2.4
Table Of Contents
- VMware® Lab Manager User’s Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Introducing Lab Manager
- Getting Started with Lab Manager
- Working with Virtual Machines
- Accessing Virtual Machines
- Reviewing the Virtual Machine Console Page
- Reviewing Virtual Machine Operations
- Summary of Virtual Machine Operations
- Summary of Virtual Machine States
- Changing IP or MAC Addresses
- Setting Up Remote Desktop Connections
- Taking Snapshots and Reverting the Snapshots
- Inserting CDs
- Ejecting CDs
- Inserting Floppy Disks
- Ejecting Floppy Disks
- Adding Virtual Hard Disks to Virtual Machines (Templates)
- Editing Virtual Machine Properties
- Working with Machine Templates
- About Templates
- Accessing the Templates Page
- Reviewing Template Operations
- Summary of Template Operations
- Summary of Template States and Attributes
- Creating Templates
- Importing Templates
- Creating Templates from Scratch
- Creating Templates from Active Virtual Machines in Lab Manager
- Cloning Templates
- Copying Templates
- Undeploying Templates
- Sharing Templates
- Exporting Templates
- Consolidating Templates
- Editing Template Properties
- Deleting Templates
- Working with Configurations
- About Configurations
- Accessing Configurations
- Reviewing Configuration Operations
- Summary of Configuration Operations
- Summary of Configuration States and Attributes
- Creating Configurations
- Adding Virtual Machines to Existing Configurations
- Deploying Configurations
- Undeploying Configurations
- Capturing Configurations to the Library
- Checking Out Configurations from the Library
- Stopping Configurations
- Cloning Configurations
- Copying Configurations
- Exporting Configurations
- Importing Configurations
- Sharing Configurations
- Creating and Restoring Configuration LiveLinks
- Taking Snapshots and Reverting to Snapshots
- Editing Configuration Properties
- Viewing Details on Virtual Machines in a Configuration
- Accessing a Virtual Machine Console
- Accessing All Virtual Machine Consoles in a Configuration
- Deleting Configurations
- Working with Media
- Administering and Monitoring Lab Manager
- Monitoring Lab Manager
- Managing Users
- Managing Managed Server Systems
- Managing Storage Servers
- Configuring Network Settings
- Configuring Lab Manager Settings
- Troubleshooting Lab Manager
- Blank Screen Appears When Accessing Lab Manager
- Lab Manager Does Not Display Virtual Machine Console
- Duplicate IP Address Errors Appear
- Addition of SCSI Virtual Hard Disk Fails
- Mouse Navigation on Virtual Machine Console Fails
- Remote Access to Virtual Machine Fails
- LiveLink URL Error Appears
- Host Server CD Drive Cannot Install Software
- Importing a Virtual Machine as a Template Fails
- Import from VMFS Operation Fails
- Inserting Media from NFS Server Fails
- Lab Manager Server Fails, Loses Connectivity, or Reboots the System
- SMB Media Storage Server Fails
- Permanent Failure of Managed Server Occurs
- Temporary Failure of Managed Server Occurs (Reboot or Turn Off)
- Temporary Failure of Managed Server Occurs (Networking)
- Network Fencing
- Extending LM Tools
- Index
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To deploy a template
1Fromtheleftpane,clickTemplates.
2Ifthetemplateispublished,movethepointeroverthetemplatenameandchoose
Unpublishfromthemenu.
3MovethepointeroverthetemplatenameandchooseDeployfromthemenu.
4IftheNTLMAuthenticationdialogboxappears,selecttheDon’tAskMeAgain
check
boxandclickYes.
Installing the Guest Operating System
Installinganoperatingsystemonthetemplaterequiresenteringthepathnameofan
ISOimagefile.
ForinformationonISOfiles,see“DefininganISOFile”onpage 56and“Creatingan
ISOFile”onpage 56.Otherwise,proceedtothestepstoinstallanoperatingsystem.
Defining an ISO File
AnISOimagefileis
anexactrepresentationofaCDorDVD,includingitscontentand
logicalformat.
TheISOfilesthatrepresentCD/DVDdatacontainanimageofanISO‐9660filesystem.
ISO9660isastandardpublishedbytheInternationalOrganizationforStandardization
definingafilesystemforCD‐ROMmedia.
Many
operatingsystemsaredistributedfordownloadasself‐contained,bootableISO
fileimages.Mostoperatingsystemsallowyoutomounttheseimagesasphysicaldisks,
makingthemusefulasauniversalarchiveformat.
Creating an ISO File
MostCD‐authoringutilitiesgeneratenewISOimagefilesfromexistingfilesandrecord
themonadisk.
YoucreateanISOfilebycopyinganentiredisk,fromSector0tothe
end,toafile.CommonWindowsutilitiesforcreatingISOfilesfromaCDorDVD
includeISORecorder(http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com),WinImage
(http://www.winimage.com),andRoxio(http://www.roxio.com).
To install an operating system on a template virtual machine
1Fromtheleftpane,clickTemplates.
2Ifyour
templateisundeployed,movethepointeroverthetemplatenameand
chooseDeployfromthemenu.
3ClickthethumbnailconsoleiconintheConsolecolumnforthemachineyouwant
toinstallon.