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Table Of Contents
- User’s Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- 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
- Swapping CDs
- Inserting Floppy Disks
- Ejecting Floppy Disks
- Swapping Floppy Disks
- Adding Virtual Hard Disks to Virtual Machines (Templates)
- Editing Virtual Machine Properties
- Consolidating Virtual Machines
- 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
- Changing Shared Templates to Private Templates
- Exporting Templates
- Consolidating Templates
- Editing Template Properties
- Deleting Templates
- Deleting Published Templates After Managed Server Failure
- 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
- Importing a Virtual Machine from VMFS Storage Fails
- Inserting Media from NFS Server Fails
- Virtual Hard Disk Space Is Low
- 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)
- Client and Browser Support
- Guest Operating System Support
- Network Fencing
- Extending LM Tools
- Index
VMware Lab Manager User’s Guide
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SynchronizingLab ManagerwithMediaStorage 109
DeletingMediafromtheLibrary 110
SharingMediaFiles 110
ChangingSharedMediaFilestoPrivateFiles 110
EditingMediaProperties 111
7 AdministeringandMonitoringLab Manager 113
MonitoringLab Manager 114
MonitoringtheActivityLog 114
MonitoringtheServerPool 115
MonitoringDeployedMachines 116
ManagingUsers 118
SettingUserPreferences 118
DefaultsTab 118
PasswordTab 120
ViewingUsers 121
AddingNewUsers 122
DeletingUsers 124
EditingUserProperties 124
ManagingManagedServerSystems 125
ViewingManagedServerSystems 126
AddingManagedServerSystems 127
RemovingManagedServerSystems 129
ViewingtheDeployedMachinesonaManagedServer 129
EditingManagedServer
Properties 130
ReviewingAdditionalManagedServerOperations 132
ManagingStorageServers 133
ViewingStorageServers 134
PerformingaRescan 136
ViewingVirtualMachineStorageUsage 136
AssessingVirtualMachineDiskSpace 138
AddingNFSVirtualMachineStorage 140
AddingMediaStoragetoLab Manager 141
MediaStorageRequirements 141
SettingUpSMBMediaStorageforLab Manager 142
CreatingaSharedFolderforLab Manager 142
AttachingMediaStoragetoLab Manager 142
Removing
StorageServers 144
AdditionalTasksforRemovinganNFSMediaServer 144
EditingStorageServerProperties 145