VMware merupakan salah satu Virtual Machine application yang famous dan biasa kita guna. Dan aku percaya yang korang biasa guna VMware untuk kegunaan harian walaupun ade sesetangah orang lagi prefer Virtual Box atas sebab2 tertentu.
Tapi sebelum tu kita kena tau basic pasal Virtual Machine ni. Kegunaan VM adalah untuk membolehkan kira run multiple OS dalam 1 masa. Dan Virtual Machine (VM) ade 2 jenis (Hosted VM and Native VM). Hosted VM biasa kita install dalam laptop/desktop manakala Native VM hanya di install di server sebab die memang develop untuk server type VM.
Antara banyak2 VM application, VMware adalah yang paling bagus. Kenapa? Jawapannya mudah, sebab orang yang mencipta VMware adalah orang yang sama memperkenalkan teknologi Virtual Machine ni. So banyak la features baru yang diperkenalkan oleh VMware sebelum idea tu di ambil oleh syarikat VM lain seperti Virtual Box dan Xen. Selain banyak extra features, VMware juga lebih ringan dan kecil. Tapi ade juga orang lebih memilih Virtual Box kerana ia lebih sesuai untuk menjalankan kerja2 berkenaan database dan open source services sebab Virtual Box adalah product Oracle.
1) Hosted VM:
a. VMware
b. Virtual Box
c. Xen
2) Native VM:
a. VMware Hypervisor
b. Xen Hypervisor
Memandangkan ramai dah familiar dengan hosted VM, so thread ini akan menunjukan step2 installation native VM untukVMware Hypervisor (server site) dan VSphere client (client site). 4 langkah utama:
- Setting Up VMware ESXi Hypervisor.
- Configure IP setting for VMware ESXi Hypervisor.
- Establish connection between server and client.vSphere installation on client workstation.Setup virtual OS platform (windows Server 2008 R2)
1) Setting Up VMware ESXi Hypervisor
i. Insert the ESXi 4.1 Installable CD/DVD into the CD/DVD-ROM drive.
ii. Restart the machine.
iii. Set the BIOS to boot from the CD-ROM device. Once you insert the ESXi CD and reboot the server, it will display a boot menu with an option to launch “ESXi Installer” as shown below.
iv. After ESXi CD loaded successfully as figure shown below.
v. On the Welcome screen, press Enter to continue with the installation.
vi. Read the VMware end-user license agreement and accept it by pressing F11.
2) Configuring IP Settings for VMware ESXi Hypervisor
i. Select Configure Management Network and press Enter.
ii. Select IP Configuration and press Enter.
iii. Select Set static IP address and network configuration then proceed by enter a the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway and press Enter.
3) Establish connection between server and client.
4) vSphere installation on client workstation.
iv. Select a datastore in which to store the virtual machine files and click Next. The datastore must be large enough to hold the virtual machine and all of its virtual disk files.
v. Under Guest Operating System, select the operating system family (Microsoft Windows, Linux, Novell NetWare, Solaris, or other) and select the version from the drop-down list. This is the operating system for your virtual machine. Base your choice on your planned use of the virtual machine.
vi. Specify the size of the virtual disk and click Next. Enter the disk size in megabytes (MB) or gigabytes (GB). The default is 8GB. The virtual disk must 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.
vii. On the Ready to Complete New Virtual Machine page, review your selections and click Finish to create the new virtual machine.