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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
VMware, Inc. 175
Index
G
General tab 135
glossary 165
Gold Master 54, 69
groups
adding 24, 27
editing properties 113
roles and rights 150
guest customization
accessing the machine.id 40
changing the SID generation tool 44
customizing 45
disabling 44
Microsoft Sysprep package 41
prerequisites 41
selecting the SID generation tool 44
settings in virtual machine properties 81
settings in virtual machine template properties 130
SID generation tool 43
support 161
Windows NT and Solaris virtual machine
templates 42
guest operating systems
installing 36
support 161
H
Historical Change Summaries to Preserve 138
Host Spanning
disabling 92
enabling 92
overview 59
setting up 60
host spanning networks 59
host spanning transport networks 60
adding 21
adding or removing from organization 118
defined 103
enabling or disabling 104
enabling or disabling hosts 103
modifying properties 104
overview 60
removing 104
roles and rights 151
setting up 60
troubleshooting 60
viewing 103
hosts
disabling 91
editing properties 92
enabling 91
preparing 91
properties 92
repairing 94
roles and rights 151
unpreparing 92
viewing deployed virtual machines 93
hot add CPU 86, 161
hot add memory 85, 161
I
importing
configurations 52
LDAP groups 24
virtual machine templates 32
virtual machines from SMB storage 33
installing
guest operating systems 36
VMware Tools 36, 37, 39
Internet Explorer, set up requirements 15
IP addressing modes 20, 29, 51, 83, 84, 132, 133
IP pool
adding IP addresses 102, 124
viewing IP address usage 102, 124
L
Lab Manager
components 14
integration with vSphere 13
introducing 13
Lab Manager server 13
SOAP API 13
support for vSphere features 14
video tutorials 16
Web console 13
workflow 17
Lab Manager agent
installing 91
uninstalling 92
Lab Manager server
about 13
LDAP
authenticating users 138
settings 138
synchronizing with the server 141
testing settings 141
LDAP tab 138
LDAPS 139
lease alerts 16
leases
cleanup date 97
deployment 61, 74, 81, 131, 143
Resource Cleanup tab 143
storage 81, 131, 143
system-wide settings 143
License tab 142