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Table Of Contents
- Lab Manager User’s Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Getting Started with Lab Manager
- Adding Resources
- Adding Users and Groups
- Setting Up Organizations and Workspaces
- Setting Up Network Templates
- Setting Up Virtual Machine Templates
- Create a Virtual Machine Template
- Importing Virtual Machine Templates
- Save a Virtual Machine as a Virtual Machine Template
- Clone a Virtual Machine Template
- Deploying Virtual Machine Templates
- Install a Guest Operating System
- Installing VMware Tools
- Customizing the Guest Operating System
- Access the machine.id from an ESX Host
- Access the machine.id from a Guest Operating System
- Prerequisites for Guest Customization
- Build a Microsoft Sysprep Package
- Complete Guest Customization for Windows NT and Solaris Virtual Machine Templates
- Complete Guest Customization for Solaris Virtual Machine Templates
- Working with the Guest Customization SID Generation Tool
- Disabling Guest Customization
- Customize Guest Customization
- Importing Virtual Machine Templates from Lab Manager 2.x with VMware Tools and LM Tools
- Undeploy a Virtual Machine Template
- Share a Virtual Machine Template
- Publishing Virtual Machine Templates
- Working with Configurations
- Adding Configurations to a Workspace
- Adding Configurations to the Library
- Share a Configuration
- Configuration Networking
- Deploying and Undeploying Configurations
- Stopping and Starting Configuration Virtual Machines
- Working with Configuration Snapshots
- Viewing Configuration Virtual Machines, Networks, and History
- Modifying Configurations
- Adding a Virtual Machine to a Workspace Configuration
- Remove a Virtual Machine from a Workspace Configuration
- Move Virtual Machines Between Workspace Configurations
- Combine Workspace Configurations
- Add a Network to a Workspace Configuration
- Remove a Network from a Workspace Configuration
- Replace a Workspace Configuration Network
- Modify Configuration Properties
- Change Ownership of a Configuration
- Upgrade Virtual Hardware in a Configuration
- Discard State for a Configuration
- Delete a Configuration
- Using LiveLink
- Exporting Configurations
- Working with Virtual Machines
- Deploying and Undeploying Virtual Machines
- Accessing Virtual Machine Consoles
- Stopping and Starting Virtual Machines
- Working with Virtual Machine Snapshots
- Managing Virtual Machines
- Install VMware Tools
- Insert and Swap a CD
- Eject a CD
- Insert and Swap a Floppy Disk
- Eject a Floppy Disk
- Create a Remote Desktop Connection File
- Connect Remotely to a Virtual Machine
- Modify Virtual Machine Properties
- Modifying Virtual Machine Hard Disks
- Modifying Virtual Machine Network Interfaces
- Upgrade Virtual Machine Version
- Enable Memory Hot Add
- Enable Virtual CPU Hot Add
- Discard State for a Virtual Machine
- Consolidate a Virtual Machine
- Working with BEA LiquidVMs
- Managing Resources
- Managing Resource Pools
- Managing Hosts
- Managing Datastores
- Delete a Datastore
- Remove a Datastore
- Enable and Disable Datastores
- Disable Virtual Machine Creation in a Datastore
- Disable Media Store Creation in a Datastore
- Modify Datastore Properties
- View Virtual Machine Datastore Usage
- View Virtual Machine Datastore Directories
- Understanding Virtual Machine Datastore Directories
- Delete Expired Virtual Machines
- Renew the Storage Lease for an Expired Virtual Machine
- Delete Revert Points
- Consolidate a Virtual Machine Based on Datastore Usage
- Delete a Virtual Machine or Configuration Based on Datastore Usage
- Managing Media Stores
- Managing Physical Networks
- Managing Host Spanning Transport Networks
- Managing the Media Library
- Managing Users, Groups, and Roles
- Managing Organizations and Workspaces
- Modifying Organization Properties
- Modify Default User Preferences
- Modify Default Deployment Settings
- Modify the Users and Groups in an Organization
- Add or Remove the Resource Pools in an Organization
- Add or Remove the Datastores in an Organization
- Add or Remove the Media Stores in an Organization
- Add or Remove the Physical Networks in an Organization
- Add or Remove a Host Spanning Transport Network in an Organization
- Enable or Disable an Organization
- Delete an Organization
- Using the Primary Workspace
- Modify Workspace Properties
- Disable a Workspace
- Delete a Workspace
- Modifying Organization Properties
- Managing Network Templates
- Managing Virtual Machine Templates
- Unpublish a Virtual Machine Template
- Export a Virtual Machine Template to an SMB Share
- Export a Virtual Machine Template to vCenter
- Consolidate a Virtual Machine Template
- Discard the State for a Virtual Machine Template
- Modify Virtual Machine Template Properties
- Modifying Virtual Machine Template Hard Disks
- Modifying Virtual Machine Template Network Interfaces
- Upgrade Virtual Hardware
- Change Ownership of a Virtual Machine Template
- Delete a Virtual Machine Template
- Managing Lab Manager Settings
- Monitoring Lab Manager
- Roles and Rights
- Predefined Roles
- Datastore Rights
- General Rights
- Group Rights
- High I/O Rights
- Host Rights
- Host Spanning Transport Networks
- Library Configuration Rights
- Machine Rights
- Media Rights
- Media Store Rights
- Network Template Rights
- Organization Rights
- Physical Network Rights
- Resource Pool Rights
- Role Rights
- Sharing Rights
- User Rights
- VM Template Rights
- Workspace Configuration Rights
- Workspace Rights
- Client and Browser Support
- Guest Operating System Support
- Using SSMove
- Glossary
- Index
Lab Manager User’s Guide
174 VMware, Inc.
consolidating
virtual machine templates 129
virtual machines 86, 100
context, example of nodes 98
copying network templates 30
CPU hot add 86
creating
configurations 49
LiveLinks 70
network templates 29
organizations 27
users 24
virtual machine templates 31
workspaces 28
D
datastores
adding media storage 20
adding or removing 117
deleting 95
directories 97
disabling 95
disabling for virtual machine creation 96
disabling media store creation 96
editing properties 96
enabling 95
properties 96
removing 95
roles and rights 149
viewing virtual machine datastore usage 97
DefaultNetwork 52
deleting
configurations 70, 100
datastores 95
network interfaces from virtual machines 133
network templates 124
physical networks 103
revert points 64, 78, 99
roles 114
virtual machine templates 134
virtual machines 66, 100
Deployed Virtual Machines page 147
deploying
configurations 60
virtual machine templates 35
virtual machines 73
deployment lease alerts 16
deployment leases 61, 74, 81, 131, 143
detaching resource pools 19
directed deployment 36, 61, 74
disabling
datastores 95
datastores for media store creation 96
datastores for virtual machine creation 96
Host Spanning 92
hosts 91
media stores 101
resource pools 89
users
109
version check of VMware Tools 47
discard state 70, 86, 129
E
editing
configuration properties 68
datastore properties 96
group properties 113
host properties 92
media properties 107
media store properties 101
network templates 123
organization properties 115
physical network properties 102
resource pool properties 90
role properties 114
user properties 110
virtual hard disks 82, 131
virtual machine network interfaces 133
virtual machine properties 80
virtual machine template properties 129
email alerts 137
email preferences 137
enabling
datastores 95
Host Spanning 92
hosts 91
media stores 101
resource pools 89
users 109
exporting
configurations 71
virtual machine templates 128
external IP address 56
F
fencing
connectivity modes 57
overview 56
floppy files
ejecting from virtual machines 79
inserting into virtual machines 79
requirements 105
swapping 79
forced deployment modes 50
full clone 52