x64 Edition m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition Enterprise x64 Edition R2 Standard x64 Edition R2 Enterprise x64 Edition Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition Enterprise x64 Edition R2 Standard x64 Edition R2 Enterprise x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition R2 Datacenter x64 Edition supported on ESX Server 3 5 Service Pack 2 supported Virtual SMP supported m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition R2 Enterprise x64 Edition This guest operating system has experimental support on the following VMware products m VMware ESX Server 3 0 Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition Enterprise x64 Edition NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on wh
233. erse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive Problem Switching from X to VGA TurboLinux 10 Server has a problem with switching from X to VGA such that the screen becomes black You encounter this problem at the end of the process of installing the Turbolinux 10 Server operating system After you click Finish in the installation wizard the screen becomes black and the system does not reboot Workaround Press the Enter key to continue with the reboot 186 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Turbolinux 10 Desktop This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Turbolinux 10 Desktop operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3
234. es not mean that anything is wrong with the hard drive on your physical computer It simply means that the virtual hard drive in your virtual machine needs to be partitioned and formatted Select the Yes button and press Enter Also note that sda appears in the message as the device name if the virtual disk in question is a SCSI disk if the virtual disk is an IDE drive hda appears in the message as the device name instead 9 If your computer is connected to a LAN that provides DHCP support in the Network Configuration screen you can select the option Use bootp dhcp If you prefer you can also set the networking parameters manually 10 Inthe Video Card Configuration screen choose Generic SVGA This completes basic installation of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Do not start the X server in the guest operating system until you install VMware Tools In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message rep
235. ess for VMnet1 and change the last octet so it is greater than the last octet in the IP address of the host For example if the host IP address is 192 168 160 1 the virtual machine s IP address is 192 168 160 where is any number greater than 1 and less than 128 For the subnet mask enter 255 255 255 0 For the router gateway enter the host s IP address 192 168 160 1 in this example m Ifyou chose network address translation NAT for the virtual machine look up the host machine s IP address At a command prompt on a Windows host type ipconfig all At a command prompt on a Linux host type ifconfig Note the host s IP address for VMnet8 and change the last octet so it is greater than the last octet in the IP address of the host For example if the host IP address is 192 168 160 1 the virtual machine s IP address is 192 168 160 where is any number greater than 2 and less than 128 For the subnet mask enter 255 255 255 0 For the router gateway enter the NAT service s IP address 192 168 160 2 in this example Note that with Network Address Translation there are two IP addresses in use on the host The IP address assigned to the interface for VMnet8 appears in the ipconfig output with a 1 in the last octet The IP address used by the NAT device itself always uses 2 as the last octet 7 Finish the installation After you finish the installation install VMware Tools which installs and loads the C
236. est Operating System Installation Guide FreeBSD 5 4 216 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the FreeBSD 5 4 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 This operating system has experimental support as a guest operating system on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine NOTE With ma
237. est operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze VMwere Inc 219 Guest Operating System Installation Guide FreeBSD 5 2 220 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the FreeBSD 5 2 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine NOTE With many FreeBSD guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as
238. et32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free VMware Inc 227 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 228 This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running FreeBSD disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running FreeBSD 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Sound VMware has not tested sound support in FreeBSD Guest Screen Saver On a FreeBSD host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a FreeBSD virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of FreeBSD choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose
239. etails see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 NOTE If the initial X display is not usable you must install VMware Tools from a text mode console as described in Installing VMware Tools in a Linux Guest Operating System on page 29 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine In some cases networking does not work properly in a copied or cloned virtual machine or a virtual machine deployed to end users as part of a VMware ACE package If y
240. etwork driver in the Windows 95 guest operating system 1 2 VMware Inc Power on the virtual machine When Windows 95 reboots it auto detects an AMD PCNET Family Ethernet Adapter PCI amp ISA and prompts for the Windows 95 CD ROM to install drivers The default Ethernet adapter settings should work fine and do not need to be changed Double click the Network icon in the Control Panel to view or change network settings For example you might want to add the TCP IP protocol since Windows 95 does not install it by default 55 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Known Issues Networking After you install Windows 95 you might find that networking is not working in the guest operating system There are several things you should check m Either remove your virtual machine s virtual USB adapter using the configuration tools in your VMware product or if your release of Windows 95 includes USB support be sure the USB drivers are installed m Check the Windows 95 Device Manager to see if COM5 and COME devices are listed If they are disable or remove them m Be sure that NetBEUI was installed when you set up networking m Be sure that Windows 95 Plug and Play properly detected the virtual Ethernet adapter If it did not you might need to use the Device Manager to remove the adapter and then reinstall it using the Add New Hardware control panel Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is
241. ext for text mode 5 In the partitioning step unless you have special requirements it is all right to let Mandrake Linux automatically allocate the space Click Use free space 6 If you installed your VMware product on a laptop computer on the Package Group Selection screen click Advanced Select Individual package selection and click Next Scroll down to Services numlock and clear the asterisk to disable it If you do not disable numlock when you install the guest the number lock is always active in the guest and you cannot disable it by pressing the Num Lock key VMware Inc 79 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 80 7 When you reach the Summary screen configure the graphical interface Select Graphical Interface and then click Do Make the following selections The resolution and refresh rate you want your guest to use mg VMware virtual video card m XFree 4 3 m No when asked if you want to test the configuration m No when asked if you want to start X when you reboot 8 When the installer asks if you want to install updates to the packages answer No This completes basic installation of the Mandrake Linux 9 2 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be
242. ferent Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems SUSE Linux 8 1 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the SUSE Linux 8 1 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following
243. for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Mandrake Linux 10 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Mandrake Linux distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Mandrake Linux 10 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NoTE During the Mandrake Linux 10 installation you are offered a choice of XFree86 X servers You can choose either one but do not run that X server Instead to get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine you should install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing Mandrake Linux 10 NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps 1 Insert the Mandrake Linux 10 CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Mandrake Linux 10 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine Be sure to make the choices outlined in the following ste
244. for Service Pack 2 on ESX Server running 32 bit or 64 bit Windows Server 2003 guest operating system Describes how to install drivers for multimedia audio controllers for Windows 2003 and Windows Vista Includes information about lack of support for USB 2 0 drivers on Windows 95 98 Me Provides instructions for correcting display issues with Mandrake 10 1 Also provides minor updates and corrections 20070327 removes support for 32 bit Solaris 10 Update 3 on ESX Server 2 5 3 and 2 5 4 and 64 bit on ESX Server 3 0 Changes the date for Solaris 10 update 6 06 Adds statement about operating systems no longer supported by the vendor 20070314 updates support for Support Pack 6 on Netware 6 5 on ESX 2 5 3 2 5 4 3 0 3 0 1 Updates support for Intel VT on 32 bit Intel hosts running 64 bit guests Adds LSI Logic adapter support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Updates support for Solaris 10 on ESX 2 5 3 2 5 4 3 0 and 3 0 1 32 bit with Update 3 Also updates support for Solaris 10 on ESX 3 0 1 64 bit with Update 3 Provides Latest Updates section in the Preface 20070202 modified information about Upgrade Patch 1 support for ESX Server 2 5 4 for NetWare 6 5 Server and includes minor editorial changes 20070126 compared and merged data to the Guest Operating System Installation Guide from the VMware ESX Server 2 x and 3 x System Compatibility Guides 20070102 provides information about Updates 3 and 4 for Red
245. formance VMware recommends that you disable PAE in guest operating systems For more information and instructions on disabling PAE see the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 2020 ESX Server 3 x Note that disabling PAE also disables NX no execute and ED execute disabled features found in recent AMD and Intel processors These features are not supported by ESX Server versions before ESX Server 3 x VMware Inc 45 Guest Operating System Installation Guide ESX Server Virtual Machine Running Windows Might Fail to Power On If Not Rebooted after VMware Tools Installation ESX Server 2 5 x After you install VMware Tools on an ESX Server 2 5 x virtual machine that is running Microsoft Windows the VMware Tools installer asks you to reboot the virtual machine If you choose not to reboot at that time and subsequently remove power from the virtual machine either by using the button Power Off Virtual Machine in the remote console or by shutting down the ESX Server you might then be unable to power on the virtual machine again When you attempt to do so the virtual machine might fail to boot up displaying the message STOP 0x0000007B INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE To avoid this problem after installing VMware Tools be sure to reboot the virtual machine when the VMware Tools installer prompts you 46 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Windows NT 4 0 This section contains product support installation ins
246. g The Logon User Interface DLL msgina dll failed to load You can resolve this problem by installing Service Pack 4 Refer to this VMware Knowledge Base article kb vmware com kb 907 If you do not want to upgrade to Service Pack 4 you can work around the problem Be sure the virtual machine is not running and then use a text editor to add the following line to the virtual machine s configuration file MAGICBOOT1 700 If a value of 700 representing 700 microseconds does not enable you to start the guest operating system experiment with higher values Increase the number to 800 for the second try 900 for the third try and so on until the guest starts If you are booting multiple virtual machines or running other stressful workloads at the same time you might need to assign a higher magicboot1 value For faster boot times you can experiment with values between 1 and 700 to find the smallest value that allows the virtual machine to boot Installation Hangs VMware GSX Server If the installation of the guest operating system hangs search our Knowledge Base at www vmware com support kb enduser std_adp php for a possible answer to your problem Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines ESX Server 2 5 x Although ESX Server 2 5 x virtual machines are compatible with Physical Address Extension PAE they are not optimized for it As a result guest operating systems with PAE enabled might experience poor performance For best per
247. g Systems Turbolinux 7 0 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Turbolinux 7 0 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest me
248. g of 16 colors 4 bit it can cause a fatal error in the X server Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly If the clock in your guest operating system runs too quickly or too slowly use one of the workarounds described in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 1420 Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine In some cases networking does not work properly in a copied or cloned virtual machine or a virtual machine deployed to end users as part of a VMware ACE package If you copy a virtual machine and specify that the copy should have a unique identifier the MAC addresses for any virtual Ethernet adapters attached to the virtual machine change When a SUSE Linux 9 2 guest operating system is installed it includes the MAC VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems address as part of a key configuration filename When the virtual machine s MAC address changes the guest operating system might fail to associate this configuration file with the virtual Ethernet adapter If you experience this problem you can work around it by copying or renaming the file For eth0 for example make the following change Old name etc sysconfig network ifcfg eth0 id lt MAC_address gt New name etc sysconfig network ifcfg eth0 Guest Screen Saver VMware Workstation or VMware GSX Server On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen
249. get an error message The error message indicates the guest operating system is trying to use PAE Discontinue the installation process if this occurs and enable PAE for the affected virtual machine To enable PAE for the virtual machine 1 Make sure the virtual machine is powered off 2 Editthe configuration vmx file for the virtual machine by adding the following line to the file paevm true 3 Power on the virtual machine and install the guest operating system Performance Problems in ESX Server 3 x Virtual Machines with Four Virtual Processors on Hosts with Hyperthreading ESX Server 3 x On ESX Server 3 x hosts with CPU hyperthreading Solaris 10 1 06 Update 1 virtual machines with four virtual processors experience significant degradation in performance in both the time it takes for installation and the time it takes to write to disk To minimize the impact on performance for Solaris 10 1 06 Update 1 virtual machines with four virtual processors VMware recommends that you use a host machine with four physical processors rather than a host with two hyperthreaded processors Solaris 10 Guests Might Become Unresponsive When Halted ESX Server 3 x When you halt a Solaris 10 virtual machine it might become unresponsive This occurs because while halting the guest is unable to enter VGA screen mode and remains in SVGA screen mode If the virtual machine remains unresponsive you can work around this problem by powering off the vir
250. ght Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly If the clock in your guest operating system runs too quickly or too slowly use one of the workarounds described in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 1420 Changing Resolution in the Guest Operating System To change the display resolution in the guest operating system as root su rerun the VMware Tools configuration program vmware config tools pl and select the desired resolution from the list this program presents If you prefer you can edit the X configuration file directly to make the change Getting a DHCP Address in the Guest Operating System When the guest operating system tries to get a DHCP address the attempt fails and an error message indicating that the link is down To work around this problem become root su and use a text editor to edit the following files in the guest operating system etc sysconfig network scripts ifcfg eth lt n gt etc sysconfig networking devices ifcfg eth lt n gt In both cases lt n gt is the number of the Ethernet adapter for example eth0 In each of the two files add the following line MII_NOT_SUPPORTED yes Then run the command ifup eth lt n gt where lt n gt is the number of the Ethernet adapter or restart the guest operating system VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating syste
251. h an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc 63 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Mandriva Corporate Server 4 64 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Mandriva Corporate Server 4 operating system Support 32 Bit Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 64 Bit Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Mandriva Corporate Server 4 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Mandriva Linux distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the sta
252. h an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc 95 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 96 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Advanced Platform and Desktop Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware ESX Server 3 0 2 3 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 Advanced Platform and Desktop Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 1 supported on ESX 3 0 2 requires Patch ESX 1003374 Virtual SMP supported m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 This guest operating system has experimental support on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 Advanc
253. he X server on the host to freeze VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Windows Vista This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Windows Vista operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Windows Vista Enterprise Vista Business Vista Home Basic Vista Home Premium and Vista Ultimate Visual Studio Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Windows Vista Enterprise Vista Business Vista Home Basic and Vista Ultimate on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Windows Vista Enterprise Vista Business Vista Home Basic and Vista Ultimate on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Windows Vista Enterprise Vista Business Vista Home Basic Vista Home Premium and Vista Ultimate m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Windows Vista Enterprise Vista Business and Vista Ultimate m VMware ESX Server 3 5 Windows Vista Ultimate Vista Enterprise Vista Business Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium Virtual SMP supported This operating system has experimental support as a guest operating system on the following VMware products m VMware ESX Server 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 Windows Vista
254. he virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 SLES 7 in a virtual machine is to use the standard SUSE distribution CDs The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing SLES 7 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NOTE During the SLES 7 installation a standard VGA16 X server should be installed To get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing SLES 7 Installation Steps 1 Insert the SLES 7 installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing SLES 7 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine until you get to the selection screens described in the next steps 4 Part way through the installation the installer reboots the virtual machine At the LILO screen let the boot proceed using the default selection of linux 5 At the Desktop Settings screen select 640x480 256 colors 6 Finish installing SLES 7 as you would on a
255. help arrow keys to select 4 You can now enter the correct geometry of 261 cylinders 255 heads and 63 sectors per head by typing 261 255 63 in the dialog box Then click OK and continue installing FreeBSD Sound VMware has not tested sound support in FreeBSD Guest Screen Saver On a FreeBSD host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a FreeBSD virtual machine between hosts when one host is running onan AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of FreeBSD choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor VMware Inc 231 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Thus a FreeBSD virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a FreeBSD virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor migh
256. hine and specify that the copy should have a unique identifier the MAC addresses for any virtual Ethernet adapters attached to the virtual machine change When a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 guest operating system is installed it includes the MAC address in a key configuration file This can cause errors when the virtual machine s MAC address changes If you experience this problem you can work around it by removing a line from the file For eth for example make the following change 1 Make a backup copy of the file etc sysconfig network scripts ifcfg eth0 and then open it ina text editor 2 Remove the line that begins with HWAddr 3 Restart eth Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly If the clock in your guest operating system runs too quickly or too slowly use one of the workarounds described in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 1420 Guest Screen Saver VMware GSX Server On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems During installation many distribution
257. his guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 SLES 8 in a virtual machine is to use the standard SUSE distribution CDs The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing SLES 8 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the SLES 8 installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing SLES 8 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine until you get to the selection screens described in the next steps 4 Part way through the installation the installer reboots the virtual machine At the LILO screen let the boot proceed using the default selection of linux 5 At the Desktop Settings screen select 640x480 256 colors 6 Finish installing SLES 8 as you would on a physical machine This completes basic installation of the SLES 8 guest operating system VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest ope
258. ianux 3 0 operating system Support 32 Bit Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 3 64 Bit Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 3 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Asianux 3 0 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Asianux distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Asianux 3 0 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the Asianux 3 0 CD ROM in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Asianux 3 0 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine Be sure to make the choices outlined in the following steps 4 Inthe Package Group Selection screen choose Software Development and select individual packages In the Individual Package Selection screen use the arrow keys to move down to System Environment Kernel and press Enter Be sure that kernel smp is deselected no
