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Table Of Contents
- Installation Guide
- About This Book
- Introduction to the Lab Manager Installation
- Installation Requirements
- Installing Lab Manager
- Upgrading Lab Manager
- Appendix: Troubleshooting the Installation
- Index
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Chapter 3 Installing Lab Manager
3Ifthesoftwarecannotdetectafullyqualifieddomainname(FQDN),enterone
whenprompted.
ForinformationonFQDN,see“PrerequisitesforLab ManagerServer”onpage 32.
4SpecifywhetheryouwantaTypicalorCustominstallation.
Youcanperformthesetaskswithacustominstallation:
Changetheprogramfilesdirectory.
Changetherepositorydirectory(\VMwareLM).Thisdirectoryisthedefault
locationformediastorage.
5 SelecttheIPaddressforLab Managertraffic.
ThisinformationappearsonlyifyouhavemorethanoneactiveNICwithstaticIP
addresses.
6ClickInstall.
Verifying the ASP.NET Version
AfterinstallingtheLab ManagerServersoftware,verifythattheLab ManagerWeb
applicationusesthecorrectversionofASP.NET.
To verify the ASP.NET version
1 ChooseStart>ControlPanel>AdministrativeTools>InternetInformation
Services(IIS)Manager.
2 ChooseWebSites>DefaultWebSite>LabManager.
3Right‐clickLabManagerandchoosePropertiesfromthemenu.
4In
theVirtualDirectorytab,clicktheConfigurationbutton.
5Forthe.asax,.ascx,.asmx,and.aspxextensions,lookattheexecutablepathfor
eachextensionandverifythattheversionis2.0.50727.
6Ifyouneedtochangetheversion,openacommand‐linepromptandusethe
iisresetcommand.
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OTEDuringtheMSDEinstallation,theactualtimetocompletethisprocessislonger
thantheestimatedtimedisplayedinamessage.