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1. Properties m xj Schedule the task Choose the time when this task will un The task can either run once or val recur at regular intervals M Frequency Start Time Once C Now G C After Startup ae Time 10 34 am C Hourly Date Tuesday November 11 2003 x Daily November 2003 C Weekly Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu 26 27 28 29 30 3 Monthly 3 4 5 6 10 F 12 13 17 18 19 20 24 25 25 2 1 2 3 4 Click in the Time field to change the time Click the date field arrow to display the calendar Select the appropriate date and time Click Finish Refer to Creating a Scheduled Task for more information on working with the calendar VirtualCenter closes the calendar and returns to the Scheduled Task display The task is updated with the new date and time Removing a Scheduled Task To remove a task that as been scheduled 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the Tasks panel Click the Tasks option in the navigation bar The list of scheduled tasks appears 2 Select the appropriate task from the list Select Edit gt Remove VirtualCenter removes the task the scheduled task list 3 Verify you want to remove the task Click OK The task is deleted from the list of tasks 282 a e CHAPTER Working with Alarms and Events t3 283 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Working with Alarms and Events This chapter describes how to create and edit alarms and how to view events Events
2. Select from the list if there is more than one NIC Click Next CHAPTER 11 Copying Virtual Machines 211 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 11 Specify the resource allocation level Assign Resources Specify how much of the host s resources should be devoted to this virtual The resource allocation level tells VirtualCenter what percentage of the host resources to make available to the new virtual machine Click the appropriate radio button Click Next 12 Select whether to customize the new virtual machine as you create it Guest Operating System Customization You can customize the administrative and network settings for this new virtual m machine s operating system F Start the guest customization wizard Click the appropriate radio button Click Next If you select the customization option refer to Customizing Guest Operating Systems on page 216 for description of the customization wizard and options If you decide not to customize the new virtual machine as part of the cloning process proceed to the next step 212 aren ia CHAPTER 11 Copying Virtual Machines Set the time and date when you want the virtual machine to be deployed Click Next Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard xj Schedule the task Choose the time when this task will un The task can either run once or E recur at regular intervals m Frequency Start Time Once Now C After Startup
3. lt Back Next gt Cancel 7 Complete the importing template process Click Finish VirtualCenter displays the events log to show the status of the template creation VirtualCenter adds the configuration file data into the VirtualCenter database and adds the template to the list of available templates To view the list click the Templates option in the navigation bar Copying the source virtual machine to the template upload directory can take a long time depending upon the size of the source virtual machine Refer to the Tasks panel to view the progress of creating the template 183 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 184 Importing a Non Managed Virtual Machine as a Template Note You cannot create a template from a virtual machine that uses virtual disks that are REDO logs of a base disk To import a template from a virtual machine that is not managed with VirtualCenter 1 Start VirtualCenter and log on to the VirtualCenter management server 2 Display the information panel of the templates function a Click the Templates option in the navigation bar The information panel displays the list of current templates The template toolbar appears b Start the New Template wizard Click New in the template toolbar Z Control Center Client Microsoft Internet Explorer os Do x gt Mware Y irtualCenter File Edit VMs View Help 4 A E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events 5
4. v Show text on bottom vw oy Show text on right Inventory Tasks Templates Events Show text only Dorit chow tant I pu i 1 I Navigation Bar and Associated Menu Toolbar The toolbar provides buttons for the most commonly used actions To view hide a toolbar Select View gt Toolbars gt YMware YirtualCenter File Edit VMs View Help Tasks Templates Events a A J Inventory ea np p Epl elge back forward task list clone pop out console power state migrate add permission VirtualCenter Client Toolbar Icons and Associated Actions for the Inventory Option 87 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual The toolbar options that appear differ depending upon the navigation bar option selected The toolbar options for each navigation bar option are listed in the table below with the matching main menu option for each navigation bar option Peron e E Inventory Add gt VM Power Off Add gt Farm Suspend Add gt Host Power On Add gt Task Restart Add gt Template Migrate Add gt Alarm Clone Add Permission Console Tasks New Scheduled Task Properties A a e Templates New Template Clone this Template New VM from Template EE7 a Status Bar The status bar appears at the bottom of the window It displays the status of the connection between the VirtualCenter client and the VirtualCenter management server To hide or view the Status bar Select View gt Status bar Panel Section The panel sec
5. Hourly O The first M onday Interval Run every fi month s C Daily C Weekly Monthly lt Back Finish Cancel Click Monthly Then enter the start time day of the month and interval For example enter second Thursday of the month 14 30 every third month The last day of the month defaults to the 28th 30th or 31st as appropriate for the month The last week of the month is the last week with a Monday in it 13 Optionally enter an e mail address Mware Y irtualCenter New Task Wizard X AELLLELLLELL oS Completing the VMware VirtualCenter New CPP Pees Task Wizard SESS 0 eee8e880 You have finished entering information for this new task ESBSSE88 e To schedule the task click Finish T E mail me when this task finishes lt Back Finish Cancel If you enter an e mail address VirtualCenter sends a notification message to the addressee when the task is performed 14 Complete the wizard Click Finish VirtualCenter adds the task to the list in the Scheduled Tasks tab Rescheduling a Task To reschedule a scheduled task 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the Tasks panel 281 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Click the Tasks option in the navigation bar The list of scheduled tasks appears 2 Select the appropriate task form the list Click Properties in the toolbar or select Edit gt Properties 3 Display the date and time as appropriate
6. 00 Suspend Virtual Machine D gt Power on Resume Virtual Machine A Restart Guest ba r Run Mware Tools scripts After powering on After resuming J Before suspending I Before powering off Cancel 266 o ome CHAPTER 13 Editing an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration Changing Advanced Settings To change the advanced virtual machine settings 1 From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Display the virtual machine control panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button 3 View Advanced options Click the Options tab 4 Make changes as needed Click the Advanced in the Settings list Select process priorities and message collecting options Click OK irtual Machine Control Panel x Hardware Options Resources _Summary win2kfortools Input grabbed nomal Input u ngrabbed normal v m Advanced options T Run with debugging information Tl Disable acceleration Cancel Manually Changing Virtual Machine Resources Settings The Virtual Machine Control Panel provides a means to adjust the host resource allocation for the selected virtual machine Refer to Allocating Host Resources on page 119 to adjust all the virtual ma
7. 200 WWww vmware com CHAPTER 11 Copying Virtual Machines Select a host on which to place new virtual machine Click Next Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard Destination Host Select the host that this virtual machine will reside on HHHH B esxo1 Connected oo 7 esx02 Connected 0101 4 Specify a name for the new virtual machine Click Next Mware YirtualCenter New Task Wizard Name the Virtual Machine Choose a name for the new virtual machine Select the datastore volume on which to store the new virtual machine configuration file and virtual disks Specify the Virtual Machine s Location Enter the locations on the destination host to place the virtual machine s configuration and disk files 201 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Note Select the location for the new virtual machine configuration and disk files The virtual machine disk files must be placed on a VMFS partition Select from the list Select the default location for the placement of the virtual machine configuration file if this option appears Click Next 10 Select the network interface card NIC to use for the new virtual machine Click Next NIC Configuration Assign each network interface card to a network E 11 Specify a resource allocation level Click Next Assign Resources Specify how much of the host s resources should be devoted to this virtual machine 202 S o CHAPTER 11 Copying Virtual Ma
8. rm Device status Connected M Connect at power on Device Summary Memory 256 MB Ga Hard Disk 1 SCSI 0 0 Datastore localvmfs 5cp Rom 1 IDE 0 0 Using drive devic Adapter type Eh Floppy 1 Using drive dev Fd0 vlance Fal video 256 Colors 8 bit G Virtual CPUs 1 vmenet SCSI Controller 0 BusLogic Internal Network m Network connection Intemal Network Cancel www vmware comM Changing Parallel Port Configuration To change the parallel port configuration a CHAPTER 13 Editing an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine Display the virtual machine control panel then select the parallel object in the Device panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button Click the Hardware tab Click the parallel port in the Device panel Make changes as needed Select the device status and connection for the virtual machine to use Click OK irtual Machine Control Panel Exi Hardware Options Resources Device Summary r Device status Memory 256 MB Go Hard Disk 1 SCSI 0 0 Datastore localymfs 5cD ROM 1 IDE 0 0 Using drive Jdevjc Floppy 1 Using drive dev FdO al video 256 Colors 8 bit Virtual CPUs 1 Oscs
9. Jis above Add Remove Cancel d Click OK 293 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 5 Specify the action to be taken when the alarm is triggered Alarm Properties b x General Triggers Actions Alarm actions occur when the trigger changes from one color to another Use the list below to define hep actions For each action use the checkboxes to the right to determine when the action will fire From green to yellow enter e mail addresses IV From yellow to red Send a notification e mail Send a notification trap Run a script Suspend the virtual machine Power off the virtual machine Reset the virtual machine From red to yellow D From yellow to green Add Remove E a Click the Actions tab b Select a transition state at which to notify Select at which transition state the alarm should be triggered For example select to trigger the alarm when the CPU usage transitions from a 15 yellow state to a 5 red state as defined in the Triggers tab and cause the alarm to suspend the virtual machine c Click the appropriate check box There are four different level changes green to yellow yellow to red red to yellow and yellow to green Attach an action for each level change d Select a notification type and provide related information Click Add to add as many notifications as needed The notification options are e Send an email message Provide the email me
10. If you specify a new administrator password in step 6 and the source Windows virtual machine or template already has one then you must select the Delete all user accounts option here Otherwise the old administrator password is not changed Click the buttons to configure any desired options Click Next 227 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 12 Optionally save the customized options as an xm1 file VMware VitualCenter Guest Customization Wizard Save Customization Settings You can save these settings and reuse them the next time you customize a E guest operating system Would you like to save these customization settings to a file C No thanks Save my customization settings Browse lt Back Next gt Cancel Specify a filename and location Click Next VirtualCenter saves the customized configuration parameters in an xml file Later import these predefined customized parameters when deploying a template or cloning an existing virtual machine If the customization settings are saved to a file then the administrator password of the Windows virtual machine and the domain administrator s password as applicable are stored in encrypted format in the xml file 13 Complete the Guest Customization wizard Click Finish VirtualCenter closes the Guest Customization wizard and returns you to the Deploy a Template or Clone a Virtual Machine wizard to complete that wizard Customizing a Linux
11. Mware irtualCenter File Edit VMs view Help D 8J E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events e a nb A 7 HEll Exchange 2000 Server fq Server Farms RackO1 STC elated Permissions B esxo1 User Group Role Defined in a sib PERS MAdmins Read Only User This object giake ervers Guest Read Only User This object 2 Administrators Mware VirtualCenter Administrator Server Farms E Windows Media Serv f Database Servers GB SQL 2000 Server ff Application Servers GB 2003 App Server 5 GB 2003 App Server E Test RackO2 esx03 g Web Servers g fa Apache GB RH Apache 01 E RH Apache 02 a fa us GB Winz000 115 01 GB wWin2000 115 02 E A Management Servers GB Control Center Serv fA Applications E Exchange Client E SQL Client E Windows Media Clier mi Inventory gt Virtual Machines gt Permissions Tab The Permissions tab content is described in the following table User Group Name of user or group assigned the role The role assigned to the user or group Options Read Only User Virtual Machine User Virtual Machine Administrator and VirtualCenter Administrator Defined In The VirtualCenter object where the permission user role pair is assigned If it is not the current object a link to the defined in object is displayed 320 S oe CHAPTER 16 Wor
12. VM3 Role User Applied Across Server Farms When an object is moved within the VirtualCenter hierarchy the object assumes the permission settings of its new parent object Assigned permission pairs role user are inherited from parents objects In the example if VM2 is moved to Farm 2 User loses 336 Tw ircom CHAPTER 17 Setting Access and Permissions the VirtualCenter Administrator privileges but keeps the Virtual Machine User privileges The figure below illustrates changes in permission when a virtual machine moves to a farm where the looses permissions that had been inherited Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations Object User Group name Role at object Server Farms farm group1 farm1 VM1 7 Eq E user1 lost VirtualCenter Administrator permission on VM2 Moving Virtual Machine Changing Role User Status If the object has explicit permissions that are less than the permissions at the new location the higher level permission granted at the farm level applies The lower level explicit permission is removed In the example if VM3 moves to Farm 1 a flag indicates an explicit permission exists If the object is returned to its original location or a location with matching role levels VirtualCenter does not re instate the explicit assignment 337 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual The figure below illustrates the change in permissions when a virtual machine
13. 9 Complete the importing template process Click Finish VirtualCenter displays the events log to show the status of the template creation VirtualCenter adds the configuration file data into the VirtualCenter database and adds the template to the list of available templates To view the list click the Templates option in the navigation bar Copying the source virtual machine to the template upload directory can take a long time depending upon the size of the source virtual machine Refer to the Tasks panel to view the progress of creating a template 187 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Cloning a Template To clone an existing template to create an additional template 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the information panel of the Templates function Click the Templates option in the navigation bar The information panel changes to display the list of current templates and the template toolbar 2 Select the appropriate template Click the Clone toolbar button 3 Confirm adding a new template Click Next 4 Give the new template a name and description Click Next Template Name Enter a name and description for this template E Type in the name for this template and a brief description Name Description lt Back Next gt Cancel Enter a useful name and a brief description of the template Description information can include for example the operating system applications versi
14. Deploy a virtual machine from a template Clone an existing virtual machine Change the power status of a virtual machine Migrate a virtual machine Migrate a virtual machine with Motion Change resource settings of a virtual machine Bach Next gt Cancel 5 Complete the task specific information The New Task wizard displays a series of screens that correspond to the screens you see when you perform the task starting from the selected object The possible tasks that can be scheduled through the New Task wizard are e Deploy a virtual machine from a template e Clone an existing virtual machine e Change the power status of a virtual machine e Migrate a virtual machine e Migrate a virtual machine with VMotion e Change resource settings of a virtual machine Refer to the chapter that is appropriate for each option for specific information on each task Most of the scheduling processes differ from manually performed 277 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual tasks only in that you must specify the virtual machine host or farm to which the task applies and specify the time to perform the task Specify the timing of the task Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard Schedule the task Choose the time when this task will rum The task can either run once or E recur at regular intervals Frequency Start Time Once Now 2 After Startup aa Time i17 m Hourly 2 Date Monday November 1
15. File Edit YMs View Help aag we E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events 0 n gt A HPE a New Farm Server Farms Summary Virtual Machines Hosts Performance Events Alarms Permissions Total Hosts 0 VMs Powered On Disconnected Hosts 0 VMs Suspended Total Virtual Machines 0 Total Ms Provisioned Disconnected Virtual Machines 0 Total M Migrations Viewtablesfor GB CPU Memory G3 Disk ERM Network CPU Usage Hot List Most Active Hosts Least Active Hosts CPU Usage Resource Contention last 24hrs CPU Usage Resource Volatility last 7 days Connected to localhost VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6391 as Administrator Removing a Farm To remove a farm i From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel and select the appropriate farm Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate farm Remove the farm Select the appropriate farm From the main or right click popup menu select Remove Confirm that you want to remove the farm Click Yes Confirm Remove Farm a Xx AN Removing this Farm will also remove all hosts and Ms that belong to the Farm Do you want to do this VirtualCenter removes all virtual machine groups hosts and virtual machines within the farm from the managed inventory In addition all the associated tasks alarms and events are also removed Assigned CPU and migr
16. Inventory panel Lists the hosts assigned to the selected farm Provides access for managing all the Server Farms entities Performance Inventory panel Displays the performance charts for the selected host or virtual machine resources The charts for farms and hosts display combined charts that show the usage of each resource Permissions Inventory panel Lists the users and groups that have permissions on the selected object and at what level the permission was assigned Inventory panel Displays a collection of data for the selected object Provides access for managing scheduled tasks Templates Provides access for managing templates Virtual Inventory panel Lists the virtual machines assigned to the selected farm or host Machines Each navigation bar has a primary information panel and associated tab The Inventory option has an inventory panel from which you can select objects Each 303 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual selected object has its own set of associated information panel tabs The following table lists the possible tab views for each VirtualCenter object Inventory Obee Sumay Fem Virusi Machines Hox Peformance Een Mam Conte perniso severe frame TL tie Peo Fama frome re Pro Fam iS patie Rens A Viewing Navigation Bar Tasks The Tasks option in the navigation bar displays the tasks that are scheduled to be performed and provides a means for you to create and edit scheduled tas
17. Select File gt VMware VirtualCenter Settings When the dialog box appears select the Advanced tab 2 Record the information in the server options field Click OK Viewing System Logs and Reports Use the System Logs and Availability Report options to view the following log files and report through the management interface e VMkernel warnings and serious system alerts the data for which is gathered from var log vmkwarning in the service console For more information see Viewing VMkernel Warnings on page 46 e VMkernel messages the data for which is gathered from var log vmkernel in the service console For more information see Viewing VMkernel Messages on page 46 e Service Console messages the data for which is gathered from var log messages in the service console For more information see Viewing Service Console Logs on page 46 e The availability report which contains information and statistics about server uptime and downtime For more information see Viewing the Availability Report on page 47 You should periodically check the VMkernel warning and alert messages for out of memory errors hardware failures and so on To view these log files and the availability report complete the following steps 1 Make sure you are logged into the management interface as the root user 45 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 2 Click options then click System Logs 3 Click the appropriate tab for the log file you w
18. a If needed click in the column heading to view a sorted list of values b Select the row where you want to make a change c Click the value or empty field you wish to change In some cases a pull down menu appears 121 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual d Select from the listed options or type a value in the field 7 Close the Virtual Machine Resources screen Click Close Configuring a Host Host settings are controlled through the VMware management interface 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel and select the appropriate host Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate host 2 Ifthe host is not connected connect it now Refer to Connecting to a Host on page 115 3 Connect to the ESX Server management interface for the selected host a Select the appropriate host icon in the inventory panel b Start the VMware Management Interface select Edit gt Properties or Summary gt Commands gt Edit Host Configuration VirtualCenter automatically starts your default browser 4 Accept the security alerts These are generated from your Windows environment and appears only if your security settings require it 5 Logon to the VMware Management Interface mankato ymware com Mware Management Interface Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit view Favorites Tools Help El ebk gt amp A A search Gyrav
19. lt Back y Cancel Click the appropriate radio button then click Next to continue If you selected Modify change the installation options for the VirtualCenter management server and or VirtualCenter client ie Mware irtualCenter x Custom Setup Select the program featu Click on an icon in the list below to change how a Feature is installed nae Description VMware VirtualCenter server ramnanente lead ka man ge This Feature will be installed on local hard drive 8 This Feature and all subfeatures will be installed on local hard drive This Feature will not be available x InstallShield we coed 63 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual If you are adding a VirtualCenter client skip to step 7 If you are adding a VirtualCenter management server proceed with the next step If you are removing a VirtualCenter component refer to Uninstalling VMware VirtualCenter on page 61 4 Ifyou are installing the VirtualCenter management server Set up the VirtualCenter database ji Mware VirtualCenter x Database Setup Set up an ODBC connection t Please select the database connection to use with VirtualCenter Create and initialize a local Access database Note Installing a local VirtualCenter database will overwrite and replace any existing VirtualCenter database C Use a custom SQL Server database connection 1 Manually setup an ODBC connection
20. powers on Add Hardware Wizard E xj Select a Physical Drive Na Which physical drive should this floppy drive connect to CY r Physical floppy drive m Device status MV Connect at power on lt Back Cancel 8 Complete the Add Hardware wizard Click Finish Adding a Generic SCSI Device To add a generic SCSI device to a virtual machine 1 From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Display the virtual machine control panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button 3 Click the Hardware tab Select any device 4 Start the Add Hardware wizard Click the Add button 5 Select the generic SCSI device to add Click Next 253 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 6 Make changes as needed Select a SCS device Select whether or not to connect the device when the virtual machine powers on Select a node Click Finish Add Hardware Wizard xj Choose SCSI Device Pha tag Which of the present SCSI devices would you like to add wy r Connection Specify the physical SCSI device to connect to v m Device status IV Connect at power on m Virtual device node scsi 0 1 lt Back Cancel Adding the Hard Disks To add a hard disk to a virtual machine 1 From the VirtualCenter client select th
21. Discovered VMs testing Select a Guest Operating System Which operating system will be installed on this virtual machine Click the guest operating system arrow and select the appropriate guest operating system Click Next This dialog box asks which operating system to install in the virtual machine The New Virtual Machine Wizard uses this information to select appropriate default values such as the amount of memory needed 158 ee CHAPTER 9 Creating New Virtual Machines 6 Specify a name for the virtual machine and datastore volume for the virtual disks New irtual Machine Wizard E x Name the Virtual Machine Na What name would you like to use for this virtual machine wy Location vps vmszw indows_2000_Server_500496b3 eb69 ea06 166c e m Datastores Name Free space Default directory Description data 11889MB yps ms lt Back Cancel a Enter the virtual machine name to use The name you enter in the Virtual Machine Name field is the name that is listed in the VMware Management Interface Enter a useful name The name can be up to 80 characters long and contains alohanumeric characters and the underscore _ and hyphen characters It should also be unique across all virtual machines b Enter or browse for the absolute path VirtualCenter is to use to store the virtual machine files c Scroll through and select the datastore on the host to use for s
22. Sy Disk file One 2 0GB disk file will be created using the file name provided here datanewvmwindows 50048826 25e8 ee20 8381 3ef 9c253b57 vmdk Advanced gt gt lt Back Cancel If you are using an existing disk locate the virtual disk If you are creating a new disk specify a location and name Note Ensure that the path and file name are valid Any errors in defining this information results in a failure to create the new virtual machine If possible use the default file location This ensures that consistent naming is used for the configuration file and disk files and ensures that the disk file name uses the datastore as a reference rather than the VMFS path 8 Ifyou do not select Advanced options Click Finish 9 Ifyou select the Advance options specify the virtual disk node type and mode New irtual Machine Wizard Exi Specify Advanced Options Pea tae What kind of virtual disk would you like to create Sy r Virtual device node scsi 0 0 Hard Disk 0 Mode Persistent Undoable Ask to save changes after powering off Nonpersistent Discard changes after powering off Append Save changes after powering off lt lt Back Eei Select the SCSI node Note IDE disk type for the virtual disk is not supported 165 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Select the device mode The choices are e Persistent Changes are immediately and permanently wri
23. This information includes e The computer name is not unique The computer name must be unique for the network on which the machine is deployed e The product key is incorrect e The user specified to join a domain that does not exist e The DHCP server for the network is not functioning properly To determine if the system is waiting for information check the virtual machine icon in the inventory panel if it is flashing it is waiting for a response Alternatively check the Status field in the virtual machine Summary tab If it is displaying a link the system is waiting for a response Refer to Answering a Pending Question on page 133 for additional information 233 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 234 www vmware com CHAPTER Editing an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration 13 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Editing the Configuration of Existing Virtual Machines This chapter describes how to edit or customize your existing virtual machines Perform these activities after you create the virtual machine and install the guest Operating system Note When you create a virtual machine and install the guest operating system please install the VMware Tools Installation of the VMware Tools is specific to the guest operating system installed Please refer to Installing VMware Tools on page 168 for information on installing the VMware Tools You need a Virtual Machine Administrator role assigned to the virtual machi
24. When creating a virtual machine by either deploying a template or cloning an existing virtual machine an option is provided to customized the guest operating system installed on that template or existing virtual machine Customizing Windows guest operating system options include e Join workgroups and domains e Network interface configuration e Domain suffix security ID SID change Customizing Linux guest operating system options include e Host name e Domain suffix e Network interface configuration 28 www vmware com CHAPTER 1 Introducing VMware VirtualCenter Understanding Migration Migration is the act of moving a virtual machine from one host to another There are two types of migration e Migration with VMotion Moving a powered on virtual machine between hosts on a farm Moving a powered on virtual machine allows to virtual machine to continue performing transactions without interruption This functionality requires activation of VMotion on both the source and target host The figure below illustrates migrating a powered on virtual machine from one host to another using VMotion Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations 1 Before hot migrate VM2 on hostA VirtualCenter 2 Pre copy RAM content and copy VM state data to hostB VirtualCenter 3 Complete copy RAM content and register to hostB VirtualCenter Performing a Migration with VMotion 29 VMware VirtualCenter User s M
25. between virtual machines and alerts the system administrator who can then decide upon a course of action Configure the virtual machine display names The name can be up to 80 characters long and can contain alohanumeric characters and the underscore _ and hyphen characters The name must also be unique across all virtual machines within a virtual machine group When VirtualCenter connects to a host it does so as a privileged user The individual VirtualCenter user does not necessarily need to be an administrative user on the host Refer to Setting Access and Permissions on page 331 for information on setting up VirtualCenter users A host can be managed by only one instance of the VirtualCenter management server www vmMware com 110 CHAPTER 6 Working with Hosts Understanding Host States Actions taken upon a host require that the host be in specific power states Whenever a power operation is performed on a host the host power state changes While the state is in transition the state field displays a term that describes the transition The figure below illustrates states transitions and state changing commands for a host Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations Disconnect timed out connecting Reconnect MEE State Command Host Power State Changes 111 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Adding a Host to a Farm Virtual machines exist on hosts within the network Host
26. cfg extension The Browse option is available when the VirtualCenter client is running on the same machine as the VirtualCenter management server If you are not running the VirtualCenter client on the same machine as the VirtualCenter management server type in the path on the VirtualCenter management server machine where the template source virtual machine is located Note This file must be in a folder or file system local to the VirtualCenter management server Note The source virtual machine should not use IDE virtual disks 185 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 186 6 Give the new template a name and description Click Next x Template Name Enter a name and description for this template E Type in the name for this template and a brief description Name Description Next gt Cancel Enter a useful name and a brief description of the template Description information can include for example the operating system applications versions and intended uses for the template The name can be up to 80 characters long and contains alphanumeric characters and the underscore _ and hyphen characters It should also be unique across all templates 7 Specify the target location of the template files Click Next x Location of T emplate Files Choose the location of the files for this template E Where will the files for this template reside Copy the virtual machine s files to t
27. deploy template 26 192 customization wizard 220 disconnected host state 111 www vmware comM disks raw 348 removing virtual machines 126 resource charts 326 virtual 349 virtual disk size in new virtual machine 157 drag and drop 346 DVD adding 250 configuring 239 E editing alarms 296 templates 190 virtual machine configuration 31 virtual machines 236 email notification option 289 290 notification type 287 enabling VMotion 148 ESX Server golden images templates 179 ethernet adapter adding 257 configuring 244 events 18 31 284 286 chart indicators 323 exporting 287 information panel 307 317 inventory panel 284 navigation bar 284 303 navigation toolbar 75 86 panel 284 tab 303 317 viewing all 285 viewing selected 285 events options navigation bar 307 executing actions 79 exporting events 287 F farm groups 17 adding 106 moving farms 107 removing 107 tabs 304 farms 17 adding 104 information panel 309 314 moving to a farm group 107 removing 105 summary tab 309 tab 303 314 tabs 304 files location of virtual disk files 157 filtering lists 93 floppy drive adding 252 configuring 239 G general settings virtual machine 265 golden image 170 ESX Server 179 groups access 332 GSX Server virtual machine as template 178 virtual machines as templates 175 guest customization cloning 221 Linux 222 232 starting wizard 219 Windows 222 232 guest operating system c
28. intervals SNMP SMTP and template upload directory Adding or removing licenses VirtualCenter Administrator on Server Farms Alarms Virtual Machine Administrator on the Server Farms 335 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Using the Hierarchy to Apply Access Rights All VirtualCenter objects are contained within a hierarchy in VirtualCenter Permissions role user pairs are inherited through the VirtualCenter object hierarchy When a role and user pair are assigned to an object all objects that lay hierarchically under the object inherit the same role user assignments For example if a role user pair is assigned to a farm group all members of the role user pair have the access rights and privileges assigned to all the objects contained in the farm group Permissions can also be explicitly assigned to any object in the VirtualCenter hierarchy If a user is not assigned to an object with a specific role the user cannot see or take action upon the object Changes to a users permissions are implemented when the user logs in If the user is currently logged in the old permissions continue until the user exits and re logs in Objects created after a user s login inherit the parent object s permissions The figure below illustrates a distribution of user permission Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations Object User Group name Role at object Server Farms farm group farm1 VM1 VM2 farm2
29. p Hlela E Exchange 2000 Server Fg Server Farms Rack01 Summary Performance Events Alarms Console Permissions g esxot Name Status Defined in Defined For Last triggered g ak ues vM CPU usage OO OK Server Farms Ms Never petal eke death ae f vM Memory usage OO OK Server Farms vMs Never E Exchange 2000 Sery rmivMl Heartbeat OO OK Server Farms VMs 11 19 2003 5 37 PM fe Media Servers E Windows Media Serv f Database Servers EB SQL 2000 Server fA Application Servers E 2003 App Server 5 E 2003 App Server E Test Rack02 3j esx03 A Web Servers fA Apache E RH Apache 01 E RH Apache 02 a f us nai Win2000 IIS 01 Be Win2000 IIS 02 fe Management Servers EB Control Center Serv a fa Applications Gm Exchange Client EB SQL Client EB Windows Media Clier H Connected to win03 cc VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator VirtualCenter displays the Alarms panel for the object where the alarm was defined 298 Tirso CHAPTER 15 Working with Alarms and Events 3 Display the alarm properties The entry in the Defined in column for the alarm must be This Object Select the alarm to edit Select Properties from either the main or right click menu Mware irtualCenter x File Edit YMs View Help je E vmware Inv
30. 148 for additional information 1 1 4 www vmware comM 6 Complete the Add Host wizard click Finish z Mware VirtualCenter File Edit VMs View Help ao s Tasks Templates Events eo GnD G B Be s e VMs Suspended Total Virtual Machines 1 0 1 Disconnected Virtual Machines 0 Total M Migrations Viewtablesfor CPU Memory amp Disk ERA Network CPU Usage Hot List Most Active Hosts testserver N A CPU Usage Resource Contention last 24hrs testserver N A testserver Connected to localhost VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6391 as Administrator Connecting to a Host To connect to a host 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel and select the appropriate host Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate host If needed add the appropriate host to the VirtualCenter Refer to Adding a Host to a Farm on page 112 New Farm Server Farms fa New Group Summary QUT A tea gs e EL LT e gS Dg Gf New Farm testserver Total Hosts VMs Powered On a Discovered VMs Disconnected Hosts Total VMs Provisioned CPU Usage Resource Volatility last 7 days CHAPTER 6 Working with Hosts 115 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 3 Connect to the appropriate host Select the appropriate host icon in the inventory panel and select Connect from the main o
31. 15 24 adding to VirtualCenter 124 advanced settings 267 change CPU resource settings 268 change disk resource settings 270 change memory resource settings 269 change network resource settings 271 changing resource settings 267 cloning 204 configuring 236 control panel 99 creating 31 editing 31 236 information panel 316 www vmware com migration 142 migration with VMotion 141 power states 126 removing 125 removing from disk 126 schedule power on or off 130 tab 303 316 tabs 304 use as templates 175 VirtualCenter Administrator 19 20 333 VirtualCenter agent installation 54 restarting 70 VirtualCenter client 15 32 installation 54 navigating 75 requirements 35 Starting 71 window layout 83 VirtualCenter database 15 installation 54 requirements 35 VirtualCenter management agent 15 VirtualCenter management server 15 installation 54 licenses 74 licensing requirements 36 logging on 71 requirements 34 restarting 69 starting and stopping 68 stopping 71 VMkernel messages 46 warnings 46 VMotion 15 enabling 148 licenses 74 licensing requirements 36 migrating manually 150 migrating powered on virtual machine 149 migration 29 properties 98 requirements 37 scheduling migrating virtual machine 152 VMware Open Source components 218 VMware Tools defined 350 installing 168 VMware Virtual Machine Console 350 W Windows completing guest customization 232 customizing guest 222 Windows Ac
32. 15 Working with Alarms and Events e New Status The alarm status when the alarm is triggered e Object Value The object value when the alarm is triggered To define the SNMP information 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the VirtualCenter Settings Advanced tab dialog box Select File gt VirtualCenter Settings gt Advanced tab 2 Enter the SNMP and mail addressing as appropriate xi Performance Templates Advanced snmp receiver 1 name localhost s S a snmp receiver 1 port he o snmp receiver 1 community pubie ss lt S snmp receiver 2 name CY snmp receiver 2 port Po snmp receiver 2 community Poo snmp receiver 3 name cael _ Configure up to four receivers of SNMP traps They must be configured in numerical order 1 2 3 and 4 Each SNMP trap requires a corresponding host name port and community For example e snmp reciever 1 name The DNS name and IP address of the SNMP receiver e snmp reciever 1 port The port number of the receiver If the port value is empty VirtualCenter uses the default port The default port is 162 e snmp reciever 1 community The community identifier Scroll through the Advanced tab options Enter the data into the fields Click OK Creating Alarms If you are going to use email message or SNMP notification refer to Preparing for email message SMTP Alarm Notification and define the address information before you create your alarm 2
33. 156 ee CHAPTER 9 Creating New Virtual Machines 3 Select whether to use a typical configuration or customize the configuration New irtual Machine Wizard xj Select the Appropriate Configuration rae How would you prefer to configure your new virtual machine wy Virtual machine configuration Typical Create a new virtual machine with the most common devices and configuration options C Custom Choose this option if you need to create a virtual machine with additional devices or specific configuration options lt Back cancel e If you select Typical the wizard prompts for e The guest operating system e The virtual machine name and the location of the virtual machine s files e The network connection type e Make a virtual disk larger or smaller than 4GB Click the Typical radio button Click Next Proceed to step 4 If you select Custom in addition to the typical options set the following e Store your virtual disk s files in a particular location e Allocate all the space for a virtual disk at the time you create it e Set memory options that are different from the defaults Click the Custom radio button Click Next Proceed to Completing the New Virtual Machine with Custom Settings on page 161 157 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 4 Select a group location for the new virtual machine New irtual Machine Wizard Select YM Group Where to create the new Virtual Machine E fg Server Farms
34. 4 Make changes and or additions as needed Click OK Select items on the virtual machine control panel and complete the wizards irtual Machine Control Panel rE xi Hardware Options Resources Summary Memory Memory 256 MB Adjust the amount of memory allocated to this virtual S Hard Disk 1 SCSI 0 0 Datastore localymfs machine CD ROM 1 IDE 0 0 Using drive devic The quest memory size that you specify must be in Eh Floppy 1 Using drive dev fd0 multiples of 4MB Ealvideo 256 Colors 8 bit virtual CPUs 1 G F r uest size MB 25g a E SCSI Controller 0 BusLogic a Recommended MB 256 Guest minimum MB 128 944 1P Runnable maximum MB Cancel Refer to the appropriate section in this chapter for additional information Refer to your ESX Server GSX Server and Workstation documentation for comprehensive information about configuring the virtual machines Changing Hardware Configuration of a Virtual Machine This section introduces the changes you can make to the virtual machine hardware The following sections describe how to change the configuration of existing virtual hardware devices in a virtual machine e Changing DVD CD ROM Drive Configuration e Changing Floppy Drive Configuration e Changing Generic SCSI Device Configuration e Changing Hard Disk Configuration e Changing Memory Configuration e Changing NIC Ethernet Adapter Configuration e Ch
35. Add as many users and groups with assorted permission roles as needed e Click OK VirtualCenter adds the permission to the list of permissions for the object The list of permissions references all users and groups that have roles assigned to the object and where in the VirtualCenter hierarchy the role is assigned Changing Access Permissions To change the permission role for a user or group 1 Log on as a user with the VirtualCenter Administrator role 2 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel and expand the appropriate object Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate object 342 WWWwW VmMware com CHAPTER 17 Setting Access and Permissions 3 With the appropriate object selected view the Permissions panel click Permissions tab Mware irtualCenter File Edit Ms view Help jg 4 8J E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events e m 0 0 A p ElSe Exchange 2000 Server g Server Farms Rack01 Tet CE ae Permissions B esx0l User Group Role Defined in 02 a a na Server V MAdmins Read Only User This object Bachan ANER Guest Read Only User This object B Exchange 2000 Serv Administrators VMware VirtualCenter Administrator Server Farms A Media Servers E Windows Media Serv fa Database Servers EB SQL 2000 Server z fa Application Servers E 2003 App
36. Adjust the size of the memory allocated to the virtual machine guest operating system Click OK irtual Machine Control Panel xj Hardware Options Resources Memory Summary Memory Adjust the amount of memory allocated to this virtual amp Hard Disk 1 SCSI 0 0 Datastore localymfs machine co ROM 1 IDE 0 0 Using drive jdev c The guest memory size that you specify must be in eb Floppy 1 Using drive dev Fdo multiples of 4MB Ealvideo 256 Colors 8 bit Virtual CPUs 1 Guest size MB 256 SCSI Controller 0 BusLogic a Recommended MB 256 Guest minimum MB 128 944 1P Runnable maximum MB Cancel 243 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 244 Changing NIC Ethernet Adapter Configuration To change the ethernet adapter NIC configuration 1 From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Display the virtual machine control panel then select the NIC in the Device panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button Click the Hardware tab Click the NIC in the Device panel 3 Make changes as needed Select the device status adapter type and network connection of the virtual machine Click OK irtual Machine Control Panel xj Hardware Options Resources
37. Application Servers Racko2 esx03 Web Servers Management Servers Applications Exchange Client EB SQL Client GB Windows Media Client esx02 VMware ESX Server 2 0 1 build 6403 Summary Virtual Machines Performance Description Alarm Host CPU usage for host esx02 changed from Alarm Host CPU usage for host esx02 changed from Powered on Virtual Machine SQL 2000 Server being Virtual Machine SQL 2000 Server migrated from hos 2003 App Server SMP on host esx02 powered on 2003 App Server SMP on host esx02 powered off 2003 App Server SMP on host esx02 powered on Alarm Host CPU usage for host esx02 changed from Alarm Host CPU usage for host esx02 changed from 2003 App Server on host esx02 powered off Powered on Virtual Machine Exchange 2000 Server Exchange 2000 Server on host esx02 powered on Virtual Machine Exchange 2000 Server migrated fro Exchange 2000 Server on host esx02 powered off Powered off Virtual Machine Exchange 2000 Server Exchange 2000 Server on host esx02 powered off Failed to migrate Virtual Machine Exchange 2000 Ser Exchange 2000 Server on host esx02 powered on Exchange 2000 Server on host esx02 powered on Event Details Connected to localhost VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator Inventory gt Virtual M
38. B o e lt 4 Control Center Server fG Server Farms RackOl Summary Performance Events Alarms Console Permissions esx01 esx02 View chart for k A nad a Messaging Servers CPU Memory Disk I O Network IJO EB Exchange 2000 Serv af Media Servers CPU Performance Range Past Hour gt Customize Chart E Windows Media Serv fe Database Servers EB SQL 2000 Server f Application Servers E 2003 App Server 5 E 2003 App Server EB Test Rack02 Ss esx03 A Web Servers fa Apache E RH Apache 01 E RH Apache 02 f us EB Win2000 11s 01 B Win2000 IIS 02 fA Management Servers amp Conta Center Serv fA Applications E Exchange Client B SQL Client Chart Entries Past 60 seconds Event Indicators i ai Usage 13 A Power Operation amp Windows eds her Guarantee 86 A Motion Migration amp Resource Allocation Change gt Hide legend Last updated 5 55 28 PM Connected to wind cc VMware VitualCerter 1 0 0 bk 6474 as Acie When you select an object is selected the object label in the inventory panel appears in blue and the information panel updates its display to reflect the data for the selected object 4 Click the appropriate tab in information panel The data corresponding to the object and tab selected appe
39. C Use a custom SQL Server database connection Manually setup an ODBC connection to a SQL Server database Use a custom Oracle database connection ie Manually setup an ODBC connection to an Oracle database InstallShield lt Back Cancel Select whether to have the VirtualCenter create a database or to create either a custom SQL Server or Oracle database The options are 58 www vmware com CHAPTER 2 Installing VMware VirtualCenter e Use Access database VirtualCenter automatically creates a Microsoft Access database This is a file in Microsoft Access format e Use a custom SQL Server database connection VirtualCenter prompts for DSN information then configures the database Supported versions are SOL Server 7 SOL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2003 e Use a custom Oracle database connection VirtualCenter prompts for DSN information a username and a password then configures the database The supported version is Oracle 8i The VirtualCenter database can be remote to the VirtualCenter management server The VirtualCenter database user is configured as the initial Administrative user You must already have installed and configured the database application Refer to Preparing for the VirtualCenter Database on page 50 for additional information To create a Microsoft Access database click the Use Access database button then click Next To create an Oracle or SQL Server database connection perform the
40. Eales Time fi 17 pm C Hourly 2 Date Monday November 10 2003 bd C Daily C Weekly C Monthly lt Back Next gt Cancel Click Later then click the drop down arrow to select a date from the displayed calendar A red circle indicates today s date and a dark circle indicates the scheduled date Confirm creating the task Optionally specify an email address for notification when task is performed Click Finish VirtualCenter adds the new task to the scheduled task list and completes it at the designated time When it is time to perform the task VirtualCenter first verifies that the user who created the task still has permission to complete the task If the permission levels are not acceptable VirtualCenter sends a message to the log and the task is not performed 213 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 21 4 www vmware com 12 Customizing Guest Operating Systems CHAPTER 12 215 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Customizing Guest Operating Systems This chapter describes how to customize your guest operating systems You customize your guest operating system when you create a virtual machine in VirtualCenter from a template or as a clone You need a Virtual Machine Administrator role assigned to the target host where the virtual machine is located to perform the activities described in this chapter This chapter contains the following sections e Preparing for Guest Customization e Beg
41. Events e a n gt G B P Sle testserver VMware ESX Server 2 0 1 build 6254 E Server Farms S fi New Group Summary QUE NG Ete gg si LAETA n g New Farm aye Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation Motion Enabled g Discovered Ms Model Precision WorkStation 530 MT virtual Machines E Microsoft Windows 2000 Total Memory 978MB Number of Processors Processor Intel R XEON TM CPU 2 00GHz Number of Nics Number of Active Tasks Commands Available Resources GQ Manage Virtual Machine Resources Available Disk Space 6043 MB Change ietason Properties Memory Available to New VMs 300 MB Edit Host Configuration CPU Utilization Memory Utilization Virtual Machines Virtual Machines Other Other System Total System Total Hetworks Datastores Internal Network vmhba 6 0 1 15006 MB 0 MB available vmhba0 6 0 2 5005 MB 998 MB available vmhba0 6 0 6 5052 MB 5045 MB available _ gt Connected to localhost VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6391 as Administrator Ui www vmware com 116 CHAPTER 6 Working with Hosts Moving Hosts Between Farms Hosts and virtual machines can be on only one farm at a time To move a host from one farm to another you must remove the host from the current farm then add it to the new farm When you add the host to the new farm the virtual machines associated with the host are also moved to the new farm Automatically Reconnecting a Host VirtualCenter au
42. Host Summary Tab Viewing the Virtual Machine Summary Tab Viewing the Farms Tab Viewing the Hosts Tab Viewing the Virtual Machines Tab Viewing the Events Tab Viewing the Alarms Tab Viewing the Permissions Tab Viewing the Console Tab Viewing the Performance Tab Viewing Summary Performance Charts Viewing Individual Charts Configuring Performance Measurement Intervals Setting Access and Permissions Setting Access and Permissions Understanding Users and Groups Using the Hierarchy to Apply Access Rights Planning Access Permission Assigning Access Permissions Changing Access Permissions Removing Access Permissions Glossary Glossary Index wWwww vmMware comM 301 302 304 306 307 308 308 309 309 W WWW Ww Ww UO jip an A ol l O l heel O NOAUA Wc O Uo 320 Uo NO 322 322 323 329 331 332 332 336 340 340 342 343 345 346 351 1 Introducing VMware VirtualCenter CHAPTER 1 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Introducing VMware VirtualCenter VMware VirtualCenter is a system management application that deploys monitors and manages virtual machines that are distributed across multiple hosts running ESX Server The VirtualCenter client provides a means through any personal computer running a Microsoft Windows operating system to monitor and manage all your virtual machines their associated VMware hosts and the host s resources The VirtualCenter management server collec
