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Figure 1-1. Lab Manager Components
Lab ManagerServer–AserverthatprovidesWebandSOAPinterfacestointeractwith
Lab Manager.TheLab ManagerServersystemmanagesanddeploysconfigurations
againstapoolofManagedServersystems.
Lab ManagerManagedServer–AserverrunningVMwareESXServerandthe
ManagedServersoftware.TheLab ManagerServersystemuses
theManagedServer
systemtodeployconfigurationsandtheirvirtualmachines.Youcanhavemultiple
ManagedServersystems.
Lab Managerstorageserver–Storageforvirtualmachines(forexample,anESXServer
SANorNFSserver)andstorageformedia(CD,DVD,andfloppyimages).Youcan
havemultiplestorageservers.
Lab Managerclient
user–ClientswhocanusetheLab ManagerWebconsoleandthe
Lab ManagerSOAPAPI.YoucanaccesstheLab ManagerWebconsolewithInternet
Explorer(IE)orFirefox.
virtual machine
storage
(SAN)
media and
virtual machine
storage
(NFS)
default media
storage
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