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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
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Index
of media stores 101
of network templates 123
of organizations 115
of physical networks 102
of resource pools 90
of roles 114
of users 110
of virtual machine templates 129
of virtual machines 80
publishing virtual machine templates 47
R
raw device mappings 32
redeploying all virtual machines 94
remote desktop connections 79
removing
datastores 95
IP addresses 125
networks from configurations 68
renewing storage leases 99
repairing hosts 94
requirements
CD images 105
client machines accessing Web console 14
floppy files 105
remote desktop connections 79
resetting
configurations 63
MAC addresses 84, 133
virtual machines 77
Resource Cleanup tab 143
resource pools
adding or removing 117
attaching 19
detaching 19
disabling 89
editing properties 90
enabling 89
roles and rights 154
resource usage, monitoring 97, 146
restricting access to media 106
resuming
operation of configurations 62
operation of virtual machines 76
revert points
creating 63, 77
deleting 64, 78, 99
roles
adding 113
deleting 114
editing properties 114
roles and rights 155
roles and rights
datastores 149
general 150
groups 150
High I/O 150
host spanning transport networks 151
hosts 151
library configurations 151
media 153
media stores
153
network templates 153
organizations 154
physical networks 154
predefined 149
resource pools 154
roles 155
sharing 155
users 156
virtual machine templates 156
virtual machines 152
workspace configurations 157
workspaces 157
S
sample configuration 49
ServiceVM 60
sharing
configurations 55
media 106
network templates 30
roles and rights 155
virtual machine templates 46
shutting down virtual machines 77
SMB
exporting configurations 71
exporting virtual machine templates 128
importing configurations 52
importing virtual machines 33
SMTP server 137
snapshots
deleting 64
of configurations 63
of virtual machines 77
reverting to 63, 77
SOAP API, about 13
SSMove utility 97
storage lease alerts 16
storage leases 81, 99, 131, 143
SupportLink tab 142
suspending
configurations 62
virtual machines 76
synchronizing media library with media store files 105
system alerts 137