259. ic to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc 207 Guest Operating System Installation Guide FreeBSD 6 2 208 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the FreeBSD 6 2 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware product Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 NoTE With many FreeBSD guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware product m Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing FreeBSD 6 2 in a virtual machin
260. ich you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system You can install Windows Server 2003 Web Edition Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition or Windows Small Business Server 2003 in a virtual machine using the corresponding Windows Server 2003 distribution CD If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server If an Internet connection is not available while installing a Windows Server 2003 guest the driver for the multimedia audio controller will not be installed The Windows Device Manager will indicate that the driver for the multimedia audio controller is missing To install the required driver configure an Internet connection and run Windows Update on the Windows Server 2003 virtual machine VMware Workstation or VMware ACE If you are using the virtual LSI Logic SCSI adapter Windows Server 2003 automatically installs the SCSI driver when you install the guest operating system To use the virtual BusLogic SCSI adapter in a Windows Server 2003 virtual machine under VMware Workstation or VMware ACE you need a special SCSI driver available from the download section of the VMware Web site at www vmware com download Follow the instructions on the Web site to use the driver with a fresh installation of Windows Server 2003 If you have a virtual machine wi
261. ides links to installation instructions for each guest operating system NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine Table 1 Supported Guest Operating Systems by VMware Product VMware GSX ESX VMware VMware Guest Operating System Workstation ACE Server Server Server Fusion Windows Server 2008 on page 31 6 0 1 6 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 3 3 5 Windows Vista on page 33 6 0 6 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 5 1 0 1 1 1 Windows Server 2003 on page 36 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 3 5 1 0 1 05 10 1 1 1 Windows XP on page 40 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 3 5 1 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 1 1 Windows 2000 on page 44 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 3 5 1 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 1 1 Windows NT 4 0 on page 47 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 3 5 1 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 1 1 Windows Me on page 50 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 05 1 0 1 1 1 Windows 98 on page 52 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 1 1 VMware Inc 25 Guest Operating System Installation Guide VMware GSX ESX VMware VMware Guest Operating System Workstation ACE Server Server Server Fusion Windows 95 on page 54 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 05 1
262. ience This book is intended for anyone interested in a list of operating systems supported by VMware products their installation instructions and known issues Document Feedback VMware welcomes your suggestions for improving our documentation If you have comments send your feedback to docfeedback vmware com Technical Support and Education Resources The following sections describe the technical support resources available to you To access the current versions of this book and other books go to http www vmware com support pubs Online and Telephone Support Use online support to submit technical support requests view your product and contract information and register your products Go to http www vmware com support Customers with appropriate support contracts should use telephone support for the fastest response on priority 1 issues Go to http www vmware com support phone_support html Support Offerings Find out how VMware support offerings can help meet your business needs Go to http www vmware com support services VMware Education Services VMware courses offer extensive hands on labs case study examples and course materials designed to be used as on the job reference tools For more information about VMware Education Services go to http mylearn1 vmware com mgrreg index cfm VMware Inc 23 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 24 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Oper
263. ill proceed correctly until the final reboot when it will load the Windows NT master boot record MBR but will crash to bluescreen due to an inaccessible device error Even though Netware is installed you will not be able to access the Netware operating system To work around this problem format the LUN before you begin installing the Netware virtual machine This ensures that the old FAT16 partition is formatted and that Netware will reboot correctly VMware Inc 235 Guest Operating System Installation Guide NetWare 6 0 Server This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Netware 6 0 Server operating system 236 Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 Support Pack 3 VMware Workstation 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 Support Pack 4 VMware Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Support Pack 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Support Pack 3 VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 Support Pack 3 VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Support Pack 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 VMware ESX
264. imental support for Solaris 10 6 06 Update 2 on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware ESX Server 3 0 Experimental support for Solaris 10 1 06 Update 1 on ESX Server 3 0 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system VMware products support only the version for x86 platforms You cannot install the version for SPARC platforms in a VMware virtual machine The easiest method of installing the Solaris 10 Operating System in a virtual machine is to use the standard Solaris 10 for x86 installation media The notes below describe an installation using the CD set or DVD If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Memory Requirements for Solaris 10 VMware Server or ESX Server Solaris 10 requires more memory for successful installation than previous Solaris versions For x86 based systems m Starting with the Solaris 10 1 06 release Sun r
265. in Turbolinux 10 Server virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 186 disabling in Turbolinux 7 0 virtual machines to config ure VMware Tools 194 disabling in Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 190 disabling in Turbolinux Workstation 8 virtual ma chines to configure VMware Tools 192 disabling in Ubuntu Linux 5 04 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 207 disabling in Ubuntu Linux 5 10 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 205 disabling in Ubuntu Linux 6 06 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 203 disabling in Ubuntu Linux 6 10 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 201 disabling in Ubuntu Linux 7 04 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 198 ISO image file using to install guest operating system 29 K kernel avoiding installation of inappropriate type 110 known issues VMware Inc FreeBSD 4 0 4 1 4 2 4 3 230 FreeBSD 4 10 224 FreeBSD 4 11 223 FreeBSD 4 4 4 5 4 6 2 4 8 228 FreeBSD 4 9 225 FreeBSD 5 0 222 FreeBSD 5 1 221 FreeBSD 5 2 220 FreeBSD 5 3 219 FreeBSD 5 4 217 FreeBSD 5 5 215 FreeBSD 6 0 213 FreeBSD 6 1 210 FreeBSD 6 2 208 Mandrake Linux 10 77 Mandrake Linux 10 1 74 Mandrake Linux 8 0 or 8 1 92 Mandrake Linux 8 2 90 Mandrake Linux 9 0 87 Mandrake Linux 9 1 83 Mandrake Linux 9 2 81 Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 0 62 Mandriva Corporate Server 4 65 Mandriva Linux 2006 71 Mandriva Linux 2007 68 MS DOS 57 NetWare 5 1 Server 242
266. in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing FreeBSD 3 In the FreeBSD Disklabel Editor step do not use the installer s default option A partitioning Use option C to create the mounts In order to install VMware Tools you need more space in usr than is provided by the installer s defaults Be sure your partitioning scheme includes at least 4 000 000 blocks for usr 4 Follow the rest of the installation steps as you would for a physical PC VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Known Issues Sound VMware has not tested sound support in FreeBSD Guest Screen Saver On a FreeBSD host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze VMware Inc 223 Guest Operating System Installation Guide FreeBSD 4 10 224 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the FreeBSD 4 10 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware ESX Server 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is sup
267. indow c Ifyou need TCP IP networking add it from the Network Configuration screen Windows 95 Setup does not enable TCP IP by default If you don t do this the first phase of the Windows 95 installation does not copy some of the files it will need later and the entire installation fails Also be sure that the Microsoft NetBEUI protocol is installed It might not be installed by default Finish the Windows 95 installation VMware virtual disks support DMA transfers for better performance The feature can be enabled after you have installed Windows 95 on a virtual IDE disk Follow these steps to enable the feature a Right click My Computer and select Properties b From the System Properties dialog box click the Device Manager tab c Double click the Disk Drives device category d Double click the GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE01 device e Click the Settings tab and select the DMA check box VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Enabling Networking After Installing Windows 95 If networking was disabled at the time you installed Windows 95 you can enable it after installing the operating system Shut down Windows 95 and power off the virtual machine Add the network adapter to the virtual machine s configuration and then follow the instructions below to install the n
268. ine fails to restart as expected click the Reset button to restart it 4 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical PC NOTE As the installation progresses the message Configuring apt Scanning the mirror appears indicating that the network is being scanned If your site uses an HTTP proxy this message might persist for 10 minutes or longer indicating that the installation has been delayed If you wait network scanning eventually stops and the installation resumes When the installation completes from the Ubuntu Linux user interface choose System gt Preferences gt Network Proxy to set the HTTP proxy in the Network Proxy Preferences dialog box VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 NOTE You must use the tar installer to install VMware Tools in Ubuntu Linux In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IP
269. ines to configure VMware Tools 86 disabling in Mandrake Linux 9 1 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 83 disabling in Mandrake Linux 9 2 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 80 disabling in Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 0 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 60 62 disabling in Mandriva Corporate Server 4 virtual ma chines to configure VMware Tools 65 disabling in Mandriva Linux 2006 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 71 disabling in Mandriva Linux 2007 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 68 disabling in Novell Linux Desktop 9 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 95 disabling in Open SUSE Linux 10 2 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 154 disabling in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 virtual ma chines to configure VMware Tools 111 disabling in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 virtual ma chines to configure VMware Tools 106 disabling in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 virtual ma chines to configure VMware Tools 101 disabling in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 virtual ma chines to configure VMware Tools 97 disabling in Red Hat Linux 6 2 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 134 disabling in Red Hat Linux 7 0 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 131 disabling in Red Hat Linux 7 1 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 128 disabling in Red Hat Linux 7 2 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 125 disabling in Red Hat Linux 7 3 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 122 disa
270. ing Systems Mandrake Linux 10 1 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Mandrake Linux 10 1 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Mandrake Linux 10 1 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Mandrake Linux distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Mandrake Linux 10 1 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server
271. ing Systems 27 VMware FSX Server 3i version 3 5 support 28 Operating Systems that the Operating System Vendor No Longer Supports 28 64 Bit Guest Operating Systems 28 Requirements for 64 Bit Guest Operating Systems 28 Running 64 Bit Guest Operating Systems 28 64 Bit Linux Guests and Execute Disable Functionality 28 General Guidelines for All VMware Products 28 VMware Experimental Feature Support Definition 29 Determining Memory Settings for a Virtual Machine 29 Installing VMware Tools in a Linux Guest Operating System 29 Sound Adapters on GSX and VMware Servers 30 Running a Guest Operating System 30 Windows Server 2008 31 Support 31 32 Bit Version 31 64 Bit Version 31 General Installation Notes 31 Installation Steps 31 Installing the Guest Operating System 32 VMware Tools 32 Known Issues 32 Opening VMware Tools Control Panel 32 Warnings When Installing VMware Tools on Some VMware Products 32 Guest Screen Saver 32 Windows Vista 33 Support 33 32 Bit Version 33 64 Bit Version 33 General Installation Notes 34 Installation Steps 34 Installing the Guest Operating System 34 VMware Tools 34 Known Issues 34 Opening VMware Tools Control Panel 34 Warnings When Installing VMware Tools on Some VMware Products 34 Network Adapter Change Needed for Some VMware Products 35 Guest Screen Saver 35 Windows Server 2003 36 Support 36 32 Bit Version 36 VMware Inc Guest Operating System Installation Guide 64 Bit Version 36 General Installation Notes
272. ing system The easiest method of installing Red Hat Linux 7 1 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Red Hat distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Red Hat Linux 7 1 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NOTE You should not run the X server that is installed when you set up Red Hat Linux 7 1 Instead to get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine you should install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing Red Hat Linux 7 1 Installation Steps 1 Insert the Red Hat Linux 7 1 CD ROM in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Red Hat Linux 7 1 You must install Red Hat Linux 7 1 using the text mode installer which you can choose when you first boot the installer At the Red Hat Linux 7 1 CD boot prompt you are offered the following choices To install or upgrade a system in graphical mode To install or upgrade a system in text mode type text lt ENTER gt To enable expert mode Use the function keys listed below To choose the text mode installer type text followed by Enter 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine Be sure to make
273. ing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Be sure the virtual machine has at least 512MB of RAM The host computer must have more than 512MB of RAM to support this setting If you are installing the 32 bit version of Windows Server 2008 be sure the virtual machine s hard drive is 16GB or larger If you are installing the 64 bit version of Windows Server 2008 be sure the virtual machine s hard drive is 24GB or larger If an Internet connection is not available while installing a 32 bit Windows Server 2008 guest the driver for the multimedia audio controller will not be installed The Windows Device Manager will indicate that the driver for the multimedia audio controller is missing To install the required driver configure an Internet connection and run Windows Update on the Windows Server 2008 virtual machine VMwere Inc 31 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 32 Installing the Guest Operating System 1 Insert the Windows Server 2008 CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows Server 2008 3 Follow the remaining installation steps as you would for a physical machine VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Known Issues Opening VMware Tools Control Panel
274. install VMware Tools from a text mode console as described in Installing VMware Tools in a Linux Guest Operating System on page 29 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine In some cases networking does not work properly in a copied or cloned virtual machine or a virtual machine deployed to end users as part of a VMware ACE package If you copy a virtual machine and specify that the copy should have a unique identifier the MAC addresses for any virtual Ethernet adapters attached to the virtual machine change When a Open SUS
275. installation of the SLES 10 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Do Not Use 4 Bit Color If you change the screen resolution in the SLES 10 guest operating system be sure you also set a color bit depth greater than 16 colors 4 bit If you attempt to use a setting of 16 colors 4 bit it can cause a fatal error in the X server Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use
276. installing VMware Tools m A message that says the driver package is not compatible with Windows Vista When you see one of these messages click Cancel to continue installing VMware Tools VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems You might also see a message asking you to restart before the VMware Tools installer has finished Do not restart the guest operating system at that time Wait until the Installation Wizard Completed screen appears click Finish and then restart the guest operating system when you are prompted to do so Network Adapter Change Needed for Some VMware Products The AMD Ethernet card driver is not included with Windows Vista To use networking in a Windows Vista guest operating system on the VMware products specified in this section you must change the network adapter A driver for the vmxnet adapter is included in VMware Tools VMware ACE on a Windows host Use a text editor such as Notepad to edit the configuration vmx file for your Windows Vista virtual machine Add the following line Ethernet n virtualDev vmxnet Replace n with the number of the Ethernet adapter The first Ethernet adapter is number 0 so the line for that adapter is Ethernet0O virtualDev vmxnet Include a line for each Ethernet adapter configured for the virtual machine Then install VMware Tools A driver for the vmxnet adapter is included in VMware Tools ESX Server 3 x Install VMware Tools A vmxnet
277. ion many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products VMware Workstation 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Service Pack 1 supported on Workstatio
278. ion CD Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the Ubuntu Linux CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Ubuntu Linux 3 After the Ubuntu Linux installer copies the files it needs to the virtual disk it ejects the installation CD and displays a message indicating that the computer will restart If the virtual machine fails to restart as expected click the Reset button to restart it 4 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical PC VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 NOTE You must use the tar installer to install VMware Tools in Ubuntu Linux In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing
279. ion Guide Windows Me This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Windows Me operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Mware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Mware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 6 V m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 V V n Mware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system You can install Windows Millennium Edition in a virtual machine using the standard Windows Me CD If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the Windows Me CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows Me 3 Choose to boot from CD ROM and then sele
280. ion Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing FreeBSD 4 9 in a virtual machine is to use the standard FreeBSD distribution CD Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine vmxnet Ethernet Adapter Recommended for ESX Server ESX Server VMware recommends that you configure ESX Server virtual machines that use this guest operating system to use the vmx Ethernet adapter See your product documentation for instructions Installation Steps 1 Insert the FreeBSD CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing FreeBSD 3 In the FreeBSD Disklabel Editor step do not use the installer s default option A partitioning Use option C to create the mounts In order to install VMware Tools you need more space in usr than is provided by the installer s defaults Be sure your partitioning scheme includes at least 4 000 000 blocks for usr 4 Follow the rest of the installation steps as you would for a physical PC VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Known Issues Sound VMware has not tested sound support in FreeBSD VMware Inc
281. irtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps 1 Insert the Red Hat Linux 6 2 installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Red Hat Linux 6 2 We recommend you install the operating system with the text mode installer At the Red Hat 6 2 CD boot prompt you are offered the following choices VMware Inc 133 Guest Operating System Installation Guide To install or upgrade a system in graphical mode To install or upgrade a system in text mode type text lt ENTER gt To enable expert mode Use the function keys listed below Choose the text mode installer by typing text followed by Enter 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine NOTE If the virtual machine s Ethernet adapter has been enabled the installation program auto detects and loads the AMD PC Net 32 driver no command line parameter is necessary to load the driver NOTE The text mode installer in Red Hat Linux 6 2 presents a Hostname Configuration screen If you are installing this guest with DHCP in a virtual machine with host only networking do not specify a host name Just respond OK and continue Specifying a host name will cause an installer error later At the next screen Network Configuration respond OK to use the default Use bootp dhc
282. is guest operating system has experimental support on the following VMware products m VMware ESX Server 3 0 Experimental support for Service Pack 1 2 3 on ESX Server 3 0 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SLES 9 in a virtual machine is to use the standard SUSE distribution CDs The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing SLES 9 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines Unless you are using ESX Server 2 5 x VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system ESX Server Only the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is supported in a SLES 9 virtual machine on ESX Server 2 5 x The LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter is supported for SLES9 virtual machines on ESX Server 3 x Only the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter is supported in a SLES 9 virtual machine with more than 4GB of memory on ESX Server 3 x Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new vir
283. istributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines ESX Server 2 5 x Although ESX Server 2 5 x virtual machines are compatible with Physical Address Extension PAE they are not optimized for it As a result guest operating systems with PAE enabled might experience poor performance For best performance VMware recommends that you disable PAE in guest operating systems For more information and instructions on disabling PAE see the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 2020 ESX Serve
284. it Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing SUSE Linux 10 1 in a virtual machine is to use the standard SUSE Linux distribution CDs The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing SUSE Linux 10 1 via the boot floppy
