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VMware Lab Manager Installation Guide

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Initializing and Configuring Lab Manager

AfterinstallingtheLab ManagerServersoftware,initializeandconfigureitusinga

Webbrowser.YoucanperformthistaskontheLab ManagerServersystemorany

systemwithaccesstotheLab ManagerServersystem.Theinitializationprocess

involvestheadministratoraccount,licensing,storageservers,networkparametersfor

newvirtualmachinescreated

inLab Manager,attachmentofaManagedServersystem,

andsupportsetup.

Lab ManagersendsthecustomerIDtoVMwareatthebeginningandtheendofthe

initializationwizard.

To initialize and configure Lab Manager

1FromanymachinewithnetworkaccesstotheLab ManagerServersystem,launch

thebrowserandgotohttp://<Lab Manager Server IP address or name>

Youcanalsolaunchthe

samepagefromthedesktopoftheLab ManagerServer

machinebydouble‐clickingtheVMwareLab Managericon.

IfyoureceiveSSLwarnings,seetheVMwareLab ManagerUser’sGuide.

2IntheWebInitializationwizard,selectthelocationwheretheinstallationprocess

istakingplace.

3Acceptthelicenseagreement.

4Browseandselectthefile

withthelicensekeyfortheLab ManagerServer.

Thewizardpresentsinformationonstorageservers,networkparametersfor

virtualmachinescreatedinLab Manager,andManagedServersystems.Notethat

thedefaultserverformediastorage(\\<Lab ManagerServerIP

address>\VMwareLM)residesontheLab ManagerServerharddisk.