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Table Of Contents
VMware® Lab Manager User’s Guide
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VMFSDiskSpaceusedperVMAveragediskspaceforeachvirtualmachine.
ThisentryassumesyouareusingdedicatedVMFSdiskspaceforLabManager
virtualmachines.
TheSupportcolumnprovidesaccesstodocumentationandcustomersupport.
UptodateproductdocumentationisavailableontheVMwareWebsite.
TheGetting
Startedcolumnprovidesaccesstovideotutorialstobecomefamiliarwith
theproduct.
IfyouwanttheWebconsoletoopentotheWorkspacepageatstartup,selectthecheck
boxforthisoption.
Specific Areas and Operations
TheLabManagerWebconsoleincludesthesespecificareasandoperations:
OverviewProvidesinformationonperformance,support,documentation,and
tutorials.YoucanspecifywhethertomaketheWorkspacepagethedefaultlanding
pageoftheconsole.
PreferencesEnablesyoutosetpreferencesforsuchitemsasthedefaultstart
page,numberofitemsonapage,behaviorforundeployoperations,network
fencing,andtheserverbootsequence.
WorkspaceServesasthecontrolcenterfortheLabManagersystem.Thisspace
issimilartotheconceptofadesktopwhereyoucanworkonconfigurations,share
themwithindividuals,andperformotheroperations.IfyouareanAdministrator,
allconfigurations(privateandshared)arevisible.
Fromthislocation,
navigatetothedetailsforaparticularconfigurationonthe
Configuration<ConfigurationName>page,oraccessallofthevirtualmachine
consolesforaconfigurationwiththeShowConsolesfeature.Fromthe
Configuration<ConfigurationName>page,youcannavigatetoaspecificvirtual
machineconsolewiththeViewConsolefeature.
LibraryDisplaysyoursavedconfigurationsandconfigurationssharedbyother
users.Administratorscanviewallsharedandprivateconfigurations.
TemplatesEnablesyoutocreate,view,ortrackyourmachinetemplatesand
thosesharedbyotherusers.Administratorscanviewalltemplates.
Atemplateservesasthebaseofaconfigurationandoffersamatrixthatyoucan
buildon.Youcancreateanewtemplateandclone,copy,or
consolidateanexisting
one.Otheroperationsinvolvesharingtemplatesandmakingthemprivate,
importingandexportingtemplatesonthenetwork,deployingandundeploying
templates,andmodifyingthesettingsorinstalledsoftware.