285. it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine NOTE With many FreeBSD guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing FreeBSD 5 3 in a virtual machine is to use the standard FreeBSD distribution CD Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the FreeBSD CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing FreeBSD VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical PC VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Known Issues Sound VMware has not tested sound support in FreeBSD Guest Screen Saver On a FreeBSD host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the gu
286. ith the hard drive on your physical computer It simply means that the virtual hard drive in your virtual machine needs to be partitioned and formatted Select the Initialize button and press Enter Also note that sda appears in the message as the device name if the virtual disk in question is a SCSI disk if the virtual disk is an IDE drive hda appears in the message as the device name instead 9 If your computer is connected to a LAN that provides DHCP support in the Network Configuration screen you can select the option Use bootp dhcp If you prefer you can also set the networking parameters manually 10 In the Video Card Configuration screen choose Skip X Configuration This completes basic installation of the Red Hat Linux 9 0 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Do not start the X server in the guest operating system until you install VMware Tools In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config tools pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you
287. k device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Do not start the X server in the guest operating system until you install VMware Tools and run the SaX2 configuration utility See Before You Start the X Server Before You Start the X Server After you have installed VMware Tools but before you start the X server as root user run the SaX2 configuration utility to configure your X server At a command prompt type SaX2 and use the wizard to configure your X server GSX Server If you intend to connect to this virtual machine with the VMware Virtual Machine Console configure the color resolution for 65536 16 bit colors or less After you run SaX2 you can boot your Turbolinux Workstation 8 virtual machine with any of the selections offered in GRUB Known Issues Guest Screen Saver On a Linux hos
288. k if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive 78 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Mandrake Linux 9 2 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Mandrake Linux 9 2 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating
289. kely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Ubuntu Linux 7 04 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Ubuntu Linux 7 04 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for paravirtualization on Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware ESX Server 3 0 2 3 5 Server Edition and Desktop Edition This operating system has experimental support as a guest operating system on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 6 0 Experimental support for paravirtualization on Workstation 6 0 m VMware ACE 2 0 NOTE Ubuntu Linux 7 04 provides a VMware VMI Virtual Machine Interface enabled kernel which improves guest operating system performance if you enable paravirtual support in the virtual machine For more information on paravirtualization in general see the following VMware Web site http www vmware com interfaces paravirtualization html 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support fo
290. l Installation Notes 206 Installation Steps 206 VMware Tools 207 Known Issues 207 Migration to a Different Processor 207 FreeBSD 6 2 208 VMware Inc Contents 15 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Support 208 32 Bit Version 208 64 Bit Version 208 General Installation Notes 208 Installation Steps 208 VMware Tools 208 Known Issues 208 Sound 208 Guest Screen Saver 208 FreeBSD 6 1 210 Support 210 32 Bit Version 210 64 Bit Version 210 General Installation Notes 210 Installation Steps 210 VMware Tools 210 Known Issues 210 Sound 210 Guest Screen Saver 211 FreeBSD 6 0 212 Support 212 32 Bit Version 212 64 Bit Version 212 General Installation Notes 212 Installation Steps 212 VMware Tools 212 Known Issues 213 Sound 213 Guest Screen Saver 213 FreeBSD 5 5 214 Support 214 32 Bit Version 214 64 Bit Version 214 General Installation Notes 214 Installation Steps 215 VMware Tools 215 Known Issues 215 Sound 215 Guest Screen Saver 215 FreeBSD 5 4 216 Support 216 32 Bit Version 216 64 Bit Version 216 General Installation Notes 216 Installation Steps 216 VMware Tools 217 Known Issues 217 Sound 217 Guest Screen Saver 217 FreeBSD 5 3 218 Support 218 32 Bit Version 218 64 Bit Version 218 General Installation Notes 218 16 VMware Inc Installation Steps 218 VMware Tools 219 Known Issues 219 Sound 219 Guest Screen Saver 219 FreeBSD 5 2 220 Support 220 General Installation Notes 220 Installation Steps 220 V
291. l and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly If the clock in your guest operating system runs too quickly or too slowly use one of the workarounds described in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 1420 Changing Resolution in the Guest Operating System To change the display resolution in the guest operating system as root su rerun the VMware Tools configuration program vmware config to001s pl and select the desired resolution from the list this program presents If you prefer you can edit the X configuration file directly to make the change Getting a DHCP Address in the Guest Operating System When the guest operating system tries to get a DHCP address the attempt fails and an error message indicating that the link is down To work around this problem become root su and use a text editor to edit the following files in the guest operating system VMware Inc 71 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 72 etc sysconfig network scripts ifcfg eth lt n gt etc sysconfig networking devices ifcfg eth lt n gt In both cases lt n gt is the number of the Ethernet adapter for example eth0 In each of the two files add the following line MII_NOT_SUPPORTED yes Then run the command ifup eth lt n gt where lt n gt is the number of the Ethernet adapter or restart the guest Operating system Guest Screen Saver On a Linux h
292. l machine is to use the standard Turbolinux distribution CDs The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Turbolinux 10 Server via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps 1 Insert the Turbolinux 10 Server installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Turbolinux 10 Server 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 VMware Inc 185 Guest Operating System Installation Guide In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to
293. l you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specif
294. le or busy To prevent unnecessary slowdowns VMware recommends that after you install VMware Tools you keep the NetWare CPU idle program loaded Known Issues Updated LSI Logic SCSI Driver If you are running NetWare 5 1 Support Pack 6 you should install the latest LSI Logic SCSI driver For information on obtaining and installing the driver see kb vmware com kb 1181 Disconnecting VMware Tools ISO File After the virtual machine reboots while installing VMware Tools make sure the virtual machine releases the VMware Tools ISO image Choose Edit gt Removable Devices gt CD ROM and if the CD ROM s configuration shows the VMware Tools ISO image change it back to Use physical drive Pentium 4 Host Page Fault During the installation of the guest operating system on an Intel Pentium 4 host you might encounter a Page Fault error If this error occurs you must apply a NetWare 5 1 patch on the host machine For details see support novell com cgi bin search searchtid cgi 2958220 htm Cannot Mount a CD ROM as a Volume If you are not running NetWare 5 1 with Support Pack 6 you cannot mount the CD ROM as a volume To mount a CD ROM with the support pack installed do one of the following m Set the primary hard drive to IDE 0 0 and the CD ROM drive to IDE 0 1 m Copy the original driver files IDEATA DDI and IDEATA HAM from the Drivers Storage directory of the installation CD ROM that shipped with NetWare 5 1 to the c nwserver directo
295. lem become root su and use a text editor to edit the following files in the guest operating system If only one of these files exists make the change for that file only etc sysconfig network scripts ifcfg eth lt n gt etc sysconfig networking devices ifcfg eth lt n gt In both cases lt n gt is the number of the Ethernet adapter for example eth0 Add the following section to each of these two files check_link_down O return 1 Then run the command ifup eth n where n is the number of the Ethernet adapter or restart the guest operating system 116 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Message about Tainted Driver VMware ESX Server or VMware VirtualCenter When a Red Hat Linux 9 0 guest operating system loads the vmxnet networking driver it reports that the driver is tainted This does not mean that there is anything wrong with the driver It simply indicates that this is a proprietary driver not licensed under the GNU General Public License Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines ESX Server 2 5 x Although ESX Server 2 5 x virtual machines are compatible with Physical Address Extension PAE they are not optimized for it As a result guest operating systems with PAE enabled might experience poor performance For best performance VMware recommends that you disable PAE in guest operating systems For more information and instructions on disabling PAE see the knowledge base
296. les for SUSE Linux 10 At the Installation Settings screen choose Change and then choose Software From the Filter menu choose RPM Groups Choose the Development group press Enter to open it and add gcc gec c and kernel source by highlighting those items in the list and pressing the spacebar 5 At the Test Internet Connection screen during final configuration after all packages are installed do not perform the Internet connection test 6 Follow the remaining installation steps as you would for a physical machine This completes basic installation of the Open SUSE Linux 10 2 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 NOTE If the initial X display is not usable you must install VMware Tools from a text mode console as described in Installing VMware Tools in a Linux Guest Operating System on page 29 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent thi
297. llation script by typing vmware install plinthe vmware tools distrib directory the following message appears Found an installed version of the VMware SVGA driver for XFree86 4 Some versions of this driver included with the XFree86 4 distributions do not work properly Would you like to install a stable but possibly older version of the driver over the currently installed one If you plan to dual boot the virtual machine answer Yes to allow the driver to be installed Answer Yes again to back up the existing video driver files and also copy the XF86Config 4 dist file to XF86Config 4 vm The latter file is used when dual booting the virtual machine If you do not intend to dual boot the virtual machine answer No to keep the existing driver NOTE As you are installing and configuring VMware Tools the configuration program asks for the location of lspci When that prompt appears enter the following path usr bin 1Lspcidrake VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Known Issues Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an
298. locks for usr 4 Follow the rest of the installation steps as you would for a physical PC VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Known Issues Sound VMware has not tested sound support in FreeBSD Guest Screen Saver On a FreeBSD host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems FreeBSD 4 9 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the FreeBSD 4 9 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware GSX Server 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware ESX Server 2 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or GSX Server on which you are running the virtual machine NOTE With many FreeBSD guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installat
299. ly by taking the following steps 1 When the installer asks for the second CD remove the first CD from the drive and leave the drive empty 2 Tell the installer to continue It closes the CD drive tray and then gives an error message when it finds no CD 3 Insert the second CD and tell the installer to continue It should read the second CD correctly and installation should continue with no problems Guest Screen Saver VMware Workstation or VMware GSX Server On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze INIT Errors Slow or Poor Performance VMware GSX Server While installing the Red Hat Linux 9 0 guest operating system you might notice that the guest performs poorly or slowly or you might see INIT errors when you first boot the guest To work around this issue and install the guest more easily pass the nosysinfo option when you boot the Linux kernel at the beginning of the installation At the boot prompt in the guest type text nosysinfo After you install the guest operating system if you notice that the virtual machine runs slowly or if you still see INIT errors you can modify your boot loader to always use the option when the guest operating system boots Choose the steps for your boot loader choose GRUB or LILO To modify your GRUB boot loader 1 Ina text e
300. m Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive Display Issues You might encounter a display issue with the Mandrake Linux 10 1 console To resolve this issue you need to comment out the vga 788
301. m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 1 2 3 or 4 listed versions also supported with no service pack Windows 2000 Advanced Server Service Pack 3 or 4 Visual Studio Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Server on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Server on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Windows 2000 Professional Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server Service Pack 1 2 3 or 4 listed versions also supported with no service pack m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 Windows 2000 Professional Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server Service Pack 1 2 3 or 4 Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4 checked build m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 1 2 3 or 4 listed versions also supported with no service pack Windows 2000 Advanced Server Service Pack 3 or 4
302. machine is to use the standard Ubuntu Linux distribution CD Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the Ubuntu Linux CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Ubuntu Linux 3 If your host computer is on a network that uses a proxy server for Internet access enter information about the proxy server name and port at the boot prompt linux http_proxy http lt proxy_server gt lt port_number gt 4 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical PC VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems You can now become root at any time using the normal su command and the root password you just created VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 NOTE You must use the tar installer to install VMware Tools in Ubuntu Linux In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config tools p1 after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously unti
303. machines 131 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Linux 7 1 virtual machines 128 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Linux 7 2 virtual machines 125 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Linux 7 3 virtual machines 122 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Linux 8 0 virtual machines 119 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Linux 9 0 virtual machines 114 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SUSE LINUX 10 virtual machines 160 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SUSE LINUX 10 1virtual machines 157 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SUSE Linux 10 3 virtual machines 151 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SuSE Linux 7 3 virtual machines 184 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SuSE Linux 8 0 virtual machines 181 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SuSE Linux 8 1 virtual machines 178 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SuSE Linux 8 2 virtual machines 175 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SUSE LINUX 9 0 virtual machines 172 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SUSE LINUX 9 1 virtual machines 169 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SUSE LINUX 9 2 virtual machines 166 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SUSE LINUX 9 3 virtual machines 163 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SUSE Linux E
304. mation and instructions on disabling PAE see the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 2020 ESX Server 3 x Note that disabling PAE also disables NX no execute and ED execute disabled features found in recent AMD and Intel processors These features are not supported by ESX Server versions before ESX Server 3 x ESX Server Virtual Machine Running Windows Might Fail to Power On If Not Rebooted after VMware Tools Installation ESX Server 2 5 x After you install VMware Tools on an ESX Server 2 5 x virtual machine that is running Microsoft Windows the VMware Tools installer asks you to reboot the virtual machine If you choose not to reboot at that time and subsequently remove power from the virtual machine either by using the button Power Off Virtual Machine in the remote console or by shutting down the ESX Server you might then be unable to power on the virtual machine again When you attempt to do so the virtual machine might fail to boot up displaying the message STOP 0x0000007B INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE To avoid this problem after installing VMware Tools be sure to reboot the virtual machine when the VMware Tools installer prompts you VMware Inc 43 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Windows 2000 44 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Windows 2000 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products
305. mized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc 201 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Ubuntu Linux 6 06 202 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Ubuntu Linux 6 06 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Ubuntu Linux 6 06 on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way
306. n 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Service Pack 2 supported on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for Service Pack 3 on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 Service Pack 3 supported on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for Service Pack 4 beta on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Novell Open Enterprise Server services supported on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 1 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 VMware ACE 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Service Pack 1supported on VMware ACE 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Service Pack 2 supported on VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Service Pack 3 supported on VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Experimental support for Service Pack 4 beta on VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 VMware GSX Server 3 2 3 2 1 Service Pack 1 also supported VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Service Pack 1 2 3 supported on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 VMware ESX Server 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Service Pack 1 supported on ESX Serve
307. n ESX Server 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 or 3 5 refer to knowledge base article 51306 at kb vmware com kb 51306 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Update 4 supported on Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Red Hat distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine VMware Workstation VMware ACE VMware GSX Server When creating the virtual machine be sure to select the LSI Logic SCSI adapter Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 does not include a driver for the BusLogic SCSI adapter VMware ESX Server 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 and 2 5 5 ESX Server 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 and 2 5 5 support only the BusLogic SCSI adapter VMware provides a separate BusLogic d
308. n Red Hat Linux 8 0 guest 120 in Red Hat Linux 9 0 guest 115 VMware Inc in SuSE Linux 7 3 guest 184 in SUSE Linux 8 0 guest 181 in SuSE Linux 8 1 guest 179 in SuSE Linux 8 2 guest 176 in SUSE LINUX 9 0 guest 173 in SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 guest 149 in SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 guest 147 in SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 guest 144 in Turbolinux 10 Desktop guest 186 188 in Turbolinux 7 0 guest 194 in Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 guest 190 in Turbolinux Workstation 8 guest 192 in Windows 2000 guest 45 in Windows 95 guest 56 in Windows 98 guest 53 in Windows Me guest 50 in Windows NT guest 48 in Windows Server 2003 guest 39 in Windows Server 2008 guest 32 in Windows Vista guest 35 in Windows XP guest 42 SCSI driver and Windows Server 2003 guest 37 for Windows XP guest 41 SCSI virtual disk in FreeBSD 4 0 4 1 4 2 4 3 guest 230 serial ports in Windows 95 guest 56 in Windows 98 guest 53 Service Pack 3 and Windows 2000 guest 45 setup interrupted for Windows 95 guest 55 Solaris 10 250 64 bit support 247 guest cannot eject CD Rom ISO image 250 guest with Virtual SMP may hang when powering on 250 hyperthreading 250 installing guest operating system 247 known issues 249 memory requirements 248 PAE message during installation 250 small display 249 supported network adapter driver 249 Update 1 guests unresponsive when halted 250 Updates 1 and 2 fail on Pentium M based systems 250
309. n Saver VMware Workstation or VMware GSX Server On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Installation Hang Installation sometimes hangs at running sbin loader for no apparent reason The hang is caused by a bug in early versions of the 2 4 Linux kernel The bug has been fixed in kernel 2 4 5 Distributions based on this kernel should install without problems For earlier 2 4 series kernels a workaround is available Although the Linux kernel bug is not related to CD ROM drives the workaround involves changing a VMware configuration setting for the virtual DVD CD ROM drive Power off the virtual machine and close the virtual machine window Open the virtual machine s configuration file vmx or cfg file in a text editor and add the following line cdrom minvirtuaLtime 100 Save the file Now you should be able to install the guest operating system as described above After you finish installing the guest operating system remove this setting from the configuration file as it might have a performance impact Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux
310. n physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive Installation on Uniprocessor Virtual Machines with More than 4GB of Memory VMware ESX Server 3 x If your virtual machine is configured as a uniprocessor system with more than 4GB of RAM when you install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 the huge memory kernel might fail to install As a result the guest operating system will see only 4 GB of memory To work around this problem reboot the virtual machine and install the huge memory kernel manually using the RPM installer VMware Inc 107 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 108 Message about Tainted Driver VMware ESX Server or VMware VirtualCenter With Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 6 and later when the system loads the vmxnet networking driver it reports that the driver is tainted This does not mean that there is anything wrong with the driver It simply indicates that this is a proprietary driver not licensed under the GNU General Public License X Windows System Fails to Start in Virtual Machine If Default Depth for Display Is Set to 24 ESX Server 3 x In a virtual machine running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 7 if you choose the setup default of 24 for display depth when you attempt to start the X windows system with the startx comma