43. Refer to Adding Licenses on page 74 to ensure that you have sufficient VMotion licenses 2 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel to view the host Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate host 3 Display the host properties dialog box From the main menu right click popup Menu or Summary tab button select Host Properties www vmware com CHAPTER 8 Migrating Virtual Machines 4 Enable VMotion Select the VMotion tab maxi VMotion Advanced VMotion Enabled Yes C No Mation Settings Select the network for transferring virtual machine state during migration This network must be connected to the ymkernel Network Label Internal Network Specify a unique IP address and Gateway valid on the ymkernel NIC Do not reuse the IP address assigned to the Console of this ESX server IP Address fi 0 12 16 75 Gateway fi 0 12 16 75 coe To enable VMotion Click Yes Enter the network adapter IP address and gateway for the host if the fields are not pre filled This is the information for the migration network including which NIC it uses and its IP address and gateway The migration network is preferably its own separate network To leave VMotion disabled Click No Click OK If VMotion is enabled VirtualCenter checks for a migration license and adds the license to the host information Moving Powe
44. Server 5 E 2003 App Server EB Test a RackO2 J esx03 A Web Servers E fa Apache E RH Apache 01 E RH Apache 02 a f us EB Win2000 11s 01 EB Winz000 115 02 fe Management Servers EB Control Center Serv fa Applications G Exchange Client E SQL Client EB Windows Media Clier l 4 View the Change Access Rule dialog box Select the user permission to change Select Properties from either the Edit or right click menu 5 Select the appropriate role for the user or group Click the appropriate radio button in the Change Access Rule screen Click OK Select the new role for this user or group ReadOnly User Virtual Machine User Virtual Machine Administrator Cancel Removing Access Permissions To remove a permission role for a user or group 1 Log on as a user with the VirtualCenter Administrator role 2 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel and expand the appropriate object 343 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate object 3 With the appropriate object selected view the Permissions panel click Permissions tab 4 Identify and select the object where the permission is defined a Select an object to which the permission is defined b Display the Permissions list Click the Perm
45. Specify the destination host for this virtual machine Description O esxo2 Status Unreserved CPU OO 43 Unreserverd Memory 1348 MB Ei lt Back Next gt Cancel 6 Selecta datastore for the virtual machine Click Next Mware YirtualCenter irtual Machine Migration Wizard Specify the Virtual Machine s Location Enter the locations on the destnation host to place the virtual machine s configuration and disk files m Datastores templates temporary demo Free Space 14467 MB 9186 MB 47721 MB lt Back Next gt Cancel 7 Complete the wizard Click Finish VirtualCenter moves the virtual machine including the virtual disks to the new host Event messages appears in the Events tab The Summary tab updates the status and state throughout the migration Creating a Scheduled Task to Migrate a Virtual Machine This process sets up a scheduled task to migrate a powered off virtual machine VMotion is not used for this type of task To create a scheduled task that migrates a virtual machine 1 Display the Tasks panel Click the Tasks option in the navigation bar The list of scheduled tasks appears 2 Start the New Task wizard Click New in the toolbar CHAPTER 8 Migrating Virtual Machines 145 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 3 Confirm continuing with the New Task wizard Click Next 4 Select the task to create Click the
46. VM Resource VM Resource VM as template as template as template Keep virtual Copy virtual Copy virtual ss virtual Copy virtual disk in place disk to upload disk to upload disk to VMFS disk to upload directory directory volume directory Unregister temporarily registered ESX Server In addition you can create a template by making a copy cloning an existing template Importing a Template www vmware com CHAPTER 10 Working with Templates When a template is being created VirtualCenter provides an option to store the template at one of two locations e Datastore location On the same host as the original virtual machine Select a datastore if there are several available The datastore does not need to be the same datatstore as the original virtual machine Use this option only if the datastore is shared between hosts on a farm e Template upload directory On the VirtualCenter management server machine A copy of the original virtual machine virtual disks are placed in the directory you specify as the template upload directory After a template is created it can be deployed to any host in the VirtualCenter environment Deploying a template includes selecting the appropriate template and designating a VirtualCenter target host to receive the new virtual machine The deployed virtual machine is added to the farm where the host resides Refer to Creating Virtual Machines from a Template on page 192 for additi
47. VMware VirtualCenter Performing Actions Performing an action through VirtualCenter involves e Starting and logging on to the VirtualCenter client e Adding or selecting a virtual machine host farm or group e Selecting the desired action from the corresponding menu for the virtual machine host farm or group and answering the prompts from the task wizard Screens The figure below illustrates the process flow for typical VirtualCenter activities Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations Start VirtualCenter client Logon to VirtualCent management server Managing farms Provisioning Add hosts Creating templates Deploying templates Auto discovery of virtual machines Creating clones Managing virtual machines Managing resources Start Stop Performance data analysis Suspend Resume Resource allocation migration VMotion VMware VirtualCenter Process Flow 33 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual VMware VirtualCenter Requirements The VirtualCenter client and VirtualCenter management server are both Windows executables that can optionally run in a virtual machine The following sections describe additional component specific requirements e VirtualCenter Management Server Requirements e VirtualCenter Client Requirements e VirtualCenter Database Requirements e VirtualCenter Managed Hosts Requirements e VirtualCenter Virtual Machine Requirements e VirtualCenter Virtual Machine Guest
48. VirtualCenter Installation 63 Starting VMware VirtualCenter 67 Starting VirtualCenter 68 Starting or Stopping VMware VirtualCenter 68 Getting Started with VirtualCenter Users 69 Starting the VirtualCenter Management Server 69 Restarting the VirtualCenter Management Server 69 Restarting the VirtualCenter Agent 70 Stopping the VirtualCenter Management Server 71 Starting the VirtualCenter Client 71 Starting the VirtualCenter Client and Logging On 71 Stopping the VirtualCenter Client and Logging Off 73 Adding Licenses 74 Navigating in the VirtualCenter Client Jo Selecting Objects 76 Monitoring Objects 78 Performing Actions on Objects 79 www ymware com Working with the VirtualCenter Client Working with the VirtualCenter Client Introducing the VirtualCenter Client Window Menu Bar Popup Menus Console Menu Navigation Bar Toolbar Status Bar Panel Section Understanding the Information Elements Symbol Information Elements Attribute Elements List Elements Chart Elements Accessing Properties and Settings VMware VirtualCenter Settings VMware Management Interface VMotion Properties Virtual Machine Resources Virtual Machine Control Panel Schedule Task Properties Template Properties New Task Wizard for Resource Settings Alarm Properties Working with Farms Working with Farms Working with VirtualCenter Farms Adding a Farm Removing a Farm Working with Farm Groups Adding a Farm Group Moving a Farm to a Farm Gr
49. and virtual machines VirtualCenter SAN datastore 2 Remove host Virtual machines stay on the host s datastore VirtualCenter f SAN datastore Removing a Host To remove a host 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel and select the appropriate host Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate host Note The host can be in a connected or disconnected to VirtualCenter state when you remove it 2 Select Remove Select the appropriate host icon in the inventory panel and select Remove from the main or right click popup menu www vmware com 118 CHAPTER 6 Working with Hosts 3 Confirm that you wish to remove the host and all its associated virtual machines Confirm Remove Host E xi AN Removing a host will also remove all the host s Ms alarms and tasks From Mware YirtualCenter s inventory Are you sure you want to do this Click Yes to remove the host Click No to keep the host If you click Yes VirtualCenter removes the host and associated virtual machines from the VirtualCenter environment VirtualCenter then returns all associated CPU and migration licenses to available status Note Removing the host does not power off or alter any of the virtual machines on the host It only removes the host from VirtualCenter control Allocating Host Resources Through a selected host option view the Virtual Machine Res
50. appropriate object panel menu open close toggle status line Mware VirtualCenter File Edit YMs View Help aq a Inventory Tasks e a njo f Server Far Close erver Fari E Dock Right at RackOl gjo es E vmware Events Re Bey a S 3 Control Center Server ETc Performance Qi cama Samm Won g th MN etl UTS 6 gs CPU Memory Disk I O Network I O CPU Performance Range Past Hour Customize Chart Yo esx02 g Messaging Servers EB Exchange 2000 Serv f Media Servers E Windows Media Serv fa Database Servers EB SQL 2000 Server fe Application Servers EB 2003 App Server 5 E 2003 App Server E Test RackO2 esx03 g Web Servers fa Apache EB RH Apache 01 E RH Apache 02 f us E Win2000 1S 01 E win2000 1s 02 E fa Management Servers EB Control Center Serv fa Applications Chart Entries Past 60 seconds Event Indicators Usage 12 A Power Operation Guarantee 82 A VMotion Migration Resource Allocation Change Hide legend Last updated 12 26 52 PM Connected to locamOst VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator resizing bar logon information VirtualCenter Client Panel Adjustments 89 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual To close or open a pan
51. are messages that report VirtualCenter activity Alarms are notifications that occur in response to selected events Events are predefined by VirtualCenter You must have the role of VirtualCenter Administrator privileges to work with alarms You need only the role of Read Only User to view events This chapter contains the following sections e Working with Events e Working with Alarms View the events alarms and logs from three locations e Events panel Displays all the events generated throughout VirtualCenter e Events tab in the inventory panel Displays the events for the selected VirtualCenter object options include farms hosts and virtual machines Events are not applied to groups This is a subset of the list of messages in the Events panel e Alarms tab in the inventory panel Displays the list of alarms that are activated upon designated events Alarms can apply to groups farms hosts and virtual machines Working with Events An event is any action that is of interest to VirtualCenter Each event triggers an event message All event messages are archived in the VirtualCenter database View event messages from two locations e The Events option in the navigation bar displays all events that have occurred on the VirtualCenter management server e An Events tab for farms hosts and virtual machines appears under the Inventory option These Events tab listings show only the events that occurred on or to the sel
52. automatically started Windows Service You should not ever need to shut down the VirtualCenter management server The VirtualCenter management server continues to function and perform its monitoring and managing activities in the background This means that even when you are not logged on to the VirtualCenter client the VirtualCenter management server continues its monitoring and scheduled activities The VirtualCenter database is configured during installation Applying changes to the VirtualCenter database after the VirtualCenter management server is started might cause a temporary disruption to other users accessing the same VirtualCenter management server All the VirtualCenter activities are specified through the VirtualCenter client and performed by the VirtualCenter management server To monitor and manage the VirtualCenter activities 1 Start the VirtualCenter client 2 Logon to the VirtualCenter management server 68 www vmware com CHAPTER 3 Starting VMware VirtualCenter The starting and stopping topics are covered in the following sections e Getting Started with VirtualCenter Users e Starting the VirtualCenter Management Server e Restarting the VirtualCenter Management Server e Restarting the VirtualCenter Agent e Stopping the VirtualCenter Management Server Getting Started with VirtualCenter Users When VirtualCenter is installed the Administrator user installing VirtualCenter is assigned VirtualCenter Administra
53. datastore To remove a virtual machine from VirtualCenter and the datastore 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Ensure that the virtual machine is powered down 3 Select Remove From Disk from the virtual machine main or right click popup menu Note This removes all the files for the selected virtual machine including the configuration file and the virtual disk files 4 Confirm removing the virtual machine from VirtualCenter and the datastore Click OK Confirm Delete S xX IN Delete wekstest It will be removed permanently Cea VirtualCenter removes the virtual machine from its datastore entirely Changing Virtual Machine Power States There are several options for a virtual machine power state Each virtual machine power state change has a different effect on the guest operating system in the virtual machine There are also several access points for making changes to these power states Manually select a power state change by selecting the virtual machine then the power option from either the main menu or the right click popup menu Alternatively Schedule a power state change through the Tasks option in the navigation bar The power state topics are covered in the following sections e Understanding Virtual Machine Power States e Understanding Transitional Powe
54. following a Click Use custom SQL or Oracle database connection then click Next b Manually create a new System DSN Click Add Set the name to VMware VirtualCenter LODBC Data Source Administrator me zi xi UserDSN System DSN File DSN Drivers Tracing Connection Pooling About System Data Sources Name Driver ooo Add Remove Eonfigure poan An ODBC System data source stores information about how to connect to the indicated data provider A System data source is visible to all users on this machine including NT services Cancel Help 59 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual c Provide a username and a password ji Mware VirtualCenter Database Information Enter additional database coi Enter the Data Source Name DSN that you entered in the ODBC Data Source Administrator VMware VirtualCenter Enter the username that you entered in the ODBC Data Source Administrator Enter the password For this database connection gt Installshield lt Back Cancel d If an existing custom connection is already present click Cancel to quit the ODBC Data Source Administrator VirtualCenter checks that the connection is valid before it allows the installation to continue For an Oracle database connect through an Oracle driver You must upgrade the Oracle driver to version 8 1 7 for the Oracle 8 1 5 database If you have not already done s
55. groups Events Amessage record of VirtualCenter activities Through the Navigation option all the events are displayed Through an object specific panel only events relative to that object are displayed Farm A required structure under which hosts and their associated virtual machines are added to the VirtualCenter management server VirtualCenter management server supports multiple farms A host can be managed only under one farm Farm groups An optional grouping structure it is contained within the Server Farms structure The VirtualCenter management server supports multiple farm groups Farm groups can contain other farm groups and farms 346 www vmMware com CHAPTER 18 Glossary Guest operating system An operating system that runs inside a virtual machine Headless A program or application that runs in the background without any interface connected to it A running virtual machine that has no consoles connected to it is running headless Host The physical computer on which the VirtualCenter virtual machines are installed Host only networking A type of network connection between a virtual machine and the host Under host only networking a virtual machine is connected to the host on a private network which normally is not visible outside the host Multiple virtual machines configured with host only networking on the same host are on the same network Inventory Provides a view of all the monit
56. hosts to maintain virtual machine availability during the migration High priority operations will not proceed if the resources are unavailable C Low Priority Low priority operations will always proceed but the virtual machine may become briefly unavailable if sufficient host resources are unavailable Back Next gt Cancel Set the priority of the migration so ensure that sufficient CPU resources are available on both the source and target hosts to perform the migration Click the appropriate button then click Next 8 Confirm the Migration with VMotion wizard Click Finish VirtualCenter moves the selected virtual machine from the original host to the target host The virtual disks remain in the same location on the shared datastore 151 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Creating a Scheduled Task to Migrate a Virtual Machine with VMotion This process sets up a scheduled task to migrate a powered on virtual machine using VMotion To create a scheduled task that hot migrates a virtual machine 1 Display the Tasks panel Click the Tasks option in the navigation bar The list of scheduled tasks appears 2 Start the New Task wizard Click New in the toolbar 3 Confirm continuing with the New Task wizard Click Next 4 Select the task to create Click the pull down menu and select the Deploy Virtual Machine from a Templates option Click Next Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard xj Selecta Task
57. is moved to a farm where the user has a higher level inherited permission Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations Object User Group name Role at object Server Farms farm group1 farm1 VM1 VM2 VM3 user1 Virtual Machine Administrator explicit permission on VM2 removed Moving Virtual Machine Upgrades Role User 338 wis CHAPTER 17 Setting Access and Permissions Using hierarchical inheritance increase access permissions for users or groups as you descend into the VirtualCenter object hierarchy However once you pair higher role levels with a user or group at an object hierarchy level you cannot reduce permissions at lower levels of the hierarchy For example if a user or group is paired with Virtual Machine Administrator role at a virtual machine group level you cannot reduce the same user role to Read Only User for any of the virtual machines contained within that virtual machine group The figure below illustrates when a permission level does not change through an explicit role user assignment Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations Object User Group name Role at object Server Farms farm group1 farm1 VM1 VM2 farm2 VM3 reducing user1 permission to Read Only permission on VM4 is not allowed Reducing Role User Not Allowed Through Conflicting Hierarchy 339 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Planning Access
58. is determined by the min max shares settings of this VM and all VMs currently running on the host e Memory Chart reports the memory usage in MBytes Calculated as a percentage of shares of the entire physical plus swap memory on the host assigned to the virtual machine Virtual machine memory maximum and minimum usage is configurable The display is one chart per host This does not include NUMA systems The memory chart displays the following information e Active Memory recently used by the virtual machine or by all virtual machines on the host e Granted Memory allocated to the virtual machine or to all virtual machines on the host e Disk Chart reports the amount of read and write activity to and from the disk in bytes per second The data is defined by shares of the disk resource per volume There is no line to show the percentage of the disk space read write usage assigned to the virtual machine Data is collected on each disk connected to the ESX Server host This tracks the VMES traffic and access to the network share For any disk the reported data is relative to the host selected in the inventory panel Traffic with a disk that is due to additional hosts attached to the disk is not included in the chart 326 are gimn CHAPTER 16 Working with the VirtualCenter Data Host data appears in two aggregate charts one for read activity and one for write activity With VMFS systems separate charts display volume inbo
59. machines from VirtualCenter control and optionally from their host s disk The adding and removing virtual machine topics are covered in the following sections e Adding Existing Virtual Machines to VirtualCenter e Removing Virtual Machines from VirtualCenter e Returning a Virtual Machine to VirtualCenter e Removing Virtual Machines from the Disk Adding Existing Virtual Machines to VirtualCenter When you add a host to VirtualCenter VirtualCenter automatically discovers all the virtual machines on that host and adds them to the VirtualCenter inventory If a host is disconnected the already discovered virtual machines continue to be listed as part of VirtualCenter If a host is disconnected then reconnected any changes to the virtual machines on that host are identified and VirtualCenter updates the list of virtual machines For example if virtual machine3 is removed and virtual machine4 is added The new list of virtual machines shows virtual machine4 and does not show virtual machine3 1 24 www vmMware com CHAPTER 7 Connecting with Virtual Machines Refer to Adding a Host to a Farm on page 112 for information on adding a host and its associated virtual machines Removing Virtual Machines from VirtualCenter If a virtual machine is removed from VirtualCenter control the link between the host and the virtual machine is severed The host and VirtualCenter no longer recognize the virtual machine However the virtual machine r
60. management server supports multiple virtual machine groups Virtual machine groups contain virtual machines and other virtual machine groups All the VirtualCenter components the hosts the virtual machines and the organizational groupings of server farms farms and farm groups are contained within the VirtualCenter environment 17 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual The figure below illustrates the hierarchy of the VirtualCenter organizational components Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations farmC VC management server E farmB 7 Server Farms farm group farma o O C VirtualCenter Organizational Components Functional Components The functional components group the monitoring and managing tasks The functional components are Inventory Provides a view of all the monitored objects in VirtualCenter Monitored objects include Server Farms farms farm groups hosts virtual machines and virtual machine groups Scheduled Tasks Provides a list of activities and a means to schedule those activities Templates Provides a means to import virtual machines and store them as templates for deploying at a later time to create new virtual machines Alarms Provides a means to create and modify a set of alarms that you define Alarms are applied to an object and contain a triggering event and a notification www vmware com 18 CHAPTER 1 Introducing VMware Virt
61. menu apply to the currently selected object If no object is selected the menu action is not available A popup menu can appear only for a selected object Refer to Popup Menus on page 85 for additional information on the popup menu options 77 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual To change the name of an object Press F2 on a selected item or click on the text of a selected item and type the new name YMware irtualCenter File Edit VMs View Help 2 J E vmware Inventory Tasks Enae Events a up A p B F e e E Exchange 2000 Server f Server Farms Rack01 Summary E a e htc E eg TS esx01 g esx02 Hosted on esx02 Guest OS Windows 2000 Server a Messaging Servers Status OK IP Address 10 4 69 160 B Exchange 2000 Serv 2000 Serv State Powered on DNS Name fa Media Servers Active Tasks none YMware Tools Installed EB Windows Media Serv Conumands Tas f Database Servers EB SQL 2000 Server E Power off this virtual machine Device Summary fa Application Servers Memory 320 MB GB 2003 App Server 5 E 2003 App Server Test J Suspend this virtual machine A Reset this virtual machine Hard Disk 1 SCSI 0 0 Go Hard Disk 2 SCSI 0 1 Godard Disk 3 SCSI 0 2 Datastore demo Datastore demo Datastore demo OG Racko2 ap Se irepaios 5cd ROM 1 IDE 0 0 Using drive dev cdrom g ae La
62. on page 14 for a description of abbreviations a VC management server VC database VMware VirtualCenter Installed Components www vmware com CHAPTER 1 Introducing VMware VirtualCenter Organizational Components Organizational components assist in the handling of the potentially hundreds of virtual machines They can be renamed to represent their organization purposes for example they can be named after company departments or locations or functions The organizational components are e Server Farms The top level structure for the VirtualCenter management server Only one Server Farms object exists for each VirtualCenter management server Server Farms can contain multiple farm groups and farms e Farm Groups An optional grouping structure its hierarchically contained within the Server Farms structure The VirtualCenter management server supports multiple farm groups Farm groups can contain other farm groups and farms e Farm The main structure under which hosts and their associated virtual machines are added to the VirtualCenter management server VirtualCenter management server supports multiple farms Note A host can be managed by only one farm at a time Note All operations between hosts and virtual machines occur within a single farm For example hosts and virtual machines are not moved between farms e Virtual Machine Groups An optional grouping structure it contained within a farm VirtualCenter
63. operating system to use this serial port in polled mode as opposed to interrupt mode OK Cancel 247 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Changing Video Configuration To change the video configuration 1 From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Display the virtual machine control panel then select the video object in the Device panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button Click the Hardware tab Click the video in the Device panel 3 Make changes as needed Adjust the number of colors allocated to the virtual machine display Click OK irtual Machine Control Panel xi Hardware Options Resources Colors Device Summary Memory 256 MB s 7 Ga Hard Disk 1 SCSI 0 0 Datastore localvmfs 5cp Rom 1 IDE 0 0 Using drive fdevic Floppy 1 Using drive dev fdO 256 Colors 8 bit Virtual CPUs 1 E SCSI Controller 0 BusLogic Enc 1 Internal Network Parallel 1 Using File testingp Using file testings Cancel www vmware com 248 CHAPTER 13 Editing an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration Changing Virtual CPU Configuration To change the virtual CPU configuration i From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Invent
64. options Click the Options tab Make changes as needed Click General in the Settings list Enter the values in the fields as needed Click irtual Machine Control Panel xj Hardware Options Resources Summary win2kfortools m Virtual machine name win2kfortools m Guest operating system Windows 2000 dvanced Server i Configuration File vpx vms win2kfortools_501 9c94a c1d8 e51 9 1e64 4 Cance 265 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Changing Power State Options To change the setting for actions that occur when the power state of a virtual machine changes 1 From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Display the virtual machine control panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button 3 View the power options Click the Options tab 4 Make changes as needed Click Power in the Settings list Select when to run VMware Tools scripts Click OK irtual Machine Control Panel E xj Hardware Options Resources m Power options Settings Summary win2kfortools Bower on after opening this virtual machine Enter fullscreen mode after powering on J Close after powering off or suspending r Power Controls a Shut Down Guest
65. or memory reservation is set on a virtual machine that virtual machine receives at least the specified minimum percentage of a processor or MB of memory regardless of changes in the total number of shares in the resource If the system does not have enough unreserved CPU time or memory available to guarantee the minimum requirement of a virtual machine that virtual machine is not able to power on A maximum reservation guarantees that a virtual machine never receives more than specified maximum percentage of a processor even if extra time is available in the system The maximum value for CPU is configurable The maximum value for memory is not configurable CPU minimums and maximums are percentages of a single CPU So a uniprocessor virtual machine range from 0 to 100 and a 2P virtual machine from 0 to 200 Memory minimum and maximum is in MB and the maximum is always the memory size of the virtual machine Traffic shaping and Kbps values Found on the Network tab it puts a cap on the average and peak network bandwidth a virtual machine can use as well as how much traffic can be sent or received in a single burst 6 Specify the new value for the allocation CPU Disk1 0 Memory Network Name Traffic Shaping Average Kbps Peak Kbps Burst Size KB ED Exchange 2000 Server Disabled HD 2003 App Server Disabled 2003 App Server SMP Disabled To edit an entry select a row first then click on a cell Close
66. or not Mware PX Installation xi Q Do you want to remove the YMware Control Center database and settings from this machine Select No if you would like to preserve this data For a Future install Click Yes to remove all traces of VirtualCenter Click No to retain the VirtualCenter database and settings in preparation for a reinstallation 4 Close the installation wizard Click Finish 62 i o Modifying a VirtualCenter Installation Modifying and reinstalling an existing VirtualCenter component is not supported at CHAPTER 2 Installing VMware VirtualCenter this time However if you have installed a VirtualCenter component on a system you can later install a different component for the first time To modify the VirtualCenter installation 1 Ze Run the VirtualCenter installer Double click the VMware installation icon or select Start gt Run and enter the location of the installer in the Run window Specify the type of modification you are performing ie Mware irtualCenter Program Maintenance Modify repair or remov Modify Change which program features are installed This option displays the te Custom Selection dialog in which you can change the way features are installed C Repair Repair installation errors in the program This option fixes missing or corrupt files shortcuts and registry entries Remove a Remove VMware VirtualCenter from your computer InstallShield
67. removes all previously installed evaluation licenses 4 Close the Licensing window Click Close You are now ready to add hosts and perform migrations Navigating in the VirtualCenter Client This section describes common Windows practices that affect the VirtualCenter client For detailed information on the windows and options in the VirtualCenter client refer to Working with the VirtualCenter Client on page 81 Briefly the VirtualCenter client is divided into two areas e Aheading area with a main menu navigation bar and toolbar e Adata area which displays different information depending upon the option selected in the navigation bar The navigation bar options divide VirtualCenter s primary tasks into Inventory Divided into two subpanels the inventory panel and the information panel This navigation bar option displays all the objects contained within VirtualCenter Through selecting objects in either of the two subpanels you perform and specify actions Tasks Displays an information panel that lists all the tasks scheduled to occur 75 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Template Displays an information panel that lists all the templates available for deploying This list includes templates that are stored in the template upload directory as well as templates that are stored on the same datastore as their source virtual machine Events Displays an information panel that lists all the events that
68. s Manual Creating Customizable Virtual Machines This chapter describes how to create a new virtual machine by deploying a template by cloning an existing virtual machine Both of these methods provide options to customize the new virtual machine as you create it The options are similar to those options available when creating a virtual machine from scratch but the method varies This chapter does not describe the customization options Refer to Customizing Guest Operating Systems on page 216 for detailed customization information Refer to Creating New Virtual Machines on page 155 for information on creating a virtual machine from scratch You need a Virtual Machine Administrator role assigned to the farm where the deployed or cloned virtual machines is located to perform the activities described in this chapter This chapter contains the following sections e Creating Virtual Machines from a Template e Creating Virtual Machines by Cloning an Existing Virtual Machine Creating Virtual Machines from a Template A template is a golden image of a virtual machine This image typically includes a specified operating system and configuration which provides virtual counterparts to hardware components Optionally a template can include an installed guest operating system and a set of applications VirtualCenter uses templates to create new virtual machines This is called deploying a template Deploy a template to any host in the VirtualCenter e
69. t New ge Deploy ge Clone Guest OS Size YMFS based Description LJ Windows 2000 Advanced Ser Windows 2000 Advanced Ser 1000 MB yes Base OS Image with SP4 and IIS installed d Linux Server GNU Linux 478MB yes Red Hat 7 2 with Apache installed J Exchange Client Windows 2000 Advanced Ser 3000 M6 yes J Exchange Client Windows 2000 Advanced Ser 3000 M6 yes Cannactad ta lneslhost Mhdiuara Vir lConter 1 0 build RAPA so Adminiotratar 3 Confirm adding a new template Click Next www vmware com CHAPTER 10 Working with Templates 4 Select the type of source virtual machine Source virtual machine Choose which type of virtual machine to templatize What type of virtual machine will this template use C An ESX Server virtual machine managed by VMware VirtualCenter A GSX Server or Workstation virtual machine Next gt Cancel Click A GSX Server or Workstation virtual machine Click Next 5 Locate the source virtual machine Click Next Virtual Machine Configuration Fie Specify the path to the configuration file for this template i Specify the full path and filename of the virtual machine configuration file that this template will be based on This path must be local to VMware VirtualCenter server Filename l Browse lt Back Next gt Cancel Type or copy the full path to the source virtual machine configuration file This file has eithera vmx ora
70. the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine Display the virtual machine control panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button View the resources options Click the Resources tab Make changes as needed Click memory in the Settings list Select settings and shares as needed Click OK irtual Machine Control Panel xi Hardware Options Resources Summary custom custom EB Network disabled m Resource Settings Minimum Maximum 256 256 Shares High C Normal C Low Custom 2560 r Scheduling Affinity Cancel 269 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Changing Disk Settings To change the resource allocation for the disk of a virtual machine 1 From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Display the virtual machine control panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button 3 View the resources options Click the Resources tab 4 Make changes as needed Click disk in the Settings list Select settings and shares as needed Click OK xi Hardware Options Resources
71. the additional VirtualCenter management server e VirtualCenter database A database dedicated to the VirtualCenter processes It is installed when the VirtualCenter management server is installed e VirtualCenter agent An agent installed on each ESX Server host to be under VirtualCenter control It coordinates the actions received from the VirtualCenter management server Installing VMware VirtualCenter Note Install and use only one VirtualCenter management server to control all or specific groups of ESX Server hosts Do not have multiple VirtualCenter management servers controlling the same ESX Server host Instead install multiple copies of the VirtualCenter client From each VirtualCenter client you can access any networked VirtualCenter management server Note The VirtualCenter client does not store any persistent information on your local machine 54 www vmware com CHAPTER 2 Installing VMware VirtualCenter To install a VirtualCenter component on your client server or host 1 Download the VirtualCenter installer file from the VMware secure Web site to a local drive WWW viMwdre com Contact your VMware representative for information on the location of the secure Web site 2 Run the installer Double click the VMware installation icon or select Start gt Run and enter the location of the installer in the Run window The VirtualCenter installer prepares to install the components Your InstallShield
72. the virtual machines you wish to group 3 Move the virtual machine to the virtual machine group Select the appropriate virtual machine and drag it to the virtual machine group 136 nn ooe CHAPTER 7 Connecting with Virtual Machines Moving Virtual Machines from a Virtual Machine Group Moving a virtual machine from a virtual machine group does not remove the virtual machine from the host the farm or VirtualCenter It just removes it from the organizational structure of the virtual machine group To remove a virtual machine from the virtual machine group 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar 2 Move the virtual machines Select the appropriate virtual machines and drag them out to the farm or another virtual machine group Moving virtual machines between virtual machine groups on the same farm does not move them between hosts Removing a Virtual Machine Group Removing a virtual machine group removes all its hierarchical contents from the VirtualCenter environment These contents includes any virtual machines contained within the group This process removes control of the virtual machines from VirtualCenter and the host To remove a virtual machine group 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar 2 Power down all virtual machines in the virtual machine group to be removed 3 If n
73. the virtual machine without writing any changes to the disk Resume Return a virtual machine to operation from its suspended state When you resume a suspended virtual machine all applications are in the same state they were when the virtual machine was suspended Role A VirtualCenter pre defined set of access rights and privileges There are four roles each subsequent role includes the privileges of the lesser role Scheduled Tasks A VirtualCenter activity that is configured to occur at designated times The Tasks panel displays a list of and a means to schedule selected activities Server Farms The top level structure for the VirtualCenter management server There is only one Server Farms per VirtualCenter management server Supported partition A virtual disk partition that VMware Tools can prepare for shrinking such as one of the drives that comprise the virtual hard disk You can choose to not prepare certain partitions for shrinking Suspend Save the current state of a running virtual machine To return a suspended virtual machine to operation use the resume feature Template A golden image of a virtual machine This typically includes a specified operating system and configuration which provides virtual counterparts to hardware components Optionally a template can include an installed guest operating system 348 www vmMware com CHAPTER 18 Glossary and a set of applications Templates are used by Vi
74. this VirtualCenter assigns a role and a user or group to each object Individual permissions are assigned through VirtualCenter by pairing a user and a role and assigning this pair to a VirtualCenter object e Users and Groups Created through the Windows domain or Active Directory database VirtualCenter registers users and groups as part of the assigning privileges process e Roles A VirtualCenter pre defined set of access rights and privileges There are four roles Each subsequent role includes the privileges of the previous role The types of roles that can be paired with a user and assigned to an object are e Read Only User Users assigned this role for an object are allowed to view the state of virtual machines hosts farms and groups With this role view virtual machines hosts farms farm groups and virtual machine group attributes that is all the tab panels in VirtualCenter except the Console tab You cannot view the remote console for a host All actions through the menus and toolbars are disallowed A Read Only User role can view the templates and scheduled tasks but not perform any actions with them e Virtual Machine User Users assigned this role for an object are allowed to perform power operations on virtual machines With this role connect with a remote console and view the states of virtual machines You cannot modify the configuration of hosts or virtual machines e Virtual Machine Adminis
75. to a SQL Server database C Use a custom Oracle database connection fi Manually setup an ODBC connection to an Oracle database Installshield lt Back Cancel Select whether to have the VirtualCenter create a database or to create either a custom SQL Server or Oracle database The options are e Use Access database VirtualCenter automatically creates a Microsoft Access database This is a file in Microsoft Access format e Use a custom SQL Server database connection VirtualCenter prompts for DSN information then configures the database Supported versions are SQL Server 7 SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2003 e Use a custom Oracle database connection VirtualCenter prompts for DSN information a username and a password then configures the database The supported version is Oracle 8i The VirtualCenter database can be remote to the VirtualCenter management server The VirtualCenter database user is configured as the initial Administrative user 64 www vmware com CHAPTER 2 Installing VMware VirtualCenter You must already have installed and configured the database application Refer to Preparing for the VirtualCenter Database on page 50 for additional information 5 Tocreate a Microsoft Access database click the Use Access database button then click Next 6 To create an Oracle or SQL Server database connection perform the following a Click Use custom SQL or Oracle database connection t
76. to the VirtualCenter management server and local to the VirtualCenter management server It cannot be a network that is share mapped as a local drive When you create the template you must have Virtual Machine Administrator or greater role permission on the host When you deploy a template from the upload directory you must have Virtual Machine Administrator or greater role permission on the target host Note Ifyou change the upload directory all subsequently created templates are stored in the new template upload directory Templates stored in the old upload directory continue to work Note The template upload directory cannot reside on a network share To specify a location for importing templates 1 From the VirtualCenter client open the VMware VirtualCenter Settings dialog and select the Templates tab Select File gt VMware VirtualCenter Settings 177 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 178 2 Enter the template upload directory location Click OK maxi Performance Templates Advanced Template Upload Directory Specify the server directory where virtual machine template files are stored D Templates Cancel a Scroll to the Template Upload Directory field b Enter the full absolute path of the directory to use as the upload directory This path references a directory to which VirtualCenter has access The path is the location of templates upload directory It must be a directory local to VirtualCen
77. virtual machine such as CPU load Alarms user green red and yellow color coding issue notifications as directed by the configurable alarm definition Clone The process of making a copy of a virtual machine This process includes the option to customize the guest operating system of the new virtual machine When a clone is created VirtualCenter provides an option to customize the guest operating system of that virtual machine Clones can be stored on any host within the same farm as the original virtual machine Configuration See Virtual machine configuration file Console See VMware Virtual Machine Console Custom networking Any type of network connection between virtual machines and the host that does not use the default bridged host only or network address translation NAT networking configurations For instance different virtual machines can be connected to the host by separate networks or connected to each other and not to the host Any network topology is possible Customization The process of customizing a guest operating system in a virtual machine as it is being either deployed from a template or cloned from another existing virtual machine Customization options include changing the new virtual machine identification and network information Datastore The storage locations for the virtual machine files Drag and drop A feature of VMware VirtualCenter that allows you to move virtual machines easily between
78. 0 2003 C Daily C Weekly C Monthly lt Back Next gt Cancel Note Select only one frequency type per task To set more than one frequency type set up additional tasks The default frequency and scheduled time is Once and Now The task starts when you finish creating the task 7 To schedule a one time occurrence Properties x Schedule the task Choose the time when this task will un The task can either run once or E recur at regular intervals Frequency Start Time Once C Now Later After Startup Time 10 34 am C Hourly 1034 am Date Tuesday November 11 2003 z C Daip November 2003 Weekly Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 26 27 28 29 30 3 C Monthly 3 4 5 6 3 10 Qi 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 23 24 235 26 2 2 3 4 Set the Frequency to Once Set the Start Time to Later Type a clock time in the Time field View the calendar click on the Date arrow Click the left and right arrows to view additional months Click the month and select from the list Click the year and click the up and down arrows When you click the calendar date the calendar accepts the changed date and closes www vmware com 278 CHAPTER 14 Working with Scheduled Tasks 8 Torun the task after startup Properties Schedule the task Choose the time when this task will run The task can either run once or recur at regular intervals e e o Click After Startup an
79. 03 ta Server Farms RackO1 Summar Virtual Machines Performance Events Alarms esxO2 Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation VMotion Enabled Yes g Messaging Servers Model PowerEdge 1650 Virtual Machines 3 B Exchange 2000 Server Total Memory 980MB Number of Processors 2 fa Media Servers Processor Intel R Pentium R III CPU S Number of Nics 3 B Windows Media Server 1133MHz Number of Active Tasks 0 a Database covers Commands Available Resources Application Servers B 2003 App Server SMP E Manage Virtual Machine Resources Available Disk Space 71374 MB 2003 App Server Edit Properties Memory Available to New Ms 944 MB Test n Edit Host Configuration esx03 Web Servers CPU Utilization Memory Utilization G si virtual Machines 4 E virtual Machines 3 EE Other oE Other ol B Wwin2000 IIS 01 System Total 4 System Total 3 E EB Winz000 115 02 G Management Servers F Applications Hetworks Datastores vmnici templates 18434 MB 14467 MB available vmnicO temporary 18434 MB 9186 MB available Internal Network demo 136678 MB 47721 MB availab Connected to localhost VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator For each host click the host Select the Summary tab Check the VMotion Enabled field and the Datastores section The VMotion Enabled field should say Yes Datastores on both hosts should list the same name Refer to VirtualCenter VMotion Requirement
80. 1 Controller 0 BusLogic EBNIc 1 Internal Network Using file testingp F Connected M Connect at power on m Connection Use physical parallel port Use output file testingparallelport OK Cancel 245 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Changing SCSI Controller Configuration Note Changing the SCSI controller may result in a virtual machine boot failure To change the SCSI controller configuration 1 From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Display the virtual machine control panel then select the SCSI controller in the Device panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button Click the Hardware tab Click the SCSI controller in the Device panel 3 Make changes as needed Select the device attributes for the virtual machine to use Click OK irtual Machine Control Panel x Hardware Options Resources m Device Attributes Summary Memory 256 MB Virtual Device vmxbuslogic v Ga Hard Disk 1 SCSI 0 0 Datastore localymfs 5cD ROM 1 IDE 0 0 Using drive dev c Bus Sharing none i fd Floppy 1 Using drive dev Fdo Video 256 Colors 8 bit Virtual CPUs 1 F SCSI Controller 0 BusLogic Enc 1 Internal Network Using File te
81. 100 Custom 1000 HD 2003 App Server 15 100 Custom 2003 App Server SMP W eeeeunenenenmneemmeeee To edit an entry select a row first then click on a cell Close Shares and Shares Value columns Entitle a virtual machine to a relative fraction of the host s physical resource For example a virtual machine that has twice as many shares as another is generally entitled to consume twice as many resource subject to the virtual machines assigned and respective minimum and maximum constraints provided that the virtual machines are both actively using the resource they have been allocated Alternatively to set a numeric value for shares the value can also be set to low normal or high By default all shares for all VMs are set to normal What these values mean in terms of the number of shares is a function of the virtual machine s specific configuration Increasing the number of shares allocated to a virtual machine dilutes the effective value of all shares A virtual machine may under utilize its allocation by idling when it is not busy This extra time is not wasted rather it is shared among virtual machines that remain active Thus a virtual machine may receive more than its allocation of the system Refer to your VMware ESX Server User s Manual for additional information 120 S e CHAPTER 6 Working with Hosts Min and Max columns Set absolute guarantees for minimum and maximum CPU and memory Ifa minimum CPU
82. 2 on host esx03 powered on info 11 19 2003 5 22 PM Control Center Server on host esx03 powered on D info 11 19 2003 5 22 PM Exchange Client on host esx03 powered off info 11 19 2003 5 22 PM RH Apache 02 on host esx03 powered on info 11 19 2003 5 22 PM Connected to esx02 info 11 19 2003 5 23 PM Exchange 2000 Server on host esx02 powered on D info 11 19 2003 5 23 PM 2003 App Server on host esx02 powered on info 11 19 2003 5 23 PM 2003 App Server SMP on host esx02 powered on info 11 19 2003 5 23 PM yM Win2000 IIS 02 The filename dev FdO is bus warning 11 19 2003 5 23 PM YM Win2000 IIS 02 Device floppy0 will start discon warning 11 19 2003 5 23 PM YM RH Apache 02 The filename dev fd0 is busy warning 11 19 2003 5 23 PM yM RH Apache 02 Device floppy will start disconn warning 11 19 2003 5 23 PM Alarm YM Memory usage for YM Control Center Ser D info 11 19 2003 5 24 PM Alarm VM Heartbeat for YM Control Center Server G info 11 19 2003 5 24 PM Alarm VM Heartbeat for YM Control Center Server G info 11 19 2003 5 24 PM Alarm VM CPU usage for YM Control Center Server G info 11 19 2003 5 24 PM Alarm VM Heartbeat for YM Control Center Server G info 11 19 2003 5 24 PM Alarm YM Heartbeat for YM Control Center Server D info 11719 2003 5 24 PM User WinNT WORKGROUP WINO3 CC Administrator D info 11 19 2003 5 25 PM User WinNT WORKGROUP WINO3 CC A
83. 25 disk resource 326 entries 323 event indicators 323 memory resource 326 network resource 327 cloning customization 28 existing virtual machines 204 guest customization 221 manually 205 templates 188 cloning virtual machines 27 208 color coding 91 columns in lists 93 components 14 installation 54 installing separately 63 configuring CD ROM 239 CPU 249 DVD 239 ethernet adapter 244 floppy drive 239 hard disk 241 measurement intervals 329 memory 243 NIC 244 parallel port 245 SCSI controller 246 SCSI device 240 serial port 247 video 248 virtual machines 236 349 connected host state 111 connecting hosts 115 351 352 Console information panel 321 menu 85 tab 303 321 control panel virtual machine 349 virtual machines 99 CPU configuring 249 licenses 74 licensing requirements 36 resource charts 325 creating alarms 291 new virtual machine 156 scheduled task 277 virtual machines 31 virtual machines from templates 192 custom attributes 91 customization clones 28 deploy templates 220 hardware requirements 41 Linux 232 Linux guest operating system 228 Microsoft Sysprep tools 217 Open Source installation 218 requirements 40 templates 28 Windows 232 Windows guest operating system 222 Windows requirements 41 D database installation 50 54 SQL Server 52 datastores 15 templates 24 173 debugging advanced settings 267 server options settings 97 deleting templates 189
84. 6 selecting 76 viewing 76 ODBC connection 50 ODBC database 52 Open Source installation 218 operating system guest 347 Oracle database 50 preparing database 50 P panels information 88 inventory 88 parallel port adding 258 configuring 245 pending questions 133 percentage alarm types 287 performance individual charts 323 information panel 322 323 measurement intervals 329 settings 96 summary charts 322 tab 303 322 permissions 342 343 assigning 340 information panel 320 inheritance 336 Read Only User 20 333 tab 303 320 users and groups 332 Virtual Machine Administrator 20 333 Virtual Machine User 20 333 VirtualCenter Administrator 20 333 power off notification option 289 toolbar 127 virtual machine manually 129 virtual machines 127 power on run script 127 toolbar 127 virtual machine manually 129 virtual machines 127 power states modifying options 266 transitional 128 virtual machines 126 preparing Open Source installation 218 SMTP notification 289 SNMP notification 290 templates 175 properties alarms 102 scheduled task 100 templates 101 VMotion 98 Q question pending 133 R raw disk defined 348 Read Only User 19 20 333 reconnecting hosts 117 redo log 348 reinstalling VirtualCenter 61 remote Oracle database 50 removing 343 access permissions 343 alarms 298 farm groups 107 farms 105 files from disk 126 files from hosts 125 hosts 117 scheduled task 282 virtual machine
85. 91 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual To create an alarm 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel and expand the appropriate object Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate object 2 Display the alarm properties Mware irtualCenter BEE File Edit VMs View Help A oF E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events o a0 gt 4 8 BeP o e r Exchange 2000 Server Server Farms Rack01 Summary R Performance Events Alarms Console Permissions esxot Name Status Defined in Defined for Last triggered a aes oa vm cPU usage OO OK Server Farms vMs Never easa ae vM Memory usage OO OK Server Farms VMs 11 18 2003 3 12 PM E Exchange 2000 Server p ym Heartbeat OO OK Server Farms vMs 11 18 2003 3 14 PM F Media Servers F Database Servers F Application Servers Racko2 esx03 F Web Servers Management Servers Applications f Exchange Client E SQL Client E Windows Media Client New Alarm Refresh v Name y Status v Defined in v Defined for v Last triggered Connected to localhost VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator Select the object on which you want to apply the alarm 3 Enter the alarm general information Alarm Properties x General Triggers Actio
