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Prerequisites for Lab Manager Server

InadditiontotheinstallationrequirementsdescribedinChapter 2,reviewthese

prerequisitesfortheLab ManagerServersystem.

 ThetargetLab ManagerServersystemmusthaveaNICwiththeserequirements:

 StaticIPaddress

 PhysicallyconnectedNIC(nowirelesscards)

 Youmustuseafullyqualifieddomainname(FQDN).Certainfeaturesof

Lab Manager,suchasLiveLink,requireanFQDN.Thisrequirementdoesnot

meanthattheLab ManagerServersystemresidesinadomain.

AnFQDNstartswiththecomputernamefollowedbytheDNSsuffix(forexample,

computer_name.mydomain.com).VMwarerecommendsavoiding

theuseofanIP

addressbecausecomplicationsmightariseatalatertimeifyouneedtochangethat

address.

 Thesystemclockshowsthecurrentdateandtime.

 TheLab ManagerServersystemcannotresideonamachinewithMicrosoftSQL

Server2005.

Security Recommendations

ReviewtheinformationonSSLcertificatesandenablingahighsecuritypolicy.

ForinformationonportrequirementsforWindowsFirewall,see“UsingPort514for

WindowsFirewall”onpage 24.

Installing or Customizing the SSL Certificate

VMwarerecommendsinstallinganSSLcertificatefromatrustedcertificationauthority

thatvalidatestheserveridentity.GeneratetheSSLcertificatewiththedomainnameor

IPaddressforaccessingLab Manager.

IfyoudonotinstalltheSSLcertificate,VMwareautomaticallygeneratesonebutSSL

securitywarningsappearinthebrowser.For

moreinformation,see“Ac c e s s i n g the

Lab ManagerConsole”intheVMwareLab ManagerUser’sGuide.

YoucanuseOpenSSLtogenerateacustomSSLcertificatewithadifferentnamethan

theonegeneratedbyVMware.VMwarerecommendsgeneratingthecustomcertificate

ontheLab ManagerServersystem.