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Configuring IIS and ASP.NET on Lab Manager Server
YoumusthaveIISandASP.NETversion2.0.50727installedandenabledonthe
Lab ManagerServersystem.(See“SystemRequirements:Lab ManagerServerand
Managed Server”onpage 15.)ThoughIISandASP.NETcomewithWindowsServer
2003,theseprogramsmightnotbeinstalledatthesametimeasWindowsServer2003.
Youalsomust
haveMicrosoft.NETFramework2.0installed.
Duringtheinstallationprocedure,youmightneedtoputtheWindowsServer2003
bootdiskintotheCDorDVDdriveoftheserver.
To install Internet Information Server (IIS) and ASP.NET
1 ChooseStart>Settings>ControlPanel>AddorRemovePrograms.
2IntheleftpaneoftheAddor
RemoveProgramsdialogbox,clicktheAdd/Remove
WindowsComponentsicon.
3IntheWindowsComponentswizard,selecttheApplicationServercomponent.
4ClickDetails.
CDdrive  CD/DVDdrive
Notesand
recommendations
 (Recommended)SSL
certificate
 System clockisinsyncwith
theclocksonthestorage
servers.This
synchronizationprevents
unnecessarydelaysduring
garbagecollection
(automaticremovalof
unusedvirtualmachine
images).
 WhenreviewingtheESXServer
hardwarecompatibilitylist,keep
inmindtheneedforcompatible
networkcardsandstorage
systems.
 Accessing,configuring,or
manipulatingtheunderlying
virtualizationtechnologyis
prohibitedtoavoidsystem
problems.
 Numberofvirtualmachines
variesdependingonthenumber
ofvirtualmachinesyourunata
time.Asastartingpoint,estimate
5–10virtualmachinesper
ManagedServersystem.Increase
thisrangeiftheapplicationsare
notCPU‐intensiveandsome
performancedegradationis
acceptable.
Table 2-1. System Requirements (Continued)
System
Component Lab Manager Server Managed Server