311. n physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc 199 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Ubuntu Linux 6 10 200 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Ubuntu Linux 6 10 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Ubuntu Linux 6 10 on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 This operating system has experimental support as a guest operating system on the following VMware product m VMware Workstation 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Ubuntu Linux 6 10 on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1
312. n the Virtual Infrastructure Client as having Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 as the guest operating system type This incorrect display is harmless and does not affect the proper operation of the virtual machine VMware Inc 103 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 104 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products VMware Workstation 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 AS ES WS Update 4 supported on Workstation 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Update 5 6 supported on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Update 7 8 supported on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 AS ES WS Update 3 or 4 supported on VMware ACE 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 AS ES WS Update 4 supported on GSX Server 3 2 3 2 1 VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0
313. nable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully NOTE With a Mandrake Linux 9 1 guest you should install VMware Tools from the Linux console Do not start X until you have installed VMware Tools NOTE Provided you installed the XFree 4 2 0 X server when you installed the guest operating system as advised in the install steps when you start the VMware Tools installation script by typing vmware install plinthe vmware tools distrib directory the following message appears Found an installed version of the VMware SVGA driver for XFree86 4 Some versions of this driver included with the XFree86 4 distributions do not work properly Would you like to install a stable but possibly older version of the driver over the currently installed one If you plan to dual boot the virt
314. naming the file For eth0 for example make the following change Old name etc sysconfig network ifcfg eth0 id lt MAC_address gt New name etc sysconfig network ifcfg eth0 Guest Screen Saver VMware Workstation or VMware GSX Server On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines ESX Server 2 5 x Although ESX Server 2 5 x virtual machines are compatible with Physical Address Extension PAE they are not optimized for it As a result guest operating systems with PAE enabled might experience poor performance For best performance VMware recommends that you disable PAE in guest operating systems For more information and instructions on disabling PAE see the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 2020 Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions tha
315. nc 243 Guest Operating System Installation Guide NetWare 4 2 Server This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Netware 4 2 Server operating system 244 Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products VMware Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 Support Pack 9 VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system You can install NetWare 4 2 in a virtual machine using the standard Novell NetWare 4 2 installation CD VMware recommends you install NetWare 4 2 on a host with at least 256MB of memory Creating and Configuring the NetWare Virtual Machine 1 If you created this virtual machine on a Linux host open the configuration file lt netware gt cfg ina text editor and add the following line gui iconLEDS false This removes all the LED icons in the console window which prevents the virtual machine display from appearing incorrectly when you
316. nd the error message No screens found is displayed You can work around this problem in either of the following ways m Install VMware Tools or m Manually edit the file etc X11 XF86config setting the default depth for the display to 8 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 AS ES WS Update 6 supported on Workstation 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Update 7 supported on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 AS ES WS Update 6 supported on VMware ACE 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 AS ES WS Update 6 supported on GSX Server 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware
317. ndard distribution CD however installing Mandriva Corporate Server 4 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NOTE During the Mandriva Corporate Server 4 installation you are offered a choice of XFree86 X servers You can choose either one but do not run that X server Instead to get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine you should install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing Mandriva Corporate Server 4 NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps 1 Insert the Mandriva Corporate Server 4 CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Mandriva Corporate Server 4 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine Be sure to make the choices outlined in the following steps 4 Use the text mode installer At the opening screen press F1 for options and then enter text for text mode 5 In the partitioning step unless you have special requirements it is all right to let Mandriva Linux automatically allocate
318. ndard distribution CD however installing Red Hat Linux 6 2 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created a new virtual machine and configured it using the New Virtual Machine Wizard on Windows hosts or Configuration Wizard on Linux hosts y CAUTION Red Hat Linux 6 2 runs on Intel core processors However it does not run on Xeon processors that are branded Xeon with no qualifier or Xeon MP Pentium III Xeon processors are OK NOTE Due to VGA performance issues installing Red Hat 6 2 with the graphics mode installer we highly recommend you install the operating system with the text mode installer At the Red Hat 6 0 1 or 6 2 CD boot prompt you are offered the following choices To install or upgrade a system in graphical mode To install or upgrade a system in text mode type text lt ENTER gt To enable expert mode Use the function keys listed below Choose the text mode installer by typing text followed by Enter NOTE During the Red Hat Linux 6 x installation a standard VGA16 X server without support for the VMware X server is installed To get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine you should install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing Red Hat Linux 6 x NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic v
319. ndary IDE controller channel 1 at IDE 1 0 Then boot the virtual machine with Windows NT run DMACHECK and enable DMA for channel 0 only VMware Inc 47 Guest Operating System Installation Guide NOTE DMA is always enabled on SCSI virtual disks VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Setting up a Windows NT 4 0 Guest with Multiple Disks To set up a virtual machine running Windows NT 4 0 and using multiple disks you must first create a virtual machine with only one disk Install Windows NT on that disk Then use the configuration tools in your VMware product to add the additional disks In addition note that if you have a Windows NT 4 0 guest with a SCSI virtual disk you cannot add both an additional SCSI disk and an IDE disk to the configuration Enabling Networking After Installing Windows NT If networking was disabled at the time you installed Windows NT you can enable it after installing the operating system Shut down Windows NT and power off the virtual machine Add the network adapter to the virtual machine s configuration and then follow the instructions below to install the network driver in the Windows NT guest operating system 1 Power on the virtual machine 2 While Windows NT is booting insert the Windows NT 4 0 CD in the CD ROM dri
320. ne of the workarounds described in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 1420 Changing Resolution in the Guest Operating System To change the display resolution in the guest operating system as root su rerun the VMware Tools configuration program vmware config tool1s p1 and select the desired resolution from the list this program presents If you prefer you can edit the X configuration file directly to make the change Getting a DHCP Address in the Guest Operating System When the guest operating system tries to get a DHCP address the attempt fails and an error message indicating that the link is down To work around this problem become root su and use a text editor to edit the following files in the guest operating system etc sysconfig network scripts ifcfg eth lt n gt etc sysconfig networking devices ifcfg eth lt n gt In both cases lt n gt is the number of the Ethernet adapter for example eth0 In each of the two files add the following line MII_NOT_SUPPORTED yes Then run the command ifup eth lt n gt where lt n gt is the number of the Ethernet adapter or restart the guest operating system VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Mig
321. ng system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system has experimental support on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 64 Bit Version This guest operating system has experimental support on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Open SUSE Linux 10 3 in a virtual machine is to use the standard SUSE Linux distribution CDs The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Open SUSE Linux 10 3 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating s
322. ning on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc 145 Guest Operating System Installation Guide SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 146 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware pr
323. not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc 179 Guest Operating System Installation Guide SUSE Linux 8 0 180 This se
324. nstalling Guest Operating Systems Red Hat Linux 7 1 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Red Hat Linux 7 Joperating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operat
325. nterprise Server 10 virtual machines 139 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 virtual machines 149 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 virtual machines 147 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in VMware Inc SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 virtual machines 143 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Turbolinux 10 Desktop virtual machines 187 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Turbolinux 10 Server virtual machines 186 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Turbolinux 7 0 virtual machines 194 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 virtual machines 190 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Turbolinux Workstation 8 virtual machines 192 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Ubuntu Linux 5 04 virtual machines 207 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Ubuntu Linux 5 10 virtual machines 205 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Ubuntu Linux 6 06 virtual machines 203 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Ubuntu Linux 6 10 virtual machines 201 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Ubuntu Linux 7 04 virtual machines 198 installing in Windows Server 2008 32 installing in Windows Vista 34 not available for DOS or Windows 3 1x 58 WwW Windows rebooting Windows guest on ESX Se
326. nthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Before You Start the X Server After you have installed VMware Tools but before you start the X server as the root user run the SaX2 configuration utility to configure your X server At a command prompt type SaX2 and use the wizard to configure your X server If you intend to connect to this virtual machine with the VMware Virtual Machine Console configure the color resolution for 65536 16 bit colors or less After you run SaX2 you can boot your SUSE Linux 8 2 virtual machine with any of the selections offered in GRUB Known Issues Virtual Machine Might Hang during Guest Operating System Installation On some host systems the SUSE Linux 9 0 installer attempts to use a kernel that is incompatible with the ACPI features of the virtual hardware To work around this problem open the virtual machine s configuration file in a text editor and add the following line acpi present FALSE You should then be able to install and run a SUSE Linux 9 0 guest operating system Installation from DVD Might Stop with an Error Message Installation from a DVD might stop at the Software item under Installation Settings with the following error message No base selection available ERROR No proposal SUSE has seen this problem on both physical and virtual machine
327. nthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly If the clock in your guest operating system runs too quickly or too slowly use one of the workarounds described in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 1420 Changing Resolution in the Guest Operating System To change the display resolution in the guest operating system as root su rerun the VMware Tools configuration program vmware config tools pl and select the desired resolution from the list this program presents If you prefer you can edit the X configuration file directly to make the change Getting a DHCP Address in the Guest Operating System When the guest operating system tries to get a DHCP address the attempt fails and an error message indicating that the link is down To work around this problem become root su and use a text editor to edit the following files in the guest operating system etc sysconfig network scripts ifcfg eth lt n gt etc sysconfig networking devices ifcfg eth lt n gt In both cases lt n gt is the number of the Ethernet adapter for example eth0 In each of the two files add the following line MII_NOT_SUPPORTED yes Then run the command ifup eth lt n gt where lt n gt is the number of the Ethernet adapter or
328. nuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Virtual Machine Might Hang during Guest Operating System Installation On some host systems the SUSE Linux 9 1 installer attempts to use a kernel that is incompatible with the ACPI features of the virtual hardware To work around this problem open the virtual machine s configuration file in a text editor and add the following line acpi present FALSE You should then be able to install and run a SUSE Linux 9 1 guest operating system Installation from DVD Might Stop with an Error Message Installation from a DVD might stop at the Software item under Installation Settings with the following error message No base selection available ERROR No proposal SUSE has seen this problem on both physical and virtual machines To work around the problem inside a virtual machine type the following at the boot prompt as you begin the installation linux cdromdevice dev hdc Replace dev hdc with the appropriate device name if your CD
329. ny FreeBSD guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing FreeBSD 5 4 in a virtual machine is to use the standard FreeBSD distribution CD Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the FreeBSD CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing FreeBSD 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical PC VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Known Issues Sound VMware has not tested sound support in FreeBSD Guest Screen Saver On a FreeBSD host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze VMwere Inc 2
330. o correct this problem Depending on your Solaris installation this patch may require any or all of the following dependent patches 121264 01 118844 30 118344 13 117435 02 119255 27 Information on downloading and installing Solaris patches is in the article Adding a Solaris Patch available at the time this document was published from the Sun Web site at http docs sun com app docs doc 816 4552 6maoo030pu a view VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems NOTE To apply Kernel Update 118855 19 you must boot the virtual machine in 32 bit mode For instructions on forcing a Solaris 10 virtual machine on a 64 bit host machine to boot in 32 bit mode see the VMware Knowledge Base kb vmware com kb 2074 VMwere Inc 251 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Solaris 9 Operating System x86 Platform Edition 252 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Solaris 9 Operating System x86 Platform Edition operating system Support This guest operating system has experimental support on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3
331. od is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NoTE During the Mandriva Linux 2006 installation you are offered a choice of XFree86 X servers You can choose either one but do not run that X server Instead to get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine you should install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing Mandriva Linux 2006 NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps 1 Insert the Mandriva Linux 2006 CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Mandriva Linux 2006 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine Be sure to make the choices outlined in the following steps 4 Use the text mode installer At the opening screen press F1 for options and then enter text for text mode 5 Inthe partitioning step unless you have special requirements it is all right to let Mandriva Linux automatically allocate the space Select Use free space 6 When you reach the Summary s
332. oducts m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 Service Pack 3 supported on GSX Server 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware ESX Server 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Service Pack 3 supported on ESX Server 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 5 Service Pack 4 supported on ESX Server 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Virtual SMP supported NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines Unless you are using ESX Server 2 5 x VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with t
333. on 8 avoid migrating to different processor type 192 installing guest operating system 191 VMware Inc Index known issues 192 screen saver 192 U Ubuntu Linux 5 04 64 bit support 206 avoid migrating to different processor type 207 installing guest operating system 206 known issues 207 Ubuntu Linux 5 10 64 bit support 204 avoid migrating to different processor type 205 installing guest operating system 204 known issues 205 Ubuntu Linux 6 06 64 bit support 202 avoid migrating to different processor type 203 installing guest operating system 202 known issues 203 Ubuntu Linux 6 10 64 bit support 200 avoid migrating to different processor type 201 installing guest operating system 200 known issues 201 Ubuntu Linux 7 04 64 bit support 197 avoid migrating to different processor type 198 installing guest operating system 197 known issues 198 Ubuntu Linux 7 10 64 bit support 195 avoid migrating to different processor type 196 installing guest operating system 195 known issues 196 V video settings for Windows Server 2003 38 virtual disk formatting 28 partitioning 28 VMware Server sound adapter 30 VMware Tools and product activation 38 42 and X server for Mandrake Linux 10 guest 76 and X server for Mandrake Linux 10 1 guest 73 and X server for Mandrake Linux 8 2 guest 88 and X server for Mandrake Linux 9 0 guest 85 and X server for Mandrake Linux 9 1 guest 82 and X server for Mandrake Linux 9 2 guest 79 and X server fo
334. on Host with AMD Opteron Processor VMware Workstation or VMware ESX Server On a host machine with an AMD Opteron processor a virtual machine running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 in SMP mode that is with more than one virtual processor fails to boot with the monitor error BUG F 140 1913 bugNr 18415 The error is caused by specific CPU instructions executed by the guest kernel on AMD platforms To work around this problem you can set the virtual machine to use only one virtual processor For instructions see your VMware product documentation This problem has been fixed in Workstation 5 5 x and ESX Server 3 x Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines ESX Server 2 5 x Although ESX Server 2 5 x virtual machines are compatible with Physical Address Extension PAE they are not optimized for it As a result guest operating systems with PAE enabled might experience poor performance For best performance VMware recommends that you disable PAE in guest operating systems For more information and instructions on disabling PAE see the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 2020 ESX Server 3 x Note that disabling PAE also disables NX no execute and ED execute disabled features found in recent AMD and Intel processors These features are not supported by ESX Server versions before ESX Server 3 x Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is run
335. on a multiprocessor host computer you might notice slower than expected disk input output performance For more information see Disk Performance in Windows NT Guests on Multiprocessor Hosts in the GSX Server documentation Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the Windows NT CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows NT 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine 4 Virtual disks support DMA transfers for better performance You can enable the feature after installing Windows NT You need the NT Service Pack 3 or 4 CD to enable this option Once the virtual machine is running Windows NT insert the SP3 or SP4 CD in the drive run DMACHECK EXE from the SUPPORT UTILS I386 folder on the CD and click the Enabled option for the IDE controller channel that is configured with the virtual disk typically channel 0 only unless you have the virtual machine configured with multiple virtual disks NOTE The DMA option should not be enabled for any IDE channel that has a CD ROM drive configured for it Enabling DMA for such a configuration causes an error If you have a virtual disk and a CD ROM attached as master and slave to the primary IDE controller channel 0 and you want to enable DMA power off the virtual machine and use the Configuration Editor to move the CD ROM to the seco
336. on from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc 203 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Ubuntu Linux 5 10 204 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Ubuntu Linux 5 10 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 64 Bit Version This operating system has experimental support as a guest operating system on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP supported on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0
337. on of the driver over the currently installed one If you plan to dual boot the virtual machine answer Yes to allow the driver to be installed Answer Yes again to back up the existing video driver files and also copy the XF86Config 4 dist file to XF86Config 4 vm The latter file is used when dual booting the virtual machine If you do not intend to dual boot the virtual machine answer No to keep the existing driver NOTE As you are installing and configuring VMware Tools the configuration program asks for the location of lspci When that prompt appears enter the following path usr bin lspcidrake VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Known Issues Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that
338. on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems SUSE Linux 9 2 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the SUSE Linux 9 2 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Service Pack 1 supported on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0
339. on to a Different Processor 84 Mandrake Linux 9 0 85 Support 85 General Installation Notes 85 Installation Steps 85 VMware Tools 86 Known Issues 87 Guest Screen Saver 87 Migration to a Different Processor 87 Mandrake Linux 8 2 88 Support 88 General Installation Notes 88 Installation Steps 88 VMware Tools 89 Known Issues 90 Guest Screen Saver 90 Migration to a Different Processor 90 Mandrake Linux 8 0 and 8 1 91 Support 91 VMware Inc 7 Guest Operating System Installation Guide General Installation Notes 91 Installation Steps 91 VMware Tools 92 Setting Up a Symbolic Link to XFree86 92 Known Issues 92 Installation of Mandrake Linux 8 0 Hangs 92 Guest Screen Saver 92 Shutting Down Mandrake Linux 8 0 93 Migration to a Different Processor 93 Novell Linux Desktop9 94 Support 94 General Installation Notes 94 Installation Steps 94 VMware Tools 94 Known Issues 95 Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly 95 Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine 95 Migration to a Different Processor 95 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 96 Support 96 32 Bit Version 96 64 Bit Version 96 General Installation Notes 96 Installation Steps 97 VMware Tools 97 Known Issues 97 PAE Message During Installation 97 Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine 98 Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly 98 Migration to a Different Processor 98 Red H
340. onfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully VMware Inc 119 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 120 Known Issues Guest Screen Saver VMware Workstation or VMware GSX Server On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true
341. oose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive 188 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virt
342. oot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Choosing Architecture When Installing SUSE Linux 9 3 on a 64 Bit Host The SUSE Linux 9 3 operating system provides kernels for both 32 bit and 64 bit architecture While installing SUSE Linux 9 3 guest operating system on a 64 bit host press F6 to select the architecture for the guest If you created a 32 bit virtual machine and want to install SUSE Linux 9 3 in 32 bit mode it is important that you select 32 bit for the architecture If you do not select 32 bit SUSE Linux 9 3 detects the host architecture in this case 64 bit and by default will install the corresponding kernel As a result the guest operating system will not install correctly and the 32 bit version of VMware Tools included with the virtual machine will not work To correct this problem 1 Create the virtual machine 2 Power off the virtual machine and close the virtual machine window before you install the SUSE Linux 9 3 guest 3 Open the virtual machine configuration
343. operating system The easiest method of installing Red Hat Linux 8 0 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Red Hat distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Red Hat Linux 8 0 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NOTE You should not run the X server that is installed when you set up Red Hat Linux 8 0 Instead to get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine you should install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing Red Hat Linux 8 0 NoTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps 1 Insert the Red Hat Linux 8 0 CD ROM in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Red Hat Linux 8 0 You must install Red Hat Linux 8 0 using the text mode installer which you can choose when you first boot the installer At the Red Hat Linux 8 0 CD boot prompt you are offered the following choices To install or upgrade Red Hat Linux in graphical mode To install or upgra
344. operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Do not start the X server in the guest operating system until you install VMware Tools In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully VMware Inc 101 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 102 Known Issues PAE Message During Installation VMware Workstation 5 0 If you are installing the guest operating system on a VMware Workstation 5 0 or lower on a host computer that has PAE
345. orporate Server 4 65 Mandriva Linux 2006 71 Mandriva Linux 2007 68 MS DOS 57 networking in a Windows 95 guest 56 Red Hat Linux 6 2 134 Red Hat Linux 7 0 131 Red Hat Linux 7 1 128 Red Hat Linux 7 2 126 Red Hat Linux 7 3 123 Red Hat Linux 8 0 120 Sun Java Desktop System 2 136 VMware Inc SUSE LINUX 10 160 SuSE Linux 7 3 184 SuSE Linux 8 0 181 SuSE Linux 8 1 178 SuSE Linux 8 2 175 SUSE LINUX 9 0 172 SUSE LINUX 9 1 169 SUSE LINUX 9 2 166 SUSE LINUX 9 3 163 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 149 Turbolinux 10 Desktop 188 Turbolinux 10 Server 186 Turbolinux 7 0 194 Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 190 Turbolinux Workstation 8 192 Ubuntu 5 04 207 Ubuntu 5 10 205 Ubuntu 6 06 203 Ubuntu 6 10 201 Ubuntu 7 04 198 Ubuntu 7 10 196 Windows 2000 45 Windows 3 1x 57 Windows 95 56 Windows 98 53 Windows Me 50 Windows NT 48 Windows Server 2008 32 Windows Vista 34 Windows XP 42 Turbolinux 10 Desktop avoid migrating to different processor type 186 188 installing guest operating system 187 known issues 188 screen saver 186 188 Turbolinux 10 Server installing guest operating system 185 known issues 186 Turbolinux 7 0 avoid migrating to different processor type 194 installing guest operating system 193 installing X server 193 known issues 194 screen saver 194 Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 avoid migrating to different processor type 190 installing guest operating system 189 known issues 190 screen saver 190 Turbolinux Workstati
346. oss of ALL DATA on the drive This does not mean that anything is wrong with the hard drive on your physical computer It simply means that the virtual hard drive in your virtual machine needs to be partitioned and formatted 5 Click Yes to partition the drive This completes basic installation of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Do not start the X server in the guest operating system until you install VMware Tools In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config tools p1 after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable I
347. ost with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operat
348. ou copy a virtual machine and specify that the copy should have a unique identifier the MAC addresses for any virtual Ethernet adapters attached to the virtual machine change When a SUSE Linux 10 guest operating system is installed it includes the MAC address as part of a key configuration filename When the virtual machine s MAC address changes the guest operating system might fail to associate this configuration file with the virtual Ethernet adapter If you experience this problem you can work around it by copying or renaming the file For eth0 for example make the following change Old name etc sysconfig network ifcfg eth0 id lt MAC_address gt New name etc sysconfig network ifcfg eth0 Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine
349. our guest to use VMware Inc 73 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 74 m VMware virtual video card m No when asked if you want to install updates to the packages m No when asked if you want to start X when you reboot This completes basic installation of the Mandrake Linux 10 1 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Clock in Guest Operating System Mi
350. ovides DHCP support in the Network Configuration screen you can select the option Use bootp dhcp If you prefer you can also set the networking parameters manually If you are using the vmxnet network adapter in your virtual machine use the network configuration tools in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 to configure your network connection after you finish installing the guest operating system This completes basic installation of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Do not start the X server in the guest operating system until you install VMware Tools In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config tools p1 after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORK
351. p During the Linux installation select the standard VGA16 X server In the Choose a Card screen select the Generic VGA compatible Generic VGA card from the list In the Monitor Setup screen select Generic Monitor from the list Select the Probe button from the Screen Configuration dialog box o N A Oe Select OK from the Starting X dialog box After Linux is installed the generic X server is replaced with the accelerated X server included in the VMware Tools package when you install VMware Tools 9 Finish installing Red Hat Linux 6 2 as you would on a physical machine At this point Red Hat 6 2 boots and a login screen appears This completes basic installation of the Red Hat Linux 7 0 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools
352. perating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine V CAUTION During the TLES 8 installation do not install an X server To get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing TLES 8 Installation Steps 1 Insertthe TLES 8 installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing TLES 8 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine until you get to the selection screens described in the next steps 4 Install using the text mode installer In the first installation screen press the F2 key and then press Enter to select the text mode installer 5 When prompted do not install an X server In the Desktop Settings screen choose Text Mode Only Click Accept and finish the installation VMware Inc 189 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 190 VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config to01s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_net
353. perating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 64 Bit Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Mandriva Linux 2006 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Mandriva Linux distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Mandriva Linux 2006 via the boot floppy network meth
354. perating system reboots The installation continues 5 VMware ESX Server Skip to Step 6 VMware Workstation VMware ACE and VMware GSX Server To configure IP networking do one of the following m Ifyou chose bridged networking for the virtual machine enter its IP address When NetWare tries to load the LAN driver using pcntnw Lan it fails because it broadcasts for its own IP address This causes IP networking to fail To work around this open the System Console press Ctrl Esc and type set allow ip address duplicates on Press Alt Esc to return to the installation m If you chose host only networking for the virtual machine look up the host machine s IP address At a command prompt on a Windows host type ipconfig all At acommand prompt on a Linux host type ifconfig Note the host s IP address for VMnet1 and change the last octet so it is greater than the last octet in the IP address of the host For example if the host IP address is 192 168 160 1 and then the virtual machine s IP address is 192 168 160 where is any number greater than 1 and less than 128 For the subnet mask enter 255 255 255 0 For the router gateway enter the host s IP address 192 168 160 1 in this example m Ifyou chose network address translation NAT for the virtual machine look up the host machine s IP address At a command prompt on a Windows host type ipconfig all At a command prompt on a Linux host type ifconfig
355. physical machine This completes basic installation of the SLES 7 guest operating system VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config tools p1 after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing powe
356. ported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine NOTE With many FreeBSD guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing FreeBSD 4 10 in a virtual machine is to use the standard FreeBSD distribution CD Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine vmxnet Ethernet Adapter Recommended for ESX Server ESX Server VMware recommends that you configure ESX Server virtual machines that use this guest operating system to use the vmx Ethernet adapter See your product documentation for instructions Installation Steps 1 Insert the FreeBSD CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing FreeBSD 3 In the FreeBSD Disklabel Editor step do not use the installer s default option A partitioning Use option C to create the mounts In order to install VMware Tools you need more space in usr than is provided by the installer s defaults Be sure your partitioning scheme includes at least 4 000 000 b
357. ported on ESX Server 3 0 1 requires Patch ESX 1002082 3 0 2 3 5 Virtual SMP supported m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 This guest operating system has experimental support on the following VMware products m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for Service Pack 1 supported on Workstation 6 0 1 Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Service Pack 1 supported on ESX Server 3 0 1 requires Patch ESX 1002082 3 0 2 3 5 Virtual SMP supported m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 This guest operating system has experimental support on the following VMware products m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SLES 10 in a virtual machine is to use the standard SUSE distribution CDs The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing SLES 10 via the boot floppy network method is supported
358. processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Turbolinux Workstation 8 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Turbolinux
359. processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc 135 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Sun Java Desktop System 2 136 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Sun Java Desktop System 2 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Sun Java Desktop System 2 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Sun Java De
360. ps 4 Use the text mode installer At the opening screen press F1 for options and then enter text for text mode 5 In the partitioning step unless you have special requirements it is all right to let Mandrake Linux automatically allocate the space Select Use free space 6 When you reach the Summary screen configure the graphical interface Select Graphical Interface and then click Do Make the following selections m The resolution and refresh rate you want your guest to use VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems m VMware virtual video card m No when asked if you want to install updates to the packages m No when asked if you want to start X when you reboot This completes basic installation of the Mandrake Linux 10 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines
361. r These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines ESX Server 2 5 x Although ESX Server 2 5 x virtual machines are compatible with Physical Address Extension PAE they are not optimized for it As a result guest operating systems with PAE enabled might experience poor performance For best performance VMware recommends that you disable PAE in guest operating systems For more information and instructions on disabling PAE see the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 2020 VMware Inc 123 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Red Hat Linux 7 2 124 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Red Hat Linux 7 2 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1
362. r 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware ESX Server 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 Virtual SMP supported NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing SUSE Linux 9 0 in a virtual machine is to use the standard SUSE Linux distribution CDs The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing SUSE Linux 9 0 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the SUSE Linux 9 0 installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing SUSE Linux 9 0 3 Install using the text mod
363. r 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 5 Service Pack 2 supported on ESX Server 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 5 Service Pack 3 supported on ESX Server 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Service Pack 4 supported on ESX Server 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 1 3 0 2 requires Patch ESX 1002431 Novell OES Service Pack 1 on ESX Server 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Novell OES Service Pack 2 on ESX Server 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 NOTE hugemem kernel is not supported on ESX Server 2 5 3 2 5 4 or 2 5 5 refer to knowledge base article 8964517at kb vmware com kb 8964517 NOTE Before you apply Service Pack 3 to ESX Server 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 or 3 5 refer to knowledge base article 51306 at kb vmware com kb 51306 Virtual SMP supported For host machines that use the AMD Opteron processor see the known issue SLES 9 SP3 Guest Experiences Monitor Panic in SMP Mode on Host with AMD Opteron Processor on page 144 VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Service Pack 3 supported on Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products VMware Inc 141 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 142 m VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Service Pack 1 supported on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Service Pack 2 supported on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5
364. r 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Windows XP Professional and Home Edition Service Pack 1 or 2 also supported VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 Windows XP Professional and Home Edition Service Pack 1 supported on GSX Server 3 0 3 1 and 3 2 3 2 1 Service Pack 2 supported on GSX Server 3 1 and 3 2 3 2 1 VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 or 2 also supported Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 VMware ESX Server 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 or 2 Virtual SMP supported on ESX Server 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Windows XP Professional Home Edition Service Pack 2 supported on Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Visual Studio Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition on Workstation 6 0 6
365. r 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware ESX Server 3 0 2 3 5 Server Edition and Desktop Edition This operating system has experimental support as a guest operating system on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 6 0 m VMware ACE 2 0 NoTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Ubuntu Linux 7 04 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Ubuntu Linux distribution CD VMware Inc 197 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 198 Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the Ubuntu Linux CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Ubuntu Linux 3 After the Ubuntu Linux installer copies the files it needs to the virtual disk it ejects the installation CD and displays a message indicating that the computer will restart If the virtual mach
366. r 3 x Note that disabling PAE also disables NX no execute and ED execute disabled features found in recent AMD and Intel processors These features are not supported by ESX Server versions before ESX Server 3 x VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Red Hat Linux 9 0 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Red Hat Linux 9 0 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Red Hat Linux 9 0 on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware ESX Server 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 Virtual SMP supported NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the vi
367. r Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 0 guest 61 and X server for Mandriva Corporate Server 4 guest 64 265 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 266 and X server for Mandriva Linux 2006 guest 70 and X server for Mandriva Linux 2007 guest 67 and X server for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Worksta tion 2 1 guest 109 and X server for Red Hat Linux 7 0 guest 130 and X server for Red Hat Linux 7 1 guest 127 and X server for Red Hat Linux 7 2 guest 124 and X server for Red Hat Linux 7 3 guest 121 and X server for Red Hat Linux 8 0 guest 118 and X server for Red Hat Linux 9 0 guest 113 and X server for SuSE Linux 7 3 guest 183 and X server for SuSE Linux 8 0 guest 180 and X server for SuSE Linux 8 1 guest 177 and X server for SuSE Linux 8 2 guest 174 and X server for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 guest 148 and X server for Turbolinux 7 0 guest 193 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in FreeBSD 4 0 4 1 4 2 4 3 virtual machines 229 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in FreeBSD 4 4 4 5 4 6 2 4 8 virtual machines 227 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in FreeBSD 5 3 virtual machines 219 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Mandrake Linux 10 virtual machines 77 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Mandrake Linux 10 1 virtual machines 74 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Mandrake Linux 8 0 or 8 1 virtual machines 92 disabling IPv6 before configuring VM
368. r can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc 149 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Open SUSE Linux 10 3 150 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the SUSE Linux 10 3 operati
369. rating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config tools p1 after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Guest Screen Saver VMware Workstation or VMware GSX Server On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines ESX Server 2 5 x Although ESX Server 2 5 x virtual machines are compatible with Physical A
370. ration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc 69 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Mandriva Linux 2006 70 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Mandriva Linux 2006 operating system Support 32 Bit Support This guest o
371. re Tools in this virtual machine 10 Continue to the Starting X screen and click the Skip button to skip testing the configuration This completes basic installation of the Red Hat Linux 7 2 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Do not start X until you have installed VMware Tools In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully VMware Inc 125 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 126 Known Issues Guest Scree
372. re product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps 1 Insert the Novell Linux Desktop 9 installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Novell Linux Desktop 9 3 Install using the text mode installer In the first installation screen press the F2 key use the arrow keys to select text mode and then press Enter to select the text mode installer 4 During final configuration after all packages are installed do not perform the Internet connection test 5 Follow the remaining installation steps as you would for a physical machine 6 Ifyou might copy or move this virtual machine make the change described in Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine on page 95 This completes basic installation of the Novell Linux Desktop 9 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340
373. reated and configured a new virtual machine NOTE You should not run the X server that is installed when you set up Red Hat Linux 7 2 Instead to get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine you should install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing Red Hat Linux 7 2 NoTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps 1 Insert the Red Hat Linux 7 2 CD ROM in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Red Hat Linux 7 2 You must install Red Hat Linux 7 2 using the text mode installer which you can choose when you first boot the installer At the Red Hat Linux 7 2 CD boot prompt you are offered the following choices To install or upgrade a system in graphical mode To install or upgrade a system in text mode type text lt ENTER gt To enable expert mode Use the function keys listed below To choose the text mode installer type text followed by Enter VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine Be sure to make the choices outlined in the following steps 4 Choose the language and keyboard and then in the Installation Type scre
374. ribe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing SUSE Linux 9 2 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines Unless you are using ESX Server 2 5 x VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system ESX Server Only the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is supported in a SUSE Linux 9 2 virtual machine on ESX Server 2 5 x Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine VMware Inc 165 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 166 Installation Steps 1 Insert the SUSE Linux 9 2 installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing SUSE Linux 9 2 3 Install using the text mode installer In the first installation screen press the F2 key use the arrow keys to select text mode and then press Enter to select the text mode installer 4 During final configuration after all packages are installed do not perform the Internet connection test 5 Follow the remaining installation steps as you would for a physical machine 6 If you might copy or move this virtual machine make the change described in Manual Changes Might
