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Chapter 5 Working with Configurations
Toviewconfigurationdetailsonavirtualmachinelevel,movethepointeroverthe
configurationnameandchooseDetailsfromthemenu.Thedetailscovereach
virtualmachineintheconfigurationandprovideoptionstodeployanddelete
virtualmachines,consolidatevirtualmachinechains,andaccessvirtualmachine
properties.
Lab Managerallowsonlytheadministratororthevirtualmachineowner(evenif
thevirtualmachineissharedwithotherusers)todeletethevirtualmachine.
Toviewafullscreendisplayofthevirtualmachinesintheconfiguration,clickthe
virtualmachineconsolethumbnailintheConsolescolumn.
Undeploying Configurations
Undeployingaconfigurationstopsvirtualmachinesinaconfigurationfromrunning
ontheManagedServerpool.
To undeploy a configuration
1Intheleftpane,clickWorkspace.
2MovethepointerovertheconfigurationnameandchooseUndeploy‐SaveState
orUndeploy‐DiscardStatefromthemenu.
Ifanundeployoperationfails,youcanforcetheundeploy
operationtooccurtoclean
theWorkspacearea.
To undeploy configurations with force
1Ifanattempttoundeployaconfigurationfailsandyouneedtoaccessthisoption,
clicktheErrorinUndeployinglinkintheStatuscolumn.
2ClickForceUndeploy.
Capturing Configurations to the Library
Capturedconfigurationsintheconfigurationlibraryarereadonly.Youcannotaltera
capturedconfiguration.Youcandeleteacapturedconfiguration.
N
OTEIfallthevirtualmachinesintheconfigurationareturnedoff,youcanonly
chooseUndeploy,becausethereisnostateinformationtosaveordiscard.
NOTEVMwarerecommendsdevisinganamingconventionforyourstored
configurationsthatassistsinuniqueandsimpleidentification.