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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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Network Requirements
Networkrequirementsandrecommendationsarecoveredinthesesections:
“ConfiguringRouting”onpage 20
“ConfiguringDomainsandPermissions”onpage 20
“ConfiguringFirewallSettings”onpage 21
“GatheringNetworkInformationforInstallation”onpage 22
“IPAddressesforVirtualMachines”onpage 22
“ConfiguringIISandASP.NETonaLabManagerServer”onpage 22
Configuring Routing
Reviewtherequirementsfornetworkconnectivity
LabManagerclientusermachineshaveroutableaccesstoLabManagerservers.If
theLabManagerserversarebehindafirewallandnotdirectlyaccessible,youcan
useavirtualprivatenetwork(VPN).LabManagerisnotcompatiblewithnetwork
addresstranslation(NAT).See“ConfiguringFirewallSettings”onpage 21for
more
informationonconfiguringnetworkportsforroutableaccess.
LabManagerServerdoesnotneedtoresideonthesamesubnetastheManaged
Serversystems.LabManagerServerrequiresastaticIPaddress.
LabManagerServerandtheManagedServersystemsneedaccesstothemedia
storagebutdonotneedtoresideonthesamesubnet.
VMwarerecommendsthatyouisolatetheLabManagerserversonthesame
physicalswitchtofacilitatenetworktraffic.
Configuring Domains and Permissions
BecausetheLabManagerServerandManagedServersystemsmustmountshares,
theseserversrequirematchingDNSandDNSsuffix information.