375. rise Server 10 guest 138 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 guest 148 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 guest 146 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 guest 141 Turbolinux 10 Desktop guest 187 Turbolinux 10 Server guest 185 Turbolinux 7 0 guest 193 Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 guest 189 Turbolinux Workstation 8 guest 191 Ubuntu Linux 5 04 guest 206 Ubuntu Linux 5 10 guest 204 Ubuntu Linux 6 06 guest 202 Ubuntu Linux 6 10 guest 200 Ubuntu Linux 7 04 guest 197 Ubuntu Linux 7 10 guest 195 Windows 2000 guest 44 Windows 3 1x guest 57 Windows 95 guest 54 Windows 98 guest 52 Windows Me guest 50 Windows NT guest 47 Windows Server 2003 guest 36 Windows Server 2008 guest 31 257 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Windows Vista guest 33 Windows XP guest 40 IP address in Red Hat Linux 9 0 guest 116 IPv6 258 disabling in FreeBSD 4 0 4 1 4 2 4 3 virtual ma chines to configure VMware Tools 229 disabling in FreeBSD 4 4 4 5 4 6 2 4 8 virtual ma chines to configure VMware Tools 227 disabling in FreeBSD 5 3 virtual machines to config ure VMware Tools 219 disabling in Mandrake Linux 10 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 77 disabling in Mandrake Linux 10 1 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 74 disabling in Mandrake Linux 8 0 or 8 1 virtual ma chines to configure VMware Tools 92 disabling in Mandrake Linux 8 2 virtual machines to configure VMware Tools 89 disabling in Mandrake Linux 9 0 virtual mach
376. river for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Upgrades 1 2 3 4 and 5 For instructions on downloading and installing a driver for the BusLogic adapter see www vmware com download esx drivers_tools html VMware ESX Server 3 0 3 0 1 and 3 0 2 ESX Server 3 0 3 0 1 and 3 0 2 support only the LSI Logic SCSI adapter for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 NOTE Be sure the virtual machine is configured with at least 256MB of memory If the virtual machine has less than 256MB of memory Red Hat Enterprise Linux presents an error message as it loads certain VMware drivers Installation Steps NOTE Pay particular attention to the notes in Step 4 about how to avoid installing an inappropriate kernel 1 Insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CD ROM in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine Be sure to make the choices outlined in the following steps 4 VMware GSX Server In the Package Group Selection screen choose Software Development and select individual packages In the Individual Package Selection screen use the arrow keys to move down to System Environment Kernel and press Enter Be sure that kernel smp is deselected no asterisk should appear between the brackets The SMP kernel is not supported in a GSX Server virtual machine You do not need to chang
377. rkstation 8 192 avoiding change for Ubuntu Linux 5 04 207 avoiding change for Ubuntu Linux 5 10 205 avoiding change for Ubuntu Linux 6 06 203 avoiding change for Ubuntu Linux 6 10 201 avoiding change for Ubuntu Linux 7 04 198 avoiding change for Ubuntu Linux 7 10 196 product activation and memory settings 38 42 and VMware Tools 38 42 Windows XP 42 Product activation for Windows Server 2003 38 R RDM virtual machine for Netware 6 5 Server 235 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 avoid migrating to different processor type 112 avoiding installation of inappropriate kernel 110 installing guest operating system 109 installing X server 109 known issues 111 screen saver 111 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 107 64 bit support 104 avoid migrating to different processor type 107 installing guest operating system 104 PAE message during installation 107 screen saver 107 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 known issues 107 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 102 64 bit support 99 avoid migrating to different processor type 102 guests displayed with incorrect operating system type in in VirtualCenter Client 103 known issues 102 PAE message during installation 102 screen saver 102 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 64 bit support 96 261 Guest Operating System Installation Guide avoid migrating to different processor type 98 installing guest operating system 96 known issues 97 PAE message during installation 97 Red Hat Linux installing guest operating system 127 Red
378. rovide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive 158 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems SUSE Linux 10 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the SUSE Linux 10 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger support for SUSE Linux 10 on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0
379. rtual Machine Running Windows Might Fail to Power On If Not Rebooted after VMware Tools Installation 46 Windows NT 4 0 47 Support 47 General Installation Notes 47 Installation Steps 47 VMware Tools 48 Setting up a Windows NT 4 0 Guest with Multiple Disks 48 4 VMware Inc Contents Enabling Networking After Installing Windows NT 48 Known Issues 48 Guest Screen Saver 48 Memory Limits if Installing with No Service Pack 48 Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines 49 ESX Server Virtual Machine Running Windows Might Fail to Power On If Not Rebooted after VMware Tools Installation 49 Windows Me 50 Support 50 General Installation Notes 50 Installation Steps 50 VMware Tools 50 Known Issues 50 Guest Screen Saver 50 Lack of Support for USB 2 0 Drivers 51 Windows 98 52 Support 52 General Installation Notes 52 Installation Steps 52 VMware Tools 52 Enabling Networking After Installing Windows 98 53 Known Issues 53 Phantom COM Ports 53 Guest Screen Saver 53 Lack of Support for USB 2 0 Drivers 53 Windows 95 54 Support 54 General Installation Notes 54 Installation Steps 54 VMware Tools 55 Enabling Networking After Installing Windows 95 55 Known Issues 56 Networking 56 Guest Screen Saver 56 Phantom COM Ports 56 Lack of Support for USB 2 0 Drivers 56 DOS and Windows 3 1x 57 Support 57 General Installation Notes 57 DOS Installation Notes 57 Windows 3 1x Installation Notes 57 Known Issues 57 Mouse Problems 57 No VMware Tools 58
380. rtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing SUSE Linux 9 3 in a virtual machine is to use the standard SUSE Linux distribution CDs The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing SUSE Linux 9 3 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine ESX Server Only the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is supported in a SUSE Linux 9 3 virtual machine on ESX Server
381. rtual machine m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Red Hat Linux 9 0 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Red Hat distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Red Hat Linux 9 0 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NOTE You should not run the X server that is installed when you set up Red Hat Linux 9 0 Instead to get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine you should install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing Red Hat Linux 9 0 NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps 1 Insert the Red Hat Linux 9 0 CD ROM in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Red Hat Linux 9 0 You must install Red Hat Linux 9 0 using the text mode installer whi
382. rtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive Getting a DHCP Address in a Red Hat Linux 9 0 Virtual Machine When a Red Hat Linux 9 0 guest operating system tries to get a DHCP address the attempt might fail with an error message indicating that the link is down On ESX Server this happens only if you are using the vlance driver for your network connection To work around this prob
383. running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly If the clock in your guest operating system runs too quickly or too slowly use one of the workarounds described in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 1420 Changing Resolution in the Guest Operating System To change the display resolution in the guest operating system as root su rerun the VMware Tools configuration program vmware config tools pl and select the desired resolution from the list this program presents If you prefer you can edit the X configuration file directly to make the change Getting a DHCP Address in the Guest Operating System When the guest operating system tries to get a DHCP address the attempt fails and an error message indicating that the link is down To work around this problem become root su and use a text editor to edit the following files in the guest operating system etc sysconfig network scripts ifcfg eth lt n gt etc sysconfig networking devices ifcfg eth lt n gt In both cases lt n g
384. rver select the defaults and proceed through this section as quickly as possible as this X server is replaced by an X server specific to your guest operating system when you install VMware Tools in this virtual machine 10 Continue to the Starting X screen and click the Skip button to skip testing the configuration This completes basic installation of the Red Hat Linux 7 1 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Do not start X until you have installed VMware Tools In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthe file etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After
385. rver 2 5 x after VMware Tools installation 39 43 46 49 Windows 2000 and screen saver 45 installing guest operating system 44 known issues 45 Service Pack 3 45 Windows 3 1x installing guest operating system 57 installing network adapter 57 resolving mouse problems 57 VMware Tools not available 58 Windows 3 x known issues 57 screen saver 58 Windows 95 enabling DMA 55 enabling networking after installation 55 installing driver for Ethernet adapter 55 installing guest operating system 54 known issues 56 phantom COM ports 56 resuming an interrupted installation 55 screen saver 56 VMware Inc troubleshooting network problems 56 Windows 98 booting from floppy disk 52 enabling networking after installation 53 installing guest operating system 52 known issues 53 phantom COM ports 53 screen saver 53 Windows Me installing guest operating system 50 known issues 50 screen saver 50 Windows NT enabling DMA 47 enabling networking after installation 48 installing guest operating system 47 known issues 48 memory settings during installation 48 screen saver 48 using multiple disks 48 Windows Server 2003 64 bit support 36 display settings 38 hibernation 39 installing guest operating system 36 known issues 38 product activation 38 screen saver 39 SCSI driver 37 Windows Server 2008 64 bit support 31 installing guest operating system 31 known issues 32 screen saver 32 VMware Tools installation 32 Windows Vista 64 bit support 33
386. ry NOTE If you cannot mount CD ROMs you cannot install VMware Tools in the virtual machine For more information see support novell com cgi bin search searchtid cgi 10058758 htm Using More than One Virtual Network Adapter on the Same Network If you use more than one virtual network adapter connected to the same network error messages appear in the System Console Examples of error messages you might see include Router configuration error detected Router at node 000C29D02242 claims network 511F827 should be 2010F5EA Router configuration error detected Router at node 000C29D0224C claims network 2010F5EA should be 511F827 If this occurs then completely disconnect the virtual machine from the network and ask your network administrator for the correct network number 242 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Grabbing the Mouse Pointer If the virtual machine is unable to grab or ungrab the mouse it might be due to a Java class not being referenced in the virtual machine In the NetWare 5 1 guest operating system check the xinitrc file which is located in sys java nwgfx Take the following steps 1 In the virtual machine switch to the system console and then type load edit 2 Press the Insert key to browse to the sys java nwgfx xinitrc file 3 In the file look for this line java classpath JAVA_HOME classes VMWtool jar CLASSPATH VMWTool iw 4 Ifthe line does not exist add it to
387. s To work around the problem inside a virtual machine type the following at the boot prompt as you begin the installation linux cdromdevice dev hdc Replace dev hdc with the appropriate device name if your CD ROM device is not the master device on the second IDE channel The installation should then proceed normally Do Not Use 4 Bit Color If you change the screen resolution in the SUSE Linux 9 0 guest operating system be sure you also set a color bit depth greater than 16 colors 4 bit If you attempt to use a setting of 16 colors 4 bit it can cause a fatal error in the X server VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Guest Screen Saver VMware Workstation or VMware GSX Server On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines ESX Server 2 5 x Although ESX Server 2 5 x virtual machines are compatible with Physical Address Extension PAE they are not optimized for it As a result guest operating systems with PAE enabled might experience poor performance For best performance VMware recommends that you disable PAE in guest operating systems For more information and instructions on disabling PAE see the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 2020 Migration to a Different Processor
388. s of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 2 and Update 3 Guests Displayed with Incorrect Operating System Type in Virtual Infrastructure Client ESX Server 3 x ESX 3 x virtual machines running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS ES WS Update 3 with VMware Tools running are shown in the Virtual Infrastructure Client as having Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 as the guest operating system type ESX 3 x virtual machines running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS ES WS Update 2 with VMware Tools running are shown i
389. s problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine In some cases networking does not work properly in a copied or cloned virtual machine or a virtual machine deployed to end users as part of a VMware ACE package If you copy a virtual machine and specify that the copy should have a unique identifier the MAC addresses for any virtual Ethernet adapters attached to the virtual machine change When a Open SUSE Linux 10 2 guest operating system is installed it includes the MAC address as part of a key configuration filename When the virtual machine s MAC address changes the guest operating system might fail to associate this configuration file with the virtual Ethernet adapter If you experience this problem you can work around it by copying or renaming the file For eth0 for example make the following change Old name etc sysconfig network ifcfg eth0 id lt MAC_address gt New name etc sysconfig network ifcfg eth0 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing
390. s you take the special steps described in this section It fails to boot because the virtual disk geometry is not probed correctly by FreeBSD when you install the guest operating system FreeBSD installs the boot loader in the wrong location on the virtual disk When FreeBSD tries to boot the FreeBSD boot loader asks the BIOS for important data that is now on a different section of the virtual disk so FreeBSD cannot boot This problem has been fixed in FreeBSD 4 4 This and later versions correctly boot SCSI virtual disks of any size To use FreeBSD 4 0 4 1 4 2 or 4 3 in your virtual machine you can do one of two things m Use an IDE virtual disk in your virtual machine You might need to add the IDE virtual disk to the virtual machine with the Configuration Editor m Set the disk geometry by hand when installing FreeBSD These steps are outlined below To set the disk geometry manually take these steps 1 FreeBSD calculates an incorrect disk geometry before you arrive at the FDISK Partition Editor as illustrated here SK Part Editor cyls 64 head 2881 ctors End 4289638 4289829 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems 2 To set the disk geometry press G to select the option Set Drive Geometry A dialog box appears containing numbers like 2055 64 32 representing the incorrect geometry in cylinders heads and sectors per head 1s 64 heads 32 End Name 4289838 4289829 Value Required Ple
391. sktop System distribution CDs The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Sun Java Desktop System 2 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the Sun Java Desktop System 2 installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Sun Java Desktop System 2 3 Follow the remaining installation steps as you would for a physical machine This completes basic installation of the Sun Java Desktop System 2 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Known Issues Changing Resolution in the Guest Operating System To change the display resolution in the guest operating system as root su rerun the VMware Tools configuration program vmware config tools pl and select the desired resolution from the list this program presents If you prefer you can edit the X configuration file directly to make the change Virtual Machine Might Hang during Guest Operating System Installation On some host systems the Sun Java Desktop System 2 installer att
392. software verify that the virtual machine can read a CD from the host system s CD ROM drive 3 If the virtual machine is not running power it on and wait for DOS to finish its boot process 4 Insert the NetWare 4 2 CD in the CD ROM drive on the GSX Server host 5 In the virtual machine at the DOS prompt run fdisk to create a partition for NetWare A gt fdisk 6 After you create the partition reboot the virtual machine Press Ctrl Alt Insert 7 Format the C drive Type the following format c s x 8 Copy the following files to your C drive from your floppy Type the following Copy autoexec bat c Copy config sys c Copy himem sys c Copy nwcdex exe c Copy nec_ide sys c 9 Modify the autoexec bat file so it points to the CD ROM directory on the hard drive instead of the floppy drive a To modify autoexec bat type the following at the C prompt a edit autoexec bat b The line a NWCDEX EXE D mscd001 Must be changed to c NWCDEX EXE D mscd001 c Save the changes you just made cd d 10 Run INSTALL BAT to start the NetWare server installation process Install the software in a virtual machine as you would for a physical PC 11 If the virtual machine has been configured for networking bridged host only NAT or custom the installation program detects a PCI Ethernet adapter and prompts you with a list of possible drivers At this point do not select or load any LAN drivers press the F3 key to continue installing
393. sor VMware Inc 151 Guest Operating System Installation Guide This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive 152 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Open SUSE Linux 10 2 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Open SUSE Linux 10 2 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system has experimental support on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 This guest operating system supports the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 6 0 m VMware ACE 2 0 64 Bit Version This guest operating system has experimental support on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 6 0 1 m VMware ACE 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 This guest operating system supports the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 6 0 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 6 0 m VMware ACE 2 0 General Installation Notes Be
394. ss Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 R2 Service Pack 1 supported on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 VMware ESX Server 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Windows Server 2003 Web Edition Standard Edition Enterprise Edition Windows Small Business Server 2003 supported on ESX Server 2 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition supported on ESX Server 3 5 Windows Server 2003 R2 supported on ESX Server 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Service Pack 1 supported on ESX Server 2 1 2 Upgrade Patch 4 Service Pack 1 supported on ESX Server 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Service Pack 2 supported on ESX Server 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Virtual SMP supported VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 Enterprise Edition 64 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products VMware Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition Enterprise x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition R2 Enterprise x64 Edition supported on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Op
395. ssor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive 132 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Red Hat Linux 6 2 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Red Hat Linux 6 2 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or GSX Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Red Hat Linux 6 2 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Red Hat distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the sta
396. ssor type 181 installing guest operating system 180 installing X server 180 known issues 181 screen saver 181 SuSE Linux 8 1 avoid migrating to different processor type 179 installing guest operating system 177 installing X server 177 known issues 178 screen saver 179 SuSE Linux 8 2 avoid migrating to different processor type 176 installing guest operating system 174 installing X server 174 263 Guest Operating System Installation Guide known issues 175 screen saver 176 SUSE LINUX 9 0 avoid migrating to different processor type 173 installing guest operating system 171 known issues 172 screen saver 173 SUSE LINUX 9 1 64 bit support 168 avoid migrating to different processor type 170 installing guest operating system 168 known issues 169 SUSE LINUX 9 2 64 bit support 165 avoid migrating to different processor type 167 installing guest operating system 165 known issues 166 SUSE LINUX 9 3 64 bit support 162 avoid migrating to different processor type 164 known issues 163 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 avoid migrating to different processor type 140 installing guest operating system 138 known issues 139 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 avoid migrating to different processor type 149 installing guest operating system 148 installing X server 148 known issues 149 screen saver 149 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 avoid migrating to different processor type 147 installing guest operating system 146 known issues 147 screen saver 147
397. st IDE CD ROM driver from the list VMware Inc 10 Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Format the C drive A gt FORMAT C S Start the Windows 95 installation A gt D WIN95 SETUP IS NOTE An intermittent problem can occur during Windows 95 installations in a virtual machine Shortly after the Windows 95 Setup program is started Scandisk runs to completion and when the Windows 95 Setup program should start its graphical user interface the virtual machine returns to an MS DOS prompt VMware recommends you reboot the virtual machine and rerun Windows 95 Setup You do not need to FDISK or FORMAT the drive again If this problem occurs reproducibly please report it to VMware technical support If the virtual machine s Ethernet adapter is enabled you have to manually add an Ethernet driver because Windows 95 does not detect it during the Analyzing Computer phase even if you selected the Network Adapter detection option Do the following to enable networking a Continue with the Windows 95 installation until you get to the Windows 95 Setup Wizard Setup Options screen Change the default setting from Typical to Custom and click Next to continue b From the Network Configuration screen which appears after the Analyzing Computer phase click Add select the Adapter component select Advanced Micro Devices from the manufacturer window and AMD PCNET Family Ethernet Adapter PCI amp ISA from the network adapter w
