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Chapter 2 Installation Requirements
VMFS Datastore
TheinitializationprocessforLab Manager(page 36)promptsyoutoselecttheVMFS
devicesyouwanttheManagedServersystemtouseforstorage.Reviewthe
requirementsandrecommendationsfortheVMFSdatastore:
 (Recommended)AsmallnumberoflargeSANVMFSpartitionsratherthanalarge
numberofsmallpartitions.
 Thelifecycleofavirtualmachineinvolvestransitionsfromtemplatesto
configurationstolibraryconfigurationsandmore.Theoperationsforma“chain”
ofchangesthattakesupdiskspace.Thesegrowingchainscannotspanmultiple
datastoresandmusthaveenoughspacewithinasingledatastore.
 AVMFSdatastoreisconfiguredintheESXServersystem.
YoumustsetupVMFSpartitionsoutsideofLab ManagerthroughtheVirtual
InfrastructureClient(VIClient).ThisclientisaninterfacepackagedwithESX
ServerthatallowsuserstoconnectremotelytoESXServersystemsfromany
WindowsPC.UseVI
Clienttoaddoreditdiskvolumesandpartitions.Whenyou
laterattachtheManagedServersystemintheLab ManagerWebconsole,youcan
specifytheVMFSdiskvolumesfortheManagedServersystem.
SeetheVMwareInfrastructure3documentationforstepsusingtheVIClient.
NFS Datastore
YoucanconfigureNFSdatastoresintheLab ManagerWebconsoleafterthe
initializationphase(see“InitializingandConfiguringLab Manager”onpage 36).
ReviewtherequirementsfortheNFSdatastore:
 TheNFSservermustbeaccessibleinread‐writemodebyallManagedServer
systems.
 TheNFSservermustallowread‐writeaccessforthe“root”systemaccount.
CAUTIONDonotsetupNFSdatastoresthroughtheVIClientontheESXServersystem.
UnlikeVMFSdatastores,NFSdatastorescreatedthroughtheVIClientarenot
recognizedbyLab Manager.SuchdatastoresconflictwiththecreationofNFS
datastoresthroughtheLab ManagerWebconsole.