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Chapter 1 Introduction to the Lab Manager Installation
“LabManagerservers”collectivelyreferstotheLabManagerServer,ManagedServer
systems,andstorageservers.
High-Level View of the Installation Process
Theinstallationprocesstakesabout20minutesandinvolvesthehighleveltasks
describedinTable11.
Table 1-1. Installation Tasks
PreparingtoinstallLab
Manager
Prepareyourtargetsystemandmakesureitmeetsall
softwareandhardwarerequirements.
CreatingManagedServer
systems
SetuptheManagedServersystems.Youmustcreate
atleastoneManagedServerbeforeinstallingLab
ManagerServer.
CreatingtheLabManager
Server
SetuptheLabManagerServer.
Initializing
andconfiguring
LabManager
Setuptheseitems:
Administratoraccount
Storageservers
Networkparameters
ConnectionbetweentheManagedServerandLab
ManagerServercomponents
Webconsole
LoggingontoLabManager Checkthesampleconfigurationandsampletemplate
intheWebconsole.
AddressingNFSmedia
storage
IfyouaddNFSmediastorage,addthemediaserver
totheWebconsoleandsynchronizeLabManager
Serverwiththemediacontent.