398. stallation process if this occurs and enable PAE for the affected virtual machine To enable PAE for the virtual machine 1 Make sure the virtual machine is powered off 2 Editthe configuration vmx file for the virtual machine by adding the following line to the file paevm true 3 Power on the virtual machine and install the guest operating system Guest Screen Saver VMware Workstation On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Hibernation Should you experience difficulties with the hibernation feature for this guest operating system suspend the virtual machine instead Checked Debug Build VMware GSX Server In order to install and run a checked debug build of Windows XP in a virtual machine you must first edit the virtual machine s configuration file vmx Add the following line uhci forceHaltBit TRUE VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Disable PAE in ESX Server Virtual Machines ESX Server 2 5 x Although ESX Server 2 5 x virtual machines are compatible with Physical Address Extension PAE they are not optimized for it As a result guest operating systems with PAE enabled might experience poor performance For best performance VMware recommends that you disable PAE in guest operating systems For more infor
399. system The easiest method of installing Mandrake Linux 9 2 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Mandrake Linux distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Mandrake Linux 9 2 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NoTE During the Mandrake Linux 9 2 installation you are offered a choice of XFree86 X servers You can choose either one but do not run that X server Instead to get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine you should install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing Mandrake Linux 9 2 NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps 1 Insert the Mandrake Linux 9 2 CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Mandrake Linux 9 2 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine Be sure to make the choices outlined in the following steps 4 Use the text mode installer At the opening screen press F1 for options and then enter t
400. system You can install NetWare 6 5 in a virtual machine using the standard Novell NetWare 6 5 Operating System and Product CD ROMs Keep the following issues in mind VMware Inc VMware recommends you install NetWare 6 5 on a computer with at least 512MB of memory Guests without Support Pack 1 Be sure to read the Novell technical information document at support novell com cgi bin search searchtid cgi 2967370 htm This document describes the steps necessary to download and install a NetWare patch that you must use when you install a NetWare 6 5 Server guest operating system without SP1 When you configure a virtual machine for a NetWare 6 5 guest use the virtual LSI Logic SCSI adapter NetWare 6 5 does not include a driver for the virtual BusLogic SCSI adapter 233 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 234 Installation Steps To install NetWare 6 5 in a virtual machine take the following steps 1 2 3 Insert the Novell NetWare 6 5 Product CD in the CD ROM drive Power on the virtual machine to start installing NetWare 6 5 Read and accept the license agreement NOTE A few prompts appear before you reach the license agreement Accept the defaults for installing NetWare the CD ROM drive type how to restore the floppy drive and the run mode and then continue When prompted choose IDE CD ROM Create a new boot partition The guest operating system reboots The installation continues VMware ESX Ser
401. t is the number of the Ethernet adapter for example eth0 In each of the two files add the following line MII_NOT_SUPPORTED yes Then run the command ifup eth lt n gt where lt n gt is the number of the Ethernet adapter or restart the guest operating system VMware Inc 77 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not wor
402. t are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems SUSE Linux 9 0 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the SUSE Linux 9 0 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Serve
403. t floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NOTE During the SUSE Linux 8 1 installation do not install an X server To get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing SUSE Linux 8 1 Installation Steps 1 Insert the SUSE Linux 8 1 installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing SUSE Linux 8 1 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine until you get to the selection screens described in the next steps 4 Install using the text mode installer In the first installation screen press the F2 key and then press Enter to select the text mode installer 5 When prompted do not install an X server In the Configure Monitor screen choose Text Mode Only Click Accept and finish the installation This completes basic installation of the SUSE Linux 8 1 guest operating system VMware Inc 177 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 178 VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled
404. t install from a terminal in an X window session Some recent distributions of Linux are configured to run the X server when they boot and do not provide an easy way to stop the X server However you can switch to a different workspace that is still in text mode and install VMware Tools from that workspace To switch between Linux workspaces in a virtual machine press Ctrl Alt spacebar release the spacebar without releasing Ctrl and Alt and then press the function key for the workspace you want to use for example F2 If you change your hot key combination to something other than Ctrl Alt use that new combination with the spacebar and the function key Sound Adapters on GSX and VMware Servers Sound adapters by default are not installed in a virtual machine for GSX or VMware Servers To add a sound adapter use the virtual machine settings editor VM gt Settings after you have installed the operating system For instructions on configuring sound for a virtual machine on a GSX or VMware Server see the corresponding server documentation Running a Guest Operating System For information on running a guest operating system and using its features see the documentation provided by the operating system vendor VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Windows Server 2008 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Windows Server 2008 operating system Support 3
405. t not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a FreeBSD installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive 232 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems NetWare 6 5 Server This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Netware 6 5 Server operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products VMware Workstation 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 Support Pack 1 VMware Workstation 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Support Pack 3 VMware Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Support Pack 5 Novell Open Enterprise Server services supported on NetWare 6 5 Support Pack 3 running under Workstation 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Support Pack 1 VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 Support Pack 1 VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Support Pack 3 Novell Open Enterprise Server and Novell Open Enterprise Server Support
406. t with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operatin
407. tal support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing SUSE Linux 9 1 in a virtual machine is to use the standard SUSE Linux distribution CDs The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing SUSE Linux 9 1 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines Unless you are using ESX Server 2 5 x VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system ESX Server Only the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is supported in a SUSE Linux 9 1 virtual machine on
408. taller prompts you On Intel Woodcrest Based Hosts Installing 64 Bit Windows 2003 Enterprise Server R2 in Virtual Machine Might Cause Virtual Machine to Crash ESX Server 3 0 1 and 3 0 2 On ESX Server 3 0 1or 3 0 2 hosts running on Intel Woodcrest processors installing 64 Bit Windows 2003 Enterprise Server R2 in a virtual machine might cause the virtual machine to crash to bluescreen with the stop code STOP 0x00000109 Testing indicates that this problem occurs intermittently in approximately 10 percent of installations VMware Inc 39 Guest Operating System Installation Guide Windows XP This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the Windows XP 40 operating system Support 32 Bit Version This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Windows XP Professional and Home Edition Service Pack 1 supported on all listed versions Service Pack 2 supported on Workstation 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Visual Studio Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Windows XP Professional on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger support for Windows XP Professional on Workstation 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support fo
409. tation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 Support Pack 6 VMware Workstation 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Support Pack 8 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Support Pack 3 VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 Support Pack 6 VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Support Pack 8 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 VMware ESX Server 2 0 1 2 1 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Novell OES Service Pack 1 supported on 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 5 Novell OES Service Pack 2 supported on 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 5 Support Pack 7 supported on ESX Server 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Support Pack 8 supported on ESX Server 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for AIl VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system You can install NetWare 5 1 in a virtual machine using
410. th a SCSI virtual disk and a Windows NT or Windows 2000 guest operating system and want to upgrade it to Windows Server 2003 install the new SCSI driver before upgrading the operating system GSX Server ESX Server or VirtualCenter If you are using the virtual LSI Logic SCSI adapter Windows Server 2003 automatically installs the SCSI driver when you install the guest operating system If you are using the virtual BusLogic SCSI adapter you need a special SCSI driver available from the download section of the VMware Web site at www vmware com download Follow the instructions on the Web site to use the driver with a fresh installation of Windows Server 2003 If you have a virtual machine with a SCSI virtual disk and an earlier Windows guest operating system and want to upgrade it to Windows Server 2003 install the new SCSI driver before upgrading the operating system Installation Steps If you want to run Windows Server 2003 in a virtual machine be sure you have a full installation CD for the operating system VMware Inc 37 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 38 Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installing the Guest Operating System 1 Insert the Windows Server 2003 CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows Server 2003 3 If you are using the virtual BusLogic SCSI driver downloaded from the VMware Web sit
411. th the normal installation steps When the kdmconfig Introduction screen appears press F4 to skip configuration of the X server for now NOTE It is important to skip configuration of the X server both at this point and at the point mentioned in the next step Wait until the third opportunity after all the software is installed before configuring the X server After the first reboot and before installing the Solaris software the installer again displays the kdmconfig Introduction screen Again press F4 to skip configuration of the X server for now After installing all the software and rebooting the installer again displays the kdmconfig Introduction screen This time press F2 to continue with the configuration steps Press F2 to configure the video device and monitor Press Enter to select 16 color Standard VGA 640x480 256K and then press F2 to continue Use the arrow keys to move to Multifrequency 100KHz up to 1600x1200 80Hz press Enter to select it and then press F2 to continue Keep the default screen size of 17 inches and press F2 to continue Keep the default of No changes needed Test Save and Exit Press F2 to continue Press F4 to bypass the tests Continue with the normal installation steps This completes basic installation of the Solaris 9 guest operating system VMware Inc 253 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 254 VMware Inc Index Numerics 64 bit support Asianux
412. the Mandrake Linux 9 0 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machine and displays a message similar to Unloading pcnet32 module unregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free This message repeats continuously until you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully NOTE With a Mandrake Linux 9 0 guest you should install VMware Tools from the Linux console Do not start X until you have installed VMware Tools NOTE Provided you installed the XFree 4 2 0 X server when you installed the guest operating system as advised in the install steps when you start the VMware Tools insta
413. the choices outlined in the following steps VMware Inc 127 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 4 Choose the language and keyboard and then in the Installation Type screen choose either Server or Workstation for the installation type A warning appears that says Bad partition table The partition table on device sda is corrupted To create new partitions it must be initialized causing the loss of ALL DATA on the drive This does not mean that anything is wrong with the hard drive on your physical computer It simply means that the virtual hard drive in your virtual machine needs to be partitioned and formatted Click the Initialize button and press Enter Also note that sda appears in the message as the device name if the virtual disk in question is a SCSI disk if the virtual disk is an IDE drive hda appears in the message as the device name instead 5 Allow automatic partitioning of the disk to occur in the Automatic Partitioning screen 6 If your computer is connected to a LAN that provides DHCP support in the Network Configuration screen you can select the option Use bootp dhcp If you prefer you can also set the networking parameters manually 7 In the Mouse Selection screen choose Generic 3 Button Mouse PS 2 and select the option Emulate 3 Buttons for three button mouse support in the virtual machine 8 In the Video Card Selection screen choose the default selection 9 During the configuration of the X se
414. the virtual machine is unable to grab or ungrab the mouse it might be due to a Java class not being referenced in the virtual machine In the NetWare 6 0 guest operating system check the xinitrc file which is located in sys java nwgfx Take the following steps 1 In the virtual machine switch to the system console and then type load edit 2 Press the Insert key to browse to the sys java nwgfx xinitrc file 3 In the file look for this line java classpath JAVA_HOME classes VMWtool jar CLASSPATH VMWTool iw 4 Ifthe line does not exist add it to the file Press the Esc key Save the file 5 Restart the guest operating system In the system console type restart server The virtual machine should be able to grab and ungrab the mouse now Cannot Browse File System with Arrow Keys If you are using text mode and want to browse the file system you might notice that the arrow keypad and Insert key do not allow you to navigate directories To work around this issue use the numeric keypad but first turn off the number lock by pressing the Num Lock key Netware 6 0 Server SP5 Crashes When Stack Dump Exceeds the Valid Memory Limit ESX Server 3 x Virtual machines running Netware 6 0 Server SP5 crash when a stack dump exceeds the valid memory limit This problem might be accompanied by either of the error messages Problem executing SYMCJIT NLM or cdbe gremlin process crashed due to invalid opcode This problem has been observed
415. thod of installing Turbolinux 7 0 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Turbolinux 7 0 distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Turbolinux 7 0 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NoTE During the Turbolinux 7 0 installation a standard VGA16 X server without support for the VMware display adapter is installed To get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing Turbolinux 7 0 before you start the X server Installation Steps 1 Insert the Turbolinux 7 0 CD No 1 in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Turbolinux 7 0 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical PC until you get to the selection screen described in the next step 4 Inthe Configure Monitor screen follow the defaults to configure an X server This is necessary even though you will install a different X server with VMware Tools after you finish installing the guest operating system 5 Finish installing Turbolinux 7 0 as you would on a physical computer At this point Turbolinux 7 0 boots and a login screen appears VMware Inc 193 Guest Operating System
416. thout virtual SMP In the Individual Package Selection screen use the arrow keys to move down to System Environment Kernel and press Enter Be sure that the following kernels are deselected no asterisk should appear between the brackets m kernel enterprise m kernel smp m kernel summit VMware ESX Server or VirtualCenter if installing to an ESX Server machine with virtual SMP In the Individual Package Selection screen use the arrow keys to move down to System Environment Kernel and press Enter m Ifyou are installing a multiprocessor virtual machine be sure kernel smp is selected m If you are installing a uniprocessor virtual machine be sure the following kernels are deselected kernel enterprise kernel smp and kernel summit For additional information on using uniprocessor and multiprocessor kernels with a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 virtual machine under VMware ESX Server see the release notes at www vmware com support esx21 doc releasenotes_esx21 html vmpkernel Allow automatic partitioning of the disk to occur in the Automatic Partitioning screen or partition the virtual disk manually if you do not want to use the Red Hat defaults VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems 8 You might see a warning that says The partition table on device sda was unreadable To create new partitions it must be initialized causing the loss of ALL DATA on the drive Would you like to initialize this drive This do
417. til you reboot the virtual machine To prevent this problem in virtual machines running Linux disable IPv6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor VMware Inc 131 Guest Operating System Installation Guide During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of proce
418. tion 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine NOTE With many FreeBSD guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing FreeBSD 5 1 in a virtual machine is to use the standard FreeBSD distribution CD Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the FreeBSD CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing FreeBSD 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical PC VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system
419. to System Environment Kernel and press Enter Be sure that kernel smp is deselected no asterisk should appear between the brackets The SMP kernel is not supported in a GSX Server virtual machine You do not need to change any other selections 7 Allow automatic partitioning of the disk to occur in the Automatic Partitioning screen or partition the virtual disk manually if you do not want to use the Red Hat defaults 8 You might see a warning that says The partition table on device sda was unreadable To create new partitions it must be initialized causing the loss of ALL DATA on the drive Would you like to initialize this drive This does not mean that anything is wrong with the hard drive on your physical computer It simply means that the virtual hard drive in your virtual machine needs to be partitioned and formatted Select the Yes button and press Enter Also note that sda appears in the message as the device name if the virtual disk in question is a SCSI disk if the virtual disk is an IDE drive hda appears in the message as the device name instead 9 VMware GSX Server If your computer is connected to a LAN that provides DHCP support in the Network Configuration screen you can select the option Use bootp dhcp If you prefer you can also set the networking parameters manually VMware ESX Server and VMware VirtualCenter If you are using the vlance network adapter in your virtual machine and your computer is connected to a LAN that pr
420. to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a FreeBSD virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a FreeBSD virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a FreeBSD installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems FreeBSD 4 0 4 1 4 2 4 3 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the FreeBSD 4 0 4 1 4 2 and 4 3 operating systems Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1
421. to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Ubuntu Linux 7 10 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Ubuntu Linux distribution CD Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the Ubuntu Linux CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Ubuntu Linux 3 After the Ubuntu Linux installer copies the files it needs to the virtual disk it ejects the installation CD and displays a message indicating that the computer will restart If the virtual machine fails to restart as expected click the Reset button to restart it 4 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical PC NOTE As the installation progresses the message Configuring apt Scanning the mirror appears indicating that the network is being scanned If your site uses an HTTP proxy this message might persist for 10 minutes or longer indicating that the installation has been delayed If you wait network scanning eventually stops and the installation resumes When the installation completes in the Ubuntu Linux user interface choose System gt Preferences gt Network Proxy to set the HTTP proxy in the Network Proxy Preferences dialog box VMware Inc 195 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 196
422. tructions and known issues for the Windows NT 4 0 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Service Pack 6a required Mware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Service Pack 6a required 6 V m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 Service Pack 6a required VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Service Pack 6a required V Mware ESX Server 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 5 Service Pack 6a required m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Service Pack 6a required NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system You can install Windows NT 4 0 Workstation or Server in a virtual machine using the standard Windows NT CD If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server VMware GSX Server If you intend to run a Windows NT virtual machine with IDE virtual disks
423. ts m VMware Workstation 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 m VMware ESX Server 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 2 5 3 2 5 4 2 5 5 Virtual SMP supported on ESX Server 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing SUSE Linux 8 2 in a virtual machine is to use the standard SUSE
424. tual machine VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Installation Steps 1 Insert the SLES 9 installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing SLES 9 3 Install using the text mode installer In the first installation screen use the arrow keys to select Installation press the F2 key use the arrow keys to choose text mode and then press Enter to select the text mode installer 4 At the Installation Settings screen go to the Change menu and choose Booting 5 The Boot Loader Setup screen appears Set the Boot Loader Type to LILO instead of the default GRUB 6 The installer displays a warning that indicates you might lose some settings and prompts you to select a course of action Select Convert current configuration and continue 7 Select Finish to return to the Installation Settings screen 8 Follow the remaining installation steps as you would for a physical machine This completes basic installation of the SLES 9 guest operating system VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 In many Linux distributions if IPv6 is enabled VMware Tools cannot be configured with vmware config too1s pl after installation In this case VMware Tools is unable to set the network device correctly for the virtual machin
