Publisher's Synopsis
If you are a newcomer to VMware products, this book tells you exactly what VMware is all about, and how to set-up your first Virtual Machines. You will learn about networking, virtual disks and more. This book continues where the VMware manual stops: real life. Users are doing things with VMware that were not planned by the developers. This book fills the gaps between what users want to do and what is described in the manuals. This book introduces new uses for VMware, for example how to configure a cluster with NetWare and Windows, and how to perform Physical to Virtual conversions with simple low cost tools. The configurations in this book are explained in detail for VMware Workstation, based on version 4.5.2. Most topics also apply to VMware GSX Server and VMware ESX Server. Major topics in this book are: Fast track to VMware Workstation for new users; Virtual Machine configuration and optimisation tips; Network configurations for NAT and routing; Tips for Windows and NetWare in VMware; Physical to Virtual conversion with low cost tools; Clustering for NetWare and Windows with shared disks in VMware GSX Server; Clustering for NetWare and Windows based on iSCSI for VMware Workstation.
