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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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Contents
AboutThisBook 5
1 IntroducingLabManagerandtheInstallationProcess 7
UnderstandingLabManagerintheVMwareInfrastructureEnvironment 7
UsingClusters,Hosts,ResourcePools,andDatastores 8
UsingVMwareInfrastructureCapabilities 8
GuidelinesforInstallingaVirtualCenterServerandLab ManagerServer
Software 9
2 PreparingtoInstallLab Manager 11
OverviewofLabManagerInstallationProcess 12
VMwareInfrastructureRequirementsandRecommendations 12
Lab Manager ServerRequirements 14
OperatingSystemandFramework 14
CPUSpeed 14
Processor 14
HardDisk 14
Memory 14
Network 15
CD/DVDDrive 15
SystemClock 15
InstallingIISand.NETFrameworkonLabManagerServer 16
VerifyingtheVersionofanExisting.NETFrameworkInstallation 16
WebConsoleAccessRequirements 17
DatastoreRequirements 18
NetworkRequirements 19
ConfiguringRouting 19
ConfiguringDomainsandPermissions 19
Configuring
FirewallSettings 20
GatheringNetworkInformationforInstallation 21
IPAddressesforVirtualMachines 21