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Table Of Contents
- Installation Guide
- About This Book
- Introduction to the Lab Manager Installation
- Installation Requirements
- Installing Lab Manager
- Upgrading Lab Manager
- Appendix: Troubleshooting the Installation
- Index
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Chapter 1 Introduction to the Lab Manager Installation
High-Level View of the Installation Process
Theinstallationprocesstakesabout20minutesandinvolvesthehigh‐leveltasks
describedinTable 1‐1.
Using Lab Manager with VirtualCenter
Management Server
YoucanuseVMwareVirtualCenterManagementServer(VirtualCenterServer)to
monitorESXServersystemsmanagedbyLab Manager.However,allVirtualCenter
ServeractionsthatregisterorunregisterLab Managervirtualmachines(including
thosetriggeredbyVMwareHAandVMwareVMotion
™
)cancauseerrorsin
Lab Manager.
VMwarerecommendsmanagingESXServersystemswithLab Manageror
VirtualCenterServer,butnotboth.AvoidinstallingLab Manageronthesamesystem
asVirtualCenterServertoavoidperformancecomplications.Formoreinformationon
VirtualCenterServer,seetheVMwareInfrastructure3documentation.
Table 1-1. Installation Tasks
Preparingtoinstall
Lab Manager
Prepareyourtargetsystemandmakesureitmeetsallsoftware
andhardwarerequirements.
CreatingManagedServer
systems
SetuptheManagedServersystems.Youmustsetupatleastone
ManagedServersystembeforesettinguptheLab Manager
Serversystem.
CreatingtheLab Manager
Serversystem
Setupthe
Lab ManagerServersystem.
Initializingandconfiguring
Lab Manager
SetuptheseitemsintheWebInitializationwizard:
Networkparameters
ConnectionbetweentheManagedServerandLab Manager
Servercomponents
Storageservers
Administratoraccount
Supportlink
ConfiguringNFSStorage IfyouuseNFSstorageformediaorvirtualmachines,complete
therequiredconfigurationtasksandaddthestoragetothe
Lab ManagerWebconsole.