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Table Of Contents

VMware Lab Manager Installation Guide

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 DisabletheEnhancedInternetExplorerSecurityConfigurationoption

(accessiblefromtheControlPanelbyclickingAddorRemoveProgramsand

clickingAdd/RemoveWindowsComponents)forWindows2003.

 VerifythatthesystemclockisinsyncwiththeLab ManagerServersystem,storage

servers,andManagedServersystems.

 Reviewthedisplayrequirements:

 1024x768orhigherresolutionmonitorforuserswithoutadministrative

privileges.

 1280x1024orhigherresolutionmonitorforadministrators.

Storage Requirements

Thissectioncoversdetailsofmediastorageandvirtualmachinestorage(datastore).

Media Storage

Lab Managerprovidesadefaultrepositoryformedia(CD,DVD,andfloppyimages)

ontheLab ManagerServersystem.Youcanaddextrastorageserversformedia.The

Lab ManagerWebconsoleallowsyoutosynchronizeamedialibrarywiththefilesin

mediastorageservers.

Reviewtherequirementsformediastorage:

 MediastoragemustsupportSMBorNFSformat.VMwarerecommendsusingNFS

serversforadditionalmediastorage.TheSMBorNFSstoragemustbeaccessible

fromallManagedServersystems.FormoreinformationonNFSmediastorage,see

“ConfiguringNFSServers”onpage 39.

 (SMBonly)YoucannothaveconcurrentaccesstoaWindowsmachineusing

multipleaccountswithdifferentcredentials.Ifyouwanttohavemultiplestorage

serversharesononeserver,usethesameaccount(usernameandpassword)for

access.Entertheusernameandpasswordforthesharewhenattachingit

to

Lab Manager.

Virtual Machine Storage (Datastore)

ThedatastoreisthestoragelocationforvirtualmachinesinESXServersystems.

Lab ManagercanuseVMFSorNFSdatastores.VMwarerecommendstheuseofVMFS

datastoresforvirtualmachinestorageandonlysupportsVMFS3partitions.