86. AnotherMigrate lt Back Next gt Cancel Select the virtual machine Click Next 272 S oe CHAPTER 13 Editing an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration 6 Assign CPU and memory resource priority level for the virtual machine Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard Assign Resources Specify how much of the host s resources should be devoted to this virtual E machine Resource Priority C Low Normal C High lt Back Next gt Cancel Click the appropriate radio button Click Next 7 Set the time and date when you want the virtual machine to be deployed Click Next Mware VirtualCenter New Task Wizard fx Schedule the task Choose the time when this task will un The task can either run once or E recur at regular intervals m Frequency Start Time Once Now After Startup aaa Time fi 17 pm C Hourly a Date Monday v C Daily C Weekly C Monthly lt Back Next gt Cancel Click on the Later radio button then the drop down arrow to select a data from the displayed calendar A red circle indicates today s date and a dark circle indicates the scheduled date 8 Confirm creating the task Optionally specify an email address for notification when task is performed Click Finish VirtualCenter adds the new task to the scheduled task list and completes it at the designated time When it is
87. Apache E RH Apache 01 E RH Apache 02 f us cB Win2000 IIS 01 Properties Remove B Win2000 IIS 02 a Management Servers E Control Center Servi f Applications E Exchange Client EB SQL Client EB Windows Media Clier E Connected to win03 cc VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator 4 Edit the alarm general information as needed Click OK Alarm Properties x General Triggers Actions m Name IN ew Alarm m Type Monitor a host Monitor a VM M Enabled ok Lancet VirtualCenter verifies the configuration of the alarm and edits the alarm in the list of alarms for the selected object 297 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Removing Alarms Remove alarms from the object in which they were defined You cannot remove them from a child level To remove an alarm 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel and expand the appropriate object Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed 2 Identify and select the object where the alarm is defined a Select an object where the alarm is applied b Display the Alarms list Click the Alarms tab c Click the linked object in the Defined in column gt Mware YirtualCenter x File Edit YMs View Help Ga A J E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events gt a np
88. App Server Powered off OOO G Windows Media Server SU 200g App Server SMP plipoveredon SDL nO a B Win20Q0 ITS 01 B Win200 IIS 02 Management Se vers E Applications Connected to localhost VMware VirtualCehter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator selected object enter value for the new attribute New Attribute column 92 i o CHAPTER 4 Working with the VirtualCenter Client a Select the object one level up the hierarchy that contains the objects to which you wish to apply the attribute For example if you want to enter attribute values for hosts select the farm and the Hosts tab for a list of hosts b For each host or virtual machine click in the new attribute s column In the information panel the new attribute is added to the header c Type the attribute value that is appropriate for each host or virtual machine List Elements Sort any list by clicking in the column label heading A triangle in the column head shows the sort order as ascending or descending The Virtual Machines tab for Virtual Machines provides a means to filter for selected virtual machines A filter is sorted by a key word Select which columns to search for the keyword To sort a list Click on a column heading to sort the list by entries in that column The current selection does not change To change ascending or descending Click the triangle in the colu
89. C network properties select the method and enter the IP and DNS server addresses Network Properties Click OK to close this dialog box and return the previous dialog box Then click Next on the Network Customizations dialog box 6 Optionally save the customized options in an xm1 file Mware YirtualCenter Guest Customization Wizard Save Customization Settings You can save these settings and reuse them the next time you customize a guest operating system Specify a filename and location Click Next VirtualCenter saves the customized configuration parameters in an xml file Later import these predefined customized parameters when deploying a template or cloning an existing virtual machine 7 Complete the Guest Customization wizard Click Finish VirtualCenter closes the Guest Customization wizard and returns you to the Deploy a Template or Clone a Virtual Machine wizard to complete that wizard 231 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Completing a Guest Operating System Customization Customization completes when the new virtual machine boots for the first time Windows guest operating system virtual machines sometimes require a reboot after the initial boot Linux guest operating system virtual machines do not require a reboot after the initial boot The customization process does not complete until the guest operating system boots runs the finalization scripts and reaches the logon screen If t
90. Center User s Manual Adding Hardware to a Virtual Machine This section describes how the add hardware devices to an existing virtual machine Adding individual hardware devices is described in the following sections e Adding a DVD CD ROM Drive e Adding a Floppy Drive e Adding a Generic SCSI Device e Adding the Hard Disks e Adding a NIC Ethernet Adapter e Adding a Parallel Port e Adding a Serial Port Adding a DVD CD ROM Drive To add a DVD CD ROM drive to a virtual machine 1 From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Display the virtual machine control panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button 3 Click the Hardware tab Select any device 4 Start the Add Hardware wizard Click the Add button 5 Select the DVD CD ROM device to add Click Next www vmware com 250 CHAPTER 13 Editing an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration 6 Select the connection type Click Next Add Hardware Wizard Select a Drive Connection What media should the virtual drive access 7 Select device Select the type of device or select a type from the list Add Hardware Wizard Choose DVD CD ROM Device What kind of device do you want to add 8 Select a device node Add Hardware Wizard Select a Device Node Which device node should this cdro
91. ET Framework version 1 1 e Windows 2000 all versions Windows XP Professional Windows XP Home Edition Windows Server 2003 Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME or Windows NT4 SP6a required e Minimum 256MB RAM The VirtualCenter client can be installed on multiple Windows systems and access the VirtualCenter management server through the network VirtualCenter Database Requirements The VirtualCenter database must have one of the following compatible database formats e Microsoft Access default You do not need to have a Microsoft Access database installed to use this option VirtualCenter stores the database in Microsoft Access format e Microsoft SOL Server 2000 e Microsoft SOL Server 7 e Oracle 8i Note VMware recommends using the Microsoft Access Database only for demonstration environments and proof of concepts This database is not recommended for production deployments Rather for production environments use either the SQL Server or Oracle database VirtualCenter Managed Hosts Requirements The VirtualCenter registered and managed hosts must be running the following virtualization platform e VMware ESX Server version 2 0 1 VirtualCenter Virtual Machine Requirements In VirtualCenter virtual machines the guest operating systems must use SCSI hard disks though CD ROM drives can be configured as IDE 35 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual VirtualCenter Virtual Machine Guest Operating Systems Requ
92. Guest Operating System To customize a Linux RedHat Advanced Server or Linux SuSe guest operating system while deploying a template or cloning a virtual machine 1 From the VirtualCenter Template or Clone wizard start the Guest Customization wizard This wizard starts as a subset of one of the following wizards e Deploying a template to create a new virtual machine Refer to Creating Virtual Machines from a Template on page 192 e Cloning an existing virtual machine Refer to Creating Virtual Machines by Cloning an Existing Virtual Machine on page 204 2 Confirm continuing with the Guest Customization wizard Click Next www vmware comM 228 CHAPTER 12 Customizing Guest Operating Systems 3 Optionally specify a hostname and domain suffix for this virtual machine Click Next Mware irtualCenter Guest Customization Wizard Computer Name Specify a computer name for identifying this virtual machine on a network On E some guest operating systems this is called the host name Type the computer name Computer Name Domain Name Next gt Cancel The host or computer name is the name given to the particular instance of a guest operating system The operating system uses this name to identify itself on the network On Windows systems it is called the computer name On most other operating systems it is called the host name This is not the same as the virtual machine name That name was decl
93. Hour s Last Day s C Last Week s ul ul ol w C Last From Tuesday October 21 2003 x To Tuesday October 21 2003 x Month s Type IV Info IV Eror IV Waring Cancel a Specify a File name and location for the exported file b Indicate how far back from the current date and time to select the messages to export by selecting the appropriate Time radio button c Indicate the type of event message to include in the exported file by selecting the appropriate Type radio button d Click OK VirtualCenter makes a text file of the selected data and stores the file at the specified location The file contains Type Time and Description Working with Alarms Alarms send notification messages when selected events occur to or on hosts or virtual machines Alarms indicate the status levels of an object or collection of objects in the hierarchy Alarms can be defined at all hierarchical levels including farms groups hosts and virtual machines 287 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Alarms are inherited from parent levels and cannot be changed or overridden at a child level Add new alarms to any object and contribute to the collection of alarms that are in force at any of its child levels When an alarm is created VirtualCenter verifies the user permissions to perform the actions on the relevant farms hosts and virtual machines Once the alarm is created the alarm is perfo
94. In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button 3 Click the Hardware tab Select any device 4 Start the Add Hardware wizard Click the Add button 5 Select the serial port device to add Click Next 260 Tw icom 6 Select a serial port type Click Next Add Hardware Wizard Serial Port Type What media should this virtual serial port access 7 If you selected a physical serial port a Specify the port Select a Physical Serial Port Which physical drive should this serial port connect to CHAPTER 13 Editing an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration 261 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual b Specify advanced options if needed Click the Advanced button in the Select a Physical Serial Port screen Make changes Click Back Add Hardware Wizard Xx Specify Advanced Options lt Which 1 0 mode would you like the new serial port to have lt Back Frin cena _ c Complete the process Click Finish 8 If you selected an output file a Specify the output filename Click Next Add Hardware Wizard Choose Serial Port Output File i ae Which file should this serial port connect to tS 262 ee CHAPTER 13 Editing an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration b Specify advanced options if needed Click the Advanced button in the Select a Serial Port Output File screen Make changes Click Back Add Hardware Wizard Specify Advanced Options Which 1 0 mode woul
95. MP trap viewer is required to view a sent trap The VirtualCenter management server host must be configured to receive SNMP traps e Runa script The user script command and its arguments need to be formatted into one string 288 wc CHAPTER 15 Working with Alarms and Events The user script is running as separate process and does not block the VirtualCenter management server processes But the script does run and consume the resources on the VirtualCenter management server machine such as CPU and memory e Suspend the virtual machine e Power off the virtual machine e Reset the virtual machine The actions available with alarms are described in the following sections e Preparing for email message SMTP Alarm Notification e Preparing for SNMP Alarm Notification e Creating Alarms e Editing Alarms e Removing Alarms Preparing for email message SMTP Alarm Notification If you are going to use email message to send SMTP notification you need to e Define the SMTP and email message addressing information e Specify the email message address for those to receive the notification when you create the alarm To define the SMTP and email message addressing information 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the VirtualCenter Settings Advanced tab dialog box Select File gt VirtualCenter Settings gt Advanced tab 289 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 2 Enter the SNMP and mail addressing as appropriate Click OK M
96. NIC Ethernet Adapter 257 Adding a Parallel Port 250 www ymware com Adding a Serial Port Changing Virtual Machine Options Changing General Settings Changing Power State Options Changing Advanced Settings Manually Changing Virtual Machine Resources Settings Changing CPU Settings Changing Memory Settings Changing Disk Settings Changing Network Settings Creating a Scheduled Task to Change a Virtual Machine Resource Settings Working with Scheduled Tasks Working with Scheduled Tasks Understanding Scheduled Tasks Creating a Scheduled Task Rescheduling a Task Removing a Scheduled Task Working with Alarms and Events Working with Alarms and Events Working with Events Viewing All VirtualCenter Events Viewing Selected VirtualCenter Events Sorting Event Messages Exporting Events Working with Alarms Preparing for email message SMTP Alarm Notification Preparing for SNMP Alarm Notification Creating Alarms Editing Alarms Removing Alarms 260 265 265 266 267 267 268 269 2 0 271 271 275 276 276 277 281 282 283 284 284 285 285 286 267 28 289 290 291 296 298 10 Working with the VirtualCenter Data Working with the VirtualCenter Data Viewing Navigation Bar Tasks Viewing Navigation Bar Templates Viewing Navigation Bar Events Viewing Navigation Bar Inventory Understanding the Inventory Panel Understanding the Information Panel Understanding the Summary Tabs Viewing the Farm Summary Tab Viewing the
97. Next Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard Eg Select a Virtual Machine Select the virtual machine to clone E Server Farms E RackOl a fa Messaging Servers Ep Exchange 2000 Server ff Media Servers EB Windows Media Server E fa Database Servers EB SQL 2000 Server E fA Application Servers E 2003 App Server SMP GQ 2003 App Server Test E Racko2 z fa Web Servers Ef Apache x lt Back Next gt Cancel 6 Select a target host for the clone Click Next Selecta Host Select the destination host for the virtual machine E esx03 lt Back Next gt Cancel 209 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 7 Select a farm for the clone Click Next Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard Destination Virtual Machine Group Select the destination group for the virtual machine Media Servers Database Servers Application Servers Name the Virtual Machine Choose a name for the new virtual machine Enter a name Click Next 210 ee 9 Select the datastore location Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard Specify the Virtual Machine s Location Enter the locations on the destination host to place the virtual machine s configuration and disk files temporary demo Select a location from the list Click Next 10 Assign the network interface cards NIC NIC Configuration Assign each network interface card to a network es
98. O Oe esx01 4 HE zname F Database Servers E Powered ot OO sxi v State Application Servers Poweredon OO esx SEES v Status Rack02 E SQL 2000 Server D Poweredon OO esx0t 3 ae esx03 2 2003 App Server SMP D Poweredon OO esx02 3 Ea Web Servers E Test Poweredon OO esx01 2 Ee ANRI Management Servers EE Applications CPU Count GB Exchange Client E SQL Client EB Windows Media Clier NIC Count Uptime IP Address Tools Status Path Connecte to localhost Mware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator propagated state ascending sort color coding filter selection menu Inventory Panel Handling of Color Coding and Filtering Lists Color coding Depending upon the location of the colored icon the color indicates status or power state The color options are red yellow and green Color conditions are propagated up the hierarchy Icons Used in conjunction with color mapping to add a visual representation of the associated text Icons for virtual machine power states are the same as those used with other VMware virtualization platform products such as ESX Server Attribute Elements Attributes are the resources that are being monitored and managed for all the hosts and virtual machines in your VirtualCenter environment Attributes status and states appear on the various inventory panels Custom attributes These attributes can be used to associate user specific meta information with vir
99. Operating Systems Requirements e VirtualCenter Licensing Requirements e VirtualCenter VMotion Requirements e VirtualCenter Template Requirements e VirtualCenter Guest Operating System Customization Requirements VirtualCenter Management Server Requirements The VirtualCenter management server must have e Administrator privileges on the installing system to install the VirtualCenter management server The VirtualCenter management server installation adds VirtualCenter as a Windows service e Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows XP Professional or Windows Server 2003 Web Standard and Enterprise e Minimum 1GB RAM Recommended 2GB e Minimum Pentium IV 2 0Ghz processor e Minimum 1 10 100Mbps NIC 1Gbps NIC recommended e Windows Script version 5 6 or later If you do not have this version VirtualCenter installer automatically updates to Windows Script version 5 6 e Disk space sufficient on the machine to support the VirtualCenter database and the template upload directory The VirtualCenter management server may run on the same machine as the VirtualCenter client or may be installed separately on another Windows system It can also installed in a virtual machine 34 www vmMware com CHAPTER 1 Introducing VMware VirtualCenter VirtualCenter Client Requirements The VirtualCenter client must have e NET Framework version 1 1 If you do not have this version VirtualCenter automatically updates to N
100. Oracle ODBC 8 1 5 from the Oracle Web site c Install Oracle ODBC driver 8 1 5 through the Oracle Universal Installer directions are provided with the driver d Increase the number of open cursors for the database Add the entry open_cursors 300tothe C Oracle ADMIN VPX pfile init ora file 2 Connect Oracle locally a Create a new tablespace specifically for VirtualCenter using the following SOL statement CREATE TABLESPACE vpx DATAFILE C Oracle ORADATA VPX vpx dat SIZE 500M b Create a user for accessing this tablespace through ODBC CREATE USER vpxAdmin IDENTIFIED BY vpxadmin DEFAULT TABLESPACE vpx c Allow that user CONNECT and DBA privileges GRANT CONNECT DBA to vpxAdmin d Create an ODBC connection to the database using the following settings Data Source Name VMware VirtualCenter TNS Service Name VPX User Id vpxAdmin Configuring Oracle 8i Connection to Work Remotely If you are planning to use an Oracle database as your VirtualCenter database and you are going to have VirtualCenter access the database remotely To prepare an Oracle database to work remotely with VirtualCenter 1 Install the Oracle client on the VirtualCenter management server machine 2 Connect Oracle remotely a Download and install the ODBC driver 8 1 57 b Edit the tnsnames ora file located at C Oracle Ora81 NETWORK ADMIN c Use the Net8 Configuration Assistant to add the following entry 51 VMware VirtualCenter
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102. Permission For each object in the VirtualCenter hierarchy determine what permissions you want to grant for each VirtualCenter user and group Typically lower level permission roles are assigned at higher level locations in the hierarchy As you move down into the branches of the hierarchy users and groups permissions naturally start to differentiate some users and groups require higher permission roles in some branches while other users and groups require higher permission roles in other branches Note Several users may access the VirtualCenter management server from different VirtualCenter clients at the same time VirtualCenter does not explicitly restrict users with the same log on and password from accessing and taking action in VirtualCenter If users give conflicting directions the results however become unpredictable Remove users from a group in the Windows Domain Controller or Active Directory and they do not lose access to the VirtualCenter objects until they log out Individual permissions or those granted as part of inclusion in another group are not affected Remove users from the Windows Domain Controller or Active Directory and they lose permissions to all objects in the VirtualCenter system on their next attempts at login Users that are currently logged in and are removed from the Windows databases retain their VirtualCenter permissions as long as they remain logged in Once logged out they can no longer access the Virtu
103. SX Server GSX Server or Workstation These are used to create the virtual machines in the form of a set of configuration and disk files that together perform all the functions of a physical machine Through the virtualization platform you run the virtual machines install operating systems and run applications and configure the virtual machines which includes identifying the virtual machine s resources such as storage devices Hosts The physical computers on which the virtualization platform software such as ESX Server is installed It hosts the VirtualCenter virtual machines When VirtualCenter refers to a host this means the physical machine on which the virtual machines are running Note All virtual machines within the VirtualCenter environment are physically on ESX Server hosts The term host used in this manual means the ESX Server host that has virtual machines on it Datastores The physical and logical storage locations for the virtual machine files Software Components VMware VirtualCenter monitors and manages all the virtual machines and hosts registered with VirtualCenter To perform these functions VirtualCenter provides VirtualCenter client A user interface that runs locally on a Windows machine The VirtualCenter client runs on a machine with network access This can be on the same machine as the VirtualCenter server or on another machine with network access The VirtualCenter client requires a compu
104. Select a task from the list E Task Deploy a virtual machine from a template 7 Deploy a virtual machine from a template Clone an existing virtual machine Change the power status of a virtual machine Migrate a virtual machine Migrate a virtual machine with VMotion Change resource settings of a virtual machine lt Back Next gt Cancel 5 Select the virtual machine to migrate Click Next Mware VirtualCenter New Task Wizard xi Select a Virtual Machine Select the virtual machine to migrate E Q Rack01 fa Messaging Servers E Exchange 2000 Server A Media Servers E Windows Media Server fa Database Servers B SQL 2000 Server fA Application Servers E 2003 App Server SMP E 2003 App Server E Test Rack02 fa Web Servers GB Apache O xl lt Back Next gt Cancel 152 S o CHAPTER 8 Migrating Virtual Machines 6 Select the target host for the virtual machine Click Next Mware irtualCenter irtual Machine Migration Wizard Destination Host Specify the destination host for this virtual machine Mware irtualCenter irtual Machine Migration Wizard Migration Priority Set the priority of the migration relative to other operations on the destination host Set the priority of the migration so ensure that sufficient CPU resources are available on bot
105. Servers Management Servers Applications E Exchange Client CPU Utilization Memory Utilization a dia Client Virtual Machines 70 Virtual Machines 41 EHH E Windows Media Clien Other 1 Other 0 System Total 70 System Total 4 EH Hetworks Datastores vmnici templates 18434 MB 14467 MB available 18434 MB 9186 MB available 136678 MB 47721 MB availab vmnicO temporary Internal Network demo Connected to localhost VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator Inventory gt Host gt Summary Tab 311 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual The host Summary tab content is described in the following table C VMotion Enabled Whether or not the host machine is licensed for VMotion Number of Virtual Number of virtual machines currently located on the Machines host machine a Number of Processors Number of processors installed in the host machine Number of NICs Number of NICs installed in the host machine Commands Manage Virtual The Virtual Machine Resources panel for adjusting the Machine Resources resource allocation for virtual machines on the host Change VMotion The virtual machine Properties panel for adjusting the Properties VMotion status Edit Host Opens a Web browser to connect to the VMware Configuration Management Interface Requires that you log on Available Resources Available Disk Space Free disk space on all datastores available to the host machine Memory Ava
106. Servers EB Control Center Serv E f Applications GB Exchange Client E SQL Client EB Windows Media Clier gt 4 Start the Add Permissions sequence a Right click the Inventory option b Select the object to add the user role to c Select Add Permission from the object s right click menu or the Edit menu 5 Select the users or groups and the new permission for the object Select Users or Groups xi Look in server Me Name HelpServicesGroup IISAdmin LinuxAdmin TelnetClients MAdmins VMcreators 3 Add Remove Permission Set Permissions ReadOnly User Virtual Machine User Virtual Machine Administrator WHware VirtualCenter Administrator Cancel Choose a method to add users or groups e Enter a user or group name in the field 341 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual e Select the user or groups from the scrollable list Click Add 6 Set the role for the selected user on the selected object Select Users or Groups Ea Look in server i Name HelpServicesGroup 11SAdmin LinuxAdmin TelnetClients Permission Set Permissions Read Ony User Read Oniy User Virtual Machine User Virtual Machine Administrator C VMware VirtualCenter Administrator e Select the user or group name from the permissions box e Click the radio button for the appropriate permission e
107. Shares Datastores Shares vmhba0 0 0 Custom eer custom custom EB Network disabled High C Normal C Low Custom 1000 Cancel www vmware com 270 Changing Network Settings To change the parameters of network traffic shaping CHAPTER 13 Editing an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration 1 From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Display the virtual machine control panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button 3 View the resources options Click the Resources tab 4 Make changes as needed Click network in the Settings list Enable or disable network traffic shaping and adjust the rates Click OK Hardware Options Resources Summary S CPU custom Memory custom Disk custom BB Network disabled m Traffic Shaping A ccssssennscussoeonsteesesononessaccsssoseonsenseesett Average Bandwidth Peak Bandwidth Burst Size Mbps 7 Mbps x M x Cancel Creating a Scheduled Task to Change a Virtual Machine Resource Settings Changing the resource priority of the virtual machine differs from changing the settings of specific host resources The setting here specifies the relative allocation for the virtual machine o
108. The graphs for a virtual machine show the shares allocated to that virtual machine as a percentage of the host CPU To view the large version of a chart Click on the thumbnail and the larger version appears in the information panel thumbnail graphs for each attribute A BE ES Mware VirtualCenter File Edit YMs View Help 4 8 a o Inventory Tasks Templates Events m 0 0 0p melele ea Control Center Server fg Server Farms RackO1 STE Performance WAED E e ae a S gh esx01 I view chart for E FS 5 4 CPU Memory Disk I O Network I O Messaging Servers GB Exchange 2000 Serv f8 Media Servers CPU Performance Range Past Hour Customize Chart Chart E Windows Media Serv f Database Servers 100 of 1 CPU E SQL 2000 Server E fa Application Servers Pratt E 2003 App Server 5 E 2003 App Server E Test Racko2 esx03 g Web Servers fA Apache E RH Apache 01 E RH Apache 02 f us EB Win2000 I1s 01 B Win2000 IIS 02 fa Management Servers E vmware l L L E Exchange Client E SQL Client GB Windows Media Clier Chart Entries Past 60 seconds Event Indicators Usage 13 A Power Yperation Guarantee 86 A Motiofi Migration A Resoytce Allocation Change 4 Hide legend Last updated 5 55 28 PM Connected
109. These can be found in files named vmkernel core lt date gt and vmkernel log lt date gt inthe root directory after you reboot your machine The following files can give you additional information about a problem that you are seeing However they are mainly intended to be used by VMware personnel for debugging e VirtualCenter server log The VirtualCenter server log file can be found in a temporary directory and has a name of the form vmware vpxd user pid log For example lt system drive gt winnt Temp vmware vpxd Administrator 1024 1log lt system drive gt winnt Temp vmware vpx SYSTEM 1024 1log lt system drive gt Windows Temp vmware vpx SYSTEM 1024 1log e Serverd logs on ESX Servers 44 www vmware com CHAPTER 1 Introducing VMware VirtualCenter The serverd log files can be found in the tmp directory on the ESX Servers and has a name of the form vmware serverd user pid log For example tmp vmware serverd root 1024 1log e VMotion history and vmkernel logs In the event that VMotion fails these logs are useful in addition to the VirtualCenter and serverd logs The VMotion history can be found in the file proc vmware migration history he vmkernel logs can be found in var log vmkernel If so requested by VMware Technical Support refer to the VMware VirtualCenter Settings for additional information 1 From the VirtualCenter client open the VMware VirtualCenter Settings Advanced tab
110. User s Manual VPX DESCRIPTION ADDRESS_LIST ADDRESS PROTOCOL TCP HOST vpxd Oracle PORT 1521 CONNECT _DATA SERVICE _NAMF VPX HOST Where HOST is the host to which the client needs to connect Configuring a SQL Server ODBC Connection When you install VirtualCenter management server you have the option to establish a connection with a SOL Server database The following procedure describes the procedure to configure a SQL Server ODBC connection If you use the SQL Server authentication method supply the same username password and ODBC system DSN in the wizard that you used to configure the ODBC To prepare a SQL Server database to work with VirtualCenter 1 Create a SQL Server database using Enterprise Manager on the SQL Server 2 Create a SQL Server database user with database operator DBO rights The default database for the DBO user is what you defined in step 1 3 Open the Windows ODBC Data Source Administrator Select Settings gt Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Data Sources ODBC 4 Select the System DSN tab 5 Modify an existing SQL Server ODBC connection a Select the SQL Server ODBC DSN you want to modify b Select the appropriate ODBC connection from the System Data Source list Click Configure c Proceed with step 7 for creating a new SQL Server ODBC DSN connection 6 Create anew SQL Server ODBC connection a Select Create New Data Source Click Add b Select
111. VERSION 1 0 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual BERBER ERE DUSBSDOOUUSBSUDUSBUUOOUUBUYD BERR ERE REE REE E ES VOUOOUUOVUUOUOUUOUUUUUOUUU Heese OOoaeDnoaeNnaennvsevdvoa BERR RE REEERE REE RRR S Ea Imi ggn a ng u Img gg g g Imi BERR EGR ERRBRER SERRE a HSaeeSegaeaaggasste ase Geaggaeug E g Imi EES agg g mmi EEE g Imi VMware Inc 3145 Porter Drive Palo Alto CA 94304 www vmware com Please note that you will always find the most up to date technical documen tation on our Web site at http www vmware com support The VMware Web site also provides the latest product updates Copyright 2003 2004 VMware Inc All rights reserved Protected by one or more of U S Patent Nos 6 397 242 and 6 496 847 patents pending VMware the VMware boxes logo GSX Server and ESX Server are trademarks of VMware Inc Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies Revision 20040319 Item VC ENG Q303 004 Table of Contents Introducing VMware VirtualCenter Introducing VMware VirtualCenter About This Manual Intended Audience Document History Conventions Abbreviations Understanding the Components Managed Components Software Components Organizational Components Functional Components Access Privileges Components Operations Overview Un
112. VMWwWare comM CHAPTER 4 Working with the VirtualCenter Client CL a E a E Export Events Exit Popup Menus Popup menus provide direct access to many of the menu bar options Popup menus are available from most objects in both the inventory panel and the information panel To view a popup menu Right click the selected object or press Shift F10 keys Console Menu The console of a powered on virtual machine is available through VirtualCenter To view the virtual machine console Select the Inventory Navigation button select a powered on virtual machine in the inventory panel then click the Console tab in the information panel Console pop out icon Mware YirtualCenter File Edit YMs View Help A 2 es amp Inventory Tasks Templates Events a up 6 8 B F o e E Exchange 2000 Server el Server Farms El Rack01 Summar Performance Events Alarms Console Permissions esx01 esx02 Console Exchange 2000 Server a g Messaging Servers File Edit M oe Database Servers Application Servers JQ Racko2 esx03 web Servers Management Servers i Microsoft Pa me Meet ao Sink A amp 85 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual To pop out the virtual machine console Click the pop out icon in the navigation bar A copy of the Console window separates from the VirtualCenter client Additional menus appears Additional menu options are availa
113. VirtualCenter then stores the VirtualCenter database information in the registry For additional information on creating an ODBC data source refer to your Windows documentation 7 Verify that you are ready to proceed with reinstallation Click Install The screen title reflects the choice to repair or modify the installation of VirtualCenter on this machine Click Install VirtualCenter displays a progress screen as the reinstallation proceeds The VirtualCenter database retains any existing content 8 Close the installation wizard Click Finish 66 www vmware com 3 Starting VMware VirtualCenter CHAPTER 3 67 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Starting VirtualCenter This chapter describes how to start stop and move around in VirtualCenter In addition as licensing is required to add a host this chapter describes how to add licenses You need only a Read Only User role assigned to the farm host or virtual machine to view objects in VirtualCenter However you need VirtualCenter Administrator role to add or change licenses This chapter contains the following topics e Starting or Stopping VMware VirtualCenter e Starting the VirtualCenter Client e Adding Licenses e Navigating in the VirtualCenter Client Starting or Stopping VMware VirtualCenter When you install VirtualCenter it is registered as a single Windows service that appears in the Windows Services list The VirtualCenter management server is an
114. a New Data Source to SQL Server Click Finish 7 Specify an ODBC DSN name Type the name in the Name field For example VMware VirtualCenter 52 www vmMware com CHAPTER 2 Installing VMware VirtualCenter 8 Optionally specify an ODBC DSN description Type the description in the Description field 9 Select the DSN server name from the Server drop down menu Where local means local host Type the SQL Server machine name in the field if you cannot find it in drop down menu 10 Configure the SOL Server authentication screen Click Next 11 Select an authentication option Use either of the authentication methods e If you are using local SQL Server select Windows NT authentication e f you are using remote SOL Server select SQL Server authentication You can also choose Windows NT authentication 12 Enter your SOL Server login and password Refer to your database administrator for this information 13 Configure the default database Click Next 14 Select the database Select from the Change the default database to menu Click Next 15 Complete the process Click Finish 16 Verify the database source From the ODBC Microsoft SQL Server Setup menu Select Test Data Source If the test data source is acceptable click OK If it is not acceptable return and reconfigure any incorrect items 17 Close the ODBC Data Source Administrator Click Close Configuring the Microsoft Access Database If you find that the databa
115. a template e Clone a template For more information on template refer to Working with Templates on page 169 The table below lists the possible attributes that appear in the Template panel list Description Explanation of action Guest OS Guest operating system in the virtual machine Name Name of object Size Size of the template in MB VMFS based Indicates if the template is on a shared datastore 306 o oome CHAPTER 16 Working with the VirtualCenter Data Viewing Navigation Bar Events An event is any action that is of interest to VirtualCenter Each event triggers an event message All event messages are archived in the VirtualCenter database Event messages appear in two locations e Events option in the navigation bar Displays all events that have occurred on the VirtualCenter management server e Events tab for farms hosts and virtual machines under the Inventory option List the events that occurred on or to the selected farm host or virtual machine Mware irtualCenter File Edit VMs View Help jg 4 E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events E Export Events Description Type Time aj Windows Media Client on host esx03 powered on info 11 19 2003 5 22 PM Win2000 IIS 01 on host esx03 powered on info 11 19 2003 5 22 PM SQL Client on host esx03 powered on D info 11 19 2003 5 22 PM RH Apache 01 on host esx03 powered on info 11 19 2003 5 22 PM wWin2000 IIS 0
116. aa E Windows Media Serv fe Database Servers EB SQL 2000 Server fa Application Servers EB 2003 App Server 5 E 2003 App Server Test Rack02 Exchange 2000 Server on host esx02 powered on Alarm M Heartbeat for YM Exchange 2000 Server Alarm YM Heartbeat for YM Exchange 2000 Server Exchange 2000 Server on host resetting Exchange 2000 Server on host esx02 powered on Alarm VM Memory usage for YM Exchange 2000 Se Alarm YM Heartbeat for YM Exchange 2000 Server Alarm VM Heartbeat for YM Exchange 2000 Server Alarm M Memory usage for VM Exchange 2000 Se Alarm M Heartbeat for YM Exchange 2000 Server Alarm M Heartbeat for YM Exchange 2000 Server Alarm Test Alarm created on VM Exchange 2000 5 Alarm Test Alarm removed From Exchange 2000 Se Alarm VM Status created on YM Exchange 2000 Se Task Migrate Exchange 2000 Server to esx01 remoy Exchange 2000 Server on host esx02 powered on Exchange 2000 Server on host esx02 powered on Alarm YM Heartbeat for YM Exchange 2000 Server Alarm YM Heartbeat for YM Exchange 2000 Server Alarm VM Heartbeat for VM Exchange 2000 Server Alarm VM Heartbeat for VM Exchange 2000 Server Event Details Connected to win03 cc VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator 5 Link to a message object EVEN ENEN EN ENED MENEAME eee eed eed e
117. achine gt Events Tab The Events tab content is described in the following table Text explanation of action List Attribute Description Type Type of event that occurred VDE VAD EN ENED ENE F info info info info info info info info info info info info info info info info error info info Time 11 18 2003 9 01 AM 11 18 2003 9 02 AM 11 18 2003 9 35 AM 11 18 2003 9 35 AM 11 18 2003 9 44 AM 11 18 2003 9 44 AM 11 18 2003 9 45 AM 11 18 2003 9 46 AM 11 18 2003 9 46 AM 11 18 2003 12 29 PM 11 18 2003 2 47 PM 11 18 2003 2 47 PM 11 18 2003 2 47 PM 11 18 2003 2 54 PM 11 18 2003 2 59 PM 11 18 2003 2 59 PM 11 18 2003 2 59 PM 11 18 2003 3 09 PM 11 18 2003 3 10 PM www vmware com Viewing the Alarms Tab CHAPTER 16 Working with the VirtualCenter Data The Alarms tab is available when you select a Server Farms farm group host virtual machine group or virtual machine object from the inventory panel of the navigation bar The Alarms tab displays the alarms that have been created for the selected object and the status of the alarm Mware irtualCenter File Edit vMs view Help EI Es q a Inventory Tasks Templates Events E vmware 0 u dD G B Elele fq Server Farms Summary Virtual Machines Hosts Performance Events Alarms Permissions Name Status Defined in Defined for Last triggered Messadihg
118. achine management functions Virtual machine configuration The specification of what virtual devices disks memory size etc are present in a virtual machine and how they are mapped to host files and devices Virtual machine configuration file A file containing a virtual machine configuration It is created by the New Virtual Machine Wizard It is used by VirtualCenter to identify and run a specific virtual machine Virtual Machine Control Panel A point and click control panel used to view and modify the resource settings of all the virtual machines on a host Virtual Machine Groups An optional grouping structure it is subset to a farm VirtualCenter management server supports multiple virtual machine groups Virtual machine groups contain virtual machines and other virtual machine groups Virtual Machine User A role where the user is allowed to perform power operations on virtual machines 349 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual VirtualCenter Administrator A role where the user is allowed to set the user role permissions and controls the VirtualCenter licensing VirtualCenter client A user interface that runs locally on a Windows machine The VirtualCenter client runs on a networked machine This can be on the same machine as the VirtualCenter server or another networked machine The VirtualCenter client requires a monitor for access to the graphical user interface VirtualCenter database A persis
119. al settings VirtualCenter automatically configures all network interfaces from a DHCP server e Custom settings You specify the network settings 225 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 9 If you use custom network settings a Select the network interface card NIC to customize Click Next Mware irtualCenter Guest Customization Wizard Network Interface Customizations Customize the settings for each network interface Optionally select the NIC then click Customize to make additional specifications b If you are customizing the NIC network properties select the method and enter the IP and DNS server addresses Network Properties Click OK to close this dialog box and return the previous dialog box Then click Next on the Network Guest Customizations dialog box 226 TT srcvmarecor CHAPTER 12 Customizing Guest Operating Systems 10 Join a workgroup or domain Mware irtualCenter Guest Customization Wizard Workgroup or Doman This virtual machine may belong to a workgroup or domain WORKGROUP Enter the workgroup and domain identification information Click Next 11 Select additional guest operating system options Mware irtualCenter Guest Customization Wizard Operating System Options Configure these optional parameters for the guest operating system The options are Generate New Security ID SID This option is set to default Delete all user accounts
120. alCenter system Change a user s name in the Windows Domain Controller or Active Directory and the existing user name becomes invalid in the VirtualCenter system Assigning Access Permissions To assign a user or group role level permission 1 Log on as a user with VirtualCenter Administrator role 2 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel and expand the appropriate object Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate object 340 www vmMware comM CHAPTER 17 Setting Access and Permissions 3 With the appropriate object selected view the Permissions panel click Permissions tab Mware irtualCenter File Edit Ms view Help i 8J E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events e np 2 p EPS e E Exchange 2000 Server g Server Farms Rack01 Tet CE ae Permissions esxot User Group Role Defined in L1 S yMadmins Read Only User This object Bachan Sre Guest Read Only User This object B Exchange 2000 Ser Administrators VMware VirtualCenter Administrator Server Farms Media Servers E Windows Media Serv fa Database Servers EB SQL 2000 Server fA Application Servers E 2003 App Server 5 E 2003 App Server EB Test a RackO2 3 esx03 a Web Servers E fa Apache E RH Apache 01 E RH Apache 02 a f us EB Win2000 11s 01 EB Winz000 115 02 a Management
121. anging Parallel Port Configuration e Changing SCSI Controller Configuration e Changing Serial Port Configuration e Changing Video Configuration 238 Tw icom Changing Virtual CPU Configuration Changing DVD CD ROM Drive Configuration To change the DVD CD ROM drive configuration a CHAPTER 13 Editing an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine Display the virtual machine control panel then select the DVD CD ROM Drive in the Device panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button Click the Hardware tab Click the DVD CD ROM object in the Device panel Make changes as needed Select the device status connection or virtual device node for the virtual machine to use Click OK Hardware Options Resources Summary irtual Machine Control Panel TE 256 MB Using drive dev c Using drive dev FdO Video 256 Colors 8 bit Virtual CPUs 1 Qscs1 Controller 0 BusLogic Enc 1 Internal Network Serial 1 Using file testings parallel 1 Using File testingp Datastore localvmfs m Device status I Connect at power on Connected eo C m Connection Use physical drive dev edrom d Use ISO image m O m Virtual device n
122. ant to view Log Files to Check When Things Go Wrong VirtualCenter server log The VirtualCenter server log file can be found in a temporary directory and has a name of the form vmware vpxd user pid log For example C Documents and Settings Administrator Local Settings Temp vmware vpxd Administrator 1024 log C WINDOWS Temp vmware VirtualCenter SYSTEM 1024 log C WINNT Temp vmware VirtualCenter SYSTEM 1024 log Serverd logs on ESX Server hosts The serverd log files can be found in the tmp directory on the ESX Server hosts and have a name of the form vmware serverd user pid log For example tmp vmware serverd root 1024 1og Migration history and vmkernel logs In the event that migration fails these logs are useful in addition to the VirtualCenter and ESX Server serverd logs The migration history can be found in the file proc vmware migration history The vmkernel logs can be found in var log vmkernel Viewing VMkernel Warnings To view VMkernel warnings and serious system alerts click the VMkernel Warnings tab This information is useful if you are experiencing problems with VirtualCenter or your virtual machines If your log contains any alerts check the VMware Knowledge Base at or contact your VMware support representative Viewing VMkernel Messages To view the VMkernel message log click the VMkernel Log tab This information is useful if you are experiencing problems with VirtualCenter o
123. anual e Migration Moving a powered off virtual machine between hosts on a farm The figure below illustrates the process for migrating a powered off virtual machine from one host to another Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations 1 Prepare cold migrate shutdown VM2 VirtualCenter 2 Move VM2 files and virtual disks VirtualCenter 3 Register VM2 to new host and delete old VM2 VirtualCenter Performing Migration of a Powered Off Virtual Machine 30 WWWw vmware com CHAPTER 1 Introducing VMware VirtualCenter Creating and Configuring New Virtual Machines In addition to providing multiple methods for moving migrating deploying and cloning virtual machines VirtualCenter also incorporates the creation capabilities of the virtualization platforms Through the New Virtual Machine wizard and the Virtual Machine Control Panel create new virtual machines from scratch and made configuration modifications to them once they are created Understanding Scheduled Tasks Create scheduled tasks to automatically perform operations at specified times Configure the tasks to occur once or routinely Apply tasks to groups farms or individual virtual machines The Scheduled Tasks panel lists all planned for and user defined actions within the VirtualCenter environment Create modify or remove tasks as needed The New Task wizard provides the following task options e Deploy a virtual machine from a t
124. ar on the virtual machine console to install the guest operating system After your guest operating system is installed follow the directions below for installing VMware Tools and the network driver 166 nn ooe CHAPTER 9 Creating New Virtual Machines Installing a Guest Operating System in a Virtual Machine To install a guest operating system and other software use the virtual machine console found on the Console tab for the Inventory option in the navigation bar Choose an installation method e Configure the virtual machine to connect to the host CD ROM and boot an operating system installation disk from it e Configure the virtual machine CD ROM as a path to a networked ISO file and boot from that CD ROM drives are automatically created when new virtual machines are created If you are planning to install the guest operating system from an ISO image use the virtual machine control panel to change the CD ROM option before powering on the virtual machine Refer to Changing Hardware Configuration of a Virtual Machine on page 238 for information on using the virtual machine control panel Floppy devices are automatically created when new virtual machines are created However the virtual machines start with the floppy device disconnected Use the virtual machine control panel to change the CD ROM option before powering on the virtual machine if needed Refer to Changing Hardware Configuration of a Virtual Machine on page 238 for inf
125. ards that host The number of licenses applied depends on the number of CPUs on the host VMotion CPU licenses Requires one license for each CPU for each registered host to be VMotion enabled VMotion CPU licenses are perpetual As with the managed CPU licenses hosts cannot be partially VMotion licensed For example an eight CPU server requires eight licenses Additional licenses can be added through the VirtualCenter client 36 www vmMware com CHAPTER 1 Introducing VMware VirtualCenter Whenever you add a host to VirtualCenter and there are sufficient VMotion CPU licenses available VirtualCenter prompts you to VMotion enable the new host If you select Yes VirtualCenter checks that no virtual machines are running on the host The host is then VMotion enabled and the appropriate number of licenses are applied by VirtualCenter Whenever you remove a host from VirtualCenter the VMotion licenses are released The VMotion licenses must be reapplied when the host is re registered with VirtualCenter VMotion licenses are not intended to be mobile The only legitimate circumstance under which you should move a license are when you are e Deprecating and replacing a VMotion enabled host e Repurposing a VMotion enabled host to run services in a new farm e Exercising a one time transfer of VMotion licenses VirtualCenter VMotion Requirements If you wish to have VirtualCenter perform a migration with VMotion of your virtual machi
126. are com d Select the template to deploy Virtual Machine T emplate Which template will this virtual machine use E Name Guest OS Size YMFS based Windows 2000 Advanc Windows 2000 Advance 1000 MB yes F Linux Server GNU Linux 478 MB yes T pa lt Back Next gt Cancel From the templates panel a Click the Templates option in the navigation bar b Select the template to deploy c Click the Deploy button in the templates toolbar Mware VirtualCenter File Edit YMs view Help a Og g Inventory Tasks Templates Events T New Deploy 44 Clone Templates Name Guest OS Size MFS based Description J Windows 2000 Advanced Ser Windows 2000 Advanced Ser 1000MB yes Base OS Image with SP4 and IIS installed F Linux Server GNU Linux 478MB yes Red Hat 7 2 with Apache installed Exchange Client Windows 2000 Advanced Ser 3000 MB yes LJ Exchange Client Windows 2000 Advanced Ser Connected to win03 cc VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator CHAPTER 11 Copying Virtual Machines 195 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 3 Confirm the start of the Deployment wizard Click Next 4 Specify the new virtual machine name Click Next Name the Virtual Machine Choose a name for the new virtual machine Enter a name for the new virtual machine Click Next Note The virtual machine name cannot exceed 40 characters 5 Select the farm on wh
127. ared earlier in the Clone a Virtual Machine or the Deploy a Template wizard 4 Select the network settings Mware irtualCenter Guest Customization Wizard y x Network Interface Settings Customize the software settings for each network interface E This guest operating system should use the following network settings Typical settings Select to enable DHCP for all network interfaces Custom settings Select to manually configure each network interface lt Back Next gt Cancel Select the appropriate radio button Click Next e Typical settings VirtualCenter automatically configures all network interfaces from a DHCP server e Custom settings You specify the network settings 229 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 5 If you use custom network settings a Enter the DNS addresses Mware irtualCenter Guest Customization Wizard DNS Enter the DNS and domain information for this new virtual machine Enter a DNS name Click Add Enter the DNS addresses Click Next b Select the Network Interface Card NIC to customize Click Next Mware irtualCenter Guest Customization Wizard Network Interface Customizations Customize the settings for each network interface Optionally select the NIC then click Customize to make additional specifications 230 Tw icom CHAPTER 12 Customizing Guest Operating Systems c If you are customizing the NI
128. ars Click through the tabs to view the information about the object as needed Performing Actions on Objects This section describes only the basic process for performing tasks in the VirtualCenter client This section does not describe specific settings and conditions Refer to the chapter specific to the task you wish to perform for additional information To view an object you must have a role of Read Only User or greater assigned to that object To take action on an object you must have Virtual Machine User Virtual Machine Administrator or VirtualCenter Administrator role assigned to you for that object Refer to Setting Access and Permissions on page 331 for additional information on permissions with VirtualCenter objects There are three methods for taking actions upon objects in VirtualCenter e Selecting the action from the menu bar at the top of the VirtualCenter window Refer to Menu Bar on page 84 for information on the menu bar options 79 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual e Scheduling the action through the Scheduled Tasks panel Refer to Creating a Scheduled Task on page 277 to information on scheduling tasks e Selecting the action from the object popup menu or button The following procedure describes how to select the action from the object menu or button To perform an action on a VirtualCenter object 1 Start the VirtualCenter client 2 Connect to the appropriate VirtualCenter management server 3 S
