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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 3 Installing Lab Manager
Static IP and DHCP Networking
YoucanusestaticIPorDHCPnetworkinginLab Managerforeachvirtual
machine NIC.
ToavoidsettingupanIPrange,useDHCPtoobtainIPaddressesfromaDHCPserver.
DHCPdoesnotworkwithnetworkfencing,afeaturewhichallowsmultipleusersto
workwithliveinstancesofthe
samevirtualmachineconfigurationonthesame
network.Fordetailsonfencing,seetheappendixsectionoftheLab ManagerUser’s
Guide.
TouseastaticIPaddress,youcanenteranIPaddressmanuallyorusethestaticIPpool.
ThepoolrequiresyoutospecifyanIPrange,DNSsuffix,
gateway,netmask,andDNS
information.ThereisnolimitonthetotalnumberofIPaddressesyoucanadd.The
staticIPpoolworkswithnetworkfencing.
EveryvirtualmachineusingtheStatic‐IPPooladdressingmodeforaNICconnected
toaphysicalnetworkrequiresanIPaddressfromthe
physicalnetw ork’sIPpool.This
IPaddressstayswiththevirtualmachinethroughthevariousoperationsin
Lab Manager.WhenyoudeleteallinstancesofthevirtualmachinewiththisIPaddress,
Lab ManagerreleasestheIPaddresstotheIPpool.
Ifyoudeployaconfigurationinfencedmode,Lab Managerallocatesadditional
IP
addressesfromthephysicalnetwork’sIPpool,unlessyouusetheBlockTrafficInand
Outoption,andassignsthemasexternalIPaddressesforeachvirtualmachineinthe
configuration.YoucanusetheexternalIPaddresstoaccessavirtualmachinefrom
outsidethefencedconfiguration(for
example,fromyourdesktop).
Whenyouundeploythisconfiguration,Lab ManagerreleasestheexternalIP
addresses.YoucancontrolthelengthoftimeLab Managerreservesreleasedexternal
IPaddressesbeforereturningthemtotheIPpool.See“Lab ManagerPreferences”in
theLab ManagerUser’sGuide.
Forfencedconfigurations(exceptthoseusingtheBlock
TrafficInandOutoption)
Lab ManagercreatesavirtualrouterthatrequirestwoIPaddresses.Theaddressesfor
avirtualrouterreturntotheIPpoolwhenyouundeploytheconfiguration.