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Chapter 3 Installing Lab Manager

Verifying the Setup of the ESX Server System

UsetheVIClientpackagedwithESXServertoreviewtheseprerequisitesforyour

targetManagedServersystem:

 AtleastoneVMFSpartition(localSCSI,iSCSI,orSAN)isattachedtotheManaged

Serversystem.IntheVIClient,navigatetotheStorageManagementpagetoadd

VMFSdiskvolumesandpartitions.

 ESXServerlicenseisconfigured.SeetheVMwareInfrastructure3documentation

fordetailsonenablingthelicensewiththeVIClient.

 ThehostnameoftheESXServermachinemustmaptotheserviceconsoleIP

address.YoumustbeabletoperformforwardandreverseDNSlookupsofallthe

ESXServerhostnames.SeetheVMwareInfrastructure3documentationfordetails

onconfiguringnetworkparametersfortheserviceconsole.

 Atleastonevirtualswitchforvirtualmachinesisattachedtoanactivenetwork

interfacecard(NIC).Fordetails,seetheVMwareInfrastructure3documentation.

 Thesystemclockshowsthecurrentdateandtime.VMw arerecommendsusing

NetworkTimeProtocol(NTP).

Setting up the VMkernel Network for NFS Storage

BeforeinstallingtheManagedServersoftware,usetheVIClienttosetuptheVMkernel

networkifyouplanonusingNFSvirtualmachinestorageorNFSmediastorage.You

needanIPaddressspecificallyforthisprocess.SeetheVMwareInfrastructure3

documentationfordetailsontheVIClient.

To set up the VMkernel network

1In

theConfigurationtaboftheVIClient,clickNetworkingintheHardware

section.

2ClickthePropertieslinkfortheswitchassociatedwiththeappropriateNIC.

3ClicktheAddbutton.

4 SelecttheVMkerneloption.

5Entertherequirednetworkinformation.

MakesuretoenterthecorrectgatewayfortheVMkernel.

6ClickFinish.