129. as needed 2 Identify a question pending Check the virtual machine in the inventory panel If the virtual machine is flashing proceed 3 Select the virtual machine Summary tab The State status displays a Question pending link Mware VirtualCenter og O x File Edit VMs View Help fg 4 8J E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events m nj A gp Be E a ForLazlo Server Farms Non Motion Farm Summary Qe Gy itl ena gS Sg e ESA esx040 disconnected a esx045 icons acted Hosted on vpx Guest OS Windows XP Professional GA VMotion Farm Status Warning IP Address 169 254 46 1 17 a qax225 State Question Pending DNS Name Y Px xXppro scsi E vpx7 Active Tasks none VMware Tools Installed Discovered VMs Commands Devices GR AnotherMigrate EB Clone of winzkforfoc i Power off this virtual machine Device Summary GR E memory 256 MB G WindowsXxPPro DI Suspend this virtual machine Hard Disk 1 SCSI 0 0 Datastore VPX QA1 GD w2k3stuff A Reset this virtual machine co Rom 1 IDE 0 0 Using drive dev cdrom ED w2k3test amp Floppy 1 Using drive dev fd0 ia Edit Properties Enc 1 AdapterO Network Ez Launch YM Console Hvideo gdi 4 Migrate to New Host Virtual CPUs 1 Oscs1 Controller 0 BusLogic Connected to dthorsen w2k3 VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6383 as Bethany NY 133 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 4 Open t
130. asks appears Start the New Task wizard Click New in the toolbar Confirm continuing with the New Task wizard Click Next 199 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 4 Select the task to create Click the pull down menu and select the Deploy Virtual Machine from a Templates option Click Next Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard Selecta T ask Select a task from the list m Task Deploy a virtual machine from a template Deploy a virtual machine from a template Clone an existing virtual machine Change the power status of a virtual machine Migrate a virtual machine Migrate a virtual machine with VMotion ttings of a virtual machine lt Back Next gt Cancel 5 Select the template to deploy Click Next Virtual Machine T emplate Which template will this virtual machine use E Name Guest OS Size YMF5 based Windows 2000 Advanc Windows 2000 Advance 1000 MB F Linux Server GNU Linux 478 MB yes SS 2 lt Back Next gt Cancel 6 Select virtual machine group in which to place new virtual machine Click Next Mware YirtualCenter New Task Wizard xi Destination Virtual Machine Group Select the destination group for the deployed virtual machine E g Server Farms E Rack01 Messaging Servers Media Servers Database Servers Application Servers E Racko2 fE Web Servers Apache IIS Management Servers g Applications lt Back Next gt Cancel
131. ate VMFS volumes from the virtual machines you plan to migrate using VMotion e VMotion requires a Gigabit Ethernet network between virtual machines VMotion requires the setup of a private Gigabit Ethernet migration network between all of the VMotion enabled hosts When VMotion is enabled on a host configure a unique network identity object for the host and connect it to the private migration network e Configure a TCP IP address on an extra network adapter card NIC sufficient to support migration The minimum number of NICs is two one is dedicated to the host and one is dedicated for sharing between the virtual machines and VMotion The preferred minimum number is three one is dedicated to the host one or more are dedicated to the virtual machines and one is dedicated to VMotion activity 38 www vmware com CHAPTER 1 Introducing VMware VirtualCenter The figure below illustrates the possible NIC configurations that support VirtualCenter Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations Preferred number of NIC cards VM network for host1 VMotion Network Card Configuration Options VirtualCenter Template Requirements Virtual machines to be used as source for VirtualCenter templates must have been created by one of the following virtualization platforms e Workstation version 4 x e GSX Server version 2 5 x e ESX Server version 2 x If you have older virtual machines that you plan to incl
132. ates the process of adding virtual machines to VirtualCenter control Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations Adding hostA Add hostA to VirtualCenter VirtualCenter ESX server hostA Adding hostA virtual machines VC auto discovery VMs on hostA VM1 VM2 VM3 VirutalCenter ESX server hostA Adding a Host to a Farm and Performing Automatic Discovery of Virtual Machines Understanding Templates A template is a golden image of a virtual machine The template typically includes a specific operating system and configured components which provide virtual counterparts to hardware components VirtualCenter uses templates to create new virtual machines Creating a Template You create templates from existing virtual machines These virtual machines can be either e Virtual machines located on any VirtualCenter registered host e Virtual machines stored on a disk local to the VirtualCenter management server Virtual machines local to the VirtualCenter management server can be virtual machines created by supported versions of ESX Server GSX Server or Workstation Refer to VirtualCenter Template Requirements on page 39 for additional information 24 www vmware com CHAPTER 1 Introducing VMware VirtualCenter Note Optionally create templates from GSX Server and Workstation virtual machines Only virtual machines created by ESX Server version 2 0 or greater can be managed by VirtualCenter In addition
133. ates toolbar 180 nn ooe CHAPTER 10 Working with Templates c Select An ESX Server virtual machine managed by VirtualCenter Click Next Source virtual machine Choose which type of virtual machine to templatize d Select the managed virtual machine to use as the source for the template Click Next Virtual Machine Specify the virtual machine to base this template from 2003 App Server E Test a RackO2 E f Web Servers E fA Apache E RH Apache 01 E RH Apache 02 a f us B Win2000 IIS 01 B Win2000 IIS 02 E fA Management Servers E Control Center Server fA Applica AR SOL Client Template Name Enter a name and description for this template 181 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Enter a useful name and a brief description of the template This description can include the operating system applications versions and intended uses for the template The name can be up to 80 characters long and contain alohanumeric characters and the underscore _ and hyphen characters The name should also be unique across all templates 4 Select the type of virtual machine being imported The choices are Workstation 4 0 GSX Server 2 5 x or ESX Server 2 x 5 Specify the target location of the template files Click Next E xi Location of T emplate Files Choose the location of the files for this template E Where will the files for this template reside On the VMware VirtualCenter serv
134. ation licenses are returned to available status Virtual machines that were on the host remain on the host CHAPTER 5 Working with Farms 105 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Working with Farm Groups A farm group is an organizational feature Farm groups can be added only to the Server Farms top level and to other farm groups Hierarchically farm groups contain farms or other farm groups Use farm groups to organize farms into logical entities For example group all the systems that support a functional group such as Sales or Finance or that support a location such as the Building 12 site or the San Francisco site The farm group topics are covered in the following sections e Adding a Farm Group e Moving a Farm to a Farm Group e Removing a Farm Group Adding a Farm Group To add a farm group 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Select the appropriate icon either Server Farms or another farm group 2 Select New Farm Group With the object highlighted select New Farm Group from the main or right click popup menu VirtualCenter adds a New Group to the Inventory hierarchy Mware irtualCenter m lol x File Edit VMs View Help 4 E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events qo GNd A HESE gi New Group Server Farms fi New Group Farms SET Sama a essa WO New Farm Name Status Number o
135. ble from the pop out Console window Additional Console menu Console Exchange 2000 Server IP Address 10 4 69 160 Built on NT Technology ey Press Ctrl Alt Delete to begin Ctrl Alt Del helps keep your password secure Click Help for more information Help To release cursor press CTRL ALT The popout virtual machine Console has the following menu items The embedded Console has similar but not all of the external Console menu items eee Petes Power a a a a a a Se Navigation Bar The navigation bar provides shortcut buttons that load the matching toolbar and panel into the VirtualCenter client window Similar to the Outlook shortcut bar the navigation bar combines and displays associated tasks and information When a button has been selected it remains depressed to indicate the current view The buttons represent the VirtualCenter functional areas 86 rate gimn CHAPTER 4 Working with the VirtualCenter Client Inventory Displays tasks and data related to viewing the status of and managing virtual machines hosts farms and groups Tasks Provides tasks and data related to scheduling tasks Templates Provides tasks and data related to using templates Events Provides tasks and data related to viewing current events To change the look of the navigation bar Right click in the navigation bar and select the appropriate option gt Mware VirtualCenter File Edit YMs view Help
136. bles For CPU Disk Memory The resource whose data you wish to see Network 310 i o CHAPTER 16 Working with the VirtualCenter Data a Dao Hot List Most active hosts Where the hosts fit relative to the critical ends of the Least active hosts range Resource Contention all hosts Percentage of time any host was in contention Resource Volatility all hosts Percentage change in host utilization in the past seven days Viewing the Host Summary Tab The host Summary tab displays information that applies to the host machine and its resources 3 Mware YirtualCenter File Edit YMs view Help j a a amp E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events e a nd Alp BF s 2 m E fo Server Farms Rack01 Summary SQRoI iets al nts ELET ee gE esxO1 g Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation vMotion Enabled Yes g Messaging Servers Model PowerEdge 1650 Virtual Machines 3 B Exchange 2000 Server Total Memory 980MB Number of Processors 2 fa Media Servers Processor Intel R Pentium R III CPU S Number of Nics 3 amp Windows Media Server 1133MHz Number of Active Tasks 1 Database Servers Commands Available Resources Application Servers GB Manage Virtual Machine Resources Available Disk Space 71374 MB E Rack02 Edit Properties Edit Host Configuration Memory Available to New VMs 988 MB esx03 F Web
137. cation Servers esx02 G 2003 App Server 5 Average Performance E 2003 App Server i Test CPU 5 Disk 11 KBps Racko2 Memory 44M Network 0 bps CPU ae Disk Enak 3 esx03 Web Servers I fA Apache E RH Apache 01 E RH Apache 02 3 f us GB wWin2000 115 01 EB Win2000 115 02 S Management Servers EB Control Center Serv fe Applications G Exchange Client EB SQL Client EB Windows Media Clier gt Last updated 2 54 08 PM Inventory gt Farm gt Performance Tab The Performance tab content is described in the following table Disks KBps Reports the number of bits per second of read and write activity to and from the disk in KBytes per second Network bps Reports the number of bits per second of input and output to each and all network interface NIC cards Selectable range of time to display in the charts Options include day week month year Viewing Individual Charts The Performance tab for hosts and virtual machines displays four thumbnail charts and one expanded chart of the monitored resource for each selected host or virtual machine The thumbnail charts at the top of the panel are the same as the summary charts Clicking a the summary chart displays an expanded version of that chart in the body of the panel 323 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual gt Mware VirtualCenter File Edit VMs View Help i 5 a amp E vmware nventory Tasks Te
138. chapter describes the specific layout of the VirtualCenter client Refer to Working with the VirtualCenter Data on page 301 for descriptions on viewing and interpreting the data displayed in the VirtualCenter client You need only a Read Only User role assigned to the farm host or virtual machine to perform the activities described in this chapter This chapter contains the following sections e Introducing the VirtualCenter Client Window e Understanding the Information Elements e Accessing Properties and Settings 82 www vmware com CHAPTER 4 Working with the VirtualCenter Client Introducing the VirtualCenter Client Window The default VirtualCenter client layout is a single window with a menu bar a navigation bar a toolbar a status bar a panel section and popup menus menu bar navigation bar tool bar information panel tabs Mware irtualCenter File Edit YMs View Help e SJ Inventory Tasks Templates Events E vw esa n gt A F Be s e E esx03 VMware ESX Server 2 0 1 build 6403 Server Farms E RackO1 Summary QR ic Fete a a Oe gD Sg esx01 esx02 Manufacturer HP VMotion Enabled No g Messaging Servers Model ProLiant DL380 G3 virtual Machines 8 fi a rm B Exchange 2000 Server Total Memory 2004MB Number of Processors 2 fa Media Servers Processor Intel R Xe
139. chines 12 Select whether to customize the new virtual machine as it is deployed Click Next Guest Operating System Customization You can customize the administrative and network settings for this new virtual E machine s operating system Would you like to customize the quest operating system Start the guest customization wizard Import customizations from an XML file Filename F Start the quest customization wizard Do not customize the guest operating system lt Back Next gt Cancel 13 Set the time and date when you want the virtual machine to be deployed Click Next Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard E Schedule the task Choose the time when this task will un The task can either run once or i recur at regular intervals Frequency Start Time Once Now Cc After Startup ag Time fi 17 pm Hourly i Date Monday November 10 2003 C Daily C Weekly C Monthly lt Back Next gt Cancel Click Later then click the drop down arrow to select a date from the displayed calendar A red circle indicates today s date and a dark circle indicates the scheduled date 14 Confirm creating the task Optionally specify an email address for notification when task is performed Click Finish VirtualCenter adds the new task to the scheduled task list and completes it at the designated time When it is time to perform the task VirtualCente
140. chines currently installed on a particular host in a single view 267 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 268 Each of the following sections describes adjusting the allocations of the referenced resource e Changing CPU Settings e Changing Disk Settings e Changing Memory Settings e Changing Network Settings Changing CPU Settings To change the resource allocation for the CPU of a virtual machine 1 From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Display the virtual machine control panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button 3 View the resources options Click the Resources tab 4 Make changes as needed Click CPU in the Settings list Select resource settings shares and scheduling affinity as needed Click OK irtual Machine Control Panel xj Hardware Options Resources Summary r Resource Settings CPU custom Minimum Memory custom i S Disk custom Maximum 100 EB Network disabled Shares High Normal C Low Custom 1000 r Scheduling Affinity Run on Processors defaut www vmware comM Changing Memory Settings To change the resource allocation for the CPU of a virtual machine i By 4 CHAPTER 13 Editing an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration From
141. create templates by making a copy cloning of an existing template When you create a template VirtualCenter provides an option to store the template at one of two locations e Datastore The original datastore location of the source virtual machine The original virtual machine is the template This option works best with a shared datastore between hosts on a farm This option is typically used for creating templates from virtual machines on registered ESX Server hosts e Template upload directory Located on the VirtualCenter management server machine It contains copies of the original virtual machine virtual disks Specify a directory local the VirtualCenter management server as the template upload directory Typically used when creating templates from non ESX Server virtual machines which must also be stored locally to the VirtualCenter management server The figure below illustrates the two methods for storing templates in VirtualCenter Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations 1 Create template from registered virtual machine VirtualCenter VirtualCenter template upload directory in upload directory in place with source vm Creating a Template 25 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Deploying a Template When you deploy a template you create a new virtual machine from the template If the template is in the template upload directory place the new virtual machine on any VirtualCen
142. cs are covered in the following sections e Migrating a Powered Off Virtual Machine Manually e Creating a Scheduled Task to Migrate a Virtual Machine Migrating a Powered Off Virtual Machine Manually To manually migrate a powered off virtual machine 1 From the VirtualCenter client view the inventory panel to display the virtual machine Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Ensure the virtual machine is powered off e If the virtual machine is on power it off e If the virtual machine is in suspended mode you must first resume it then power it off e Ifthe virtual machine is in resumed mode wait until it powers on then power it off 3 Start the Migration wizard In the inventory panel select the desired virtual machine Then perform one of the following e From the main or right click popup menu select the Migrate option e From the information panel Summary tab click the Migrate to New Host button e Drag and drop the virtual machine on the target host Note Ifthe template is stored on a shared SAN you do not need to select a different datastore for the migrated virtual machine The Migration wizard starts 4 Confirm the Migration wizard Click Next www vmware com 5 Select the target host for the virtual machine Click Next Mware irtualCenter irtual Machine Migration Wizard Destination Hast
143. d Select the task to create Click the pull down menu and select the Deploy a virtual machine from Templates option Click Next 2 Proceed with the Template Deployment wizard screens Refer to Creating Virtual Machines from a Template on page 192 for more detailed description Confirm continuing with the Template Deployment wizard Click Next a b Select a template to deploy Click Next OY Select a farm to which to deploy Click Next Q Select a host to which to deploy Click Next e Specify a name for the new virtual machine Click Next f Select the storage location for the virtual machine configuration and disk files Click the appropriate volume from the displayed list of possible datastores Click Next g Select the virtual networks for each of the virtual machine s Network Interface Cards NICs Click the appropriate network from the pull down menu Click Next h Set the resource priority for this virtual machine Click the appropriate radio button Click Next www vmware com CHAPTER 12 Customizing Guest Operating Systems 3 Select whether to customize the new guest operating system Click Start the guest customization wizard Click Next Proceed to Customizing New Guest Operating Systems on page 222 my xi Guest Operating System Customization You can customize the administrative and network settings for this new virtual ual machine s operating system Would you like to customiz
144. d enter the amount of the delay 9 Torun the task hourly Properties Schedule the task Choose the time when this task will run The task can either run once or recur at regular intervals Click Hourly Then enter the start time after the beginning of the hour and the interval for example 15 minutes after every eight hours 279 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 10 Torun the task daily Properties x O SEEE agmo meenamen chedule the task Choose the time when this task will run The task can either run once or recur at O SEEE agmo meenamen intervals 12 00pm 12 00pm Click Daily Then enter the start time and interval For example enter 14 30 every fourth day to run the task at 2 30 pm every four days 11 Torun the task weekly Properties Schedule the task Choose the time when this task will run The task can either run once or recur at regular intervals adda 4 Click Weekly Then enter the start time day of the week and interval For example Tuesdays and Thursday 14 30 every second week You can select multiple days of the week 280 Www vmware com CHAPTER 14 Working with Scheduled Tasks 12 Torun the task monthly Properties x Schedule the task Choose the time when this task will un The task can either run once or E recur at regular intervals Start Time foo 00 On A particular day of the month Frequency C Once After Startup
145. d you like the new serial port to have c Complete the process Click Finish 9 If you selected output to a named pipe a Specify the named pipe Click Next Add Hardware Wizard Specify Named Pipe Which named pipe should this serial port connect to This end is the server ha The other end is a virtual machine ha 263 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual b Specify advanced options if needed Click the Advanced button in the Specify Named Pipe screen Make changes Click Back Add Hardware Wizard Specify Advanced Options Which 1 0 mode would you like the new serial port to have c Complete the process Click Finish 264 WWWw vmware com CHAPTER 13 Editing an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration Changing Virtual Machine Options The virtual machine settings allow you define actions that occur in various virtual machine power states The options are described in the following sections Changing General Settings Changing Power State Options Changing Advanced Settings Changing General Settings To change the general settings of a virtual machine 1 a 4 From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine Display the virtual machine control panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button View the general
146. derstanding Virtual Machines and Hosts Understanding Templates Cloning Virtual Machines Understanding Customization Understanding Migration Creating and Configuring New Virtual Machines Understanding Scheduled Tasks Understanding Events Understanding Alarms Understanding the User Interface Performing Actions VMware VirtualCenter Requirements VirtualCenter Management Server Requirements VirtualCenter Client Requirements VirtualCenter Database Requirements VirtualCenter Managed Hosts Requirements VirtualCenter Virtual Machine Requirements VirtualCenter Virtual Machine Guest Operating Systems Requirements VirtualCenter Licensing Requirements VirtualCenter VMotion Requirements VirtualCenter Template Requirements es eS A ee EE Cae ea a es SE ees a ed WO On ant KR HR WWWN N NNN NxN AAN VirtualCenter Guest Operating System Customization Requirements 40 Technical Support Resources 43 The VMware Web Site 43 VMware Newsgroups 43 VMware Community 43 Reporting Problems 43 Viewing System Logs and Reports 45 Installing VMware VirtualCenter 49 Installing VMware VirtualCenter 50 Preparing for the VirtualCenter Database 50 Configuring Oracle 8i Connection to Work Locally 50 Configuring Oracle 8i Connection to Work Remotely 51 Configuring a SQL Server ODBC Connection 52 Configuring the Microsoft Access Database 53 Installing the VirtualCenter Product 54 Installing VMware VirtualCenter 54 Uninstalling VMware VirtualCenter 61 Modifying a
147. dministrator D info 11 19 2003 5 25 PM X Event Details Connected to win03 cc VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator Navigation Bar gt Events Button Events activities include e Sorting the list of event messages e Viewing the event details for a selected message e Linking to the Events tab for an object in an Event Detail message e Exporting events to a text file The exported data can be a set of messages selected by time date and type 307 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual For more information on events refer to the chapter Working with Alarms and Events on page 283 The table below lists the possible attributes that can be displayed in an Events panel list Viewing Navigation Bar Inventory The Inventory option in the navigation bar displays an inventory panel and an information panel Each object in the inventory panel displays a particular set of tabs in the information panel The remainder of this chapter describes each of the Inventory tab panels The Inventory option display is divided into two panels inventory panel and the information panel The navigation bar topics are covered in the following sections e Understanding the Inventory Panel e Understanding the Information Panel Understanding the Inventory Panel The inventory panel is located on the left side of the screen when you select the Inventory option in the navigation bar It has status icons for Server Farms farm grou
148. drives or select different destination drives Installshield Click the Space button from the Custom Setup screen In the Disk Space Requirements screen click and drag column headers to view all columns as needed Ifa volume line is highlighted click OK return to the previous screen and select to install either the client or the server as both do not fit in the available disk space 57 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Click OK to return to the Custom Setup screen c Change location as needed iz Mware irtualCenter x Change Current Des Browse to the destinatio Look in Ek VMware VirtualCenter c Folder name 7 Program FilesiyMwareiyMware VirtualCenter Installshield cont Click the Custom button from the Custom Setup screen In the Change Current Destination Folders screen Browse to find the appropriate location Click OK to return to the Custom Setup screen After your selections are made click OK to return to the Custom Setup screen d Complete the Custom Setup screen Click Next 8 If you are installing the VirtualCenter management server Set up the VirtualCenter database ie Mware irtualCenter x Database Setup Set up an ODBC coni Please select the database connection to use with VirtualCenter Create and initialize a local Access database 3 Note Installing a local VirtualCenter database will overwrite and replace any existing VirtualCenter database
149. ds the new task to the scheduled task list completes it at the designated time When it is time to perform the task VirtualCenter first verifies that the user who created the task still has permission to complete the task If the permission levels are not acceptable VirtualCenter sends a message to the log and the task is not performed Creating a Scheduled Task to Clone a Virtual Machine Create a virtual machine by cloning an existing virtual machine either from the main menu from a virtual machine menu or as a scheduled task To create a scheduled task to clone a virtual machine 1 Display the Tasks panel Click the Tasks option in the navigation bar The list of scheduled tasks appears 2 Start the New Task wizard Click New in the toolbar 3 Confirm continuing with the New Task wizard Click Next 208 Tw icom CHAPTER 11 Copying Virtual Machines 4 Select the task to create Click the pull down menu and select Deploy Virtual Machine from a Templates Click Next Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard xi Select aT ask Select a task from the list ah Task Clone an existing virtual machine X Deploy a virtual machine from a template Clone an existing virtual machine Change the power status of a virtual machine Migrate a virtual machine Migrate a virtual machine with YMotion Change resource settings of a virtual machine lt Back Next gt Cancel 5 Select the virtual machine to clone Click
150. e SCSI 0 1 iw Persistent Undoable Ask to save changes after powering off Nonpersistent Discard changes after powering off Append Save changes after powering off lt lt Back lt Back Cancel c Complete the process Click Finish Adding a NIC Ethernet Adapter To add a Ethernet adapter to a virtual machine 1 From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Display the virtual machine control panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button 3 Click the Hardware tab 257 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Select any device 4 Start the Add Hardware wizard Click the Add button 5 Select the ethernet adapter device to add Click Next 6 Make changes as needed Click Finish Select the network interface card NIC and whether to connect the device when the virtual machine powers on Add Hardware Wizard p x Network Type x4 What type of network do you want to add SS m Network connection NIC intemal Network m Device status J Connect at power on lt Back Cancel Adding a Parallel Port To add a parallel port to a virtual machine 1 From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the invento
151. e File menu in most applications with two exceptions A Print option is not available on the File menu To print use either the Print Screen mechanism in Windows to take a copy of the VirtualCenter window or export the VirtualCenter data to another format and print from another application A Save option is not available The VirtualCenter client is similar to a browser Most user manipulations are persistent in the display of the VirtualCenter data Edit Menu Displays options relevant to the selected object VMs Virtual Machine Menu Enabled only when a virtual machine is selected in the inventory panel View Menu Controls which panels are visible Help Menu Displays the online help options and the licensing option C 2c 0 New gt Farm Group Shut Down Guest Help Topics New gt Fam o gt Farm Rename Suspend after running script _ after Suspend after running script _ script Tasks User User Manual New gt D E Machine Group A e Machine Resources Resume and run script Tem i Guest Operating System a Guide New gt Add Host Host Configuration Power On and run script Events VMware on the Web gt VMware Inc Home Page New gt Virtual Machine Properties Restart Guest Toolbar VMware on the Web gt Online Support New gt Deploy Virtual Machine Power On Status Bar VMware on the Web gt Register from Template Now a E E C E C Ree INE ewsmaaremasen ET GS a a S a a a C S G S a a S 84 WWWwW
152. e SAN The state information includes the current memory content and all the information that defines and identifies the virtual machine The memory content includes transaction data and whatever bits of the operating system and applications are in the memory The defining and identification information stored in the state includes all the data that maps to the virtual machine hardware elements such as BIOS devices CPU MAC addresses for the Ethernet cards chip set states registers and so forth Migration with VMotion happens in four stages 1 When the migration with VMotion is requested VirtualCenter verifies that the existing virtual machine is in a stable state with its current host 2 The migration begins when VirtualCenter makes a baseline copy of the current memory content and stores it on the target host 3 When the baseline copy is complete VirtualCenter copies the last changes in the current memory content and copies the virtual machine state information to the target host 4 The virtual machine resumes its activities on the new host 141 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual The figure below illustrates the process of migration of powered on virtual machines with VMotion Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations 1 Before hot migrate VM2 on hostA VirtualCenter 2 Pre copy RAM content and copy VM state data to hostB VirtualCenter 3 Complete copy RAM content and register to hos
153. e the quest operating system Start the guest customization wizard Import customizations from an XML file Filename F Start the quest customization wizard Do not customize the guest operating system lt Back Next gt Cancel Entering the Guest Customization Wizard from the Cloning Process A new virtual machine can be added to a host by cloning a existing virtual machine To start the guest operation system customization wizard 1 From the VirtualCenter client Schedule Task panel start the Clone wizard a Display the Tasks log by clicking the Tasks option in the navigation bar The list of existing scheduled tasks appears b Start the New Task wizard Click New in the toolbar c Confirm continuing with the New Task wizard Click Next d Select the task to create Click the pull down menu and select the Clone an existing virtual machine option Click Next 2 Proceed with the Clone wizard a Select a virtual machine to clone Click Next b Select a host for the new clone Click Next c Specify a name for the new clone Type a name and click Next d Select the volume on which to store the new clone s files Click Next e Specify the network interface card NIC for the new clone Click Next f Specify the resource priority for the new clone Click Next 221 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 3 Select whether to customize the new clone Click Start the guest customization wizard Click N
154. e virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Display the virtual machine control panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button 3 Click the Hardware tab Select any device 4 Start the Add Hardware wizard Click the Add button 5 Select the hard disk device to add Click Next 254 WWWwW VmMware com CHAPTER 13 Editing an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration 6 Select a disk type Add Hardware Wizard Select a Disk Which disk do you want this drive to use Select the appropriate radio button Click Next 7 lf you select new virtual disk a Select the new disk capacity Click Next Add Hardware Wizard Specify Disk Capacity How large do you want this disk to be Add Hardware Wizard Specify Disk File Where would you like to store information about this disk localymfs win2kfortools_ 501 9 94a c1d8 e51 9 1 e64 48b3bc86F4f9 1 vmdk 255 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Note Ensure that the path and file name are valid Any errors in defining this information results in a failure to create the new virtual machine If possible use the default file location This ensures that consistent naming is used for the configuration file and disk files and ensures that the disk file name uses the datastore as a reference rather than the VMEFS path c Specify Advanced o
155. ected farm host or virtual machine The most recent events appear at the end of a scrollable list Messages are identified by type Information Error or Warning Messages are also color coded A shortened event message appears in the description portion of the panel An more detailed version of a selected event message appears in the Event Details portion of the panel Typically the Event Detail entry indicates the host or virtual machine on which the 284 www vmMware com CHAPTER 15 Working with Alarms and Events event occurred and describes the action that occurred The object of the event is a link to the object s individual event page The actions available with Events are described in the following sections e Viewing All VirtualCenter Events e Viewing Selected VirtualCenter Events e Sorting Event Messages e Exporting Events Viewing All VirtualCenter Events To view all VirtualCenter events use the Events option in the navigation bar Mware irtualCenter File Edit VMs View Help 3 agg Inventory Tasks Templates E Export Events Time info 11 19 2003 5 22 PM info 11 19 2003 5 22 PM info 11 19 2003 5 22 PM info 11 19 2003 5 22 PM info 11 19 2003 5 22 PM info 11 19 2003 5 22 PM info 11 19 2003 5 22 PM info 11 19 2003 5 22 PM info 11 19 2003 5 23 PM info 11 19 2003 5 23 PM info 11 19 2003 5 23 PM info 11 19 2003 5 23 PM warning 11 19 2003 5 23 PM warning 11 19 2003 5 23 PM warning 11 19 2003 5 23
156. ed eed eed 11 18 2003 3 09 PM 11 18 2003 3 10 PM 11 18 2003 3 10 PM 11 18 2003 3 10 PM 11 18 2003 3 10 PM 11 18 2003 3 11 PM 11 18 2003 3 11 PM 11 18 2003 3 11 PM 11 18 2003 3 12 PM 11 18 2003 3 14 PM 11 18 2003 3 14 PM 11 18 2003 3 44 PM 11 18 2003 3 44 PM 11 18 2003 3 45 PM 11 18 2003 3 47 PM 11 19 2003 3 36 PM 11 19 2003 5 23 PM 11 19 2003 5 36 PM 11 19 2003 5 36 PM 11 19 2003 5 37 PM 11 19 2003 5 37 PM Click any of the blue highlighted items in the Events Details box VirtualCenter displays the Events tab of the highlighted object Sorting Event Messages Sort all lists by clicking in the column label heading A triangle in the column head shows the sort order as ascending or descending To sort a list Click on a column heading to re sort the list by the entries in that column The current selection does not change To change ascending or descending order Click the triangle in the column heading www vmware com 286 CHAPTER 15 Working with Alarms and Events To select items in a list Click on an individual item Use Shift click or Ctrl click to select multiple items Exporting Events VirtualCenter provides an option for exporting your events log file To export the events file 1 From the VirtualCenter client open the VirtualCenter Export Events dialog box Select File gt Export Events 2 Specify the range of messages and the type of messages to export File name l Browse Time Last
157. ed individual resource sharing the panel with thumbnail resource charts for all charted resources CPU Memory NIC and Disk The Performance tab topics are covered in the following sections e Viewing Summary Performance Charts e Viewing Individual Charts e Configuring Performance Measurement Intervals Viewing Summary Performance Charts The Performance tab of a farm for a virtual machine group object displays a summary chart for each host in the farm or each virtual machine in a virtual machine group The summary chart list of the total CPU memory disk and network utilization over a selected time range along with the average utilization over that same time range Clicking on the charts links to the Performance tab of the selected host or virtual machine and displays the selected resource as the main chart 322 aren CHAPTER 16 Working with the VirtualCenter Data Mware irtualCenter File Edit YMs view Help jg 4 8J E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events 0 n A Plea Rack01 STE E a C Performance ATE E ES Range Past Hour x A Messaging Servers esx01 EB Exchange 2000 Serv A Media Servers Average Performance E Windows Media Serv CPU 2 Disk 2 KBps MM g rS Database Servers Memory 15M Network 0 bps z M Disk Network B SQL 2000 Server CPU lemory isl letworl f Appli
158. eeded remove any virtual machines from the virtual machine group Select the virtual machine and drag it to the farm icon Note Removing a virtual machine group removes the virtual machines contained within the virtual machine group from VirtualCenter 4 Remove the virtual machine group Select the appropriate virtual machine group and from either the main or right click popup menu select Remove 137 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 5 Select whether to remove the virtual machines in the virtual machine group If there are no virtual machines in the virtual machine group VirtualCenter removes the virtual machine group without a confirmation message Confirm YM Group Removal xj Removing this group will also remove all the VMs that belong to the group Do you want to do this Remove M Files w CO a Click the Remove VM Files check box If this box is selected the virtual machines are removed from the datastore If this box is not selected the virtual machines remain on the datastore b Confirm that you want to remove the virtual machine group Click Yes VirtualCenter removes the selected virtual machine group and all items contained within it from the hierarchy and the VirtualCenter environment Any assigned CPU and migration licenses return to available status 138 o ooe G Migrating Virtual Machines CHAPTER 8 139 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Migrating Virtual Machines This chapte
159. el Assign Resources Specify how much of the host s resources should be devoted to this virtual machine The resource allocating level tells VirtualCenter what percentage of the host resources to make available to the new virtual machine Click the appropriate radio button Click Next 207 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 10 Select whether to customize the new virtual machine as you create it E x Guest Operating System Customization You can customize the administrative and network settings for this new virtual ual machine s operating system Would you like to customize the guest operating system Start the guest customization wizard Import customizations from an XML file Filename l J Start the quest customization wizard Do not customize the quest operating system lt Back Next gt Cancel Click the appropriate radio button Click Next If you select the customization option refer to Customizing Guest Operating Systems on page 216 for description of the customization wizard and options If you decide not to customize the new virtual machine as part of the cloning process proceed to the next step 11 Complete the Cloning a Virtual Machine wizard Click Finish VirtualCenter displays the Tasks inventory panel for reference and makes a copy of the virtual machine applies changes as specified and stores the virtual machine on the designated host location VirtualCenter ad
160. el Click the arrow in the panel menu bar When the panel is hidden the panel menu bar is a strip along the side of the VirtualCenter client window While the inventory panel is hidden you cannot change the selected object To resize a panel Click on a resizing panel side and drag it to an appropriate size Your choices for the panels are persistent across VirtualCenter client sessions If you run multiple VirtualCenter client sessions using different usernames the settings from the last session to quit determine the values for the next VirtualCenter client session Understanding the Information Elements The information elements include the symbols attributes lists and charts The information elements are covered in the following sections e Symbol Information Elements e Attribute Elements e List Elements e Chart Elements 90 www vmware com CHAPTER 4 Working with the VirtualCenter Client Symbol Information Elements Monitoring data appears in the form of tables and charts and uses color icons and timelines for easy viewing and analysis Mware irtualCenter BEE File Edit YMs View Help al Tasks a Events e a uj AF EP Sle Fan vmware B esx01 esx02 Name State or Host contains l Ok Clear fa Messaging Servers Name State Status Host CPL Memnry Media Servers E Exchange 2000 Server D Poweredon O
161. elect the object you want to view or upon which you want to perform an action Drill through the hierarchy in the inventory panel until you see the icon for the object then click on it An object can be selected in the inventory panel or the information panel If the object is not in the view e Verify you are logged onto the correct VirtualCenter management server e Add the host to VirtualCenter control Refer to Working with Hosts on page 109 for information 4 Select the appropriate menu option Once an object is selected e Select a menu option from the main menu e Right click on the object and select from the popup menu 5 Follow the VirtualCenter prompts Depending upon the action you selected either the view in the information panel changes or a wizard prompts for information to complete the transaction The wizard includes the option to schedule the action for a later time 80 www vmware com 4 Working with the VirtualCenter Client CHAPTER 4 81 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Working with the VirtualCenter Client The VirtualCenter client provides mechanisms for interacting with the VirtualCenter management server Conceptually the VirtualCenter client display combines the simplicity of Windows Explorer navigating groups and lists of objects with the more sophisticated capabilities of Windows Task Manager and the Microsoft Management Console selecting and charting performance information This
162. emains on the datastore connected to the host To remove a virtual machine 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Ensure that the virtual machine is powered down 3 Remove the virtual machine from VirtualCenter but not from the datastore Select the virtual machine in the inventory panel From the main or right click popup menu select Remove 4 Confirm that you want to remove the virtual machine from VirtualCenter Click OK Confirm Remove ue AN Remove wekakest e VirtualCenter removes references to the virtual machine and no longer tracks its condition Note Using the Remove option removes the virtual machine only from VirtualCenter It does not remove the virtual machine from its datastore Refer to Removing Virtual Machines from the Disk on page 126 for information about the Remove From Disk option Returning a Virtual Machine to VirtualCenter If you have removed a virtual machine from a VirtualCenter but did not remove it from the host s datastore and you wish to return it to VirtualCenter refer to your ESX Server documentation and follow the procedures for adding an existing virtual machine to an ESX Server 125 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Removing Virtual Machines from the Disk Through VirtualCenter remove individual virtual machines from the
163. emplate e Clone an existing virtual machine e Change the power state of a virtual machine e Migrate a virtual machine e Migrate a virtual machine with VMotion e Change resource settings of a virtual machine Understanding Events VirtualCenter events are logged in the VirtualCenter database Each event panel displays the events relevant to the selected VirtualCenter object With the Events option in the navigation bar selected the Events panel displays all the events for the current session With a farm or host selected only the events that occurred on that farm or host appear in the Events panel Understanding Alarms Alarms are preconfigured actions that can be triggered when selected events occur Apply alarms to any VirtualCenter object View modify and remove an existing alarm through the Alarms tab of the object where the alarm was defined 31 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Understanding the User Interface The VirtualCenter client display is typical to Windows screens It has a menu bar a shortcut navigation bar a navigation specific toolbar and a display area For the Inventory navigation item the display area is divided into e Inventory panel Displays an inventory list of all the managed VirtualCenter management server objects e Information panel Displays the tab specific content for the selected object in the inventory panel For the Tasks Templates and Events Navigation items the display area shows a
164. ent EB Windows Media Client Connected to localhost VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator Inventory gt Farm gt Virtual Machines Tab The Virtual Machines tab content is described in the following table Name of virtual machine State of virtual machine such as powered on or connected Status Condition of the virtual machine CPU Percentage of the CPU being used 316 i o CHAPTER 16 Working with the VirtualCenter Data Path Location of the virtual machine in the inventory DNS Name DNS name used on the network UUID UUID used on the network to uniquely identify this virtual machine Viewing the Events Tab Tools Status VMware tools available The Events tab is available when you select a farm host or virtual machine object from the inventory panel of the navigation bar The Events tab displays a filtered view of the Events option It displays only those events that occurred on the selected object Select an event displays to its details in the Event Details field Click the link in the Event Details field to shift the display to the linked object 317 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 318 s Mware irtualCenter File Edit Ms View Help G a g Inventory Tasks Templates Events E vmware e und Ap HPL Server Farms Rack 1 esx01 ie A Messaging Servers GB Exchange 2000 Server fA Media Servers E Windows Media Server F Database Servers G
165. ent Details Connected to win03 cc VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator Viewing Selected VirtualCenter Events Each VirtualCenter object in the inventory panel has an Events tab in the information panel Each event that appears is an object specific subset of all the VirtualCenter events To view the event messages and event detail for an object 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel and expand the appropriate farm 285 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Select the object for which you want to view events In the inventory panel select a virtual machine host or farm as appropriate If you select a host the event messages for all the virtual machines on that host are included in the Event log 3 Display the Events log Click the Events tab 4 View an event detail Click on the event A full text message with links to related objects appears in the Event Details box gt Mware VirtualCenter File Edit yMs View Help a aag Inventory Tasks Templates Events gt a np p Epele an Exchange 2000 Server FG Server Farms E Rack01 esx01 Summary Performance Events Alarms Console Permissions Time a T m Description 3 esx02 Messaging Servers G Exchange 2000 Sery PA A S
166. entory Tasks TEREE Events u 0 0 8 BF o e i Exchange 2000 Server Server Farms RackO1 Summary Performance Events Alarms Console Permissions B esor Name Status Defined in Defined for Last triggered g vale ing S ym CPU usage OO OK Server Farms VMs Never gana VM Memory usage OO OK Server Farms vMs Never Q DOK Server Farms Ms 11 19 2003 5 37 PM Media Servers GD Windows Media Serv fe Database Servers GB SQL 2000 Server A Application Servers EB 2003 App Server 5 EB 2003 App Server EB Test E Rack02 esx03 g Web Servers A Apache GB RH Apache O1 EB RH Apache 02 a fA us iB Win2000 IIS 01 B Win2000 IIS 02 fe Management Servers GB Control Center Servi fA Applications G2 Exchange Client EB SQL Client EB Windows Media Clier Connected to win03 ce VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator Properties Remove 4 Remove an alarm Select the alarm and click Remove from the right click menu Click Yes to confirm removing the alarm 299 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 300 wire 16 Working with the VirtualCenter Data CHAPTER 16 301 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Working with the VirtualCenter Data This chapter describes the scope of the VirtualCenter data presented in the VirtualCenter client Th
167. er Files will be uploaded to the template upload directory naVMFS datastore You will be prompted to select a VMFS datastore lt Back Next gt Cancel The choices are e On the VMware VirtualCenter server This option duplicates of the source virtual machine disk files and places copies into the VirtualCenter upload directory Copying the files can take some time After the importing template process the source virtual machine is available for normal operations Refer to Specifying an Upload Directory for Templates on page 177 for information on specifying and using the VirtualCenter upload directory Use this option if the source disk is not on a SAN This option ensures the template can be deployed to any managed host e InaVMFS datastore This option adds a reference to the location of the files The virtual machine disks are copied to the VMFS volume that you specify Use this option when the virtual disk resides in a VMFS volume on a SAN This ensures a rapid deploy of a new virtual machine because it is a local disk copy 182 rate gimn CHAPTER 10 Working with Templates 6 If you selected In a VMFS datastore Select the VMFS datastore location in which to place the new template Click Next Specify the Virtual Machine s Location Enter the locations on the destination host to place the virtual machine s E configuration and disk files m Datastores Free Space 17395 MB
168. er status of a virtual machine option Click Next Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard Select a T ask Select a task from the list Clone an existing virtual machine Change the power status of a virtual machine Migrate a virtual machine Migrate a virtual machine with VMotion hange resource settings of a virtual machine Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard Select a Task Select a task from the list Change the power status of a virtual machine C ees i Click the appropriate radio button Click Next Note The specific form of the power state action can be modified to include guest operating system shut downs or not and to include running scripts or not Refer to Changing Power State Options on page 266 for additional information 131 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 6 Select the virtual machine whose power state changes Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard Select a Virtual Machine Choose which virtual machine this task applies to RackO1 fa Messaging Servers E Exchange 2000 Server fa Media Servers E Windows Media Server fA Database Servers E SQL 2000 Server fA Application Servers E 2003 App Server SMP E 2003 App Server E Test E Racko2 fa Web Servers fa Apache lt Back Next gt Select the virtual machine then click Next 7 Specify the tim
169. erating systems be sure the non default SCSI disks were specified VirtualCenter customization operates on the disk attached to the virtual SCSI node with the lowest address on the SCSI controller with the lowest index As a result it is a requirement to make sure that the guest operating system that is being customized resides on a disk attached as SCSI 0 0 node in the virtual machine configuration For Windows guest operating systems Both the active partition the partition containing boot ini and the system partition the partition containing the system directory for example WINNT or WINDOWS are on the same virtual disk and attached the SCSI 0 0 virtual SCSI node Note It is not a requirement that active and system partitions be the same partition For Linux guests The virtual disk containing the system partition the partition containing the etc directory must reside on the SCSI 0 0 node Windows Requirements for Guest Customization Guest customization of a Windows guest operating system can occur if e The guest operating system is not a primary or backup domain controller e The clone or template has one of the following Windows versions installed e Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server e Windows XP Professional 41 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual e Windows Server 2003 Web Standard or Enterprise Editions Note A Windows XP Home operating system guest customization is not Supported e The Microsoft Sysp
170. ervers Host CPU usage oo OK Server Farms Hosts 11 19 2003 5 44 PM Host Memory usage OO OK Server Farms Hosts Never amp Exchange 2il Sery Host Connection OO OK Server Farms Hosts Never fE Media Servers vm CPU usage OO OK Server Farms VMs 11 19 2003 5 44 PM E Windows Media Serv vM memory usage OO OK Server Farms Ms Never ff Database Servers vM Heartbeat OO OK Server Farms yMs 11 19 2003 5 52 PM GB SQL 2000 Server g fa Application Servers E 2003 App Server 5 B 2003 App Server Web Servers A Apache GB RH Apache 01 E RH Apache 02 IIS B Win2000 IIS 01 amp Win2000 I15 02 fa Management Servers Control Center Servi fa Applications E Exchange Client E SQL Client OB Windows Media Clier E Connected to win03 cc VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator Inventory gt Host gt Alarms Tab The Alarms tab content is described in the following table Condition of the alarm VirtualCenter object where the setting was made VirtualCenter to which the setting applies Date and time the alarm was most recently triggered 319 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Viewing the Permissions Tab The Permissions tab is available when you select any object from the inventory panel of the navigation bar The Permissions tab displays the users and groups with their associated permission roles assigned to the selected object gt
