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Table Of Contents
- Installation and Upgrade Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introducing Lab Manager and the Installation Process
- Preparing to Install Lab Manager
- Installing Lab Manager
- Upgrading Lab Manager
- Supported Upgrades
- Before Upgrading
- Installing a VirtualCenter Server
- Undeploying Virtual Machines and Removing Managed Servers
- Backing Up the Lab Manager Database
- Uninstalling the Managed Server Agent Software
- Uninstalling the Program Files for Lab Manager Server
- Installing the Lab Manager Server Software
- Upgrading ESX Server
- Configuring a VirtualCenter Server
- Upgrading and Configuring Lab Manager
- Understanding the Upgrade
- Index
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install Lab Manager
Gathering Network Information for Installation
Beforeyoubegintheinstallation,gatherthefollowinginformationaboutyournetwork
ifyouplanonusingstaticIPaddressing:
BlockofunusedIPaddresses
IPaddressfortheprimaryand(optional)secondaryDNSserver
Subnetmask
IPaddressforthenetworkgateway
Lab ManagerServerDNSsuffix
IP Addresses for Virtual Machines
ReservearangeofIPaddressesforvirtualmachinesoneachphysicalnetworkthat
Lab Managerwilluse.ThisrangeisinadditiontotheIPaddressesrequiredforeach
Lab ManagerServersystemandESXhost.IPaddressesforvirtualmachinesare
allocatedfromthepoolofIPaddressesyoureserve.The
numberofvirtualmachines
runningandrequiringIPaddressesvarieswiththenumberandcomplexityof
configurationsdeployedatanyonetime.
Foraminimumenvironment,youneedatleast100IPaddresses.Youcanalwaysadd
moreaddresseslater.Foralargeinstallation,VMwarerecommendsallocatingatleast
200IP
addresses.
Table 2‐3providesexamplesofthenetworkinformationyouneedforasinglephysical
networkusingastaticIPpool.
Table 2-3. Static IP Pool Information
IP and Network Component Example
IPaddressblockforvirtualmachines 10.6.1.10—10.6.1.199
Subnetmaskforvirtualmachines 255.255.255.0
Gatewayforvirtualmachines 10.6.1.1
DNSserver1 10.6.1.200
DNSserver2(optional) 10.6.1.201
DNSsuffix vmware.com