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Glossary
NIC(NetworkInterfaceCard)
Anexpansionboardthatprovidesadedicatedconnectionbetweenacomputer
andanetwork.Alsocalleda“networkadapter.”
P PrepareHostswizard
AwizardthatpreparesESXhostsforLabManageruseafterattachingaresource
pool.ThewizardinstallstheLabManageragentonthehostsandcollects
informationonusernames,passwords,virtualswitches,anddatastores.
privilege
Authorizationtoperformaspecificactionorsetofactionsona
managedobjector
groupofmanagedobjects.
publish
TomakeaLab Managervirtualmachinetemplateavailableforuseincreating
configurations.
R ready
IndicatesanESXhostisavailableforuse.Certainhoststatesaredocumentedthat
affectthisstatus.
referentialprovisioning
Aprocessforlinkedclonesthatinvolvesstoringnewchangesbutreferringbackto
achainofdeltadisks.Foreachclone,Lab Managerfreezestheoriginaldeltadisk
andcreatesanew
one.
Alinkedcloneoperationgeneratesa“quick”copybycreatingadeltadiskinstead
ofcopyinganentirevirtualharddisk.
reset
Torestartavirtualmachineandclearthemachinestate.Thisoperationcanoccur
atthevirtualmachineorconfigurationlevel.
resourcepool
Adivisionofcomputingresourcesusedto
manageallocationsbetweenvirtual
machines.