VMware ESX Server 2
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1. Security Settings ESX Server includes four security settings that may be changed while the server is running Select the choice most appropriate for your environment Normal Do not allow unencrypted management Enable FTP Telnet and NFS file sharing services High Do not allow unencrypted management Disable FTP Telnet and NFS file sharing services Low Allow unencrypted management Enable FTP Telnet and NFS file sharing services Custom Specify access encryption and enabled file sharing services Installation Completed This completes the installation and configuration of ESX Server You are now ready to create virtual machines See the chapter Configuring and Running Virtual Machines in the VMware ESX Server 2 User s Manual for more information VMware Inc 3145 Porter Drive Palo Alto CA 94304 USA tel 650 475 5000 fax 650 475 5001 www wmware com 2002 VMware Inc All rights reserved VMware and the VMware boxes logo 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 companies2. Select the time zone for this server Accounts and Passwords Root Account The root account on the console operating system is used to admin ister the ESX Server computer The password for this account is a critical part of ESX Server security and should be chosen with care You should also record the password as it cannot be recovered if lost Root password User Accounts It is recommended that you create a non root user for the purpose of creating and using virtual machines later You may do this at the Add User screen Often this user is generic for example vmware User ID Password Full Name Installation Complete Once the installation process is complete you will need to reboot the system to continue with the ESX Server configuration Reboot The ESX Server install CD will be automatically ejected during shutdown ESX Server Configuration Once the server has rebooted you should connect to the server using a Web browser to complete the system configuration You will be prompted with a Security Alert Click Yes to accept the cer tificate and proceed to the login page login as the root user The VMware ESX Server Configuration Wizard will guide you through configuring the system End User License Agreement Read and accept the end user license agreement EULA You must enter the serial number provided by VMware before you can start any virtual machines Serial number If y
3. E vmware VMware ESX Server 2 Installation Worksheet This worksheet will help you prepare for the installation of VMware ESX Server For a more complete set of instructions see the VMware ESX Server 2 User s Manual Storage Before installing ESX Server set up your disk hardware according to your needs If you have a hardware RAID controller set up your RAID sets Make sure you know which disks and RAID sets will be used for the ESX Server software the virtual machines and any other data Install Supplemental Drivers Occasionally updated drivers for SCSI or RAID controllers are needed for installation on newer servers If you have such a driver have the disk ready during the installation Select Driver Disk to use a VMware driver disk or select Continue Install or Upgrade If you already have a previous version of ESX Server installed on the system and would like to upgrade select upgrade otherwise select install Disk Setup There are three choices for partitioning the disk Disk Druid fdisk and Automatic Partitioning Automatic Partitioning Automatic Partitioning creates a default partition table and allows you to manually edit the table with Disk Druid A few words of caution are required regarding Automatic Partitioning It does not follow the recommendations below so you may want to hand edit some of the partitions Also home is not created at all and neither is an extended partition This causes dif
4. d by the Console Operating System and is normally 1 to 2 times the size of the memory allocated to the Console Operating System The Console Operating System memory size can be determined as follows 1 4 virtual machines 128MB 5 8 virtual machines 192MB 9 16 virtual machines 272MB 17 32 virtual machines 384MB More than 32 virtual machines 512MB Swap partition size MB To learn more about best practices for disk allocation within ESX Server please see the VMware ESX Server 2 User Manual or the VMware support knowledge base Answer ID 904 Boot Loader The installation process asks you where you would like to place the boot loader Choose MBR unless you have a system management partition you want to be able to boot for example if you are using the Compaq SmartStart utilities Master boot record MBR Default First sector of boot partition Network Configuration This is the network configuration for the Console Operating System While it is possible to use DHCP using a static IP address is recom mended For more information see the Console Operating System chapter of the VMware ESX Server 2 User s Manual Use bootp dhcp Use static IP P address etmask Gateway DNS server primary DNS server secondary Hostname Enter a name for the computer Hostname Time Zone Selection Will the hardware clock be set to GMT e Yes No
5. ficulties later in the process if you try to use the VMware Management Interface to create home and a core dump partition The best way around this if you choose to use automatic parti tioning is to create home manually right after the Automatic Partitioning finishes Besides creating home this will force the creation of an extended partition which is needed later Manually Setting Partition Sizes You will create several partitions for the server installation The instructions below will provide some guidance as to the recom mended sizes Root Partition The root partition is used to store most of the files for the ESX Server software The recommended size is 1 8GB Root partition size MB Boot Partition The boot partition boot stores the kernel files for the console operating system and the VMware kernel The recommended size is 25MB Boot partition size MB Home Partition The home partition home is used to store the virtual machine configuration and log files It is also the default location for sus pended state files for the virtual machines To reserve enough space for all of the virtual machines you plan to suspend to their configu ration directories you should allocate 10MB plus the memory size for each virtual machine Note that suspended state files for virtual machines with more than 2GB of RAM must be suspended to a VMFS partition Home partition size MB Swap Partition The swap partition is use
6. g System and virtual machines For more information on device allocation see the chapter Installing Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server in the VMware ESX Server 2 User s Manual After allocating devices click Next to reboot the computer Once the system has rebooted log back in and continue configur ing the system Storage Configuration Create and modify virtual machine file system VMFS volumes suitable for storing virtual disk files Virtual disks are created within VMFS partitions It is also recommended that you create a VMware core dump parti tion This partition will be used for debugging purposes in the event of a VMkernel crash For more information on the VMFS file system and its uses see the chapter Installing Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server in the VMware ESX Server 2 User s Manual Swap Configuration A swap file allows virtual machines to use more memory than is physi cally available It is recommended to create a swap file at least the size of installed memory plus any overcommitted allocations of memory For example if the system contains 2GB of memory and you have allocated 2 5GB of memory to virtual machines then it is recom mended to create a vmswap of 2 5GB Network Configuration Choose the network speed and duplex mode for the network cards assigned to the VMware kernel The default is 100Mb full duplex 10 half 100 half 1000 half 10 full 100 full 1000 full
7. ou are installing VMware Virtual SMP for ESX Server you are required to enter a serial number specifically for Virtual SMP Serial Number gt 7 z Startup Profile ESX Server requires that devices be allocated between the Console operating system and the virtual machines and occasionally shared Creating a startup profile allows you to configure the resources you wish to allocate to the Console Operating System System Startup Reserved memory The memory allocated exclusively to the console operating system varies based on the number of concurrently running virtual machines Use this list to determine the correct amount 192MB up to 8 virtual machines 272MB up to 16 virtual machines 384MB up to 32 virtual machines 512MB more than 32 virtual machines Console Operating System memory MB Hardware Profile Device Allocation Here is a list of your storage controllers SCSI RAID Fibre Channel and Ethernet adapters Indicate whether each device should be assigned to the Console Operating System assigned to the virtual machines or shared The bus and device number if known may help distinguish identi cal devices As a general rule the first Ethernet adapter is assigned to the console operating system Ensure that you reserve that adapter for the Console Operating System or you may lose network connectivity when you reboot Note that network cards may not be shared between the Console Operatin
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