171. es 46 VMkernel warnings 46 M managed virtual machine templates 180 virtual machines templates 180 manually changing resource settings 267 cloning virtual machines 205 deploying templates 193 migrating with VMotion 150 memory configuring 243 resource charts 326 size for virtual machine 162 menu console 85 main 84 popup 85 Microsoft Access database 50 53 Microsoft SQL Server database 50 Microsoft Sysprep tools 217 migrating with VMotion 149 migration 29 140 142 powered off virtual machine 144 migration with VMotion 29 141 enabling 148 modifying www vmware comM installation 63 monitoring objects 78 moving powered on virtual machines 141 virtual machines 29 142 virtual machines between virtual machine groups 137 virtual machines to virtual machine groups 136 N navigating VirtualCenter client 75 navigation bar events option 284 307 inventory option 308 options 304 overview 302 templates 306 navigation toolbar 32 75 86 network custom networking 346 host only 347 resource charts 327 new virtual machine wizard 156 347 new virtual machines from templates 192 Newsgroups 43 NIC adding 257 configuring 244 non managed virtual machines as templates 184 notification alarm options 287 run script option 288 SNMP trap 288 notification option email 289 power off virtual machine 289 reset virtual machine 289 SMTP 289 SNMP 290 suspend virtual machine 289 O objects 79 monitoring 78 renaming 7
172. etwork they are to be installed Click the appropriate radio button Then click Next to continue the installation If you selected Client skip to step 11 If you selected Server skip to step 8 If you selected Custom proceed with the next step 56 www vmware com CHAPTER 2 Installing VMware VirtualCenter 7 Customize the installation a Select the VirtualCenter component to install ie Mware irtualCenter x Custom Setup Select the program fe Click on an icon in the list below to change how a Feature is installed ps Description VMware VirtualCenter server raronanents led km manage This feature will be installed on local hard drive 98 This feature and all subfeatures will be installed on local hard drive This Feature will not be available x Install to C Program Files MwarelvMware VirtualCenter Change InstallShield Click the down arrow next to the appropriate component and select from the drop down menu If you unselect an item its icon changes to an X The Space and Change buttons are grayed if the VirtualCenter management server is not selected b Make adjustments for available disk space ie Mware irtualCenter x Disk Space Requiren The disk space The highlighted volumes do not have enough disk space available for the currently selected features You can remove Files from the decree volumes choose to install less Features onto local
173. evice panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button Click the Hardware tab Click the hard disk in the Device panel 241 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 3 Change the path to the hard disk Select the disk file capacity and disk information for the virtual machine to use Click OK irtual Machine Control Panel Datastore localymfs Using drive devic Using drive dev Fd0 256 Colors 8 bit 1 Oscs1 Controller 0 BusLogic 4 Prepare to change the disk mode Click Advanced 5 Click the appropriate radio button to select a mode Click OK Advanced irtual Disk Options SCSI0 0 Hard Disk 1 ha The options are e Persistent e Undoable e Nonpersistent e Append 242 www vmware com CHAPTER 13 Editing an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration 6 Close out the advanced virtual disk options panel Click OK 7 Close out the Virtual Machine Control Panel dialog box Click OK Changing Memory Configuration To change the memory configuration 1 From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine Display the virtual machine control panel then select memory in the Device panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button Click the Hardware tab Click the memory in the Device panel Make changes as needed
174. ext Proceed to Customizing New Guest Operating Systems on page 222 Me x Guest Operating System Customization You can customize the administrative and network settings for this new virtual E machine s operating system Would you like to customize the guest operating system Start the guest customization wizard C Import customizations from an XML file Filename J Start the quest customization wizard Do not customize the guest operating system lt Back Next gt Cancel Customizing New Guest Operating Systems The customizing process varies depending upon the guest operating system to be used in the new virtual machine Refer to VirtualCenter Guest Operating System Customization Requirements on page 40 for a list of supported guest operating systems The customizing guest operating system topics are covered in the following sections e Customizing a Windows Guest Operating System e Customizing a Linux Guest Operating System Customizing a Windows Guest Operating System To customize a Windows 2000 Windows XP Professional or Windows Server 2003 guest operating system while deploying a template or cloning a virtual machine 1 Start the Guest Customization wizard You cannot start the Guest Customization wizard from a menu or toolbar option The Guest Customization wizard starts indirectly from the VirtualCenter Template Deployment or Clone wizard e f you are deploying a template to create a new vi
175. f Ms Number of Hosts New Group Connected to localhost VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6391 as Administrator Z 106 o ooe Moving a Farm to a Farm Group To move a farm to a farm group 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Select the appropriate icon either Server Farms or another farm group Click and drag the farm to the farm group Mware irtualCenter File Edit YMs Yiew Help oa C J E vmware Tasks Templates Events e gt n p HPL aaa New Group Server Farms a fa Farms SQ Ete menos ns New Farm Name Status Number of vms Number of Hosts New Farm OQO o0 0 Connected to localhost VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6391 as Administrator A Removing a Farm Group Removing a farm group removes all its contents from the VirtualCenter environment The contents include any other farms hosts and virtual machines To remove a farm group 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Remove the farm group Select the appropriate farm group and select Remove from the main or right click popup menu Confirm that you want to remove the farm group Click Yes Confirm Remove Group x AN Removing these groups will also remove all hosts and VMs that belong to all Farms within t
176. f all the hosts resources 271 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual To deploy a virtual machine from a template as a scheduled task 1 Display the Tasks panel Click the Tasks option in the navigation bar The list of scheduled tasks appears 2 Start the New Task wizard Click New in the toolbar 3 Confirm continuing with the New Task wizard Click Next 4 Select the task to create Click the pull down menu and select the Change resource settings of a virtual machine option Click Next Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard X Select aT ask Select a task from the list pm 1j Task Change resource settings of a virtual machine 7 Deploy a virtual machine from a template Clone an existing virtual machine Change the power status of a virtual machine Migrate a virtual machine Migrate a virtual machine with VMotion Change resource settings of a virtual machine lt Back Next gt Cancel 5 Select the virtual machine whose resource settings you want to change Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard x Select a Virtual Machine Choose which virtual machine this task applies to E Non Motion Farm fA Discovered vMs GNU Linux James Bond E Microsoft Windows 2000 Server 2 EQ Microsoft Windows 2000 Server EQ Microsoft Windows 2000 Serversadasd E ftmpsautotestfesx201 runtime winkPPro SP1 Nov_2_2003 0 E dryan E rwilson xcho client Gp xchg server E OA Motion Farm fa Discovered VMs A
177. g sections e VMware VirtualCenter Settings e VMware Management Interface e VMotion Properties e Virtual Machine Resources e Virtual Machine Control Panel e Schedule Task Properties e Template Properties e New Task Wizard for Resource Settings e Alarm Properties 95 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual VMware VirtualCenter Settings To access the VMware VirtualCenter settings select File gt VMware VirtualCenter Settings Note Changes to this setting apply to the current VirtualCenter management server only If you log out and log on to another VirtualCenter management server the settings are specific to that VirtualCenter management server only This dialog box has three tabs e Performance Lists the interval settings used to collect performance data that appears on the Performance tab in the information panel Mware irtualCenter Settings xi Performance Templates Advanced M Current Performance Intervals Name Minutes per Sample Number of Samples Past Day 5 288 Past Week 60 168 Past Month 360 120 Past Year 1440 365 M New Performance Interval Name Minutes per sample Number of samples Cancel e Templates Displays the field for specifying the template upload directory This directory stores templates that are not stored on a shared datastore Mware irtualCenter Settings xi Performance Templates Advanced Template Upload Directoy Spec
178. ge 180 Importing Templates Once you have created a template virtual machine perform the following to add it to the VirtualCenter upload directory Refer to the previous section Preparing for Templates on page 175 for information on creating a template virtual machine If you plan to store a template in the VirtualCenter upload directory refer to Specifying an Upload Directory for Templates on page 177 and define the upload directory location before proceeding The importing template topics are covered in the following sections e Importing a Managed Virtual Machine as a Template e Importing a Non Managed Virtual Machine as a Template Importing a Managed Virtual Machine as a Template To import a template from a virtual machine that is managed with VirtualCenter 1 Start VirtualCenter and log on to the VirtualCenter management server 2 Choose a method for starting the New Template wizard From the inventory panel a Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar The inventory panel and the information panel display the managed farms hosts virtual machines information The Inventory toolbar appears b Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine c Start the New Template wizard From the main or right click popup menu select New Template from this Virtual Machine From the Templates Navigation panel a Click the Templates option in the navigation bar b Click the New button in the Templ
179. groups 137 virtual machines 125 VirtualCenter 61 renaming virtual machine 265 renaming objects 76 requirements 355 356 guest customization 40 hardware customization 41 Windows guest customization 41 rescheduling scheduled tasks 281 reset notification option 289 toolbar 127 virtual machines 127 resource change disk allocation 270 resource allocation new virtual machine 161 resource settings manually changing 267 schedule changes 271 resources allocating hosts 119 change CPU allocation 268 change memory allocation 269 change network allocation 271 new task wizard 101 virtual machine settings 99 restarting guest operating system 127 VirtualCenter agent 70 VirtualCenter management server 69 resume defined 348 run script 127 virtual machines 127 roles 19 20 333 340 S scheduled task 18 31 208 change resource settings 271 creating 277 deploying templates 199 information panel 304 migrating powered off virtual machine 145 migrating with VMotion 152 overview 2 6 power on or off virtual machine 130 properties 100 removing 282 rescheduling 281 www vmware com script notification option 288 SCSI controller configuring 246 SCSI device configuring 240 SCSI drive adding 253 selecting objects 76 serial port adding 260 configuring 247 Server Farms 17 tabs 304 service console messages 46 settings hosts 122 new task wizard 101 timing for task 277 VMware VirtualCenter setti
180. gt Properties displays the Scheduled Task Properties dialog box From this box modify the time date and frequency of a scheduled activity Schedule the task Choose the time when this task will run The task can either run once or recur at regular intervals 10 34 am Tuesday November 11 2003 gt EE November 2003 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu 26 27 28 29 30 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 23 24 25 26 27 www vmware com CHAPTER 4 Working with the VirtualCenter Client Template Properties Selecting Templates Navigation gt template gt Edit gt Properties displays the Template Properties dialog box From this box change the name and description of the template Template Properties xi General Name Windows 2000 Advanced Server Description Base OS Image with SP4 and IIS installed a Cancel New Task Wizard for Resource Settings Selecting the New Task gt Change resource settings of a virtual machine gt Assigning Resources configures CPU and memory resource allocation for a virtual machine in a host Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard j x Assign Resources Specify how much of the host s resources should be devoted to this virtual E machine Resource Priority C Low Normal C High lt Back Next gt Cancel 101 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Alarm Properties Selecting File gt New gt Alarm displays the Alarm Properties dialog box for c
181. gy Document History VirtualCenter User s Manual Revision 20040329 Item No VC ENG Q303 004 This manual is revised with each release of the product or when deemed necessary A revised version can contain minor or major changes First Release 1 0 December 5 2003 PDF HTML on web PDF on CD Help Printed Release 1 0 editorial updates January 6 2004 PDF HTML on web Release 1 0 1 March 29 2004 PDF HTML on web Help To view the most current version of the manual refer to the VMware Web site www vmware com support Vc 13 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual Items of highlighted interest terms Variables parameters Abbreviations The following abbreviations are used in the graphics in this manual Understanding the Components VirtualCenter components are discussed in the following sections e Managed Components e Software Components e Organizational Components e Functional Components e Access Privileges Components 1 4 WWW VMwalre comM CHAPTER 1 Introducing VMware VirtualCenter Managed Components VirtualCenter monitors and manages the listed components Virtual machines A virtualized x86 personal computer environment in which a guest operating system and associated application software can run Multiple virtual machines can operate on the same host machine concurrently Virtualization platforms are VMware products such as E
182. h the source and target hosts to perform the migration Click Next 153 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 8 Set the time and date when you want the virtual machine to migrate Click Next Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard j x Schedule the task Choose the time when this task will un The task can either run once or E recur at regular intervals m Frequency Start Time Once Now C C After Startup ats Time fi 17 pm C Hourly Date Monday November 10 2003 fl C Daily C Weekly Monthly lt Back Next gt Cancel Click Later then click the drop down arrow to select a date from the displayed calendar A red circle indicates today s date and a dark circle indicates the scheduled date 9 Confirm creating the task Optionally specify an email address to receive notification when the task is performed Click Finish VirtualCenter adds the new task to the scheduled task list and completes it at the designated time When it is time to perform the task VirtualCenter first verifies that the user who created the task still has permission to complete the task If the permission levels are not acceptable VirtualCenter sends a message to the log and the task is not performed Similarly if the virtual machine is not in the correct state and VMotion is not enabled VirtualCenter sends a message to the log and the task is not performed 1 54 WWWwW VmMware com 9 Creating Ne
183. hange the power status of a virtual machine e Migrate a virtual machine e Change resource settings of a virtual machine For more information on scheduled tasks refer to Working with Scheduled Tasks on page 275 The table below lists the possible attributes that appear in a Tasks panel list Description VirtualCenter object where the setting was made Next Run Date and time the task is to be performed next Date and time the task was last performed Percentage of the task completed 305 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Viewing Navigation Bar Templates The Templates option in the navigation bar displays the list of available templates and provides the means to deploy create and clone new templates gt Mware YirtualCenter File Edit Ms view Help a 4 f J E vmware emplates vents Inventory Tasks New of Deploy ge Clone Guest OS Size MFS based Description J Windows 2000 Advanced Ser Windows 2000 Advanced Ser 1000 MB yes Base OS Image with SP4 and IIS installed Ld Linux Server GNU Linux 478MB yes Red Hat 7 2 with Apache installed d Exchange Client Windows 2000 Advanced Ser 3000 MB yes J Exchange Client Windows 2000 Advanced Ser 3000 M6 yes Connected to win03 cc VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator Navigation Bar gt Templates Button The template activities include e Create anew template e Create new virtual machine from
184. have occurred in the VirtualCenter The navigation topics are covered in the following sections e Selecting Objects e Monitoring Objects e Performing Actions on Objects Selecting Objects VirtualCenter objects are farms groups hosts and virtual machines Selecting an object does the following e Allows you to view the status of the object e Enables the menus so you can select actions to take upon the object To select an object 1 Select the appropriate navigation bar option The options are Inventory Tasks Templates and Events 2 Drill through the hierarchy in the inventory panel until you see the icon for the object then click it When you select an object is selected the object label in the inventory panel backfills and the information panel updates its display to reflect the data for the selected object www vmware com 76 CHAPTER 3 Starting VMware VirtualCenter To view an object menu Select the appropriate object and select the appropriate action from the Menu bar Alternatively right click on the object A popup menu with the object s available actions appears gt Mware YirtualCenter File Edit VMs View Help Ei E J Gil vmware Tasks Templates Events e uudel p aF a e 4 Database Servers fq Server Farms Rack01 Virtual Machines QUEUE gai LS SSS esx01 d esx02 Name State or Host contains Gk Clear E Messagi
185. he Answer Question dialog Double click the Question Pending link Or alternatively with the virtual machine highlighted select VMs gt Answer Question gt Mware irtualCenter Shut Down Guest Restart Guest Power Off suspend Alarms Console Permissions Guest OS Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition IP Address DNS Name Mware Tools Unknown Devices Device Summary E memory 384 MB Godard Disk 1 SCSI 0 0 Datastore PX Dev CD ROM 1 IDE 1 0 Auto detect Using drive dev fdo Adapter0 Network video 256 Colors 8 bit Virtual CPUs 1 SCSI Controller 0 LSI Logic 1 34 WWWw vmware com CHAPTER 7 Connecting with Virtual Machines Working with Virtual Machine Groups Virtual machine groups are organizational structures They can be added only to the virtual machine s farm Hierarchically virtual machine groups contain virtual machines or additional virtual machine groups The figure below illustrates the VirtualCenter organizational components Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations vnc t VC management server farm group ie farmB a9 Server Farms z a S Hierarchical Virtual Machine Groups The virtual machine group topics are covered in the following sections Adding a Virtual Machine Group Adding Virtual Machines to a Virtual Machine Group Moving Virtual Machines from a Virtual Machine Group Removing a Virt
186. he figure below illustrates creating a template from a managed virtual machine Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations 1 Create template from registered virtual machine VirtualCenter template upload directory 2 Store template in shared datastore SAN VirtualCenter template upload directory in upload directory in place with source vm Creating a Template Use an appropriate protocol such as FTP to copy all of the GSX Server or Workstation files to the directory accessible to the VirtualCenter management server The source virtual machine does not need to reside on a host within the VirtualCenter environment but it must be on a network location accessible to VirtualCenter 171 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 172 The figure below illustrates the process of creating a template from various virtual machine sources This includes ESX Server golden images as well as managed and unmanaged virtual machines Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations ESX Server Import to ESX Server Golden Image make new VM Existing VM Create VM Clone VM Template Sources m GSX Server or ESX Server ESX Server VM Workstation VM external to registered VM external to VirtualCenter with VirtualCenter VirtualCenter Manually move copy T il Workstation or emporarily register GSX Server 7 aan ee VM files locally to with virtuaicenter VirtualCenter server Import
187. he groups Do you want to do this CHAPTER 5 Working with Farms 107 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual VirtualCenter removes the selected farm group and all items contained within it from the hierarchy and the VirtualCenter environment Any assigned CPU and migration licenses return to available status 108 ns ooe 6 Working with Hosts CHAPTER 6 109 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Working with Hosts This chapter describes how to perform host related tasks You need a Virtual Machine Administrator role assigned to the farm containing the host to perform the tasks described in this chapter This chapter contains the following sections e Understanding Host States e Adding a Host to a Farm e Connecting to a Host e Moving Hosts Between Farms e Automatically Reconnecting a Host e Removing a Host e Allocating Host Resources e Configuring a Host Only ESX Server hosts that have virtual machines running on them are registered with VirtualCenter All hosts are added to VirtualCenter farms All virtual machines on hosts managed and running are automatically discovered and imported into VirtualCenter A virtual machine is removed from VirtualCenter management server only when either the virtual machine the host with the virtual machine or the farm with the virtual machine is explicitly removed through the VirtualCenter client When you add multiple hosts VirtualCenter identifies any naming conflicts that exist
188. he new virtual machine encounters errors when booting for the first time many of those errors are reported in a system log Customization errors seen after booting up the customized virtual machine are logged in both Linux as well as Windows guest operating systems In Linux these are errors are logged to var log boot log In Windows they are written to the Event Viewer under Application Log Steps required to finalize guest operating system customization are covered in the following sections e Completing Linux Guest Operating System Customization e Completing Windows Guest Operating System Customization Completing Linux Guest Operating System Customization A customized Linux virtual machine does not need any additional reboots and is operational as soon as the logon screen appears after the first boot If configuration errors occur they are displayed on the virtual machine s console screen while the guest operating system is booting The customization process for a Linux guest does not modify the etc hosts file Some network environments such as NIS may require etc hosts to include an entry for the new virtual machine s hostname If that is the case add the entry manually For example if the customized virtual machine is named myhost mydomain com and has one NIC which is assigned the static IP address 172 16 16 200 then add the following line to the virtual machine s etc hosts file 172 16 16 200 myhost domain com myhost C
189. he template upload directory Use the virtual machine s files as template files lt Back Next gt Cancel The choices are e On the VMware VirtualCenter server This option duplicates of the source virtual machine disk files and places copies into the VirtualCenter upload directory Copying the files can take some time After the importing template process the source virtual machine is available for normal operations Refer to Specifying an Upload Directory for Templates on page 177 for information on specifying and using the VirtualCenter upload directory www vmware comM CHAPTER 10 Working with Templates Use this option if the source disk is not on a SAN This option ensures the template can be deployed to any managed host e InaVMFS datastore This option adds a reference to the location of the files The virtual machine disks are copied to the VMFS volume that you specify Use this option when the virtual disk resides in a VMFS volume on a SAN This ensures a rapid deploy of a new virtual machine because it is a local disk copy 8 If you selected In a VMFS datastore Select the VMFS datastore location in which to place the new template Click Next Specify the Virtual Machine s Location Enter the locations on the destination host to place the virtual machine s E configuration and disk files m Datastores Free Space 17395 MB lt Back Next gt Cancel
190. hen click Next b Manually create a new System DSN Click Add Set the name to VMware VirtualCenter ODBC Data Source Administrator 2 x UserDSN System DSN File DSN Drivers Tracing Connection Pooling About System Data Sources Name Driver ooo O Add Remove Confiaure An ODBC System data source stores information about how to connect to the indicated data provider A System data source is visible to all users on this machine including NT services Cancel Apply Help c Provide a username and a password ji YMware VirtualCenter x Database Inform Enter additional databas Enter the Data Source Name DSN that you entered in the ODBC Data Source Administrator Enter the username that you entered in the ODBC Data Source Administrator Enter the password For this database connection Installshield lt Back Cancel d If an existing custom connection is already present click Cancel to quit the ODBC Data Source Administrator 65 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual VirtualCenter checks that the connection is valid before it allows the installation to continue For an Oracle database connect through an Oracle driver You must upgrade the Oracle driver to version 8 1 7 for the Oracle 8 1 5 database If you have not already done so refer to Preparing for the VirtualCenter Database on page 50 and perform the preparation steps before proceeding
191. hine Console Remains blacked out if the virtual machine is not powered on e Migrate to New Host Opens the Migration Wizard Clone this Virtual Opens the Clone a Virtual Machine Wizard Machine P Create Template Opens the Create a Template Wizard Devices Installed and or configured devices Minimum Memory Hard Disk CPU NIC Viewing the Farms Tab The Farms tab is available when you select a farm group object from the inventory panel of the navigation bar The Farms tab displays information about the farms in the group Mware irtualCenter 0 x File Edit YMs View Help oag we 2 y g vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events e u gt A p P Sle E et Farms server Farms New Farm Permissions Non Mation Farm Name Status Number of vms Number of Hosts esx050 disconnected aS JJ New Farm OOO 0 0 AB G Discovered ki Non YMotion Farm O00 0 1 VMotion Farm vMotion Farm OoO 5 2 qax225 UO YmGroupi O00 0 0 vpx SDK Ms Discovered VMs mGroup1 Connected to dthorsen w2k3 Mware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6523 as Bethany Inventory gt Server Farms gt Farms Tab 3 1 4 www vmware comM CHAPTER 16 Working with the VirtualCenter Data The Farms tab content is described in the following table Name Name of farm in the farm group or Server Farms Number of VMs Number of virtual machines in the farm group or Server Farms N
192. ich to deploy the new virtual machine Click Next Destination Virtual Machine Group Select the destination group for the deployed virtual machine a Fa Server Farms JO New Farm cL Discovered VMs 196 ns ooe CHAPTER 11 Copying Virtual Machines 6 Specify the host on which to deploy the new virtual machine Click Next Destination Host Select the host that this virtual machine will reside on ual Name State Status CPU E testserver Connected OOO BRNHIH JE T gt lt Back Next gt Cancel 7 Select the datastore volume on which to store the new virtual machine configuration file and virtual disks Click Next Specify the Virtual Machine s Location Enter the locations on the destination host to place the virtual machine s E configuration and disk files Datastores Free Space IV Automatically Power On Start running the virtual machine automatically after it is created lt Back Next gt Cancel Note Select the location for the new virtual machine configuration and disk files The virtual machine disk files must be placed on a VMFS partition Select from the list Select the default location for the placement of the virtual machine configuration file if this option appears 197 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 8 Select the network interface card NIC to use for the new virtual machine Click Next NIC Configuration A
193. ick OK The charts in the Performance tabs reflects the adjusted values 329 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 330 wie 1 Setting Access and Permissions CHAPTER 17 331 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Setting Access and Permissions This chapter describes how to manage access to VirtualCenter managed objects for users and groups You must have VirtualCenter Administrator permission to change the role permissions assigned to any object in VirtualCenter This chapter contains the following sections e Understanding Users and Groups e Planning Access Permission e Assigning Access Permissions e Changing Access Permissions e Removing Access Permissions Understanding Users and Groups VirtualCenter has full access rights and privileges on all managed virtual objects such as farms farms groups virtual machines and virtual machine groups VirtualCenter access is not granted to users for hosts templates events alarms or scheduled tasks When a host is managed with VirtualCenter VirtualCenter is granted privileges on the host VirtualCenter can move virtual machines to and from hosts and perform configuration changes needed to support virtual machines Some configuration conditions are not handled within VirtualCenter but can be controlled through the standard ESX Server interfaces the VMware Management Interface remote console or service console VirtualCenter registers any selected Windows domain o
194. ify the server directory where virtual machine template files are stored F Templates Cancel 96 WWWwW VmMware com CHAPTER 4 Working with the VirtualCenter Client e Advanced Lists a variety of fields an Performance Templates Advanced instance id Booo a snmp receiver 1 name flocahot ss S snmp receiver 1 port 162 snmp receiver 1 community pubic s lt sS snmp receiver 2 name Po snmp receiver 2 port o snmp receiver 2 community TO Cancel The Advanced tab fields are e instance id Generates unique MAC addresses and UUIDs for virtual machines In some cases it is possible to have more than one VirtualCenter running in the same company Each of these VirtualCenters must have its own unique instance id By default an ID value is generated randomly However this value is editable The only requirement is that it be a unique number from 0 to 63 e snmp receiver n name snmp receiver n port snmp receiver n community Used for alarm notification Refer to Preparing for SNMP Alarm Notification on page 290 for information on setting these values e mail sender mail smtp sender mail smtp port Used for alarm notification Refer to Preparing for SNMP Alarm Notification on page 290 for information on setting these values e host reconnectThreshold Specifies how long in minutes VirtualCenter should continue to try to connect automatically to a host The default value is 30 mi
195. ilable to Unreserved memory on the host machine New VMs CPU Usage Virtual Machine Percentage of CPU used by running virtual machines pf Other Percentage of CPU used for other purposes bo System Total Total percentage of CPU used on the host machine Memory Usage Virtual Machine Percentage of memory used by running virtual machines po Other Percentage of memory used for other purposes System Total Total percentage of memory used on the host machine Networks fo List of networks accessible by the host machine fDatastores ff List of datastores accessible by the host machine 312 a o Viewing the Virtual Machine Summary Tab The virtual machine Summary tab displays information that applies to a virtual machine and its resources CHAPTER 16 Working with the VirtualCenter Data 3 Mware irtualCenter File Edit VMs View Help d ag Inventory Tasks Templates amp J Events E vmware u 0 0 A p Be S E Exchange 2000 Server fa Server Farms E Rack0 1 Summary SEE TE E E EES g see Hosted on esx02 Guest OS Windows 2000 Server a Messaging Servers Status OK IP Address 10 4 69 160 3B State Powered on DNS Name fe Media Servers Active Tasks none VMware Tools Installed EB Windows Media Server Conuands Denes Database Servers E B Application Servers E Power off this virtual machine Device Summar
196. ile the virtual machine is running VMware Virtual Machine Console Interface to a virtual machine that provides access to one or more virtual machines on the local host or a remote host running VirtualCenter You can view the virtual machine s display to run programs within it or modify guest operating system settings In addition you can change the virtual machine s configuration install the guest operating system or run the virtual machine in full screen mode 350 i o Index A access 342 assigning 340 inheritance 336 removing 343 users and groups 332 Access database 53 acting on objects 79 adding CD ROM 250 DVD 250 ethernet adapter 257 existing virtual machines 124 farm groups 106 farms 104 floppy drive 252 hard disks 254 hardware 250 hosts 112 NIC 257 parallel port 258 SCSI drive 253 serial port 260 virtual machine groups 136 advanced settings 97 267 alarms 18 31 284 287 creating 291 editing 296 email notification 287 information panel 319 inventory tab 284 preparing SMTP notification 289 preparing SNMP notification 290 properties 102 removing 298 tab 303 319 answering pending questions 133 assigning 340 permissions 340 attributes 91 availability report 47 C CD ROM adding 250 configuring 239 changing 342 access permissions 342 CPU resource settings 268 disk resource settings 270 memory resource settings 269 network resource settings 271 charts 93 CPU resource 3
197. indows systems it is called the computer name On most other operating systems it is called the host name This is not the same as the virtual machine name That was declared earlier in the Clone or Template Deployment wizard 223 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 5 Specify a Windows license key for the new guest operating system For Windows Server operating systems enter the license mode Click Next Mware irtualCenter Guest Customization Wizard Windows License Specify the Windows licensing information for this copy of the guest operating system Mware irtualCenter Guest Customization Wizard Administrator Password Specify the password for the Administrator account If you specify a new administrator password and the source Windows virtual machine or template already has one then you must select the Delete all user accounts option in step 11 Otherwise the old administrator password is not changed Enter the password for the Administrative user Enter it again in the Confirm Password field Click Next 224 www vmware com CHAPTER 12 Customizing Guest Operating Systems 7 Specify a time zone Click Next Mware irtualCenter Guest Customization Wizard Time Zone Select the time zone for this virtual machine Mware YirtualCenter Guest Customization Wizard Network Interface Settings Customize the software settings for each network interface The options are e Typic
198. ing of the task Mware YirtualCenter New Task Wizard A x Schedule the task Choose the time when this task will un The task can either run once or ual recur at regular intervals Frequency Start Time Once G Now After Startup C Later ee Time 4 32 pm Date Thursday November 06 2003 v C Daily C Weekly C Monthly lt Back Next gt Cancel To see the calendar click on the Later button and then the Date down arrow When you have set the date and time click Next 8 Confirm creating the task Optionally specify an email address for notification when task is performed Click Finish VirtualCenter adds the new task to the scheduled task list and completes it at the designated time When it is time to perform the task VirtualCenter first verifies that the user who created the task still has permission to complete the task If the permission levels are not acceptable a message is generated and the task is not performed 132 rate gimn CHAPTER 7 Connecting with Virtual Machines Answering a Pending Question When VirtualCenter is performing a task that for some reason requires input from you the Inventory Summary tab for the selected virtual machine displays Question Pending as the status To answer a pending question for a virtual machine 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory
199. ing used 315 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual CPU Count System CPU Count NIC Count Number of NICs Uptime Uptime of system Viewing the Virtual Machines Tab The Virtual Machines tab is available when you select a farm host or virtual machine group object from the inventory panel of the navigation bar The Virtual Machines tab displays information about the status of virtual machines within the farm host or virtual machine group selected The Virtual Machines tab s panel provides filtering capabilities to view only selected virtual machines Mware VirtualCenter File Edit VMs View Help fg 2 oJ E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events qo anN gt G F BF s e 5 Server Farms o gg Rackii EErEE Vitual Machines CES E E E esxo1 l R esx02 Name State or Host contains Ok Clear g Messaging Servers Name State Status CPU Memory New Attribute GB Exchange 2000 Server Exchange 2000 Server gt Powered on S E99 Ee fa Media Servers 2 2003 App Server Powered off OOO EB Windows Media Server EQ Windows Media Server gt Poweredon 7 Ea G Database Servers E SQL 2000 Server gt Poweredon OO 3 a 4 E Application Servers Q 2003 App Server SMP D Poweredon OO 3m 2i E Rack02Z Test D Poweredon OO 1 E 5 esx03 F Web Servers Management Servers Applications Ga Exchange Client EB SQL Cli
200. inning the Guest Customization Process e Customizing New Guest Operating Systems e Completing a Guest Operating System Customization When a new virtual machine is deployed or cloned starting the Guest Customization wizard is an option Customizing Windows guest operating system options include e Join workgroups and domains e Network interface configuration e Domain suffix security ID SID change Customizing Linux guest operating system options include e Host name e Domain suffix e Network interface configuration Preparing for Guest Customization When you deploy a template or clone an existing virtual machine you have the opportunity to customize the new guest operating system A Guest Customization wizard guides you through the configuration options Before you run the Guest Customization wizard that means before you start the Template Deployment or Clone wizards if you intend to perform a Guest Customization perform the following e Verify that your system meets the guest customization requirements listed in VirtualCenter Guest Operating System Customization Requirements on page 40 216 S e CHAPTER 12 Customizing Guest Operating Systems e Install the required components on the Windows machine where the VirtualCenter management server is installed Installing the components required to support guest operating system customization are covered in the following sections e Installing the Microsoft Sysprep Tools e I
201. ion is handled automatically by the VirtualCenter management server The VirtualCenter client package includes online help and documentation for administrators and users This chapter contains the following topics e Preparing for the VirtualCenter Database e Installing the VirtualCenter Product e Uninstalling VMware VirtualCenter e Modifying a VirtualCenter Installation Preparing for the VirtualCenter Database VirtualCenter supports three types of database formats e Microsoft Access default e Microsoft SOL Server 2000 Microsoft SQL Server 7 e Oracle 8i Each database requires some configuration adjustments in addition to the basic installation The following sections describe these configuration adjustments The installation preparation topics are covered in the following sections e Configuring Oracle 8i Connection to Work Locally e Configuring Oracle 8i Connection to Work Remotely e Configuring a SQL Server ODBC Connection e Configuring the Microsoft Access Database Configuring Oracle 8i Connection to Work Locally If you are planning to use an Oracle database as your VirtualCenter database and you are going to have VirtualCenter access the database locally 50 www vmMware com CHAPTER 2 Installing VMware VirtualCenter To prepare an Oracle database to work locally with VirtualCenter 1 From the Oracle database machine install and prepare Oracle a Install Oracle8i and create a database VirtualCenter b Download
202. ion panel display the managed farms hosts and virtual machine information The Inventory toolbar appears b Expand the inventory as needed and click the source virtual machine c Start the Clone a Virtual Machine wizard From the main or right click popup menu select Clone 3 Confirm continuing with the Clone wizard Click Next 4 Select a target host for the clone Click Next Select aHost Select the destination host for the virtual machine E gg Rack02 H esx03 Cancel 205 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 5 Select a farm for the clone Click Next Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard Destination Virtual Machine Group Select the destination group for the virtual machine Media Servers Database Servers Application Servers Name the Virtual Machine Choose a name for the new virtual machine Enter a name Click Next 7 Select the datastore location i Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard Specify the Virtual Machine s Location Enter the locations on the destination host to place the virtual machine s configuration and disk files 206 wc CHAPTER 11 Copying Virtual Machines Select a location from list Click Next Assign the network interface cards NIC NIC Configuration Assign each network interface card to a network Es Select from the list if there is more than one NIC Click Next Specify the resource allocation lev
203. ions through the menus and toolbars are disallowed A Read Only User role can view the templates and scheduled tasks but not perform any actions with them Virtual Machine User Users assigned this role for an object are allowed to perform power operations on virtual machines With this role connect with a remote console and view the states of virtual machines You cannot modify the configuration of hosts or virtual machines Virtual Machine Administrator Users assigned this role for an object are allowed to add remove or modify objects With this role you e Connect disconnect host devices migrate and migrate with VMotion clone remove and configure virtual machines e Create import and deploy templates e Add and remove hosts from farms e Create remove or modify farms farm groups and virtual machine groups and their content VirtualCenter Administrator Users in this role are allowed to change privileges for an object With this role add remove and set access rights and privileges for all the VirtualCenter users and all the virtual objects in the VirtualCenter environment 333 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Read Only Virtual Virtual VirtualCenter Access Permission User Machine Machine Administrator User Administrator X X View farms hosts and virtual machines X X X Perform power operations on virtual machines Add remove and move virtual machines including deploy templates and clone existi
204. irements VirtualCenter virtual machines must be installed with one of the following guest Operating systems e Windows 2000 Server e Windows 2000 Advanced Server e Windows XP Professional e Windows Server 2003 Web Edition e Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition e Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition e Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 0 e Red Hat Advanced Server 2 1 e SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 VirtualCenter Licensing Requirements There are three elements to VirtualCenter licensing each of which has a separate set of license keys with a different set of policies VirtualCenter management server Requires one license for each VirtualCenter Server VirtualCenter Server licenses are perpetual A license key is requested the first time VirtualCenter client connects to the VirtualCenter management server not during installation VirtualCenter agent licenses Requires one license that comes in assorted configurations for each registered host Managed CPU licenses are perpetual The license configurations are typically in combinations of pairs for example 2 4 8 and 16 CPU licenses Hosts cannot be partially licensed For example you cannot use 4 CPUs worth of licenses on an 8 way system this configuration requires 8 CPU licenses Additional licenses can be added through the VirtualCenter client Any time you add a host to VirtualCenter VirtualCenter automatically applies an appropriate number of managed CPU licenses tow
205. irtualCenter User s Manual 2 Launch the VirtualCenter client Double click a shortcut or select the application through Start gt Programs gt VMware gt Vmware VirtualCenter 3 When you start the VirtualCenter client log on to the VirtualCenter server Enter or select the VirtualCenter management server name your username and your password for that VirtualCenter management server Click Connect to continue Mware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 6367 xj Sener localhost F7 Username l Password The default localhost location is the local Windows PC where you started the VirtualCenter client Using the LocalHost in the logon screen the VirtualCenter client assumes the VirtualCenter management server is located on the same host as the VirtualCenter client Alternatively click the Server list arrow and select from the list of available VirtualCenter servers Or type the name of the VirtualCenter management server on your network An IP address or a name are acceptable The default for the username field is the user currently logged on To change the username when you log on highlight the name and type over it as you do in any other Windows logon dialog box If you do not log on to a VirtualCenter management server the VirtualCenter client displays its interface However you cannot access any hosts or virtual machines without logging on to a VirtualCenter management server 72 www vmware comM CHAPTER 3 Starting VM
206. is chapter describes the display of current data This chapter contains the following topics e Viewing Navigation Bar Tasks e Viewing Navigation Bar Templates e Viewing Navigation Bar Events e Viewing Navigation Bar Inventory e Understanding the Summary Tabs e Viewing the Farms Tab e Viewing the Hosts Tab e Viewing the Virtual Machines Tab e Viewing the Events Tab e Viewing the Alarms Tab e Viewing the Permissions Tab e Viewing the Console Tab e Viewing the Performance Tab Access the general display of data and activity through the information panel The information panel is the visual center of your VirtualCenter monitoring activities Through the information panel view status resource usage and performance information about your hosts virtual machines and farms View scheduled tasks available templates and a list of events This information in one of two sets of panels e Navigation bar Provides shortcuts to generalized areas of related activities The options are Inventory Tasks Templates and Events The Tasks Templates and Events options display a single information panel The Inventory option displays an inventory panel or an information panel The Inventory information panel displays a set of tabs The displayed tabs depend upon the object you select in the inventory panel When you select any other navigation bar the information panel appears e Inventory tabs A subset of the Inventory option The Invento
207. issions tab c Click the linked object in the Defined in column gt Mware YirtualCenter File Edit VMs View Help raga 7 E E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events u 0 0 8 p ElSe Sa Exchange 2000 Server fa Server Farms RackOl STE na eS Permissions B esx0t User Group Role Defined in A a MAdmins Read Only User This object essag Guest Read Only User This object Administrators YMware VirtualCenter Administrator Server Farms E fa Media Servers EB Windows Media Server g fa Database Servers EB SQL 2000 Server fa Application Servers GB 2003 App Server SMP 2 2003 App Server Test Rack02 esx03 F web Servers Management Servers Applications E Exchange Client E SQL Client GB Windows Media Client Connected to localhost VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator VirtualCenter displays the Permission panel for the object to which the permission was defined 5 Remove the permission setting Select the user permission to remove Select Remove from either the Edit or right click menu VirtualCenter removes the permission setting Note There is no additional warning that the permission is going to be removed 344 ee ee 13 Glossary CHAPTER 18 345 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Glossary Alarms Anentity that monitors one or more properties of a
208. k capacity Disk size GB Datastore free 11 6GB data lt Back Carcel Enter the disk size Click Next Note A new virtual machine with a blank virtual disk is like a new computer with a blank hard disk You must install a guest operating system before use the virtual machine VirtualCenter proceeds to create the virtual machine you specified using the custom settings You have completed the Create New Virtual Machine process Make the Virtual Disk Big Enough The virtual disk should be large enough to hold the guest operating system and all of the software that you intend to install with room for data and growth 160 o ooe CHAPTER 9 Creating New Virtual Machines You cannot change the virtual disk s maximum capacity later But you can install additional virtual disks later by using the Virtual Machine Control Panel For example you need about 500MB of actual free space on the file system containing the virtual disk to install Windows XP and applications such as Microsoft Office inside the virtual machine Completing the New Virtual Machine with Custom Settings This section describes the steps taken when the Customize option is selected in the New Virtual Machine wizard Refer to Creating Virtual Machines Using the New Virtual Machine Wizard for information on beginning this process Note This section is not describing the process of customizing a new virtual machine that is being created by cloning an exis
209. king with the VirtualCenter Data Viewing the Console Tab The Console tab is available when you select a virtual machine object from the inventory panel of the navigation bar The Console tab displays a blank screen when the virtual machine selected is not powered on When the virtual machine is powered on the Console tab displays the running console of the virtual machine When you select the Console tab a popout version of the console is also available by clicking on the Console toolbar button gt Mware irtualCenter D x File Edit YMs View Help a a g I vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events eo g up A p BF e e ae AnandMigrate Server Farms New Farm EDn Aa eee Console SEE a Non YMotion Farm esx050 disconnected Discovered VMs a VMotion Farm gax225 px7 N SDK Ms El E stinger exe Discovered VMs B AnandMigrate stinger opt E AnotherMigrate GQ Bug_31219 E MarkMigrate E PeterMigrate YmGroup1 To release cursor press CTRL ALT 7 Inventory gt Virtual Machine gt Console Tab The Console window provides live access to the virtual machine console from within the VirtualCenter client and allows you to interact with the operations of the virtual machine A detachable virtual machine Console window can be operated independently from the VirtualCenter client by selecting the appropriate virtual machine from the inventory panel and clicking the Console option in the Inventor
210. ks gt Mware irtualCenter File Edit YMs view Help jj 2 8J Inventory Tasks Templates Events wal New rs Properties Scheduled Tasks Description Last run Next run Progress Migrate 2003 App Server to esx02 11 17 2003 8 03 PM Finished Migrate SQL 2000 Server to esx02 11 17 2003 8 06 PM Finished Migrate SQL 2000 Server to esx01 11 18 2003 9 35 4M Finished Deploy Test as Test to esx01 11 18 2003 9 41 4M Finished Power on Exchange 2000 Server 11 18 2003 12 49 PM Finished New template Exchange Client from Exchange Client 11 18 2003 1 01 PM New template Exchange Client From Exchange Client 11 18 2003 1 04 PM Migrate Exchange 2000 Server to esx02 11 18 2003 2 47 PM Migrate SQL 2000 Server to esx02 11 19 2003 5 31 PM Migrate SQL 2000 Server to esx01 11 19 2003 5 40 PM Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished SSSI EOLO OOTOLO OCE CEC Migrate Windows Media Server to esx02 11 19 2003 5 49 PM Task Details Description Progress Connected to win03 cc VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator Navigation Bar gt Tasks Button The scheduled activities include e Create new task e Edit task scheduled through the task properties 304 WWWwW VmMware com CHAPTER 16 Working with the VirtualCenter Data The type of scheduled tasks that can be created through the New Task wizard include e Deploy a virtual machine from a template e Clone an existing virtual machine e C
211. l New Virtual Machine No previous condition Create Template Existing virtual machine registered with VirtualCenter or local to VirtualCenter management server Deploy Template Existing template in template upload repository or on datastore of registered host Clone Existing Virtual Machine Existing registered virtual machine Guest Customization Triggered from deploy template or clone wizards Requires existing guest operating system in original source virtual machine Edit Existing Virtual Machine Completed virtual machine Virtual machine can be result of either New Virtual Machine wizard or Deploy or Clone wizards The following sections introduce the essential VirtualCenter tasks e Understanding Virtual Machines and Hosts e Understanding Templates e Cloning Virtual Machines e Understanding Customization e Understanding Migration e Creating and Configuring New Virtual Machines e Understanding Scheduled Tasks e Understanding Events e Understanding Alarms e Understanding the User Interface e Performing Actions 23 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Understanding Virtual Machines and Hosts Hosts are added to the VirtualCenter environment through an Add Host wizard When VirtualCenter adds a host it automatically discovers and registers all the virtual machines on that host Each host is associated with a specific farm Select a farm object to enable the Add Host wizard menu option The figure below illustr
