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Table Of Contents
- VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction to the Lab Manager Installation
- Installation Requirements
- Installing Lab Manager
- Reviewing the Installation Flow
- Setting Up Managed Server Systems
- Setting Up the Lab Manager Server
- Verifying the ASP.NET Version
- Initializing and Configuring Lab Manager
- Checking the Sample Template and Configuration
- Adding and Synchronizing Lab Manager Server with NFS Media Storage
- Uninstalling Lab Manager
- Troubleshooting the Installation
- Index
VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide
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Lab Manager Components
Figure1‐1illustratesthecomponentsofLabManager.
Figure 1-1. Lab Manager Components
LabManagerServer–AserverthatprovidesWebandSOAPinterfacesfortheLab
Managersystem.LabManagerServermanagesanddeploysconfigurationsagainsta
poolofManagedServersystems.
LabManagerManagedServer–AserverrunningVMwareESXServer
andthe
ManagedServersoftware.TheLabManagerServerusestheManagedServertodeploy
configurationsandtheirvirtualmachines.YoucanhavemultipleManagedServer
systems.
LabManagerstorageserver–Storageforvirtualmachines(forexample,anESXServer
SAN)andstorageprimarilyformedia(CDandfloppyimages).
Youcanhavemultiple
storageservers.
LabManagerclientuser–ClientswhocanusetheLabManagerWebconsoleandthe
LabManagerSOAPAPI.FromaWindowsmachine,youcanaccesstheLabManager
WebconsolewithInternetExplorer5.5orhigher.(ExperimentalFirefoxsupportis
available.)
virtual machine
storage
default media
storage
additional media
storage (NFS)
Lab Manager
Managed Server
Lab Manager
Managed Server
Lab Manager
Managed Server
Lab Manager
client user
Lab Manager
client user
Lab Manager
client user
Lab Manager Server
administrator
network