425. tual machine and powering it back on again Solaris 10 1 06 Update 1 and Solaris 10 6 06 Update 2 Guests with Virtual SMP Might Hang When Powering On Virtual machines running Solaris 10 1 06 Update 1 or Solaris 10 6 06 Update 2 with Virtual SMP and either two or four virtual processors might occasionally hang when powering on If this happens reboot the virtual machine This should fix the problem with no data loss Solaris 10 Guest Cannot Eject ISO Image Mounted as CD ROM In CDE and Java Desktop Environments when an ISO image is mounted as a CDROM device the file manager in CDE and Nautilus in Java Desktop programs let you view the contents of the CDROM Ejecting the device using any of these programs fails In CDE the File Manager program menu has an Eject option Clicking that option does not eject the CDROM In Java Desktop right clicking the CDROM icon on the desktop and then clicking Eject does not eject the CDROM 64 Bit Solaris 10 1 06 Update 1 and Solaris 10 6 06 Update 2 Fail with Triple Fault on Intel Pentium M Based Systems Merom Woodcrest and Conroe This problem occurs not only in virtual machines but also when you attempt to run Solaris 10 1 06 Update 1 and Solaris 10 6 06 Update 2 directly on Intel Pentium M Based Merom Woodcrest and Conroe systems It is expected that Sun will correct this problem in a future update of Solaris 10 In the meantime Sun has provided a patch Kernel Update 118855 19 t
426. ture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs on physical computers For example if you move a hard drive with a Linux installation from an AMD machine to an Intel machine you are also likely to experience problems trying to boot from that drive 182 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems SUSE Linux 7 3 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the SUSE Linux 7 3 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 5 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3
427. ual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware GSX Server 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 NOTE If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter be sure it is supported under the VMware product ESX Server or VMware Server on which you are running the virtual machine m VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 TLES 8 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Turbolinux distribution CDs The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing TLES 8 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the o
428. ual machine answer Yes to allow the driver to be installed Answer Yes again to back up the existing video driver files and also copy the XF86Config 4 dist file to XF86Config 4 vm The latter file is used when dual booting the virtual machine If you do not intend to dual boot the virtual machine answer No to keep the existing driver NOTE As you are installing and configuring VMware Tools the configuration program asks for the location of lspci When that prompt appears enter the following path usr bin Lspcidrake Known Issues Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze VMwere Inc 83 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 84 Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects wh
429. uctions below are for the simplest case of one virtual IDE hard drive and one virtual IDE CD ROM drive If you have configured the virtual machine with more than one IDE hard drive you should also FDISK and FORMAT these drives before installing Windows 95 If you have configured the virtual machine with more than one virtual hard drive or more than one virtual CD ROM you might need to use device letters that are different from those in the instructions below Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the Windows 95 CD ROM Setup Boot Disk in floppy drive A used by your virtual machine and insert the Windows 95 CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows 95 3 After the virtual machine boots if you are presented with a choice of CD ROM drivers select the first IDE driver option available even if your computer has a SCSI CD ROM drive 4 Partition the virtual disk A gt FDISK Answer the questions NOTE If you create a primary partition that is smaller than the full size of the virtual disk be sure the partition is marked active 5 Reboot Windows 95 If the cursor is not already within the virtual machine window click in the virtual machine display and then press Ctrl Alt Ins on a Windows host or Ctrl Alt Del on a Linux host If prompted on reboot to select a CD ROM driver select the fir
430. uest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Service Pack 1 supported on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Service Pack 2 supported on Workstation 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for Service Pack 2 beta on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Workstation 5 5 5 5 1 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 m VMware ACE 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 m VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 Service Pack 2 supported on VMware Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 5 mg VMware Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Service Pack 2 supported on Fusion 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 General Installation Notes Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 28 as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing Novell Linux Desktop 9 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Novell Linux Desktop distribution CDs The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Novell Linux Desktop 9 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMwa
431. updates RPMS initscripts 7 0 0 18 1586 rpm For more information about running scripts in a guest operating system see Executing Scripts When the Virtual Machine s Power State Changes in the GSX Server documentation Known Issues Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines an
432. ux 9 1 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Mandrake Linux distribution CD The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD however installing Mandrake Linux 9 1 via the boot floppy network method is supported as well If your VMware product supports it you can also install from a PXE server Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine NOTE During the Mandrake Linux 9 1 installation you are offered a choice of XFree86 X servers You can choose either one but do not run that X server Instead to get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine you should install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing Mandrake Linux 9 1 NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system Installation Steps 1 Insert the Mandrake Linux 9 1 CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Mandrake Linux 9 1 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine Be sure to make the choices outlined in the following steps 4 Use the text mode installer At the opening screen press F1 for options and then enter text for text mode 5 Usethe Expert installer 6 Inth
433. v6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc sysconfig network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules conf add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true
434. v6 before installing VMware Tools To disable IPv6 in a virtual machine running Linux 1 Ifthe file etc network contains the line NETWORKING_IPV6 yes change the line to NETWORKING_IPV6 no 2 Inthefile etc modules add the following lines alias ipv6 off alias net pf 10 off After you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor This problem is not specific to virtual machines and also occurs o
435. va Corporate Desktop 4 0 62 Mandriva Corporate Server 4 65 Mandriva Linux 10 77 Mandriva Linux 10 1 74 Mandriva Linux 2006 71 Mandriva Linux 2007 68 Novell Linux Desktop 9 95 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 102 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 98 SUSE Linux 9 1 170 SUSE Linux 9 2 166 SUSE Linux 9 3 164 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 140 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 144 cloned virtual machines using networking 98 160 COM ports devices in guest 56 in Windows 95 guest 56 in Windows 98 guest 53 copied virtual machines using networking 98 160 CPU idle program 57 D DHCP and Red Hat Linux 9 0 guest 116 error in guest operating system 62 65 68 71 74 77 disk geometry in FreeBSD 4 0 4 1 4 2 4 3 guest 230 disks using multiple in a Windows NT guest 48 display 255 Guest Operating System Installation Guide changing resolution in a Mandrake Linux 10 guest 77 changing resolution in a Mandrake Linux 10 1 guest 74 changing resolution in a Mandriva Corporate Desk top 4 0 guest 62 changing resolution in a Mandriva Corporate Server 4 guest 65 changing resolution in a Mandriva Linux 2006 guest 71 changing resolution in a Mandriva Linux 2007 guest 68 changing resolution in a Sun Java Desktop guest 136 settings for Windows Server 2003 38 small for Solaris 10 249 DMA enabling for Windows NT guest 47 enabling in Windows 95 guest 55 DOS installing guest operating system 57 known issues 57 prompt during Windows 95 inst
436. ve 3 Log on to Windows NT and install the AMD PCNET driver a Open the Network properties page by double clicking the Network icon in Control Panel Change to the Network Adapters screen by clicking the Adapters tab b Click the Add button and select the AMD PCNET Family Ethernet Adapter from the list c A message pops up prompting you to enter a path for the Windows NT files Specify the 1386 folder on the CD in the path you enter for example type D i386 if the CD is in drive D and click Continue d Windows NT setup prompts you for the Windows NT files again Click Continue e Use the default adapter settings they do not need to be changed Windows NT setup prompts you again for a path to the Windows NT files Click Continue to finish installing the driver Known Issues Guest Screen Saver VMware Workstation On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Memory Limits if Installing with No Service Pack If your Windows NT 4 0 installation disc does not include at least Service Pack 2 you cannot install the operating system in a virtual machine that has more than 3 444MB of memory To work around the problem temporarily reduce the memory size of the virtual machine to 3 444MB or less install Windows NT install Service Pack 6a and then set the memory size to
437. ver Jump to Step 7 VMware Workstation VMware ACE and VMware GSX Server To configure IP networking do one of the following If you chose bridged networking for the virtual machine enter its IP address When NetWare tries to load the LAN driver using pcntnw Lan it fails because it broadcasts for its own IP address This causes IP networking to fail To work around this open the System Console press Ctrl Esc and type set allow ip address duplicates on Press Alt Esc to return to the installation If you chose host only networking for the virtual machine look up the host machine s IP address At a command prompt on a Windows host type ipconfig all At a command prompt on a Linux host type ifconfig Note the host s IP address for VMnet1 and change the last octet so it is greater than the last octet in the IP address of the host For example if the host IP address is 192 168 160 1 the virtual machine s IP address is 192 168 160 where is any number greater than 1 and less than 128 For the subnet mask enter 255 255 255 0 For the router gateway enter the host s IP address 192 168 160 1 in our example If you chose network address translation NAT for the virtual machine look up the host machine s IP address At a command prompt on a Windows host type ipconfig all At acommand prompt on a Linux host type ifconfig Note the host s IP address for VMnet8 and change the last octet so it is greater
438. ver 221 FreeBSD 5 2 installing guest operating system 220 known issues 220 screen saver 220 FreeBSD 5 3 64 bit support 218 installing guest operating system 218 known issues 219 screen saver 219 FreeBSD 5 4 64 bit support 216 installing guest operating system 216 known issues 217 screen saver 217 FreeBSD 5 5 64 bit support 214 installing guest operating system 214 known issues 215 screen saver 215 FreeBSD 6 0 64 bit support 212 installing guest operating system 212 known issues 213 screen saver 213 FreeBSD 6 1 installing guest operating system 210 known issues 210 screen saver 211 FreeBSD 6 2 installing guest operating system 208 VMware Inc known issues 208 screen saver 208 G graphics settings for Windows Server 2003 38 GSX Server sound adapter 30 H hang installing Red Hat Linux 7 1 129 installing Red Hat Linux 7 2 126 Netware 6 5 Server with SP3 and SP5 235 Solaris 10 with Virtual SMP 250 hibernation and Windows Server 2003 guest 39 hibernation and Windows XP guest 42 Hyperthreading performance problems with ESX Server 3 virtual machines that have four virtual processors 250 l Install MS DOS guest 57 Red Hat Linux guest 127 Windows 95 guest 54 Windows Me guest 50 installing Asianux 3 0 guest 59 FreeBSD 4 0 4 1 4 2 4 3 guest 229 FreeBSD 4 10 guest 224 FreeBSD 4 11 guest 223 FreeBSD 4 4 4 5 4 6 2 4 8 guest 227 FreeBSD 4 9 guest 225 FreeBSD 5 0 guest 222 FreeBSD 5 1 guest 221 FreeBSD 5 2 guest
439. vmx file in a text editor and add the following line monitor_control disable_longmode 1 4 Savethefile VMware Inc 163 Guest Operating System Installation Guide 164 Do Not Use 4 Bit Color If you change the screen resolution in the SUSE Linux 9 3 guest operating system be sure you also set a color bit depth greater than 16 colors 4 bit If you attempt to use a setting of 16 colors 4 bit it can cause a fatal error in the X server Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly If the clock in your guest operating system runs too quickly or too slowly use one of the workarounds described in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 1420 Manual Changes Might Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine In some cases networking does not work properly in a copied or cloned virtual machine or a virtual machine deployed to end users as part of a VMware ACE package If you copy a virtual machine and specify that the copy should have a unique identifier the MAC addresses for any virtual Ethernet adapters attached to the virtual machine change When a SUSE Linux 9 3 guest operating system is installed it includes the MAC address as part of a key configuration filename When the virtual machine s MAC address changes the guest operating system might fail to associate this configuration file with the virtual Ethernet adapter If you experience this problem you can work around it by copying or ren
440. ware Tools in Mandrake Linux 8 2 virtual machines 89 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Mandrake Linux 9 0 virtual machines 86 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Mandrake Linux 9 1 virtual machines 83 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Mandrake Linux 9 2 virtual machines 80 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 0 virtual machines 60 62 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Mandriva Corporate Server 4 virtual machines 65 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Mandriva Linux 2006 virtual machines 71 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Mandriva Linux 2007 virtual machines 68 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Novell Linux Desktop 9 virtual machines 95 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Open SUSE Linux 10 2 virtual machines 154 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 virtual machines 111 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 virtual machines 106 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 virtual machines 101 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 virtual machines 97 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Linux 6 2 virtual machines 134 disabling IPv6 before configuring VMware Tools in Red Hat Linux 7 0 virtual
441. well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system The easiest method of installing FreeBSD 5 2 in a virtual machine is to use the standard FreeBSD distribution CD Before installing the operating system be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine Installation Steps 1 Insert the FreeBSD CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing FreeBSD 3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical PC VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 Known Issues Sound VMware has not tested sound support in FreeBSD Guest Screen Saver On a FreeBSD host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems FreeBSD 5 1 This section contains product support installation instructions and known issues for the FreeBSD 5 1 operating system Support This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products m VMware Workstation 5 0 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 Experimental support for 2 way Virtual SMP on Worksta
442. wing steps 4 Inthe Mouse Selection screen choose Generic 3 Button Mouse PS 2 and select the option Emulate 3 Buttons for three button mouse support in the virtual machine 5 Choose the language and keyboard and then in the Installation Type screen choose either Server or Workstation for the installation type 6 You might see a warning that says Bad partition table The partition table on device sda is corrupted To create new partitions it must be initialized causing the loss of ALL DATA on the drive This does not mean that anything is wrong with the hard drive on your physical computer It simply means that the virtual hard drive in your virtual machine needs to be partitioned and formatted Select the Initialize button and press Enter Also note that sda appears in the message as the device name if the virtual disk in question is a SCSI disk if the virtual disk is an IDE drive hda appears in the message as the device name instead 7 Allow automatic partitioning of the disk to occur in the Automatic Partitioning screen 8 If your computer is connected to a LAN that provides DHCP support in the Network Configuration screen you can select the option Use bootp dhcp If you prefer you can also set the networking parameters manually 9 In the Video Card Selection screen choose any card from the list 10 In the Video Card Configuration screen choose Skip X Configuration This completes basic installation of the Red Hat Linux 7
443. with the XFree86 4 distributions do not work properly Would you like to install a stable but possibly older version of the driver over the currently installed one VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems If you plan to dual boot the virtual machine answer Yes to allow the driver to be installed Answer Yes again to back up the existing video driver files and also copy the XF86Config 4 dist file to XF86Config 4 vm The latter file is used when dual booting the virtual machine If you do not intend to dual boot the virtual machine answer No to keep the existing driver Known Issues Guest Screen Saver VMware Workstation or VMware GSX Server On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processo
444. ws 98 guest 53 in Windows NT guest 48 installing driver in Windows 95 guest 55 networking in cloned virtual machines 98 160 Novell Linux Desktop 9 avoid migrating to different processor type 95 installing guest operating system 94 known issues 95 number lock and Mandrake Linux 9 2 guest on laptop host 79 O OEM discs installing guest operating system 29 Open SUSE Linux 10 2 avoid migrating to different processor type 155 installing guest operating system 153 VMware Inc known issues 154 Open SUSE Linux 10 3 installing guest operating system 150 Open SUSE Linux10 2 64 bit support 153 P PAE disable in ESX Server virtual machines 39 43 45 49 102 107 112 117 120 123 126 144 147 164 167 170 173 176 message while installing guest operating system 42 97 102 107 250 partition virtual disk 28 processor type avoiding change for FreeBSD 4 0 4 1 4 2 4 3 231 avoiding change for FreeBSD 4 4 4 5 4 6 2 4 8 228 avoiding change for Mandrake Linux 10 78 avoiding change for Mandrake Linux 10 1 75 avoiding change for Mandrake Linux 8 0 93 avoiding change for Mandrake Linux 8 2 90 avoiding change for Mandrake Linux 9 0 87 avoiding change for Mandrake Linux 9 1 84 avoiding change for Mandrake Linux 9 2 81 avoiding change for Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 63 avoiding change for Mandriva Corporate Server 4 66 avoiding change for Mandriva Linux 2006 72 avoiding change for Mandriva Linux 2007 69 avoiding
445. xperience this problem you can work around it by removing a line from the file For eth0 for example make the following change 1 Make a backup copy of the file etc sysconfig network scripts ifcfg eth0 and then open it ina text editor 2 Remove the line that begins with HWAddr 3 Restart eth Clock in Guest Operating System Might Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly If the clock in your guest operating system runs too quickly or too slowly use one of the workarounds described in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 1420 Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migrate a Linux virtual machine between hosts when one host is running on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor During installation many distributions of Linux choose a kernel that is optimized for the specific processor on which it is being installed and some distributions install a generic kernel by default but provide architecture specific kernels that the user can choose to install The kernel might contain instructions that are available only on that processor These instructions can have adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor Thus a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor might not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor The reverse is also true a Linux virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor might not work if migrated to a host with
446. you disable IPv6 you should be able to install and configure VMware Tools successfully Known Issues Guest Screen Saver On a Linux host with an XFree86 3 x X server it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze 128 VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems Installation Hang Installation sometimes hangs at running sbin loader for no apparent reason The hang is caused by a bug in early versions of the 2 4 Linux kernel The bug has been fixed in kernel 2 4 5 Distributions based on this kernel should install without problems For earlier 2 4 series kernels a workaround is available Although the Linux kernel bug is not related to CD ROM drives the workaround involves changing a VMware configuration setting for the virtual DVD CD ROM drive Power off the virtual machine and close the virtual machine window Open the virtual machine s configuration file vmx file on a Windows host or cfg file on a Linux host in a text editor and add the following line cdrom minvirtuaLtime 100 Save the file Now you should be able to install the guest operating system as described above After you finish installing the guest operating system remove this setting from the configuration file as it might have a performance impact Migration to a Different Processor VMware recommends you do not migr
447. ystem Installation Steps 1 Insert the Open SUSE Linux 10 3 installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Open SUSE Linux 10 3 3 Install using the text mode installer In the first installation screen press the F3 key to get boot options Press the F3 key again and use the arrow keys to select text mode and then press Enter to select the text mode installer 4 Be sure to install gcc and the kernel source so the VMware Tools installer can compile modules for SUSE Linux 10 At the Installation Settings screen choose Change and then choose Software From the Filter menu choose RPM Groups Choose the Development group press Enter to open it and add gcc gec c and kernel source by highlighting those items in the list and pressing the spacebar 5 At the Test Internet Connection screen during final configuration after all packages are installed do not perform the Internet connection test 6 Follow the remaining installation steps as you would for a physical machine This completes basic installation of the Open SUSE Linux 10 3 guest operating system VMware Inc Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems VMware Tools Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system For details see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at kb vmware com kb 340 NOTE If the initial X display is not usable you must

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