212. l Machine from Template Total M Migrations New Alarm Add Permission Memory G3Disk E Network Most Active Hosts Least Active Hosts CPU Usage Resource Contention last 24hrs CPU Usage Resource Volatility last 7 days Connected to localhost VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6391 as Administrator 3 Confirm proceeding with the Add Host Wizard Click Next 4 Enter the host connection settings Specify Connections Settings Type in the information used to connect to this host E Connection Hostname Port 302 Authentication Type in the username and password for this host s VMware VirtualCenter user account For an ESX host this would be the root account The connection process may take several minutes Please be patient Username root Password lt Back Next gt Cancel Type the name of the ESX Server host in the Hostname field Enter the username with a role level of VirtualCenter Administrator and password for the selected host Click Next to continue Refer to your ESX Server documentation for information on changing the port number if needed CHAPTER 6 Working with Hosts 113 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual VirtualCenter does the following e Connects to the host e Verifies that the host is not already being managed If it is already being managed on another farm VirtualCenter displays an information message e Reads the number
213. l panel Choose an editing method from either the Edit menu the object right click menu or the Summary tab select Edit Properties Mware irtualCenter e x File Edit YMs View Help Sa ca CF E vmware Tasks Templates Events e u nj 4 8 B 2 e SSS Ses Windows Media Client Server Farms oA RackO1 Summary Performance Events Alarms Console Permissions esx01 g esx02 Hosted on esx03 Guest O5 Windows 2000 Advanced Server a Messaging Servers Status OK IP Address 169 254 75 95 R Exchange 2000 Sery State Powered on DNS Name 7 Media Servers Active Tasks none VMware Tools Installed need upgrade F Database Servers eS Toi Application Servers E Rack02 IB Power off this virtual machine ae _Summary esx03 a R Memory 128 MB F Web Servers 10 Suspend this virtual machine S Hard Disk 1 SCSI 0 0 Datastore demo F Management Servers A Reset this virtual machine co Rom 1 IDE 0 0 Using drive dev cdrom E Applications Floppy 1 Using drive dev fdo i Edit Properties B Exchange Client D nc Monitor Device BH SQL Client B Launch vm Console video High Color 16 bit GB Windows Media Clierf Virtual CPU 1 aeri atn Es Migrate to New Host irtual Is SCSI Controller 0 BusLogic 4 b Connected to localhost VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator 237 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual
214. list of scheduled tasks templates and events respectively menu bar navigation bar toolbar information panel tabs gt Mware YirtualCenter 1 0 0 File Edit YMs view Help Gag amp Inventory Tasks Templates Events e nd Alp HES EE 0 225 VMware ESX Server 2 0 1 build 6348 pg Server Farms 15 Minutes of Farm Summary AE a gts LET Ae R EC Non Motion Farm BG vMotion Farm Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation Motion Enabled Yes 5 g qax123 Model PowerEdge 2650 Virtual Machines 2 Total Memory 1998MB Number of Processors 2 vpx7 Processor Intel R Xeon TM CPU 2 60GHz Number of Mics 3 g Discovered VMs Number of Active Tasks 0 fa rm amp AnotherMigrate Commands Available Resources E Clone of WindowsXP h ost E Clone of win2kforfoc GQ Manage Virtual Machine Resources ea nares a ietin G Windows 2000 Serve Change VMotion Properties Memory Av lane to Nei Se E windowsxPPro i ra Th win2kfortools E Edit Host Configuration CPU Usage Memory Usage virtual Machines SI virtual Machines 3i Other SI Other 3l System Total 10 aa System Total 6 Em Hetworks Datastores Internal Network YPX QA1 91393 MB 23546 MB as AdapterO Network VPX Dev 81815 MB 38807 MB ay Adapter1 Network localymfs 31134 MB 15621 MB ay i gt Not connected virtual machine inventory panel information panel VirtualCenter User Interface 32 aren CHAPTER 1 Introducing
215. m be attached to a Click Advanced button in the Choose DVD CD ROM Device screen 251 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual b Select the appropriate device node c Click Back 9 Complete the process Click Finish Adding a Floppy Drive To add a floppy drive to a virtual machine 1 From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Display the virtual machine control panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button 3 Click the Hardware tab Select any device 4 Start the Add Hardware wizard Click the Add button 5 Select the floppy drive device to add Click Next 6 Select the type of floppy media Add Hardware Wizard xj Floppy Media Type What media should this virtual drive access Q Floppy Use a physical floppy drive Choose this option to give the guest access to a floppy on the host C Use a floppy image floppy image is a file on the host that stores data in the same format as a physical floppy Greate a blank floppy image Choose this option to create and use a blank floppy image lt Back Cancel Select the appropriate radio button Click Next 252 S oe CHAPTER 13 Editing an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration 7 Select the floppy device and whether to connect it when the virtual machine
216. machine A template typically includes a specified operating system and a configuration which provides virtual counterparts to hardware components Optionally a template can include an installed guest operating system and a set of applications VirtualCenter uses templates to create new virtual machines VirtualCenter uses virtual machine templates as a quick and consistent method for adding new virtual machines to the VirtualCenter environment There are two processes for creating templates e Prepare a virtual machine for use as a template This preparation includes creating a virtual machine to be the template and installing an operating system or any applications that you want Or alternatively take an existing virtual machine and place it on a host that VirtualCenter identifies as acceptable Yet another option is to create a clone of an existing virtual machine www vmMware com 170 CHAPTER 10 Working with Templates e Test the virtual machine power it on then shut it down The virtual machine cannot be running when you create a template from it Templates are created from existing virtual machines These virtual machines can be either e Virtual machines located on any VirtualCenter managed host e Virtual machines stored on a disk local to the VirtualCenter management server Virtual machines local to the VirtualCenter management server can be virtual machines created by supported versions of GSX Server or Workstation T
217. main or right click popup menu display the available options Or select the power options from the toolbar If an option is not currently available it is dimmed 129 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual The following options include the basic virtual machine power operations e Power on e Power off e Suspend e Resume e Reset Additionally the following options involve running scripts around the power operations e Suspend after running script e Resume and run script e Power on and run script Two options affect the guest operating system only e Shut down guest e Restart guest Note The specific form of the power state action can be modified to include guest operating system shut downs or not and to include running scripts or not Refer to Changing Power State Options on page 266 for additional information After the power option is selected VirtualCenter displays messages in the Summary tab indicating the transition modes Scheduling a Power State Change for a Virtual Machine To make a scheduled task to change the power state of a virtual machine 1 Display the Tasks panel Click the Tasks option in the navigation bar The list of scheduled tasks appears 2 Start the New Task wizard Click New in the toolbar 3 Confirm continuing with the New Task wizard Click Next 130 ns ooe CHAPTER 7 Connecting with Virtual Machines 4 Select the task to create Click the pull down menu and select the Change the pow
218. may appear while this is happening 3 Verify you are installing the VirtualCenter product Click Next 4 Accept the VMware license terms Click the Accept button then click Next 5 Enter your customer identification information ji Mware VirtualCenter Xx B Customer Information e Please enter your informal User Name Organization Install this application For Anyone who uses this computer all users C Only for me ws40 Installshield lt Back Cancel Enter your user name company name and select the appropriate user application status radio button Then click Next to continue the installation 55 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 6 Select the type of installation setup Setup Type Choose the setup type t Please select a setup type nt Install the components necessary to connect to a YMware VirtualCenter server Install Mware VirtualCenter server components Used to manage 13 several virtual machines Custom Choose which program features you want installed and where they a will be installed Recommended for advanced users InstallShield lt Back Cancel The choices are e Client Installs the VirtualCenter client and VirtualCenter database components on the local machine e Server Installs the VirtualCenter management server component on the local machine e Custom Allows you to select which items to install and where within the n
219. me and date when you want to migrate the virtual machine to be migrated Click Next Mware YirtualCenter New Task Wizard z Schedule the task r Choose the time when this task will un The task can either run once or pm 1j recur at regular intervals CHAPTER 8 Migrating Virtual Machines 147 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 148 Click Later then click the drop down arrow to select a date from the displayed calendar A red circle indicates today s date and a dark circle indicates the scheduled date 9 Confirm creating the task Optionally specify an email address to receive notification when the task is performed Click Finish VirtualCenter adds the new task to the scheduled task list and completes it at the designated time When it is time to perform the task VirtualCenter first verifies that the user who created the task still has permission to complete the task If the permission levels are not acceptable VirtualCenter sends a message to the log and the task is not performed Similarly if the virtual machine is not in the correct state VirtualCenter sends a message to the log and the task is not performed Enabling VMotion You must enable VMotion on both the target and the source host to support migration with VMotion To enable a host for VMotion 1 Ensure that the host is properly configured e Refer to VirtualCenter VMotion Requirements on page 37 for the list of VMotion requirements e
220. mn heading To select items in a list Click on an individual item Press Shift click or Ctrl click to select multiple items All lists can be sorted To view or remove columns in a list Right click the column header and select the column name from the list To filter the view of virtual machines Click the arrow to view a list of attributes from which to select Type text directly into the filtering field to specify search criteria The Filter field does not support boolean expressions or special characters Click Ok to display only those virtual machine that match the criteria Click Clear to change the filter To remove a filter Click Clear or delete the entry in of the filtering field and click OK VirtualCenter displays the full list of available items To select columns to search for the filtering keyword Right click in the contains field and select or deselect the appropriate column names Filtering is inclusive not exclusive If the keyword is found in any of the selected columns the line item is included in the list Chart Elements Each chart contains data relative to the selected object in the inventory panel The charts display the data across time 93 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Each resource has a summary graph and one graph per instance of that resource For example the CPU Usage resource has one graph per CPU and net usage has one graph per NIC View only one set of resource graphs at a time Note
221. mplates Events gt a up 6 F BP e e 3 Control Center Server fg Server Farms E Rack01 esx01 esx02 Messaging Servers EB Exchange 2000 Serv fA Media Servers E Windows Media Serv fa Database Servers EB SQL 2000 Server f Application Servers E 2003 App Server 5 E 2003 App Server EB Test Rack02 esx03 g Web Servers z fa Apache E RH Apache O1 E RH Apache 02 f us EB Win2000 11s 01 B Win2000 IIS 02 fA Management Servers EB Control Center Servi fe Applications G Exchange Client EB SQL Client EB Windows Media Clier Summary Performance Events Alarms Console Permissions n o iad yo CPU Performance Range Past Hour x Customize Chart Yo Chart Entries Past 60 seconds Event Indicators Usage 13 A Power Operation Guarantee 86 A Motion Migration amp Resource Allocation Change Hide legend Last updated 5 55 28 PM gt I Connected to win03 cc VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator Inventory gt Host gt Performance gt CPU Chart Performance Panel Legend A legend at the bottom of the panel displays a key for e Chart Entries Maps the line styles to the item they are representing e Event Indicators Triangles on the expanded chart indicate
222. n the navigation bar is selected a status line is also displayed in the information panel Select an object host virtual machine group or farm from the inventory panel and the information panel displays data corresponding to the selected object This data appears until you select a different object from the inventory panel Understanding the Summary Tabs The Summary tab is available when you select a farm host or virtual machine object from the inventory panel The Summary tab information panel is grouped into sections depending upon the object type selected The Summary tab topics are covered in the following sections e Viewing the Farm Summary Tab e Viewing the Host Summary Tab e Viewing the Virtual Machine Summary Tab 309 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Viewing the Farm Summary Tab The farm Summary tab displays information that applies to the hosts and virtual machines within the farm Mware irtualCenter File Edit VMs view Help fa a 8J E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events 0 un gt A F melse l Racko1 s fo Server Farms Summary virtual Machines Hosts Performance Events Alarms Permissions esx01 esx02 Total Hosts 2 Ms Powered On 5 E g Messaging Servers Disconnected Hosts 0 VMs Suspended 0 Exchange 2000 Server Total Virtual Machines 6 Total Ms Provisioned 1 fe Media Servers Disconnec
223. n there is any problem with your physical hard disk It simply means some data needs to be written to the file that holds your virtual hard disk All you need to do is respond Yes You also need to partition and format the virtual disk as you would with a new blank hard drive Installing a Guest Operating System on a Previously Formatted Raw Disk If you try to install a guest operating system on a raw or physical disk that was formatted previously with a file system you may seea No operating system error when you power on the virtual machine This message appears because the boot order specified in the virtual machine s BIOS defaults to the floppy disk hard disk and then CD ROM drive Instead of booting from the installation CD ROM the virtual machine tries to boot from the hard disk To work around this issue do one of the following e Change the boot order in BIOS so the virtual machine boots from the CD ROM drive before it tries the hard disk When the virtual machine boots enter the BIOS and change the boot order on the Boot menu e Zero out the first 64KB of the raw disk using dd or a similar utility Installing VMware Tools It is very important that you install VMware Tools in the guest operating system If you do not install VMware Tools the graphics environment within the virtual machine is limited to VGA mode graphics With the VMware Tools SVGA driver installed virtual machines support up to 32 bit displays and high displa
224. n2000 IIS 01 Be Win2000 IIS 02 fe Management Servers EB Control Center Serv z fa Applications fa Exchange Client EB SQL Client EB Windows Media Clier Connected to win03 cc VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator VirtualCenter displays the Alarms panel for the object where the alarm was defined www vmware com CHAPTER 15 Working with Alarms and Events 3 Display the alarm properties The entry in the Defined in column for the alarm must be This Object Select the alarm to edit Select Properties from either the main or right click menu s Mware VirtualCenter File Edit WMs View Help j 2 a S E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events e a 0 7 A p HE S e Exchange 2000 Server g Server Farms RackO1 Summary Performance Events Alarms Console Permissions Q esx0l Name Status Defined in Defined for Last triggered A ea ns vM CPU usage OO W OK Server Farms VMs Never erchasae sans VM Memory usage OO OK Server Farms VMs Never GB Exchange 2000 Serv Qn ym Heartbeat AA OK Server Farms VMs 11 19 2003 5 37 PM fA Media Servers E Windows Media Serv f Database Servers E SQL 2000 Server fA Application Servers EB 2003 App Server 5 E 2003 App Server J esx03 a Web Servers ff
225. nderstanding the Migration Options This chapter describes how to perform the two types of migration e Migration Moving a powered off virtual machine e Migration with VMotion Moving a virtual machine between hosts while the virtual machine is powered on and performing transactions This functionality has specific requirements including the activation of VMotion on both the source and target host When a migration with VMotion is performed the operations of the virtual machine can continue without interruption www vmMware com 140 CHAPTER 8 Migrating Virtual Machines Virtual machines can be moved between hosts within the same farm Virtual machines cannot be moved between farms The migration general topics are covered in the following sections e Understanding Migration with VMotion e Understanding Migration Understanding Migration with VMotion VMotion allows working processes to continue throughout a migration with VMotion During a migration with VMotion you move only the virtual machine configuration file from host to host The associated virtual disk remains in the same location on the SAN storage that is shared between the two hosts Once the configuration file is migrated to the alternate host the virtual machine is then managed by that new host When you move the configuration file you also move the entire state of the virtual machine to the new host even while the data storage remains in the same location on th
226. ne in order to perform the activities described in this chapter This chapter contains the following sections e Beginning to Edit the Virtual Machine Configuration e Changing Hardware Configuration of a Virtual Machine e Adding Hardware to a Virtual Machine e Changing Virtual Machine Options e Manually Changing Virtual Machine Resources Settings e Creating a Scheduled Task to Change a Virtual Machine Resource Settings Note For comprehensive information about configuring the virtual machines refer to your ESX Server GSX Server and Workstation documentation Beginning to Edit the Virtual Machine Configuration In addition to customizing a virtual machine while you create it you have the option to customize the virtual machine after you create it This section describes how to customize an existing virtual machine Refer to your VMware ESX Server documentation for information about all the ramifications of specific customizations To customize an existing virtual machine 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel and expand the appropriate farm 236 Tw ircom CHAPTER 13 Editing an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the virtual machine to customize Power off the virtual machine Most of the virtual machine control panel options are not available if the virtual machine powers on Display the virtual machine contro
227. nes you must also have and activate the VirtualCenter VMotion Module You must activate each host Activation requires a specific VMotion license for each host In addition the ESX Server hosts you are planning to migrate between must meet the following requirements Complete these requirements before you attempt to perform a VMotion migration e The hosts must share a storage area network SAN infrastructure e Configure all of your ESX Server hosts to use a single Virtual Machine File System VMFS volume The virtual machine s disks have to be on a VMFS that is accessible by both source and target hosts The shared VMFS access mode VMFS setting should be public Set the size of the VMFS volume sufficiently large and spanning enough LUNs to store all of the virtual disks for your virtual machines Ensure that all VMFS volumes on your ESX Server hosts use volume names and that the virtual machines use the volume names for specifying the virtual disks e Ensure that the CPUs in the VMotion hosts CPUO and CPU1 match for example are both P4 The vendors for CPUO and CPU1 must match each other e The virtual machine configuration file should not reside on a VMFS located on the shared datastore 37 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual e VMotion does not currently support the migration of clustered applications raw or undoable virtual disks If you have clustered applications or raw or undoable disks store the disks on separ
228. ng Servers Name State Status Host CPU Memory New Attribute amp Exchange 2000 Serv Gy SQL 2000 Server D Poweredon OO esx0l 3 E a fA Media Servers Windows Media Serv Datshsce Garvare amp New Virtual Machine Group Ctrl M fe ay EW Virtual Machine Gtr New Alarm a Add Permission a Rack Remove 4d Rename fA Apache E RH Apache 01 E RH Apache 02 a f us GB Win2000 115 01 EB Win2000 115 02 A Management Servers GB Control Center Serv fa Applications E Exchange Client EB SQL Client EB Windows Media Clier gt i Connected to winde VMware VitualCerter 1 0 0 bul 6474 as Administrator For each type of object such as farm host or virtual machine in the inventory panel a corresponding default tab appears in the information panel For example if you select a host in the inventory panel the information panel displays Summary Virtual Machines Performance Events and Alarms tabs If you select a farm the information panel displays Summary Virtual Machines Hosts Performance Events Alarms and Permissions tabs Multiple selection has limited support in the information panel The inventory panel and information panel share a single selection list Selecting an object in one panel deselects any other object in the other panel Menu actions from either the menu bar or a popup
229. ng virtual machines es es a ae SS CS A a Change VirtualCenter Settings including performance intervals template upload directory and SNMP and SMTP settings rs es a ee a eS The following table lists the VirtualCenter objects and the role required to perform functions on each object Permissions do not apply to hosts Activities through VirtualCenter apply to the virtual machines on a host Permissions are applied to the virtual machines or the farms and groups containing the virtual machines 334 WwWwWww ymware com CHAPTER 17 Setting Access and Permissions ee ee fren a Fre i fren Migration with VMotion Virtual Machine Administrator on both source and target machine Migration Virtual Machine Administrator on both on the farm that contains the source and target machine Deploying Templates with or without Virtual Machine Administrator on target customization machine Cloning with or without customization Virtual Machine Administrator Scheduling Tasks Power Operations Virtual Machine User Scheduling Tasks Deploying or Virtual Machine Administrator Migration Creating Templates Virtual Machine Administrator on the Server Farms Deploying Templates with or without Virtual Machine Administrator on the customization farm that contains the target machine Server Farms Changes through VirtualCenter Virtual Machine Administrator on the Settings which includes performance Server Farms
230. ngs 96 shares drag and drop 346 hosts resources 120 shut down guest operating systems 127 SMTP notification option 289 290 settings 97 SNMP notification option 288 settings 97 sorting 286 event messages 286 lists 93 SQL Server preparing database 52 starting guest customization 219 users 69 VirtualCenter 68 VirtualCenter client 68 71 VirtualCenter management server 68 states alarm type 287 hosts 111 virtual machines 126 status bar 88 stopping VirtualCenter management server 68 71 summary tab 303 summary tab 309 hosts 311 performance charts 322 virtual machine 313 supported partition 348 suspend after script 127 defined 348 notification option 289 toolbar 127 virtual machines 127 symbols 91 Sysprep tools 217 system logs 45 T tasks 31 navigation bar 303 304 navigation toolbar 75 86 power on or off virtual machine 130 properties 100 setting timing 277 technical support resources 43 templates 18 170 cloning 188 creating 24 customization 28 datastores 24 deleting 189 deploy 26 deploying 192 editing 190 ESX Server golden images 179 GSX Server virtual machines 178 information panel 306 managed virtual machines 180 navigation bar 303 306 navigation toolbar 75 86 non managed virtual machines 184 properties 101 requirements 39 unmanaged virtual machines 179 upload directory 24 96 173 177 Workstation virtual machines 178 timing setting for scheduled tasks 277 to
231. nload Perform the following process once on the VirtualCenter management server to Support the Linux guest operating systems e Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 0 e Red Hat Advanced Server 2 1 e SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 To install the VMware Open Source Components 1 On the machine running VirtualCenter management server disable any anti virus application that interferes with Active Scripting VirtualCenter management server uses Windows Active Scripting to perform some of its tasks Certain anti virus applications may disable active scripting or block scripts from accessing system resources When this happens some features of VirtualCenter behave unexpectedly or fail to work In Norton AntiVirus the feature is called Script Blocker in McAfee it s known as www vmMware com 218 CHAPTER 12 Customizing Guest Operating Systems ScriptStopper If you have one of these or another anti virus application that interferes with Active Scripting it is important that you disable these features on the machine running VirtualCenter management server From your VirtualCenter management server machine open a browser Perform this on every machine that has a VirtualCenter management server Locate download and start the VMware Open Source Components installer a Go to the browser path www vmware com download b Follow the link to the VirtualCenter download page c Click the download link to the Open Source Components installer Answe
232. ns gt Name New Alarm r Type Monitor a host Monitor a YM MV Enabled El Specify a name for the alarm the object to be monitored host or virtual machine and whether to enable this alarm To define the alarm but not have it active uncheck the Enable box Click OK 292 S CHAPTER 15 Working with Alarms and Events 4 Specify the triggering parameters for the alarm oxi General Triggers Actions Trigger the alarm when Yellow Red YM CPU Usage YM Memory Usage VM Heartbeat VM State Add Remove con _ There are two kinds of triggers e Percentage Monitors host CPU usage host memory usage virtual machine CPU usage virtual machine memory and virtual machine heartbeat The triggering options are Is Above percent and Is Below percent Default monitor for virtual machine heartbeat is set to Is Below Default monitor for all other percentage options is set to Is Above e State Monitor host state and virtual machine state The triggering options are Is state and Is Not state a Click the Triggers tab b Using the pull down menus indicate the type and condition of the state c Optionally define multiple conditions for the alarm triggering event Click Add Enter the parameters for each condition Alarm Properties xi General Triggers Actions Trigger the alarm when Yellow Red vM Heartbeat 7 is above 7 5 yfisx 7 25 Z YM CPU Usage
233. nstalling the VMware Open Source Components Installing the Microsoft Sysprep Tools If you plan to customize a Windows guest operating system you must first install the Microsoft Sysprep tools In the physical world computers are typically deployed from disk image files created using tools such as Ghost and Drivelmage To create an image of a Windows computer you typically run Microsoft Sysprep on the template computer and then capture or creates an image from that computer Sysprep prepares the template computer for deployment by installing special software that reconfigures the operating system on the next boot In VirtualCenter you never have to run Sysprep manually on a virtual machine before use the virtual machine as a template or the source of a clone operation VirtualCenter s guest customization technology automatically performs the Sysprep preparation step during deploy or cloning operation Manually running Sysprep in a template virtual machine or source virtual machine is unnecessary but harmless VirtualCenter automatically runs Sysprep on the virtual machine a second time overriding and overwriting files and configuration settings from the first Sysprep operation The following process must be performed once if you are going to customize virtual machines with any of the supported Windows guest operating systems installed Refer to VirtualCenter Guest Operating System Customization Requirements on page 40 for a list of the
234. nter functions operate normally z Mware Y irtualCenter File Edit YMs View Help E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events o G gt O F BF s e vpx5 VMware ESX Server 2 0 1 build 6403 Server Farms A New Farm TEC OC Risa Peformance NEEE vpx5 CPU Memory Disk I O Network I O CPU Performance Range 100 of 1 CPU Customize Chart Chart Entries Past Sminutes Event Indicators A Power Operation amp Motion Migration Resource Allocation Change Hide legend Performance data is currently unavailable please try again later Connected to localhost VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 0000 as Administrator Ui Inventory gt Host gt Performance gt CPU Chart Data Loading View 328 aren CHAPTER 16 Working with the VirtualCenter Data Configuring Performance Measurement Intervals To configure performance intervals 1 Start VirtualCenter 2 Open the VirtualCenter Settings dialog and select the Performance tab Mware YirtualCenter Settings Performance Templates Advanced M Curent Performance Intervals Name Minutes per Sample Number of Samples Past Day 5 288 Past Week 60 168 Past Month 360 120 Past Year 1440 365 Remove M New Performance Interval Name Minutes per sample Number of samples cee 3 Modify intervals and sampling values as needed Cl
235. nutes e server options Used for advanced debugging and troubleshooting Use this field only when directed by VMware technical support To view a tool tip on each field Drag your mouse over a data field 97 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 98 VMware Management Interface Selecting a host gt Host Configuration activates a link in VirtualCenter starts a browser and requests permission to access the VMware Management Interface for the selected host Configuration and management of ESX Server hosts is done through the ESX Server VMware Management Interface E kguzik esx ymware com Mware Management Interface Microsoft Internet Explorer _ 1O x File Edit View Favorites Tools Help SBak gt amp A Qsearch Favorites media C4 Gh G Address a http fkguzik esx vmware com vmwarejen Go Links gt fH Mware ESX Server 2 0 1 build 5603 root kguzik esx ymware com Status Monitor ost Refresh Manage Files Help Log Out Last updated Fri 4ug 22 13 11 37 PDT 2003 System Summary 5 Minute Average Processors 2 Virtual Machines Service Console Memory 718 M Virtual Machines 53 0 m Il Service Console 206 0 m DINIM System Total System Total 259 0 m DAORINII irtual Machines 17 HB Display Name TA ai mi Microsoft Windows 95 Suspended hg Microsoft Windows 2000 Server hA a Powered off A B Yuki s another dummy VM Powered off E MS Windows 2000 Server with a very l
236. nvironment The deploying process includes selecting the appropriate template and designating a VirtualCenter target host to receive the new virtual machine When complete the deployed virtual machine is added to the inventory panel farm where the host resides 192 aren The figure below illustrates creating a customized virtual machine Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations 1 Select template to deploy and host to deploy to customiztion newvm template upload directory 3 New customized virtual machine VirtualCenter template upload directory Deploying a Template The deploying template topics are covered in the following sections e Manually Deploying Virtual Machine from a Template e Creating a Scheduled Task to Deploy a Template Manually Deploying Virtual Machine from a Template To manually start the Template Deployment wizard 1 Start VirtualCenter and log on to the VirtualCenter management server 2 Choose a method for starting the Deploy Virtual Machine from Template wizard CHAPTER 11 Copying Virtual Machines 193 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual From the inventory panel a Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar The inventory panel and the information panel display the managed farms hosts and virtual machine information The Inventory toolbar appears b Expand the inventory as needed and click the target host This is the host on which the new vir
237. o refer to Preparing for the VirtualCenter Database on page 50 and perform the preparation steps before proceeding VirtualCenter then stores the VirtualCenter database information in the registry For additional information on creating an ODBC data source refer to your Windows documentation 11 Verify that you are ready to proceed with installation Click Install to continue the installation Progress messages appear while the installation proceeds The VirtualCenter installer installs the VirtualCenter management server starts the VirtualCenter database performs a default access setup of the open database connectivity ODBC registers and activates the VirtualCenter management server and installs the VirtualCenter client 12 Close the installation wizard and if prompted restart your computer Click Finish The selected VirtualCenter components are installed on your Windows machine 60 rate gimn CHAPTER 2 Installing VMware VirtualCenter Uninstalling VMware VirtualCenter If both your VirtualCenter client and VirtualCenter management server are installed on the same system then you may uninstall one or both in the same step During an uninstall you are asked if you wish to preserve or remove the VirtualCenter database and the NET framework You must have Administrator privileges to uninstall the VirtualCenter management server If you try to uninstall the VirtualCenter management server while it is running you must confirm
238. ode Y SCSI 0 0 Hard Disk 1 IDE 0 0 CD ROM 1 hd Cancel x Changing Floppy Drive Configuration To change the floppy drive configuration i From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine Display the virtual machine control panel then select the floppy drive in the Device panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button 239 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Click the Hardware tab Click the floppy drive object in the Device panel 3 Make changes as needed Select the device status connection device or floppy image for the virtual machine to use Click OK irtual Machine Control Panel xj Hardware Options Resources m Device status fa Connected T Connect at power on Summary Memory 256 MB Ga Hard Disk 1 SCSI 0 0 Datastore localvmfs Using drive devjc r Connection 256 Colors 8 bit Use physical drive Virtual CPUs 1 dew td0 7 E SCSI Controller 0 BusLogic Use floppy image Cancel Changing Generic SCSI Device Configuration To change the Generic SCSI Device drive configuration 1 From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar E
239. of CPUs on the host and allocates the appropriate number of licenses The number of CPUs is stored in the VirtualCenter database and is verified upon each host reconnect and VirtualCenter start up e Verifies that the host version is supported If it is not VirtualCenter checks if the current version can be upgraded If the host version can be upgraded VirtualCenter prompts you to perform an upgrade e Imports existing virtual machines 5 Enable VMotion for the host as needed x peeve migration of virtual machines using Motion Would you like to enable YMation on this host C Yes No Motion Settings Select the network for transferring virtual machine state during migration This network must be connected to the ymkernel Network Label v Specify a unique IP address and Gateway valid on the vmkernel NIC Do not reuse the IP address assigned to the Console of this ES server IP Address l Gateway lt Back Next gt Cancel To enable VMotion Click Yes Enter the network adapter IP address and gateway for the host This is the information for the migration network including which NIC it uses and its IP address and gateway The migration network should be a separate network If VMotion is enabled VirtualCenter checks for a migration license and adds it to the host information To leave VMotion disabled Click No Click Next to continue Refer to Enabling VMotion on page
240. olbar 87 power off 127 power on 127 reset 127 suspend 127 tools VMware Tools 350 Troubleshooting 43 U uninstalling VirtualCenter 61 unmanaged virtual machines templates 179 unsupported partition 349 upload directory 24 173 177 setting 96 user interface 32 users access 332 starting VirtualCenter 69 Windows Active Directory 340 Windows Domain Controller 340 V video configuring 248 viewing charts 93 lists 93 objects 76 VirtualCenter events 285 virtual disk creating new virtual machine 160 defined 349 location 157 size 157 virtual hardware guest customization 41 virtual machine configuring hardware 238 creating new 156 defined 349 general settings 265 357 358 information panel 313 installing guest operating system 166 installing VMware Tools 168 migrating manually 144 migrating with VMotion 149 migrating with VMotion manually 150 modify power state response 266 new virtual disk 160 renaming 265 resource allocating new virtual machine 161 resources 99 scheduling clone 208 scheduling migrating with VMotion 152 scheduling migration 145 summary tab 313 VirtualCenter managed virtual machine requirements 35 Virtual Machine Administrator 19 20 333 virtual machine control panel 99 236 defined 349 virtual machine groups 17 adding 136 moving virtual machines 136 removing 137 tabs 304 virtual machine name 159 Virtual Machine User 19 20 333 virtual machines
241. ompleting Windows Guest Operating System Customization When a customized virtual machine is powered on for the first time its guest operating system runs a set of scripts that finalize the customization and 232 S e CHAPTER 12 Customizing Guest Operating Systems configuration process Depending on the guest operating system type this process may involve additional reboots which are automatically performed by the scripts The customization process installs scrips that run once in the target virtual machine when it powers on or boots for the first time after being deployed or cloned Those scripts complete the customization process by performing final configuration operations on the guest operating system After powering on for the first time a customized Windows virtual machine automatically reboots twice to finalize the configuration process It becomes operational when the logon screen appears after the second reboot This process can take several minutes depending upon the speed and load of the host If any errors occur during the final configuration process events are logged to the guest operating system s event database and can be viewed using Program gt Administrative Tools gt Event Viewer from the Windows Start menu If any of the information required in the configuration finalization process is not correct the guest operating system pauses when the new virtual machine boots and waits for you to enter the correct information
242. on TM CPU 2 40GHz Number of Nics 3 B Windows Media Server Number of Active Tasks 0 h O st g Database Servers Commands Available Resources g Application Servers B 2003 App Server SMP EQ Manage Virtual Machine Resources Available Disk Space 71374 MB g rou 0 Gh 2003 App Server Z Edit Properties Memory Available to New VMs 1492 MB GB Test ackO2 Edit Host Configuration SS gt a New Virtual Machine Ctrl Memory Utilization E Deploy Virtual Machine From Template fe 17 EE virtual Machines 8s EE E New Alarm 0 ERERRESARI Other o GE 17 M System Total 8E Connect E amp Disconnect G Datastores E Edit Host Configuration Edit Virtual Machine Resources templates 18434 MB 14467 MB available temporary 18434 MB 9186 MB available Remove demo 136678 MB 47721 MB ayvailab Properties Connected to localhost 1 DX build 6474 as Administrator virtual machine statusbar inventory panel popup menu information panel VirtualCenter Client Layout The VirtualCenter client areas are covered in the following sections e Menu Bar Popup Menus e Console Menu e Navigation Bar e Toolbar e Status Bar e Panel Section 83 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Menu Bar The menu bar provides access to all commands and operates in a manner consistent with other Windows applications The table below lists all the options available from these five menus The menu bar options are File Menu Similar to th
243. onal information on deploying templates 173 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual The figure below illustrates creating a new virtual machine with customization from a template Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations 1 Select template to deploy and host to deploy to customiztion newvm template upload directory Deploying a Template 1 74 WWWw vmware com CHAPTER 10 Working with Templates Preparing for Templates Templates are virtual machines that are can be used to deploy sets of virtual machines You create the template and import it into VirtualCenter The virtual machine to be used as the source for the template can have a configured operating system and optionally a set of installed applications The virtual machine must be powered down and accessible to the VirtualCenter management server Note Before you create a template verify that your system meets the requirements for creating and using templates Refer to VirtualCenter Template Requirements on page 39 The virtual machine to be used as a template can be e Anew virtual machine you created just for use as a template e An existing virtual machine This machine can be either of the following e A virtual machine you created by cloning a physical machine e A pre existing virtual machine The virtual machine format can be e GSX Server or Workstation virtual machine The virtual disks and configuration files must be local to
244. one VM Template Sources m GSX Server or ESX Server ESX Server VM Workstation VM external to registered VM external to VirtualCenter with VirtualCenter VirtualCenter Manually move copy Ti il i ETETE or Sasaki a be GSX Server with VirtualCenter VM files locally to VirtualCenter server Import VM Resource VM Resource VM as template as template as template Keep virtual Copy virtual Copy virtual ae virtual Copy virtual disk in place disk to upload disk to upload disk to VMFS disk to upload directory directory volume directory Unregister temporarily registered ESX Server Template Source Options www vmware com 176 CHAPTER 10 Working with Templates The preparing for templates topics are covered in the following sections e Specifying an Upload Directory for Templates e Using a GSX Server or Workstation Virtual Machine as a Template e Using an ESX Server Golden Image as a Template e Using an Unmanaged ESX Server Virtual Machine as a Template e Using a Managed Existing ESX Server Virtual Machine as a Template Specifying an Upload Directory for Templates When you import a template you have the option to keep the source virtual machine in its original location or have a copy placed into a host located within VirtualCenter When you import a template and select the upload directory option the new template is copied to the upload directory location The upload directory must be ina location relative
245. ong name that should be difficult to A m display Powered off m Y Yuki s dummy YM 1 zl C fa tenet VMotion Properties Selecting a host gt Properties displays the lt host_machine gt Properties dialog box The host Properties dialog box has two tabs VMotion Provides configuration settings for the selected host are configured through this dialog Refer to Enabling VMotion on page 148 for information on setting up a host for VMotion www vmware com CHAPTER 4 Working with the VirtualCenter Client Advanced Provides an option to restart the host s VirtualCenter agent x VMotion Advanced VMotion Enabled Yes C No M YMotion Settings Select the network for transferring virtual machine state during migration This network must be connected to the vmkernel Network Label Internal Network Specify a unique IP address and Gateway valid on the ymkernel NIC Do not reuse the IP address assigned to the Console of this ESX server IP Address fi 0 12 16 75 Gateway ft 0 12 16 75 coe Virtual Machine Resources Selecting a host gt Virtual Machine Resources displays the Virtual Machine Resource dialog box This is a list of all the virtual machines running on the selected host and the percentage of resources allocated to the virtual machine Refer to Allocating Host Resources on page 119 for information on allocating host resources to virtual machines CPU Disk 1 0 Memory Netwo
246. ons and intended uses for the template The name can be up to 80 characters long and can contain alohanumeric characters and the underscore _ and hyphen characters It should also be unique across all templates 5 Pass through the target location screen Click Next The template files are always copied to the template upload directory 6 Complete the importing template process Click Finish VirtualCenter displays the Tasks inventory panel for reference and adds the cloned template to the list in the information panel The virtual disks are copied to the template upload directory Refer to the Tasks panel to view the progress of the cloning operation 188 nn ooe CHAPTER 10 Working with Templates Deleting a Template To delete an existing template 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the information panel of the templates function Click the Templates option in the navigation bar The information panel changes to display the list of current templates and the template toolbar 2 Select the appropriate template Click the Remove toolbar button 3 Select whether to remove the template files from disk Remove Template i x Are you sure you want to remove this template F Remove Template Files ce e Check Remove Template Files to remove template disk files from the template upload directory e Uncheck Remove Template Files to leave the virtual disks in the physical directory This still removes the templa
247. opping the VirtualCenter Client and Logging Off Stopping the VirtualCenter client does not stop the VirtualCenter management server To stop a VirtualCenter client session 1 Click the close box X in the upper right corner of the VirtualCenter client window or select File gt Exit The VirtualCenter client shuts down The VirtualCenter client is logged out from the VirtualCenter management server The VirtualCenter management server 73 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual continues to run all its normal activities in the background Any scheduled tasks are saved and performed by the VirtualCenter management server Adding Licenses Licenses are required for various activities within your VirtualCenter environment These activities include Starting the VirtualCenter management server One license is required for each instance of the VirtualCenter management server Adding a host connection One license is required for each CPU in each host If a host is removed from the VirtualCenter environment the corresponding license is released and is available for another host Migrating VMotion a virtual machine One license is required for each CPU in the migration host Performing migration with VMotion requires two hosts the target and the source machine Both host must have VMotion licenses The VirtualCenter client licensing provides e Alicense inventory window that reports on license usage e An uploading license key
248. options The VMware Web Site The latest technical support and troubleshooting notes are available on the VMware Web site at www vmware com support VMware Newsgroups The VMware newsgroups are primarily forums for users to help each other You are encouraged to read and post issues work arounds and fixes While VMware personnel may read and post to the newsgroups they are not a channel for official support For a listing of all current newsgroups and the topic areas they cover see www vmware com support newsgroups html VMware Community The VMware community is a set of moderated discussion forums hosted on the VMware Web site and is open to users of all VMware products VMware technical staff regularly monitor the forums to learn about your issues and feedback and help facilitate discussions when appropriate To participate in the community 1 Goto www vmware com community 2 Create a user account Reporting Problems These guidelines describe the information you may be asked to provide when reporting problems Be sure to register your serial number If you are requesting support directly from VMware then report your problems using the support request form on the VMware Web site at www vmware com requestsupport When requesting support from VMware run the usr bin vm support script on the service console and save the resulting vpx lt date gt lt unique 43 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual xnumber g
249. ored objects in VirtualCenter Monitored objects include Server Farms farms farm groups hosts virtual machines and virtual machine groups Migration Moving a powered off virtual machine between hosts Migration with VMotion Moving a virtual machine that is powered on and has met selected requirements including the activation of VMotion on both the source and target host When a migration with VMotion is performed the operations of the virtual machine can continue without interruption New Virtual Machine wizard A point and click interface for convenient easy creation of a virtual machine configuration It prompts you for information suggesting default values in most cases It creates files that define the virtual machine including a virtual machine configuration file and optionally a virtual disk or raw disk file Nonpersistent mode f you configure a virtual disk as an independent disk in nonpersistent mode all disk writes issued by software running inside a virtual machine with a disk in nonpersistent mode appear to be written to disk but are in fact discarded after the virtual machine is powered off As a result a virtual disk or raw disk in independent nonpersistent mode is not modified by VirtualCenter Persistent mode f you configure a virtual disk as an independent disk in persistent mode all disk writes issued by software running inside a virtual machine are immediately and permanently written to a vir
250. orites media 3 Gy G Address a https mankato vmware com vmware en Go Links Mware Management Interface Username l Password p Log In E Active 8 internet Enter the ESX Server host username and password 6 Make adjustments to the host settings as needed Refer to your ESX Server documentation for information specific to modifying the host configuration and using the ESX Server management interface 122 S oe Connecting with Virtual Machines CHAPTER 7 123 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Connecting with Virtual Machines This chapter describes virtual machine and virtual machine group tasks including adding and removing a virtual machine to and from VirtualCenter and powering on and off virtual machines Refer to the appropriate chapter for information on deploying from a template creating a clone from an existing virtual machine creating deleting migrating customizing and editing the configuration of a virtual machine You need a Virtual Machine Administrator role assigned to the virtual machine to perform the activities described in this chapter This chapter contains the following sections e Adding and Removing Virtual Machines e Changing Virtual Machine Power States e Answering a Pending Question Working with Virtual Machine Groups Adding and Removing Virtual Machines Add virtual machines to VirtualCenter through their hosts Remove virtual
251. ormance Chart Options Graph Total disk 1 0 Total disk 1 0 by device Individual disk 1 0 for device z Show Total C Reads Writes ay JE o foo ca Performance Panel Resource Charts The performance panel displays the usage of the following resources e CPU Chart reports the percentage of CPU being used Calculated as a percentage of shares of the entire CPU availability assigned to the virtual machine 325 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual The CPU chart displays the percentage of combined CPU usage If there is more than one CPU the chart distributes the data based on the combined usage at 100 The legend lists the values as a portion of the 100 total Note If multiple virtual machines are sharing the same CPU or memory the usage line might step down or up as additional virtual machines are powered on or off If there is no contention for the CPU or memory usage is reported as a flat line The virtual machine CPU and memory usage chart has several lines on it One each designates the maximum and minimum percentage of the CPU or memory allotted A third line shows the percent usage of the CPU or memory The CPU chart displays the following information e Usage Percentage of CPU time used by the virtual machine or by all virtual machines on the host e Guarantee Percentage of CPU time guaranteed to be available to the virtual machine not available on the host chart value
252. ormation on using the virtual machine control panel If you are installing Windows XP Professional the floppy device needs to be connected because the LSI Logic SCSI drivers install from a floppy or floppy image file To install the quest operating system over a CD ROM drive 1 Insert the installation CD ROM for your guest operating system in the host s CD ROM drive 2 Click Power On on the remote console toolbar to begin setting up your guest operating system For details on installing specific guest operating systems refer to the VirtualCenter release notes and the Guest Operating System Installation Manual which can be found at www vmware com support guestnotes doc index htm To install the guest operating system over a network 1 Prepare ISO image files of installation CD ROMs and floppy image files of any floppy disks needed for the installation 2 The installation instructions in this section assume you are installing from physical media If you are using image files connect the virtual machine s CD ROM or floppy drives to the appropriate image files before you begin installing the guest operating system 167 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Installing a Guest Operating System on a New Virtual Disk When you are installing a guest operating system on a new virtual disk you may see a message warning you that the disk is corrupted and asking if you want to place a partition table on the disk This message does not mea
253. ory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine Display the virtual machine control panel then select the virtual CPUs in the Device panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button Click the Hardware tab Click the virtual CPUs in the Device panel Make changes as needed Adjust the number of processors allocated to the virtual machine display Click OK irtual Machine Control Panel i x Hardware Options Resources m Processors Summary Memory 256 MB Number of virtual processors v G2 Hard Disk 1 SCSI 0 0 Datastore localvmfs 5cp Rom 1 IDE 0 0 Using drive dev c This virtual machine is configured with a single ebony 1 using drive fdevifdd NES tuning tis rumbers ncressed E Falvideo 256 Colors 8 bit Virtual CPUs 1 E SCSI Controller 0 BusLogic nc 1 Internal Network parallel 1 Using File testingp Using file testings Cancel Note Update the licensing to adjust to the new number of virtual CPUs Refer to Adding Licenses on page 74 If you configure a virtual machine to have two CPUs you must update the licensing accordingly or an error results Do not change the number of CPUs after you install the guest operating system Not all guest operating systems support Symetric Multi Processor SMP Default typical CPU configuration is for a single virtual CPU 249 VMware Virtual
