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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
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Contents
ReviewingAdditionalStorageServerOperations 145
ConfiguringNetworkSettings 146
ViewingNetworkSettings 146
ReviewingtheSettingstab 146
ReviewingtheIPPoolTab 147
UnderstandingIPAddressManagement 148
AddingIPAddressestotheLab ManagerIPPool 148
RemovingIPAddressesfromtheLab ManagerIPPool 149
ConfiguringLab ManagerSettings 149
AccessingLab ManagerSettings 149
ReviewingtheGeneralTab 150
ServerPreferences 150
LDAPPreferences 152
EmailPreferences 152
DefaultUser
Preferences 153
DefaultDeploymentOptions 153
ActiveDirectoryandLab Manager 154
LDAPPreferences:LDAPBindingandGroupStrings 156
UsingOUsandGroups 158
ReviewingtheLicenseTab 158
ReviewingtheLMToolsTab 159
ReviewingtheSupportLinkTab 161
ReviewingtheResourceCleanupTab 162
8 TroubleshootingLab Manager 165
BlankScreenAppearsWhenAccessingLab Manager 166
Lab ManagerDoesNotDisplayVirtualMachineConsole 166
DuplicateIPAddressErrorsAppear 167
AdditionofSCSIVirtualHardDiskFails 167
MouseNavigationonVirtualMachineConsoleFails 167
RemoteAccesstoVirtualMachineFails 168
LiveLinkURLErrorAppears 168
HostServerCDDriveCannotInstallSoftware 168
ImportingaVirtualMachineasa
TemplateFails 169
ImportingaVirtualMachinefromVMFSStorageFails 169
InsertingMediafromNFSServerFails 170
VirtualHardDiskSpaceIsLow 171
Lab ManagerServerFails,LosesConnectivity,orRebootstheSystem 172
SMBMediaStorageServerFails 172