254. ostC deploy template1 VirtualCenter management server import Jemplate3 am templates scheduled tasks power on vm2 I de oy template1 to hostB VirtualCenter client Working VirtualCenter Environment Note For the remainder of this manual the term VirtualCenter refers to the VirtualCenter client unless explicitly specified otherwise There are several options for adding virtual machines to VirtualCenter e Register a host with virtual machines e Create virtual machines The list below describes some of the key process options e A Virtual machine can be created from scratch using the New Virtual Machine wizard After creating a virtual machine a guest operating system must be installed e Anexisting virtual machines can be used as source for new templates using the New Template wizard 22 rate gimn CHAPTER 1 Introducing VMware VirtualCenter e Anexisting virtual machines can be cloned to create new virtual machines using the Clone wizard e Templates can be deployed as new virtual machines using the Template Deployment wizard e When creating anew machine from either a template or as a clone the new virtual machine can be customized using the Guest Customization wizard This wizard customizes a virtual machine that already has a guest operating system installed e After creating a new virtual machine irrespective of the method used to create it it can be edited using the Virtual Machine Control Pane
255. oup Removing a Farm Group Working with Hosts 10 Working with Hosts 11 Understanding Host States 11 Adding a Host to a Farm 11 Connecting to a Host 11 Moving Hosts Between Farms bs Automatically Reconnecting a Host 11 Removing a Host 11 Allocating Host Resources Ji Configuring a Host 12 Connecting with Virtual Machines 123 Connecting with Virtual Machines 1 Adding and Removing Virtual Machines 1 Adding Existing Virtual Machines to VirtualCenter 1 Removing Virtual Machines from VirtualCenter 1 Returning a Virtual Machine to VirtualCenter 1 Removing Virtual Machines from the Disk 1 Changing Virtual Machine Power States 1 Understanding Virtual Machine Power States 1 Understanding Transitional Power States 128 Manually Powering a Virtual Machine On and Off 1 Scheduling a Power State Change for a Virtual Machine 1 Answering a Pending Question 1 Working with Virtual Machine Groups 1 Adding a Virtual Machine Group 1 Adding Virtual Machines to a Virtual Machine Group 1 Moving Virtual Machines from a Virtual Machine Group 1 Removing a Virtual Machine Group 1 Migrating Virtual Machines 139 Migrating Virtual Machines 1 Understanding the Migration Options 1 Understanding Migration with VMotion 1 Understanding Migration 142 Migrating Powered Off Virtual Machines 1 Migrating a Powered Off Virtual Machine Manually 1 Creating a Scheduled Task to Migrate a Virtual Machine 1 wWwww vmMware comM Enabling VMotion Moving Powered On Virtual Machine
256. ources dialog box The Virtual Machine Resources dialog box lists all the virtual machines currently installed on the host Use this dialog box to make adjustments to all the host s virtual machines in a single view Refer to Manually Changing Virtual Machine Resources Settings on page 267 to view resource settings for individual virtual machines To adjust the allocation of resources for each virtual machine on the host 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel and select the appropriate host Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate host Select the host whose resources you wish to reallocate Select the Virtual Machine Resources option This can be found on the Edit main menu on the host right click menu and in the host Summary tab commands list Select the CPU memory disk I O or network allocation to adjust Click the CPU Memory Disk I O or Network tab 119 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 5 Select the virtual machine value to adjust a Click the row representing the virtual machine whose allocation you are going to adjust b Click in the column of the value and edit Once in edit mode keyboard navigation between editable fields applies This includes arrow keys Tab and Shift keys Enter commits the changes CPU Disk 1 0 Memory Network Name Min Max Shares Shares Value m Exchange 2000 Server 0
257. plete the alarm Click OK VirtualCenter verifies the configuration of the alarm and adds the alarm to the list of alarms for the selected object 295 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 296 Editing Alarms To edit an existing alarm 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel and expand the appropriate object Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed 2 Identify and select the object where the alarm is defined a Select an object where the alarm is applied b Display the Alarms list Click the Alarms tab c Click the linked object in the Defined in column gt Mware YirtualCenter x File Edit Ms view Help d 4 8J al vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events e u uf A P ElSe SSE Exchange 2000 Server a fg Server Farms RackO1 Summary Performance Events Alans Console Permissions Q eso Name Status Defined in Defined For Last triggered g ae nis vM CPU usage OO OK Server Farms YMs Never ee S05 ft vM Memory usage OO OK Server Farms vMs Never GB Exchange 2000 Serv oym Heartbeat OOG OK Server Farms VMs 11 19 2003 5 37 PM Media Servers E Windows Media Serv f Database Servers EB SQL 2000 Server fA Application Servers B 2003 App Server 5 E 2003 App Server E Test Rack02 3 esx03 g Web Servers fA Apache E RH Apache 01 E RH Apache 02 a fA us nai Wi
258. ps farms hosts virtual machine groups and virtual machines The inventory panel has a popup view panel menu bar for close dock and float options The root of the inventory panel is a top level group labeled Server Farms All farms groups hosts and virtual machines fall within the Server Farms group All of these items are added to the VirtualCenter management server through the VirtualCenter client Depending upon your user permissions you may be able to see but not expand a farm or group You must be assigned the appropriate permissions levels before you can view and take action upon objects managed by VirtualCenter 308 wis CHAPTER 16 Working with the VirtualCenter Data Understanding the Information Panel The information panel is the visual center of your VirtualCenter monitoring activities Through the information panel view status resource usage and performance information about your hosts virtual machines and farms View scheduled tasks available templates and a list of events Select the Inventory option in the navigation bar and the information panel appears on the right side of the screen Though using the docking feature it can be on the left side of the screen Select any other navigation bar icon and the information panel appears The information panel for the Inventory option of the navigation bar has tabbed divisions that vary depending upon the object selected in the inventory panel If the Inventory option i
259. ptions if needed Click the Advanced button in the Specify Disk File screen Make changes as needed Click Back Add Hardware Wizard Exi Specify Advanced Options N What kind of virtual disk would you like to create F m Virtual device node scsi 0 1 7 Persistent Undoable Ask to save changes after powering off Nonpersistent Discard changes after powering off Append Save changes after powering off lt lt Back lt Back Cancel d Complete the process Click Finish 8 Ifyou select existing virtual disk a Specify the existing disk file Add Hardware Wizard Exi Select an Existing Disk Na Which previously configured disk would you like to use ele Existing disk file l Browse Advanced gt gt lt Back Cancel b Complete the process Click Finish 256 Tw ico CHAPTER 13 Editing an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration 9 If you select system LUN disk a Specify a physical disk Add Hardware Wizard xj Select a Physical Disk N Which local hard disk do you want this virtual machine to use Sy Device vmhba0 0 0 0 X Advanced gt gt lt Back Cancel b Specify Advanced options if needed Click the Advanced button in the Select a Physical Disk screen Make changes as needed Click Back Add Hardware Wizard Specify Advanced Options What kind of virtual disk would you like to create Virtual device nod
260. pull down menu and select the Deploy Virtual Machine from a Templates option Click Next Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard x Select aT ask Select a task from the list E Task Migrate a virtual machine v Deploy a virtual machine from a template Clone an existing virtual machine Change the power status of a virtual machine Migrate a virtual machine Migrate a virtual machine with VMotion Change resource settings of a virtual machine lt Back Next gt Cancel 5 Select the virtual machine to migrate Click Next Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard xi Select a Virtual Machine Select the virtual machine to migrate E Rack01 fa Messaging Servers E Exchange 2000 Server fA Media Servers EB Windows Media Server E fa Database Servers E SQL 2000 Server E A Application Servers G 2003 App Server SMP E 2003 App Server EB Test E Racko2 E fA Web Servers f Apache xl lt Back Next gt Cancel www vmware com 146 6 7 Select the target host for the virtual machine Click Next Mware irtualCenter irtual Machine Migration Wizard Destination Host Specify the destination host for this virtual machine Mware irtualCenter irtual Machine Migration Wizard Specify the Virtual Machine s Location Enter the locations on the destination host to place the virtual machine s configuration and disk files Set the ti
261. r Active Directory user or group as part of the assigning privileges process By default all users who are members of the Administrators group on the VirtualCenter management server machine are granted VirtualCenter Administrator access Users who are members of the Administrator group can log on as individuals and have the appropriate access VirtualCenter grants access to each VirtualCenter object To do this VirtualCenter assigns a role and a user or group to each object Individual permissions are assigned through VirtualCenter by pairing a user and a role and assigning this pair to a VirtualCenter object e Users and Groups Created through the Windows domain or Active Directory database VirtualCenter registers users and groups as part of the assigning privileges process 332 rate gimn CHAPTER 17 Setting Access and Permissions Roles A VirtualCenter pre defined set of access rights and privileges There are four roles Each subsequent role includes the privileges of the previous role The types of roles that can be paired with a user and assigned to an object are Read Only User Users assigned this role for an object are allowed to view the state of virtual machines hosts farms and groups With this role view virtual machines hosts farms farm groups and virtual machine group attributes that is all the tab panels in VirtualCenter except the Console tab You cannot view the remote console for a host All act
262. r States e Manually Powering a Virtual Machine On and Off e Scheduling a Power State Change for a Virtual Machine 126 ee CHAPTER 7 Connecting with Virtual Machines Understanding Virtual Machine Power States The basic power state options include Power on Powers up the virtual machine and the guest operating system if the guest operating system is the type that automatically starts up on system boot Power off Powers down the virtual machine The virtual machine does not attempt to gracefully shut down the guest operating system Suspend Pauses the virtual machine activity All transactions are frozen until you issue a Resume command Resume Allows virtual machine activity to continue and releases the Suspended state Reset Powers down the virtual machine and restarts it The following power options perform extra functions in addition to the basic virtual machine power operations These operations require that VMware Tools are installed in the virtual machine Shut down guest Shuts down the guest operating system Allows the virtual machine to continue running if that is the type of guest operating system If the guest operating system automatically powers off its host then the virtual machine also powers off Suspend after running script Executes a virtual machine script then places the virtual machine into Suspended mode Refer to VMware Tools for information on setting up scripts Resume and
263. r describes how to move a virtual machine from one host to another Moving a virtual machine from one host to another is called migrating Migrating a powered off virtual machine is a migration Migrating a powered up virtual machine is a migration with VMotion Migration with VMotion requires VMotion licensing and specific configuration Refer to Installing VMware VirtualCenter on page 49 for VMotion requirements You cannot migrate a virtual machine when a virtual machine is in a suspended state You need a Virtual Machine Administrator role assigned to both the hosts in the migration to perform the activities described in this chapter This chapter contains the following sections e Understanding the Migration Options e Migrating Powered Off Virtual Machines e Enabling VMotion e Moving Powered On Virtual Machines Note Copying a virtual machine is creating a new a virtual machine It is not a form of migration Refer to Copying Virtual Machines on page 191 for additional information Note You cannot migrate a virtual machines with raw clustered undoable or append mode disks You cannot migrate with VMotion virtual machines with raw clustered and non persistent mode You cannot migrate virtual machines with undoable disks that have REDO logs If you have clustered disks you can store them on separate VMFS volumes from the virtual machines prior to migrating them using VMotion Note Migrating occurs between hosts on the same farm U
264. r first verifies that the user who created the task still has permission to complete the task If the permission levels are not acceptable VirtualCenter sends a message to the log files and the task is not performed 203 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Creating Virtual Machines by Cloning an Existing Virtual Machine A clone is a copy plus customization of a virtual machine When you create a clone VirtualCenter provides an option to customize the guest operating system of that virtual machine Store a clone on any host within the same farm as the original virtual machine The figure below illustrates the creating a new customized virtual machine by cloning an existing virtual machine Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations 1 Select virtual machine to clone and host to deploy to 3 New customized virtual machine ae VC db Creating a Clone 204 WWWw vmware com CHAPTER 11 Copying Virtual Machines The cloning a virtual machine topics are covered in the following sections e Manually Cloning a Virtual Machine e Creating a Scheduled Task to Clone a Virtual Machine Manually Cloning a Virtual Machine To manually start the Template Deployment wizard 1 Start VirtualCenter and log on to the VirtualCenter management server 2 Start the Clone a Virtual Machine wizard from the inventory panel a Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar The inventory panel and the informat
265. r right click popup menu 5 Mware irtualCenter O x File Edit VMs View Help a 2 a amp E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events 0 u gt p HP Sje testserver VMware ESX Server 2 0 1 build 6254 Server Farms El ti New Group Summar Virtualhachines Performance Events Alarms E New Farm testserver daconnected Manufacturer N A VMotion Enabled N A Discovered YMs New Yirtual Machine Ctrl y Virtual Machines N A z 7 5 Number of Processors N A Deploy Virtual Machine from Template S Number of Mics N A New Alarm Number of Active Tasks 0 Available Resources Available Disk Space N A Memory Available to New YMs N A Connect Disconnect Edit Host Configuration Edit Virtual Machine Resources Remove Memory Utilization Properties Ctrl P Virtual Machines virtual Machines 0 Other 0 Other 0 System Total System Total 0 Hetworks Datastores Connected to localhost VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6391 as Administrator V3 VirtualCenter displays text indicating the transitional state for the host until it verifies and adjusts the licensing as needed and completes the connection When the host is connected to VirtualCenter the statuses of the virtual machines on that host are updated gt Mware YirtualCenter File Edit YMs View Help ae 2 a E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates
266. r the prompts to place the installer file on your system Start the Open Source Components installer Double click on the VMware Open Source Components exe file The VMware Open Source Components installer starts up and displays a download dialog box Complete the installation Follow the installer instructions You are now ready to customize a new virtual machines with a supported Linux guest operating system as you clone an existing virtual machine or deploy a template Beginning the Guest Customization Process The Guest Customization wizard option appears during the virtual machine deployment or cloning process The beginning the guest customization topics are covered in the following sections Entering the Guest Customization Wizard from the Template Deployment Process Entering the Guest Customization Wizard from the Cloning Process 219 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 220 Entering the Guest Customization Wizard from the Template Deployment Process Add a new virtual machine to a host by deploying a managed template To start the guest operation system customization wizard 1 From the VirtualCenter client Schedule Task panel start the Template Deployment wizard a Display the Tasks panel by clicking the Tasks option in the navigation bar The list of existing scheduled tasks appears b Start the New Task wizard Click New in the toolbar c Confirm continuing with the New Task wizard Click Next
267. r your virtual machines If your log contains any alerts check the VMware Knowledge Base at or contact your VMware support representative Viewing Service Console Logs To view service console messages click the Service Console Log tab This information is useful if you are experiencing problems with VirtualCenter or your virtual machines If your log contains any alerts check the VMware Knowledge Base at or contact your VMware support representative www vmware comM 46 CHAPTER 1 Introducing VMware VirtualCenter Viewing the Availability Report To view the server availability report click the Availability Report tab The availability report contains useful information about server uptime and downtime This includes detailed statistics regarding uptime history and an analysis of downtime 47 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual www vmware com 48 2 Installing VMware VirtualCenter CHAPTER 2 49 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Installing VMware VirtualCenter This chapter describes how to install VMware VirtualCenter on your system Included are the installation requirements and information about the installation process To install VirtualCenter run a single installer package that contains both the VirtualCenter client and VirtualCenter management server You can install only the VirtualCenter client only the VirtualCenter management server or both on a single Windows system The VirtualCenter agent installat
268. reating and modifying alarms Alarm Properties 102 aren gt Working with Farms CHAPTER 5 103 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Working with Farms This chapter describes how to perform VirtualCenter farm related tasks You need a Virtual Machine Administrator role assigned to the Server Farm to perform the activities described in this chapter This chapter contains the following sections e Working with VirtualCenter Farms e Working with Farm Groups Working with VirtualCenter Farms A farm is the primary organizational structure used in VirtualCenter A farm contains hosts and virtual machines All actions taken upon hosts are virtual machines are applied within their farm Within a farm monitor and manage virtual machines separately from their hosts and use VMotion You cannot perform migration with VMotion between farms The VirtualCenter farm topics are covered in the following sections e Adding a Farm e Removing a Farm Adding a Farm To add a farm 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel and select the appropriate farm group or Server Farm Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed 2 Add anew farm Select the Server Farms icon in the inventory panel From the main or right click popup menu select New Farm 1 04 www vmware com A new farm is added to the hierarchy Type in a useful name Mware irtualCenter
269. red On Virtual Machines Move virtual machines manually or set up a scheduled task to perform the migration The migration with VMotion topics are covered in the following sections e Migrating with VMotion a Virtual Machine Manually e Creating a Scheduled Task to Migrate a Virtual Machine with VMotion Note Disconnect any remote consoles that are external to VirtualCenter and connected to the virtual machine you are migrating Though the virtual machine appears to be migrating until you disconnect the external remote console the migration does not complete If the virtual machine is connected to the console from Console tab in VirtualCenter the migration with VMotion completes without any intervention 149 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Migrating with VMotion a Virtual Machine Manually To manually migrate a powered on virtual machine 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel to view the virtual machine Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Ensure that both the source and target hosts are VMotion enabled and using the same SAN Mware VirtualCenter File Edit Ms View Help jg 8J E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events o GND G F Be s e 4 5 esx01 VMware ESX Server 2 0 1 build 64
270. rep tools are installed on the VirtualCenter management server Refer to Installing the Microsoft Sysprep Tools on page 217 for information on installing the Microsoft Sysprep tools Microsoft Sysprep tools have certain requirements and impose certain restrictions on the source machine please refer to the Microsoft Sysprep documentation for additional information Linux Requirements for Guest Customization Guest customization of a Linux guest operating system can occur if e The clone or template has one of the following Linux versions installed e Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 0 e Red Hat Advanced Server 2 1 e SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 e Theclone or template has a root volume formatted with ext2 or ext3 file system Note A default installation of SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 0 formats the disk using the ReiserFS file system which is not supported If you would like to customize your SUSE virtual machines be sure to format the disk using an ext2 or ext3 file system during the installation of the guest operating system e The VMware Open Source Components installed on the VirtualCenter Management server Refer to Installing the VMware Open Source Components on page 218 for additional information 42 www vmware com CHAPTER 1 Introducing VMware VirtualCenter Technical Support Resources There are several resources available for researching and finding solutions for issues and concerns The following sections describe the
271. rk Name Min Max Shares Shares Value ha Exchange 2000 Server 0 100 Custom 1000 m 2003 App Server 15 100 Custom 2000 2003 App Server SMP 200 s enitorenserseechieonveutvenesicketetstesssnbesetee To edit an entry select a row first then click on a cell Close Virtual Machine Control Panel Selecting a virtual machine gt Properties displays the Virtual Machine Control Panel This dialog box has three tabs e Hardware Use this tab to add hardware elements to your virtual machine e Options This tab lists some general virtual machine settings actions to take during a power state change and actions taken for debugging during a process e Resources Use this tab to modify the resource shares on the host of a virtual machine The modifiable resources are CPU memory disk and network 99 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 100 Refer to Editing an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration on page 235 for more information about editing the configuration of a virtual machine irtual Machine Control Panel memory 256 MB J Connected Go Hard Disk 1 SCSI 0 0 Datastore localvmfs m CD ROM 1 IDE 0 0 Using drive fdevic A Floppy 1 Using drive dev FdO Video 256 Colors 8 bit Virtual CPUs 1 SCSI Controller 0 BusLogic Enc 1 Internal Network Using file testings Using file testingp Schedule Task Properties Selecting Tasks Navigation gt task gt Edit
272. rmed even if the creating user no longer has permission to create the alarm Alarms are applied to either hosts or virtual machines Each alarm has a triggering event and a notification method There are two kinds of alarm triggers e Percentage Monitors host CPU usage host memory usage virtual machine CPU usage virtual machine memory and virtual machine heartbeat The triggering options are Is Above percent and Is Below percent Default monitor for virtual machine heartbeat is set to Is Below Default monitor for all other percentage options is set to Is Above e State Monitor host state and virtual machine state The triggering options are Is state and Is Not state There are several types of alarm notification methods e Senda notification email message SMTP sends an email message The SMTP must be ready when the email message is sent There are two ways to set SMTP through VirtualCenter or through Microsoft Outlook Express The VirtualCenter setup is not always needed if the SMTP setting in Outlook Express is correct The VirtualCenter management server generates the subject and body text of the email message Only the To list receiver is required from user input Specify the email message address where the message should be sent Separate the names of multiple receivers with commas or semi colons e Send a notification trap The VirtualCenter management server is the default SNMP notification receiver An SN
273. rtual machine Refer to Creating Virtual Machines from a Template on page 192 222 rate gimn CHAPTER 12 Customizing Guest Operating Systems e If you are cloning an existing virtual machine Refer to Creating Virtual Machines by Cloning an Existing Virtual Machine on page 204 Confirm continuing with the Guest Customization wizard Click Next Optionally specify registration information Mware irtualCenter Guest Customization Wizard Registration Information You can specify registration information for this copy of the guest operating i system Type in the owner s name and organization Name Organization lt Back Next gt Cancel The owner s name and organization are for your reference purposes only They do not affect the functioning of the virtual machine Enter the name of a person user or group and of the organization in the appropriate fields Click Next Specify a computer name for the virtual machine Click Next Mware YirtualCenter Guest Customization Wizard Computer Name Specify a computer name for identifying this virtual machine on a network On some guest operating systems this is called the host name Type the computer name Computer Name lt Back Next gt Cancel The host or computer name is the name given to the particular instance of a guest operating system The operating system uses this name to identify itself on the network On W
274. rtual machine is in an incorrect state to perform any activity manually or scheduled VirtualCenter sends a message to the log and does not perform the task When you create a scheduled task VirtualCenter verifies that you have the correct permissions to perform the actions on the relevant farms hosts and virtual machines Once the task is created the task is performed even if the you no longer have permission to perform the task Events are logged to the event log at start and completion of the tasks Any errors that occur during the task are also recorded in the event log Refer to Working with Alarms and Events for additional information on the events log Note Do not schedule multiple tasks to be performed at the same time on the same object The results are unpredictable 276 rate CHAPTER 14 Working with Scheduled Tasks Creating a Scheduled Task To create a scheduled task 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the Tasks panel Click the Tasks option in the navigation bar The current list of scheduled tasks appears 2 Start the New Task wizard Click New in the toolbar or select File gt New gt Scheduled Task 3 Confirm continuing with the New Task wizard Click Next 4 Select the task to create Click the pull down menu and select the appropriate option Click Next Mware irtualCenter New Task Wizard me xi Select a Task Select a task from the list E Task Deploy a virtual machine from a template
275. rtual machines created through Workstation or GSX Server default to IDE disks Refer to your Workstation or GSX Server documentation for information on creating virtual machines with SCSI disks VirtualCenter Guest Operating System Customization Requirements To use the guest customization wizard the virtual machine and the guest operating system Windows or Linux must meet the requirements listed in the following sections e Virtual Hardware Requirements for Guest Customization e Windows Requirements for Guest Customization e Linux Requirements for Guest Customization www vmware com 40 CHAPTER 1 Introducing VMware VirtualCenter Virtual Hardware Requirements for Guest Customization Guest customization requires that the source virtual machine used to create the clone or templates has the following e VMware Tools installed e Atleast one Network Interface Card NIC configured When a virtual machine is cloned or used for a template the new virtual machine has the exact same number and type of NICs For example AMD VLance PcNet versus high performance VMware vmxnet This cannot be changed during the deployment and or guest customization process e SCSI disks The default configuration for VMware Workstation and GSX Server creating a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 virtual machine is IDE disks If the source virtual machine was created using VMware Workstation or GSX Server with Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 guest op
276. rtualCenter to create new virtual machines Template upload directory Atemplate upload directory is located on the VirtualCenter management server machine A copy of the original virtual machine virtual disks are placed in the directory you specify as the template upload directory This is typically used for creating templates from non ESX Server virtual machines that are stored locally to the VirtualCenter management server Templates Provides a list of and a means to import virtual machines and store them as templates for deploying at a later time to create new virtual machines Unsupported partition A virtual disk partition that VMware Tools cannot prepare for shrinking Unsupported partitions include read only drive partitions partitions on remote devices and partitions on removable devices such as floppy drives or CD ROM drives Virtual disk A virtual disk is a file or set of files that appear as a physical disk drive to a guest operating system These files can be on the host machine or on a remote file system When you configure a virtual machine with a virtual disk you can install a new operating system into the disk file Virtual machine A virtualized x86 PC environment in which a guest operating system and associated application software can run Multiple virtual machines can operate on the same host machine concurrently Virtual Machine Administrator A role where the user is allowed to perform all the virtual m
277. run script Releases the virtual machine from Suspended mode and executes a virtual machine script Refer to VMware Tools for information on setting up scripts Power on and run script Starts the virtual machine and executes a virtual machine script Refer to VMware Tools for information on setting up scripts Restart guest Shuts down and restarts the guest operating system Does not power off the virtual machine Toolbar power state buttons perform as follows Power off Performs a standard power off when VMware tools are not installed or unavailable and a Guest OS power off when VMware tools are installed and available A power off operation first displays a confirmation dialog box indicating that the guest operating system does not be shut down properly 127 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual e Suspend Performs a standard power on when a virtual machine is stopped and resumes with scripts when the virtual machine is suspended and Vmware tools are installed and available Performs a standard resume when VMware tools are not installed or unavailable e Power on Performs a standard suspend when tools are not installed and Suspends with scripts when tools are installed and available e Reset Performs a standard reset when tools are not installed and restarts the guest operating system when tools are installed and available A reset operation first displays a confirmation dialog box indicating that the gue
278. rver The VirtualCenter management server restarts automatically Restarting the VirtualCenter Agent The VirtualCenter is installed on each ESX Server host automatically It is started automatically If for some reason it stops it must be restarted To restart the VirtualCenter agent 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel to display the virtual machine Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Display the host properties dialog box From the main menu host right click pop menu or Summary tab button select Host Properties 3 Select the Advanced tab Click Restart mankato Properties Exi VMotion Advanced Restarts the VMware VirtualCenter Agent Use with caution Restart ware VirtualCenter Agent Cancel www vmware com 70 CHAPTER 3 Starting VMware VirtualCenter Stopping the VirtualCenter Management Server The VirtualCenter management server is a Windows service so you should go through your Windows interface to select the service and stop it Note You should never have to stop the VirtualCenter management server It is best for VirtualCenter management server to have continuous operation Continuous operation ensures that all monitoring and task activities are performed as expected To stop the VirtualCenter management server 1 Select Start gt Control Panel gt Administra
279. ry as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Display the virtual machine control panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button 3 Click the Hardware tab Select any device 4 Start the Add Hardware wizard Click the Add button 5 Select the parallel port device to add Click Next www vmware comM 258 CHAPTER 13 Editing an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration 6 Select the device type Click Next Parallel Port Type What media should this virtual parallel port access 7 If you selected a physical parallel port Select the port and whether to connect the device when the virtual machine powers on Click Finish Add Hardware Wizard Select a Physical Parallel Port Which physical drive should this parallel port connect to 259 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 8 If you selected an output file Specify the output file name Click Finish Add Hardware Wizard x Choose Parallel Port Output File Na Which file should this parallel port connect to SY r Output file m Device status IV Connect at power on lt Back Cancel Adding a Serial Port To add a serial port to a virtual machine 1 From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Display the virtual machine control panel
280. ry tabs are a set of panels that display task oriented information pertaining to the selected 302 rate gimn CHAPTER 16 Working with the VirtualCenter Data VirtualCenter object Each VirtualCenter object has its own set of tabs The tab options are Summary Farms Hosts Virtual Machines Performance Events Alarms Console and Permissions When you select the Inventory option in the navigation bar an information panel appears on the right side of the screen When you select an object host virtual machine group or farm from the inventory panel the information panel displays tabs corresponding to the selected object This data appears until you select a different object from the inventory panel The following table shows the available panels and their source mapping Note that you can use either the navigation bar and the information panel tabs to view events information pm foe peen o Inventory panel Lists the configured alarms for the selected object Console Inventory panel Displays a remote console to interact directly with the virtual machine Through the remote console you can take selected actions upon the virtual machine Events navigation bar Lists the recent event messages for all objects managed by VirtualCenter Events Inventory panel Lists the recent event messages that report on the status of the selected farm host or virtual machine Inventory panel Lists the farms assigned to the selected farm group
281. s Migrating with VMotion a Virtual Machine Manually Creating a Scheduled Task to Migrate a Virtual Machine with VMotion ___ Creating New Virtual Machines Creating New Virtual Machines Creating Virtual Machines Using the New Virtual Machine Wizard Completing the New Virtual Machine with Custom Settings Installing a Guest Operating System and VMware Tools Installing a Guest Operating System in a Virtual Machine Installing VMware Tools Working with Templates Working with Templates Understanding Templates Preparing for Templates Specifying an Upload Directory for Templates Using a GSX Server or Workstation Virtual Machine as a Template Using an ESX Server Golden Image as a Template Using an Unmanaged ESX Server Virtual Machine as a Template Using a Managed Existing ESX Server Virtual Machine as a Template Importing Templates Importing a Managed Virtual Machine as a Template Importing a Non Managed Virtual Machine as a Template Cloning a Template Deleting a Template Editing a Template Copying Virtual Machines Creating Customizable Virtual Machines Creating Virtual Machines from a Template Manually Deploying Virtual Machine from a Template Creating a Scheduled Task to Deploy a Template Creating Virtual Machines by Cloning an Existing Virtual Machine Manually Cloning a Virtual Machine Creating a Scheduled Task to Clone a Virtual Machine Customizing Guest Operating Systems 215 Customizing Guest Operating Systems 216 Preparing for G
282. s are added to the VirtualCenter environment The VirtualCenter management server automatically discovers and adds all the virtual machines contained within that host to the VirtualCenter environment The figure below illustrates the process for adding a host to VirtualCenter Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations Adding hostA Add hostA to VirtualCenter VirtualCenter ESX server hostA Adding hostA virtual machines VC auto discovery VMs on hostA VM1 VM2 VM3 VirutalCenter ESX server hostA Adding Host to VirtualCenter Environment with Automatic Discovery of Virtual Machines A host can be added to only one VirtualCenter management server To add a host 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel and select the appropriate farm Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate farm 112 aren 2 Start the Add Host wizard Select the appropriate farm and select New Host from the main or right click popup menu Mware VirtualCenter File Edit Ms View Help a 2 eo amp E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events e 0 n gt G B Be s e EEEE New Farm Server Farms E ft New Group Summary SQUIB Ete gg Sg DoS R EL T Dg Dg New Farm Add Host Ctrl H Ms Powered On New Virtual Machine Group Ctrl M Ms Suspended New Virtual Machine Gh Total VMs Provisioned Deploy Virtua
283. s on page 37 Adding Licenses on page 74 and Enabling VMotion on page 148 for additional information 3 Display the inventory panel and select the appropriate farm Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 150 re CHAPTER 8 Migrating Virtual Machines 4 Disconnect any peripheral devices connected to the virtual machine a Select the virtual machine power it down if it is powered on b Select Edit gt Properties to display the Virtual Machine Control Panel c Unselect the Connect box for each peripheral device Peripheral devices include floppy drives CD ROM drives and serial and parallel devices d Click OK 5 Start the Migration with VMotion wizard In the inventory panel select the desired virtual machine Then perform one of the following e From the main or right click popup menu select the Migrate option e From the information panel Summary tab click the Migrate to New Host button e Drag and drop the virtual machine on to the target host The Migration with VMotion wizard starts 6 Confirm the Migration with VMotion wizard Click Next 7 Select the migration priority level Mware irtualCenter irtual Machine Migration Wizard 7 xj Migration Priority Set the priority of the migration relative to other operations on the destination E host High Priority Reserve resources on both the source and destination
284. s window Note The migration process has additional requirements Refer to Enabling VMotion on page 148 for information To add your licenses to VirtualCenter 1 Copy your license file to a location accessible by VirtualCenter client You received the license file when you purchased VirtualCenter The file is a plain text file Place all your VirtualCenter licenses into one text file if convenient or keep the licenses in separate files If you use separate files you need to follow this procedure for each license file 74 www vmware com CHAPTER 3 Starting VMware VirtualCenter 2 From the VirtualCenter client open the License window Select Help gt Enter Serial Number x M Total Licenses VMware Virtual Center Server License Adding License Keys None Click the Add Licenses button and specify the text file containing your license keys mM Host Licenses License Key Expires Removing License Keys Select the keys to remove in the lists on the right and click the Remove button Total Host Licenses 0 Available Host Licenses 0 Motion Licenses License Key Expires Total VMotion Licenses 0 Available VMotion Licenses 0 Add Licenses Close 3 Select the license key file Click Browse and locate the license key file Click OK on the browse window VirtualCenter adds the licenses to the VirtualCenter database Note Adding non evaluation licenses
285. se performance is slow increase the buffer size To adjust the performance of the Microsoft Access database 1 Open the Windows ODBC Data Source Administrator Select Settings gt Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Data Sources ODBC 2 Select the System DSN tab 3 Select ODBC Mircosoft Access Setup Click Options 53 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 4 Increase the buffer size Then click OK The default value is 2048 Change it to 8192 5 Restart the VirtualCenter management server if it is running Refer to Starting or Stopping VMware VirtualCenter on page 68 for information on starting and restarting the VirtualCenter management server Installing the VirtualCenter Product VMware VirtualCenter installs three components e VirtualCenter client A user interface that runs locally on a Windows host with network access to the VirtualCenter management server e VirtualCenter management server A service that acts as a central administrator for VMware servers connected on a network to direct actions upon the virtual machines and the virtual machine hosts VirtualCenter management server is the central working core of VirtualCenter Note An ESX Server host can only be registered with one VirtualCenter management server If you try to register an ESX Server host that it is already registered with a different VirtualCenter management server an error message appears and you are prevented from adding the host to
286. ssage address for the notification recipient SMTP sends an email message The SMTP must be ready when the email message is sent There are two ways to set SMTP through VirtualCenter or through Microsoft Outlook Express VirtualCenter setup is not always needed if the SMTP setting in Outlook Express is correct VirtualCenter management server generates the email message subject and body text Only the to list receiver is required from user input Specify the email message address to which the message should be sent Separate multiple receivers with commas or semi colons e Send a notification trap There is a default SNMP notification receiver the VirtualCenter management server An SNMP trap viewer is required to view a sent trap The VirtualCenter management server host must be configured to receive SNMP traps 294 WWW VMware com CHAPTER 15 Working with Alarms and Events e Runa script Provide the path to the script to run The user script command and its arguments need to be formatted into one string The user script is running in other process and does not block the VirtualCenter management server from running But the script does consume the resources on the server such as CPU and memory e Suspend the virtual machine This applies to a virtual machine alarm e Power off the virtual machine This applies to a virtual machine alarm e Reset the virtual machine This applies to a virtual machine alarm e Com
287. ssign each network interface card to a network Assign Resources Specify how much of the host s resources should be devoted to this virtual machine Guest Operating System Customization You can customize the administrative and network settings for this new virtual machine s operating system J Start the quest customization wizard 198 ns ooe CHAPTER 11 Copying Virtual Machines The options are e Start the guest customization wizard Opens the customization wizard Refer to Customizing Guest Operating Systems on page 216 for information on using the Guest Customization wizard e Import customization from an XML file Browse for and select an existing XML file with customization already defined Click Browse and select the appropriate XML file Click Next e Do not customize the guest operating system Proceeds with the current deploy and does not make any additional changes to the guest operating system Select the appropriate option and click Next Complete the Template Deployment wizard Click Finish VirtualCenter displays the Tasks inventory panel for reference makes a copy of the template applies changes as specified and stores the new virtual machine on the designated host location Creating a Scheduled Task to Deploy a Template To deploy a virtual machine from a template as a scheduled task 1 Display the Tasks panel Click the Tasks option in the navigation bar The list of scheduled t
288. st operating system is not shut down properly Note The specific form of the power state action can be modified to include guest operating system shut downs or not and to include running scripts or not Refer to Changing Power State Options on page 266 for additional information Understanding Transitional Power States Actions taken upon a virtual machine require that the virtual machine be in specific power states Whenever a power operation is performed on a virtual machine the virtual machine power state changes and all other commands are locked out until the first command is completed 128 ee CHAPTER 7 Connecting with Virtual Machines The figure below illustrates states transitions and state changing commands for virtual machines Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations Migrate EE state Command Virtual Machine Power State Changes Manually Powering a Virtual Machine On and Off Prior to performing any power state changing activity on a virtual machine you must have added the virtual machine to your VirtualCenter environment Refer to Adding and Removing Virtual Machines on page 124 To manually change the power state of a virtual machine 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Choose the power option Through either the
289. stingp Cancel 246 WWWwW VmMware com Changing Serial Port Configuration To change the serial port configuration i CHAPTER 13 Editing an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine Display the virtual machine control panel then select the serial object in the Device panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button Click the Hardware tab Click the serial port in the Device panel Make changes as needed Adjust the device status connection and I O mode for the virtual machine display Click OK irtual Machine Control Panel Hardware Options Resources Device Summary Memory 256 MB Ga Hard Disk 1 SCSI 0 0 Datastore localymfs 5cD ROM 1 IDE 0 0 Using drive devjc Floppy 1 Using drive dev FdO Falvideo 256 Colors 8 bit S Virtual CPUs 1 5c5I Controller 0 BusLogic nc Parallel 1 Q Serial 1 Internal Network Using file testingp Using file testings E Remove m Device status a Connected IV Connect at power on r Connection Use physical serial port Use output file ftestingserialport Use named pipe This end is the server The other end is a virtual machine Y 140 mode T Yield CPU on poll Allow the guest
290. supported guest operating systems To install the Microsoft Sysprep tools 1 Download the Sysprep package from the Microsoft Web site www microsoft com windows2000 downloads tools sysprep default asp Though the Sysprep version indicates Windows 2000 it works with both Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 2 Run the Microsoft installer Q0257813_w2k_spl_x86_en exe 217 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 3 Locate the directory to place the expanded files a From the dialog box Browse to the default installation location C VirtualCenter_installation_directory resources windows sysprep 1 1 b Click OK The expanded directory structure resembles the following resources windows sysprep 1 1 resources windows sysprep 1 1 contents txt resources windows sysprep l 1 docs resources windows sysprep 1 1 tools resources windows sysprep l1 1 samples You are now ready to customize a new virtual machine with supported Windows guest operating system as you clone an existing virtual machine or deploy a template Installing the VMware Open Source Components If you plan to customize a Linux guest operating system you must first install the VMware Open Source components on your VirtualCenter management server machine VMware has packaged these components into a separate package called VMware Open Source Components which you download from the VMware Web site Refer to www vmware com dow
291. t tgz file This script collects and packages all relevant VirtualCenter system and configuration information and VirtualCenter log files This information can be used to analyze the problem you are encountering If a virtual machine exits abnormally or crashes please save the log file vmware log inthe same directory as your vmx file and any core files core or vmware core in that directory Also please save the virtual machine s configuration vmx file and any other information that might help reproduce the problem Be sure to record a description of your physical hardware and of the software Operating system and applications that was running in the virtual machine This information may be required when requesting support A problem in the VMkernel normally causes the machine to display an error screen for a period of time and then reboot If you specified a VMware core dump partition when you configured your machine the VMkernel also generates a core dump and error log More serious problems in the VMkernel can freeze the machine without an error screen or core dump In either of these cases when reporting problems directly to VMware describe the steps you took in the period before this failure including any information listed in point 1 above if applicable Include this information in your support request along with the contents of var log messages from the service console Also include the core dump and error log if any
292. t to remove the YMware VirtualCenter database and settings From this machine Select No if you would like to preserve this data For a Future install Click Yes to remove all traces of VirtualCenter Click No to retain the VirtualCenter database and settings in preparation for a reinstallation 6 Close the installation wizard Click Finish Uninstalling through the Windows Add Remove tool 1 As Administrator on the Windows system click through the Windows system to the Add Remove Programs Select Start gt Control Panel gt Add Remove Programs Scroll through the list of installed programs and select VMware VirtualCenter ER Add Remove Programs AmE f 8 TH Currently installed programs Sort by Name X enenge or a Internet Explorer Q828750 Size 15 6MB 2 emove Programs 5 McAfee NetShield 4 5 0 Size 13 8MB B Microsoft NET Framework 1 1 Size 38 9MB am pa C Outlook Express Update Q330994 Add New vMware Tools Size 1 08GB Programs Mware YirtualCenter pans Click here for support information To change this program or computer click Change or Add Remove Windows Components i Windows 2000 Hotfix KB823980 ea Windows 2000 Hotfix KB824141 i Windows 2000 Hotfix KB824146 ey Windows 2000 Hotfix KB825119 Windows 2000 Hotfix KB826232 AA indomie 20100 Hotfix KRAPANS zl Close 2 Confirm that you want to remove the program Click Yes 3 Select to remove the VirtualCenter database and settings
293. tB VirtualCenter Migration with VMotion Understanding Migration Migration requires that the virtual machine being migrated is powered off prior to the beginning the migration process Migration is the process of moving a virtual machine from one host to another With a migration you also have the option of moving the associated disks from one host to another A migration consists of the steps 1 A copy of the configuration file and the associated virtual disks are placed on the new host and in the associated volume storage area 1 42 www vmware com CHAPTER 8 Migrating Virtual Machines 2 The virtual machine is managed on the target host and unregistered on the source host 3 After the migration is completed the old version of the virtual machine is deleted from the source host The figure below illustrates the process for migration of powered off virtual machines Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations 1 Prepare cold migrate shutdown VM2 VirtualCenter 2 Move VM2 files and virtual disks VirtualCenter 3 Register VM2 to new host and delete old VM2 VirtualCenter Migration If any error occurs during migration the virtual machines revert to their original states and locations 143 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 144 Migrating Powered Off Virtual Machines Move virtual machines manually or set up a scheduled task to perform the migration The migration topi
294. te a virtual machine Refer to your ESX Server documentation for additional information If the ESX Server host is an unmanaged host proceed to Using an Unmanaged ESX Server Virtual Machine as a Template on page 179 If the ESX Server host is a managed host proceed to Using a Managed Existing ESX Server Virtual Machine as a Template on page 180 Using an Unmanaged ESX Server Virtual Machine as a Template To use an existing unmanaged ESX Server virtual machine as a template l 2 Power down the virtual machine If you have a virtual machine that resides on an ESX Server host that is not managed with VirtualCenter perform the following Upgrade to ESX Server 2 0 1 Refer to your ESX Server documentation for additional information Temporarily register the ESX Server host with the virtual machine that is the source for the template You may need to adjust to your managed hosts to ensure you have sufficient VirtualCenter licenses Create the template by selecting the Copy files to template upload directory option Refer to Importing Templates on page 180 for information on creating the template Unregister the ESX Server host Proceed to Importing Templates on page 180 179 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Using a Managed Existing ESX Server Virtual Machine as a Template To use a managed ESX Server virtual machine as a template 1 Power down the virtual machine 2 Proceed to Importing Templates on pa
295. te from VirtualCenter control 4 Confirm removing the template from the VirtualCenter database Click Yes 189 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Editing a Template To change the template virtual machine 1 Deploy the template 2 Edit the resulting virtual machine 3 Create anew template from the edited virtual machine To change the name and description of a template 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the templates function Click the Templates option in the navigation bar The information panel changes to display the list of current templates and the template toolbar 2 Select the appropriate template 3 Select the Properties option to display the Template Properties dialog box Choose from either Edit gt Properties or right click gt Properties Template Properties Ed General Name Windows 2000 Advanced Server Description Base 0S Image with SP4 and IIS installed A twa Enter a useful name and a brief description of the template The description can include the operating system applications versions and intended uses for the template The name can be up to 80 characters long and contains alohanumeric characters and the underscore _ and hyphen characters The name should also be unique across all templates Modify the template name or the template description Edit the text as needed Click OK 190 nn ooe CHAPTER Copying Virtual Machines 11 VMware VirtualCenter User
296. ted Virtual Machines 0 Total M Migrations 4 GB Windows Media Server Database Servers a g Application Servers View tables for cpu Memory G3 Disk ERA Network RackO2 CPU Usage Hot List asoa n a S o Ree ESSE SCR Pee EE eR TORT Ee Ea TT eT TTT TT ren era ere ee TERORA Web Servers Ba i a i a a i i a a i ar i ary F Management Servers Most Active Hosts Least Active Hosts E Applications esx02 N A E Exchange Client esx0l N A E SQL Client EB Windows Media Client CPU Usage Resource Contention last 24hrs CPU Usage Resource Volatility last 7 days esx01 N A esx02 0 esx02 N A esxOl 0 Connected to localhost VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator Inventory gt Farm gt Summary Tab The farm Summary tab content is described in the following table Section Description Identification Total Hosts Number of hosts on the farm Disconnected Hosts Number of disconnected hosts on the farm Total Virtual Number of virtual machines on the farm Machines Disconnected Virtual Number of disconnected virtual machines on the Machines farm VMs Suspended Number of virtual machine in a suspended state Total VMs Provisioned Number of virtual machines that have been created by either cloning or deploying a template Total VM Migrations Number of times virtual machines that have been migrated between host machines pe VMs Powered On Number of virtual machines in a powered on state View ta
297. tent storage area for maintaining status of each virtual machine and user managed in the VirtualCenter environment This is located on the same machine as the VirtualCenter management server VirtualCenter agent Installed on each virtual machine host it coordinates the actions received from the VirtualCenter management server VirtualCenter management server A service that acts as a central administrator for VMware servers connected on a network to direct actions upon the virtual machines and the virtual machine hosts VirtualCenter management server is the central working core of VirtualCenter VMotion Enables moving running virtual machines from one ESX Server to another without service interruption It requires licensing on both the source and target host Feature that is activated by the VirtualCenter agent The VirtualCenter management server centrally coordinates all VMotion activities VMware Tools A suite of utilities and drivers that enhances the performance and functionality of your guest operating system Key features of VMware Tools include some or all of the following depending on your guest operating system an SVGA driver a mouse driver the VMware guest operating system service the VMware Tools control panel and support for such features as shared folders drag and drop in Windows guests shrinking virtual disks time synchronization with the host VMware Tools scripts and connecting and disconnecting devices wh
298. ter managed host If the template is stored on the datastore of a host place the new virtual machine only on another host that has access to the datastore Only those hosts that share the datastore are listed as Deploy a Template wizard target host choices The figure below illustrates the process for deploying a template to create a new virtual machine Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations 1 Select template to deploy and host to deploy to VirtualCenter template upload directory 2 Customize new virtual machine as needed VirtualCenter customiztion newvm template upload directory 3 New customized virtual machine VirtualCenter template upload directory Deploying a Template 26 S oe CHAPTER 1 Introducing VMware VirtualCenter Cloning Virtual Machines A clone is a copy plus customization of a virtual machine When you create a clone VirtualCenter provides an option to customize the guest operating system of that virtual machine Store clones on any host within the same farm as the original virtual machine The figure below illustrates the process for cloning an existing virtual machine to create a new virtual machine Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations 1 Select virtual machine to clone and host to deploy to 3 New customized virtual machine Creating a Clone 27 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Understanding Customization
299. ter management server It must not be a network share mapped locally It must be a valid directory path and the directory must exist Set the template upload directory before you create any templates Using a GSX Server or Workstation Virtual Machine as a Template To use a virtual machine that is already created and configured as a template 1 Power down the virtual machine 2 Ifyou have a Workstation or GSX Server virtual machine e Upgrade the virtual machine to Workstation 4 0 or GSX Server 2 5 if needed e The source virtual machine must be local to the VirtualCenter management server e Ifthe source virtual machine is not local you must copy the virtual machine to a folder local to the VirtualCenter management server Using FTP in binary mode copy the contents of the virtual machine folder The contents include but are not limited to the following files Virtual machine configuration file with a vmx or cfg extension www vmware comM CHAPTER 10 Working with Templates Virtual disk files with a vmdk or dsk extension There could be several virtual disk files Copy all of them The source virtual machine should not be available for use as an active virtual machine 3 Proceed to Importing Templates on page 180 Using an ESX Server Golden Image as a Template To use an existing ESX Server golden image as a VirtualCenter template ly Use your standard ESX Server processes to import the golden image and crea
300. ter monitor for access to the graphical user interface VirtualCenter management server A service that acts as a central administrator for VMware servers connected on a network to direct actions upon the virtual machines and the virtual machine hosts VirtualCenter management server provides the central working core of VirtualCenter 15 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 16 VirtualCenter management server runs on a machine as a service It can also and typically is another server machine in the network It receives direction through the VirtualCenter client and executes actions upon the identified hosts and virtual machines VirtualCenter agent Installed on each virtual machine host it collects communicates and executes the actions received from the VirtualCenter management server VMotion is a feature that is activated by the VirtualCenter agent It enables moving running virtual machines from one ESX Server to another without service interruption It requires licensing on both the source and target host The VirtualCenter management server centrally coordinates all VMotion activities VirtualCenter database A persistent storage area for maintaining status of each virtual machine and user managed in the VirtualCenter environment This can be local or remote to the VirtualCenter management server machine The figure below illustrates the relationships of the VirtualCenter installed components Refer to Abbreviations
301. that you really want to take action as it causes a disruption to any VirtualCenter clients connected to the service To uninstall VirtualCenter choose either the VirtualCenter installer or the Windows Add Remove tool Uninstalling through the VirtualCenter installer 1 As Administrator on the Windows system run the installer Double click the VMware installation icon or select Start gt Run and enter the location of the installer in the Run window 2 Accept the VirtualCenter Installer Click Next 3 Select the Remove option ji Mware VirtualCenter Program Maintenance Modify repair or remove th Modify ie Change which program features are installed This option displays the Custom Selection dialog in which you can change the way features are installed Repair Repair installation errors in the program This option fixes missing or corrupt files shortcuts and registry entries grereseesoseseosesessesy E Remove VMware VirtualCenter from your computer Installshield lt Back Cancel Click the appropriate radio button then click Next 4 Verify ready to proceed with uninstallation Click Remove VirtualCenter displays a progress screen as it proceeds with the uninstallation The VirtualCenter database retains any existing content 61 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 5 Select to remove the VirtualCenter database and settings or not Mware PX Installation x Do you wan
302. the VirtualCenter Management server e ESX Server virtual machine The host machine must be managed with VirtualCenter After you create the template and you store the template in the template upload directory you have the option to unregister the ESX Server host When you create the template you have the option to e Copy the virtual machine virtual disks to the template upload directory VirtualCenter refers to the template upload directory whenever it deploys a virtual machine using the this template This method is useful when your source virtual machine is not located on a SAN based storage device e Copy the virtual machine disks to a VMFS volume This option is available if you are creating a template from a managed virtual machine 175 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual e Reference the virtual machine but keep it in its original location This option is not recommended This option is available for importing GSX Server or Workstation formatted virtual machines VirtualCenter refers to the original location whenever it deploys a virtual machine using this template This method is useful when your source virtual machine is located on a SAN based storage device The figure below illustrates the source virtual machine and datastore options for creating templates Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations ESX Server Import to ESX Server Golden Image make new VM Existing VM Create VM Cl
303. ties on the General tab click Start 69 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual oh Services acon vow e gt amA ros w __ Name Description I Status Startup T Log Ons Ry VMware Tools Service Provides support for synchronizing objects between the host Started Automatic LocalSystem Sy VMware virtual Mount Servic Part of the VMware Virtual Image Editing Framework Manual LocalSystem Tree Services Local gv Mware VirtualCenter Service Provides centralized management of VMware virtual machines Automatic y Sy Windows Installer Installs repairs and removes software according to instructi Manual Start Hy Windows Management Instr Provides system management information Started Automatic stop Sy Windows Management Instr Provides systems management information to and from drivers Started Manual Pause Ss Windows Time Sets the computer clock Manual Resume Sy Wireless Configuration Provides authenticated network access control using IEEE 80 Manual Restart Sy Workstation Provides network connections and communications Started Automatic All Tasks gt Sa World Wide Web Publishing 5 Provides Web connectivity and administration through the In Started Automatic 3 Close the Properties box click OK When Windows completes powering off of the process close the Properties dialog box 4 Start your VirtualCenter client and select the VirtualCenter management se
304. time to perform the task VirtualCenter first verifies that the user who created the task still has permission to complete the task If the permission levels are not acceptable a message is generated and the task is not performed 273 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 274 www vmware com CHAPTER Working with Scheduled Tasks 14 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Working with Scheduled Tasks This chapter describes how to schedule VirtualCenter tasks You need a Virtual Machine User role assigned to the farm to perform the activities described in this chapter This chapter contains the following sections e Understanding Scheduled Tasks e Creating a Scheduled Task e Rescheduling a Task Removing a Scheduled Task Understanding Scheduled Tasks Configure selected VirtualCenter activities as scheduled task that are performed at a designated time The timing options include immediately later or on a recurring basis Scheduled tasks are performed in addition to manually driven activities Create a scheduled task through the New Task wizard which displays the available task options After you select an option the wizard displays the screens that are relevant to the type of task you are scheduling The New Task wizard ends when you set the timing of the task You can reschedule tasks If the directions of manually driven and scheduled activities conflict VirtualCenter performs whichever activity is due first If a vi
305. ting virtual machine or deploying a template To use the New Virtual Machine wizard to finish creating a new customized virtual machine 1 Select the number of virtual processors CPUs New irtual Machine Wizard me x Processor Configuration Na Specify the number of virtual processors for this virtual machine SY Processors Number of virtual processors v lt Back Cancel 161 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 2 Specify the memory allocation New irtual Machine Wizard Memory for the Virtual Machine How much memory would you like to use for this virtual machine The dialog box shows the current available memory and typical memory allocations The default setting in the Guest size for memory field depends on the guest operating system you have selected You may need to change the memory allocation to meet the demands of applications you plan to run in the virtual machine You may change this setting later from the virtual machine s Memory tab in the management interface Enter the memory allocation for the new virtual machine Click Next 3 Select Network Interface Card NIC to define the network connection type Click Next New irtual Machine Wizard Network Type What type of network do you want to add 162 argon Select I O adapter type Click Next New irtual Machine Wizard Select 1 0 Adapter Types Which adapter type would you like to use Ne
306. tion is the primary information and action display area The content of this display area varies depending upon the navigation bar selected The content of the panel section for Tasks Templates and Events is a simple list The content of the panel section for Inventory of virtual machines hosts farms and groups is divided into two panels the inventory panel and the information panel e Inventory panel Displays a hierarchical list of VirtualCenter objects when the Inventory option is selected from the navigation bar The displayed list includes Server Farms farm groups farms hosts virtual machine groups and virtual machines e Information panels Display lists and charts There are various information panels There is one panel each for the Tasks Templates and Events navigation bar options There are multiple panels for the Inventory option these are divided 88 WwWwWww ymware com CHAPTER 4 Working with the VirtualCenter Client into tabbed elements that vary depending upon the object selected in the inventory panel The table below lists the tabbed panel options available for each inventory panel object Inventory Summary Virtual Perfor Events Console Permis Object Machines mance sions ec sc ae Host VM Group Farm Virtual Machine To select an object Single click the appropriate object in either the Inventory option or on the information panel To view a popup menu Right click the
307. tive Directory 340 Windows Domain Controller 340 wizard new virtual machine 347 Workstation virtual machine as template 178 virtual machines as templates 175 359 360 wis
308. tive Tools gt Services gt VMware VirtualCenter Service 2 Under the VMware VirtualCenter Services Properties on the General tab click Stop Starting the VirtualCenter Client This section describes starting and stopping the VirtualCenter client and logging on to a VirtualCenter management server Starting the VirtualCenter Client and Logging On VirtualCenter management server supports multiple VirtualCenter client logons The VirtualCenter client may be installed on any machine that has networked access to the VirtualCenter management server To start a VirtualCenter client session 1 Log on to your Windows system The first time you start the VirtualCenter client log on as the administrator By default administrators are allowed to log on to VirtualCenter Administrators here are defined to be either e Members of the local Administrators group if the VirtualCenter management server is not a domain controller e Members of the domain Administrators group if the VirtualCenter Server is a domain controller If the host is not a domain controller log on as either lt ocal host name gt lt user gt or lt user gt where lt user gt is a member of the local Administrators group If the host is a domain controller you must log on as lt domain gt lt user gt where lt domain gt is the domain name for which the host is a controller and lt user gt is a member of that domain s Administrator group 71 VMware V
309. to win03 cc VMware VirtfalCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator selected resource detail graph shares allocated pull down menu customize graph view Information Panel Chart View Elements To configure the increments of time Click on the pull down menu and select the appropriate increment The options are Past Hour Displays the status of the item in one minute intervals Day Displays the status of the item in five minute intervals Week Displays the status of the item in one hour intervals Month Displays the status of the item in one day intervals Year Displays the status of the item in one month intervals 94 www vmware com CHAPTER 4 Working with the VirtualCenter Client To customize the graph view Click the Customize Chart button and select from the options Customize Performance Chart F Ei H Host Performance Chart Options Graph Total network 1 0 f Total network 140 by device Total network 1 0 by virtual machine Individual network 10 for device bond X T by virtual machine Show f Total Reads Writes ww ee a The graph options vary depending upon the resource selected In the example above the options divide into the representation of the data in the primary chart Accessing Properties and Settings There are five sets of properties and settings dialog boxes Each set makes adjustments to the corresponding VirtualCenter environment These are described in the followin
310. tomatically tries to reconnect to a host if the connection is lost Define how long VirtualCenter tries to re establish the connection To configure automatic host reconnection 1 From the VirtualCenter client open the VMware VirtualCenter Settings dialog box and select the Advanced tab Select File gt VMware VirtualCenter Settings When the dialog box appears select the Advanced tab Mware irtualCenter Settings x Performance Templates Advanced snmp receiver 4 port o a snmp receiver 4 community FO mail sender FO mail smtp server FO mail smtp port host reconnectT hreshold fo 8 8 seryer options fC il 2 Enter a value in minutes in the host reconnectThreshold field Click OK Removing a Host Removing a host from VirtualCenter breaks the connection and stops all monitoring and managing functions of that host and of all the virtual machines on that host If you want to keep any of the virtual machines on a host in the VirtualCenter system you must first move the virtual machines to another host Removing a host from VirtualCenter control does not remove the virtual machines from the host or 117 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual datastore It removes only VirtualCenter s access to the host and virtual machines on that host The figure below illustrates process for removing a host from VirtualCenter Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations 1 Registered host
311. tor privileges for the VirtualCenter environment Permissions for all other VirtualCenter users need to be explicitly set by a VirtualCenter Administrator VirtualCenter supports user groups Users may belong to one or more groups to allow aggregate security assignments Users assume the roles assigned to any group of which they are members Refer to Assigning Access Permissions on page 340 for additional information on assigning access permission and roles to users and groups Starting the VirtualCenter Management Server The VirtualCenter management server starts automatically when you start the Windows machine on which it is installed It also restarts each time the VirtualCenter host is rebooted When the VirtualCenter client appears the baseline bar of the VirtualCenter client window indicates the VirtualCenter management server you are currently logged onto To verify the VirtualCenter management server is running check your Windows Services 1 Select Start gt Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Services gt VMware VirtualCenter Service 2 Under the VMware VirtualCenter Services Properties on the General tab view the service status Restarting the VirtualCenter Management Server To restart the VirtualCenter management server through your Windows Services 1 Select Start gt Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Services gt VMware VirtualCenter Service 2 Under the VMware VirtualCenter Services Proper
312. toring the virtual disk files d Click Next This name becomes the name of the folder which stores the files associated with this virtual machine Each virtual machine should have its own folder All associated files such as the configuration file and the disk file are placed in this folder Be sure that the entry in the Location field is unique The default path and filename are based on the chosen guest operating system If other virtual machines exist on this server you must change the path to create a new unique directory for the new virtual machine The Location field contains the name of the configuration file The directory specified also contains other virtual machine files Configuration files for virtual machines created with VirtualCenter use the vmx extension 159 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 7 Select Network Interface Card NIC to define the virtual network name to use Click Next New irtual Machine Wizard a xi Network Type Pha Rage What type of network do you want to add ey m Network connection NIC r Adapter type vlance ymxnet r Device status IV Connect at power on I Do not use a network connection lt Back Cancel 8 Ifyou are creating a new virtual disk select the size of the virtual disk New irtual Machine Wizard xj Specify Disk Capacity Pea Bane How large do you want this disk to be Sy m Dis
313. trator Users assigned this role for an object are allowed to add remove or modify objects With this role you e Connect disconnect host devices migrate and migrate with VMotion clone remove and configure virtual machines e Create import and deploy templates e Add and remove hosts from farms e Create remove or modify farms farm groups and virtual machine groups and their content e VirtualCenter Administrator Users in this role are allowed to change privileges for an object With this role add remove and set access rights and privileges for all the VirtualCenter users and all the virtual objects in the VirtualCenter environment www vmware comM CHAPTER 1 Introducing VMware VirtualCenter The figure below illustrates the three users and their respective access to VirtualCenter objects Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations VC client user VC client user2 VC management server VC client user3 VirtualCenter Access Control 21 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Operations Overview Typical VirtualCenter operations are focused around managing virtual machines on multiple hosts The figure below illustrates a VirtualCenter operation overview Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations migrate vm3 HHS Saag hostA E hostB ww Bers VirtualCenter agent VirtualCenter agent VirtutalCenter agent VirtutalCenter agent add h
314. ts and stores persistent data in a dedicated database that contains per system and environmental information The VirtualCenter management server automatically executes user specified scheduled tasks such as powering on or moving powered off virtual machines VirtualCenter with VMotion moves a virtual machine from one host to another while the virtual machine continues operation This form of migration with VMotion occurs without service interruption on the virtual machine VirtualCenter is virtual infrastructure management software that centrally manages an enterprise s virtual machines as a single logical pool of resources VirtualCenter provides the central point of control for workload management provisioning and availability It simplifies IT so companies leverage their storage network and computing resources to control costs and respond faster to changing business demands VMware VirtualCenter exploits the benefits of a virtual infrastructure With VirtualCenter an administrator can manage thousands of Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows Server 2003 Linux and Netware servers from a single point of control The VirtualCenter interface provides a powerful overview of all the virtual resources in a data center From the VirtualCenter interface administrators can perform e Continuous Workload Consolidation Monitor and optimize the utilization of data center resources to minimize unused capacity while maintaining application service le
315. tten to the disk e Undoable Changes are not saved until the virtual machine is powered off and you confirm to save the changes e Nonpersistent Changes to the disk are discarded when you power off or revert to the snapshot e Append Changes are saved when you power off the virtual machine Choose one device node type and one mode type Click Finish VirtualCenter proceeds to create the virtual machine you specified using the custom settings You have completed the process for creating a new virtual machine Installing a Guest Operating System and VMware Tools This section describes the following e Completing the New Virtual Machine with Custom Settings e Installing a Guest Operating System in a Virtual Machine e Installing VMware Tools Create your virtual machine with a blank unformatted SCSI virtual disk Install an operating system on this virtual disk just as you do on anew physical machine using a standard installation CD ROM and formatting the virtual disk at the appropriate place in the installation process Alternatively install from image files ISO image files of installation CD ROMs and floppy image files of any floppy disks can be used for the installation Use the VirtualCenter client to connect the virtual machine s drives to the appropriate image files before you begin the installation Once you start the virtual machine the normal operating system installation takes over Answer the prompts that appe
316. tual disk in persistent mode As a result a virtual disk or raw disk in independent persistent mode behaves like a conventional disk drive on a physical computer 347 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Preallocated disk A type of virtual disk where all disk space for the virtual machine is allocated at the time the disk is created This is the default type of virtual disk created by VirtualCenter Raw disk A hard disk in a virtual machine that is mapped to a physical disk drive or partition on the host machine A virtual machine s disk can be stored as a file on the host file system see Virtual disk or on a local hard disk When a virtual machine is configured to use a raw disk VirtualCenter directly accesses the local disk or partition as a raw device not as a file on a file system It is possible to boot a previously installed operating system on an existing partition within a virtual machine environment The only limitation is that the existing partition must reside on a local IDE or SCSI drive Read Only User A role where the user is allowed to view the inventory but not allowed to perform any tasks Redo log The file that stores the changes made to a disk in undoable or nonpersistent mode You can permanently apply the changes saved in the redo log to a disk in undoable mode so they become part of the main disk files For a disk in nonpersistent mode however the redo log file is deleted when you power off or reset
317. tual machine is located c Start the Deploy Virtual Machine from Template wizard From the main or right click popup menu select Deploy Virtual Machine from Template Mware irtualCenter File Edit YMs View Help 4 J E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events n gt p P e esx02 VMware ESX Server 2 0 1 build 6403 g Server Farms RackO1 Summary QAM Mable a oe Oe ge A E N E en Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation VMotion Enabled Yes af New Virtual Machine Ctrl V erEdge 1650 Virtual Machines 4 Deploy Virtual Machine from Template MB Number of Processors 2 c naan I R Pentium R III CPU S Number of Nics 3 ae 3MHz Number of Active Tasks gi Sy connct Available Resources Disconnect E hine Resources Available Disk Space 71374 MB Edit Host Configuration Memory Available to New VMs 808 MB Edit Virtual Machine Resources tion Remove Properties Memory Utilization Virtual Machines sI virtual Machines 4i Other 0 FH Other 0 System Total s EZ System Total 4 Hetworks Datastores vmnici templates 18434 MB 14467 MB available vmnicO temporary 18434 MB 9186 MB available Internal Network demo 136678 MB 47721 MB availab Connected to win03 cc VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator 1 94 WWWw vmw
318. tual machines and hosts Once you have created the attributes set the value for the attribute on each virtual machine and or host as appropriate This value is stored with VirtualCenter and not with the virtual machine or host Then use 91 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual the new attribute to filter information about your virtual machines and hosts If you no longer need the custom attribute remove it A custom attribute is always a string To add a custom attribute 1 Select the Inventory option of the navigation toolbar 2 Open the Custom Attributes dialog box Select File gt Custom Attributes 3 Add a custom attribute click Add Custom Attributes xi New Attribute Remove The attribute is added to the list of virtual machine characteristics 4 Change the attribute name as needed Click in the Name field and type the name you want to assign to the attribute 5 Enter the values for the custom attribute Mware Y irtualCenter BEE File Edit YMs View Help aag m Gg J a E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events gt a up 4 BP e e E 2 esx02 VMware ESX Server 2 0 1 build 6403 Server Farms Rack01 Petes Virtual Machines Seea a A E N E Name State or Host contains l Ok Clear esx0zi E g Name State Status CPU Memory New Attribute amp E Exchange 2000 Server gt Poweredon OO 41 110 i 2003
319. ual Machine Group 135 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Adding a Virtual Machine Group To add a virtual machine group 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Select the appropriate farm 2 Add anew virtual machine group With the farm highlighted from the main or right click popup menu select New VM Group VirtualCenter adds a New Group to the inventory panel Mware irtualCenter File Edit VMs View Help A ao a amp Inventory Tasks Templates Events a e o uno Alp Helela E New Virtual Machine Group Server Farms Non Motion Farm Virtual Machines QUOI tie ins 1 Sa TSS esx040 Name State or Host contains Ok z New Virtual Machine Group Name State Status Host CPU Memory f Discovered VMs z VMotion Farm qax123 F Discovered VMs Connected to dthorsen w2k3 VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6391 as Bethany Adding Virtual Machines to a Virtual Machine Group When you create a virtual machine group it is empty Drag and drop the virtual machines as needed to the new virtual machine group To add virtual machines to the virtual machine group 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar 2 If needed add the virtual machine group to the farm that contains
320. ualCenter method Alarms do not have a navigation toolbar option Alarms are viewed through the Alarms tab for each object Events Provides a list of all the events that occur in the VirtualCenter environment Use the Navigation option to display all the events Use an object specific panel to display only events relative to that object The figure below illustrates the relationship of the VirtualCenter functional components Refer to Abbreviations on page 14 for a description of abbreviations a a farmB ts C N y Server Farms VirtualCenter farmA hostB alarms events scheduled tasks templates farmA alarms a VirtualCenter Functional Components Access Privileges Components Each VirtualCenter user logs on to the VirtualCenter service through the VirtualCenter client Each VirtualCenter user is identified to the VirtualCenter as someone who has assigned rights and privileges to selected objects such as farms and virtual machines within the VirtualCenter environment VirtualCenter itself has full rights and privileges on all hosts and virtual machines within the VirtualCenter environment VirtualCenter passes on only those actions and requests from a VirtualCenter user that the VirtualCenter user has permissions to perform 19 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 20 VirtualCenter grants access to each VirtualCenter object farm farm group virtual machine and virtual machine group To do
321. ude in the VirtualCenter environment you must upgrade your Workstation GSX Server or ESX Server to the supported version level and upgrade the virtual machines to the supported version 39 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual level Refer to your Workstation GSX Server or ESX Server documentation for additional information Note To be registered with VirtualCenter the host must be running ESX Server version 2 0 1 though virtual machines can have been created with ESX Server version 2 0 then imported into a host running ESX Server version 2 0 1 The virtual disks of virtual machines to be used as source for VirtualCenter templates have the following requirements e Workstation or GSX Server virtual machine s directory path and configuration file must be local to VirtualCenter management server The path must refer to a drive letter corresponding to a local file system Specifically it cannot be a network share that is mapped as a local drive e ESX Server virtual machines must be registered with VirtualCenter Remove the ESX Server host from VirtualCenter after you have created the template if needed e ESX Server golden images can have their configuration file refer to virtual disks with relative paths Then have the virtual disks reside under the same directory as the configuration file e Only SCSI virtual disks are allowed IDE virtual disks cannot be imported as a template Note Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 vi
322. uest Customization 216 Installing the Microsoft Sysprep Tools Ay Installing the VMware Open Source Components 218 Beginning the Guest Customization Process 219 Entering the Guest Customization Wizard from the Template Deployment Process 220 Entering the Guest Customization Wizard from the Cloning Process ____ 221 Customizing New Guest Operating Systems 222 Customizing a Windows Guest Operating System 222 Customizing a Linux Guest Operating System 228 Completing a Guest Operating System Customization 232 Completing Linux Guest Operating System Customization 2372 Completing Windows Guest Operating System Customization 232 Editing an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration 235 Editing the Configuration of Existing Virtual Machines 236 Beginning to Edit the Virtual Machine Configuration 236 Changing Hardware Configuration of a Virtual Machine 238 Changing DVD CD ROM Drive Configuration 239 Changing Floppy Drive Configuration 239 Changing Generic SCSI Device Configuration 240 Changing Hard Disk Configuration 241 Changing Memory Configuration 243 Changing NIC Ethernet Adapter Configuration 244 Changing Parallel Port Configuration 245 Changing SCSI Controller Configuration 246 Changing Serial Port Configuration 247 Changing Video Configuration 248 Changing Virtual CPU Configuration 249 Adding Hardware to a Virtual Machine 250 Adding a DVD CD ROM Drive 250 Adding a Floppy Drive 252 Adding a Generic SCSI Device 253 Adding the Hard Disks 254 Adding a
323. umber of Hosts Number of hosts in the farm group Viewing the Hosts Tab The Hosts tab is available when you select a Farm object from the inventory panel of the navigation bar The Hosts tab displays information about the hosts in the farm Condition of the farm 5 Mware irtualCenter File Edit VMs View Help je A 8J E vmware Inventory Tasks Templates Events e 0 n A p Bel a e 3 Rack01 fa Server Farms GQ Rackoi Summary Virtual Machines IGRN amp Performance Events Alarms Permissions Q esxo1 Name State status CPU Memory Memory Size MB CPU Count NIC A ee a B esxo Connected O0 i 3 i 980 2 concen Jeter O esx02 Connected ele 7 ia 5 Ena 980 2 E Exchange 2000 Server ff Media Servers EB Windows Media Server Database Servers G Application Servers Rack02 esx03 Web Servers Management Servers Applications fa Exchange Client EB SQL Client EB Windows Media Client I Bae E 1 Connected to localhost VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator Inventory gt Farm gt Hosts Tab The Hosts tab content is described in the following table List Attribute Description Name Name of host State State of host for example powered on or connected Status Condition of the host CPU Percentage of the CPU being used Memory Percentage of the memory be
324. unch vM Console Floppy 1 Using drive fdev fdo 5 a apache B Migrate to New Host ws 1 vmnicl Video True Color 24 bit ORA Virtual crus a IIS Oscsi Controller 0 BusLogic GB wWin2000 115 01 GB wWin2000 115 02 fa Management Servers GB Control Center Serv f Applications E Exchange Client GB SQL Client GB Windows Media Clier gt l Monitoring Objects Monitoring a host or a virtual machine requires that it has been added to the VirtualCenter environment Refer to Adding a Host to a Farm on page 112 for information on adding objects to your VirtualCenter management server To check the status of an object 1 Start the VirtualCenter client Refer to Starting or Stopping VMware VirtualCenter on page 68 2 Select the Inventory option in the navigation bar The options are Inventory Tasks Templates and Events e If you select the Tasks Templates or Events options the information panel displays the scheduled tasks available templates and all events that have occurred on the VirtualCenter management server e If you select the Inventory option drill through the inventory panel lists to view individual objects such as hosts farms and virtual machines www vmware com 78 CHAPTER 3 Starting VMware VirtualCenter 3 Click on the object to view it gt Mware VirtualCenter File Edit VMs View Help al J i vmware Tasks Templates Events e up 6 S
325. und read traffic and volume outbound write traffic Note logical volumes span partitions Note Disk charts do not report percentage of occupancy they do report read write activity The disk chart displays the following information e Total Total I O e Reads Disk reads network traffic received e Writes Disk writes network traffic transmitted Network Chart reports the number of bits per second of input and output to each and all network interface NIC cards Host aggregate chart reports all the network input and output per host Network input and network output usage are given separate charts reporting the usage of the physical NIC based on the configuration of the virtual machines on that host Virtual machine aggregate chart shows all the input and output activity per virtual machine The detail charts show the activity for each NIC for the virtual machine The network chart displays the following information e Total Total I O e Reads Disk reads network traffic received e Writes Disk writes network traffic transmitted 327 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Performance Panel Display Delay When VirtualCenter management server starts it can take awhile to load the historical Statics from the database into memory While the data is loading the performance charts are not viewable the CPU and memory utilization columns in the Hosts and Virtual Machines tabs are empty and alarms do not fire All other VirtualCe
326. ustomization requirements 40 customizing Linux 228 customizing Windows 222 defined 347 installing in new virtual machine 166 new virtual machine 156 VirtualCenter requirements 36 H hard disks adding 254 configuring 241 hardware adding 250 configuring 238 customization requirements 41 headless 347 hierarchy permissions 336 host only networking defined 347 hosts 15 24 adding 112 allocating resources 119 connecting 115 CPU licensing requirements 36 information panel 315 licenses 74 managing settings 122 reconnecting 117 removing 117 removing virtual machine files 125 resource shares 120 states 111 summary tab 311 tab 303 315 tabs 304 VirtualCenter managed host require ments 35 l icons 91 individual performance charts 323 information panel 32 88 309 inheritance access rights 336 installation components 54 database 50 Microsoft Access Database 53 Microsoft Sysprep tools 217 modifying 63 Oracle database 50 separate components 63 inventory 18 information panel 308 navigation bar 303 308 navigation toolbar 75 86 object tabs 304 tabs overview 302 inventory panel 32 88 308 353 354 events tab 284 L licensing adding licenses 74 requirements 36 Linux completing guest customization 232 customizing guest 222 228 lists 93 local Oracle database 50 logging on VirtualCenter management server 71 logs 45 availability report 47 service console messages 46 VMkernel messag
327. vels by adjusting the resources dedicated to each software service e Instant Provisioning Reduce server provisioning time from weeks to tens of seconds allowing administrators to respond immediately to requests for IT services Using server templates administrators can ensure that new servers are fully consistent with current build and security policies e Zero Downtime Maintenance Safeguard business continuity 24 7 with no service interruptions for hardware maintenance deployment or migration Use VMotion to move running operating systems and their applications off a system 1 2 www vmMware com CHAPTER 1 Introducing VMware VirtualCenter that needs maintenance and then transfer them back when maintenance completes This chapter contains the following topics e About This Manual e VMware VirtualCenter Requirements e Understanding the Components e Operations Overview Technical Support Resources About This Manual This manual the VMware VirtualCenter Users Manual describes how to install configure and use VMware VirtualCenter to provision migrate monitor and manage the virtual machines through the single VMware VirtualCenter interface using virtual farms and groups for organizational ease of operation Intended Audience The information presented in this manual is written for system administrators who are experienced Windows or Linux system administrators and who are also familiar with virtual machine technolo
328. w irtual Machine Wizard Select a Disk Which disk do you want this drive to use CHAPTER 9 Creating New Virtual Machines 163 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual 6 Ifyou are creating a new virtual disk select the size of the virtual disk New irtual Machine Wizard me xj Specify Disk Capacity x4 How large do you want this disk to be SS m Disk capacity Disk size GB i Datastore free 11 6GB data lt Back Cancel Enter the disk size Click Next Note A new virtual machine with a blank virtual disk is like a new computer with a blank hard disk You must install a guest operating system before use the virtual machine Make the Virtual Disk Big Enough The virtual disk should be large enough to hold the guest operating system and all of the software that you intend to install with room for data and growth You cannot change the virtual disk s maximum capacity later But you can install additional virtual disks later by using the Virtual Machine Control Panel For example you need about 500MB of actual free space on the file system containing the virtual disk to install Windows XP and applications such as Microsoft Office inside the virtual machine 1 64 WWWwW VmMware com CHAPTER 9 Creating New Virtual Machines 7 Specify the virtual disk file name New Virtual Machine Wizard Bx Specify Disk File Fate Where would you like to store information about this disk
329. w Virtual Machines CHAPTER 9 155 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Creating New Virtual Machines This chapter describes how to create virtual machines through the New Virtual Machine wizard This wizard walks you through the steps required to define a virtual machine This chapter includes information on setting parameters based on the guest operating system used and the resources allocated After you create the virtual machine you must install the guest operating system You need a Virtual Machine Administrator role assigned to the host to perform the activities described in this chapter This chapter contains the following sections e Creating Virtual Machines Using the New Virtual Machine Wizard e Installing a Guest Operating System and VMware Tools Creating Virtual Machines Using the New Virtual Machine Wizard New virtual machines are added to hosts You must select a host to be able to start the New Virtual Machine wizard To create a new virtual machine through the New Virtual Machine wizard 1 From the VirtualCenter client display the inventory panel Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Select the host and start the New Virtual Machine wizard In the information panel select the host to which to add the new virtual machine From the main or right click popup menu select the New Virtual Machine option Click Next
330. ware VirtualCenter 4 Locate and apply the VirtualCenter licenses if needed If your VirtualCenter management server does not have its licenses installed yet the licensing screen appears CEE j xl Total Licenses VMware VirtualCenter Server License Adding License Keys None Click the Add Licenses button and specify the text file containing your license keys Host Licenses License Key Expires Removing License Keys Select the keys to remove in the lists on the right and click the Remove button Total Host Licenses 0 Available Host Licenses 0 M YMotion Licenses License Key Expires Total VMotion Licenses 0 Available Motion Licenses 0 Add Licenses Close To make licenses available to the VirtualCenter management server a Click the Add License button and browse to locate the license file b Click Open on the browse screen c Click OK on the browse screen d Click Close on the Licensing screen Refer to Adding Licenses on page 74 for additional information The VirtualCenter client screen appears The screen settings match those of your last session Note If this is the first time you have logged onto the VirtualCenter management server an empty Inventory screen appears Proceed to adding a farm to begin monitoring and managing your virtual machines through VirtualCenter Refer to Working with Farms on page 103 for additional information St
331. ware VirtualCenter Settings Bo xj Performance Templates Advanced mail sender FO mail smtp server mail smtp port OO host reconnectT hreshold fo 8 8 server options ee client timeout normal 30 client timeout long 120 wa For email message notification set the SMTP server SMTP port and email message sender e mail sender The email message address of sender for example mail server datacenter com e mail smtp server The DNS name or IP address of the SMTP gateway to use for sending email message e mail smtp port The port number for the SMTP gateway If the port value is empty VirtualCenter uses the default port The default port is 25 Scroll through the Advanced tab options Enter data into the fields Click OK Preparing for SNMP Alarm Notification To use SNMP traps you must configure e The VirtualCenter management server host e The SNMP receiver server to accept the traps from VirtualCenter When you create an alarm only one trap is triggered and sent The alarm parameters include e Type The state VirtualCenter is monitoring for the alarm Options include Host CPU usage Host Memory Usage Host State Virtual Machine CPU usage Virtual Machine Memory Usage Virtual Machine State Virtual Machine Heartbeat e Name The name of the host or virtual machine that triggers the alarm e Old Status The alarm status before the alarm was triggered 290 Tw ircom CHAPTER
332. when significant events occurred for the host or virtual machine Review the Events panel to locate the nature and condition of the event Performance Panel Range Adjust the time increment by selecting from the Range pull down menu View or hide the legend for the charts or not by toggling the Hide legend button Customize Chart Dialog The Customize Performance Chart provides options that affect the display of the chart The chart options differ between hosts and virtual machines e The host customized chart options are All resources Total utilization line chart Total utilization by virtual machine stacked chart 324 WWWw vmMware comMm CHAPTER 16 Working with the VirtualCenter Data Disk and network only e Total utilization by device stacked chart e Utilization for a single device line chart e Utilization for device by virtual machine stacked chart Customize Performance Chart g Host Performance Chart Options Graph C Total network 1 0 Total network 1 0 by device Total network 1 0 by virtual machine Individual network 1 0 for device bond0 Y F by virtual machine Show Total C Reads Writes mow e coe _ e The virtual machine chart options are All devices e Total utilization line chart Disk and network only e Total utilization by device stacked chart e Utilization for a single device line chart Ix Customize Performance Chart Virtual Machine Perf
333. xpand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Display the virtual machine control panel then select the generic SCSI device panel In the Summary tab click the Edit Properties button Click the Hardware tab Click the generic SCSI device in the Device panel www vmware com 240 CHAPTER 13 Editing an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration 3 Make changes as needed Select the device status connection and node for the virtual machine to use Click OK Hardware Options Resources r Device status F Connected V Connect at power on Summary Memory 256 MB Ga Hard Disk 1 SCSI 0 0 undoable ycp Rom 1 IDE 0 0 Auto detect So arnmenon EBFiop py i Using drive dew Fd0 Specify the physical SCSI device to connect to nc 1 Monitor Device ED video gdi We Virtual CPUs 2 Oscs1 Controller 0 ymxbuslogic p Virtual device node O audio Default adapter SCSIO1 GeneicSCS11i sS SS serial 1 Using port Parallel 1 Using port G Generic SCSI 1 SCSI 0 1 Cancel Help Changing Hard Disk Configuration To change the hard disk configuration 1 From the VirtualCenter client select the virtual machine to customize Click the Inventory option in the navigation bar Expand the inventory as needed and click the appropriate virtual machine 2 Display the virtual machine control panel then select the hard disk in the D
334. y BO Rackoz Memory 320 MB esx03 DI Suspend this virtual machine G2 Hard Disk 1 SCSI 0 0 Datastore demo E f Web Servers A Reset this virtual machine Go Hard Disk 2 SCSI 0 1 Datastore demo Management Servers S Hard Disk 3 SCSI 0 2 Datastore demo fa Applications P ER Ropa co ROM 1 IDE 0 0 Using drive dev cdrom a SRA Client amp Launch M Console Floppy 1 Using drive dev FdO SQL Client Windows Media Client shia hi hci 24 bit Virtual CPUs 1 E SCSI Controller 0 BusLogic Connected to localhost VMware VirtualCenter 1 0 0 build 6474 as Administrator Inventory gt Virtual Machine gt Summary Tab The virtual machine Summary tab content is described in the following table amn Fe Deseipton Identification Host where virtual machine is currently located Status Condition status of the virtual machine Options Alert red Warning yellow or OK green State Power state of the virtual machine options Powered on Powered Off or Suspended i Active Tasks Transition status of any running task C es o foroen ternare a L et iv Tooke ted orcas SS 25 SS C Commands Power off Suspend Reset this virtual machine Powers off Suspend or Reset the virtual machine now If powered off Option is Power on 313 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Seaton e pe Edit Properties Opens the Virtual Machine Control Panel for editing the configuration Launch VM Console Opens the virtual mac
335. y toolbar This separate console operates in addition to not to the exclusion of the embedded console The behavior of the VirtualCenter client console is similar to but not an exact duplicate of the Remote Console provided with the VMware platform products such as ESX Server and GSX Server For example the Quick Switch mode for switching between console windows and the Snapshot and Full Screen options are not included in VirtualCenter The VirtualCenter client console does not provide access to selected functions such as power or configuration operations of the virtual machine These tasks are handled through the VirtualCenter client 321 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Viewing the Performance Tab The Performance tab is available when you select a farm host virtual machine group or virtual machine object from the inventory panel of the navigation bar The Performance tab displays the selected object s information in graph form Performance views show graphs for four primary attributes CPU Usage Memory Usage Net I O Usage and Disk I O Usage Each attribute has a summary graph and one graph per instance of that attribute For example the CPU Usage attribute has one graph per CPU Net Usage has one graph per NIC Only one set of attribute graphs is viewable at a time Performance charts display in two forms e Summary charts For each host or virtual machine in a farm or group e Individual charts For a select
336. y resolution with significantly faster overall graphics performance Other tools in the package support time synchronization between the server and the guest automatic grab and release of the mouse cursor copying and pasting between the guest and the management workstation and improved networking performance Note Refer to your ESX Administration manual for specific instructions on installing and configuring VMWare Tools 168 ns ooe CHAPTER Working with Templates 10 VMware VirtualCenter User s Manual Working with Templates This chapter describes creating and importing templates A template is a golden image of a virtual machine that can be used as a master copy to create and provision new virtual machines Create these golden images and add them as templates to VirtualCenter VirtualCenter catalogs and manages the templates VirtualCenter displays a list of available templates with a name and a brief description The templates can be stored in a template upload directory which is a directory local to the VirtualCenter management server or on a VMFS volumes in a SAN You need a Virtual Machine Administrator role assigned to the hosts where the templates is deployed This chapter contains the following sections e Understanding Templates e Preparing for Templates e Importing Templates e Cloning a Template e Deleting a Template e Editing a Template Understanding Templates A template is a golden image of a virtual

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