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Lab Manager Installation and Upgrade Guide

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TodetermineyourcurrentversionofLab Manager,opentheLab ManagerWebconsole

andclickAboutintheleftpane.

Before Upgrading

BecauseLab Manager3.0hasdifferentrequirementsthanLab Manager2.5.x,youmust

completecertaintaskstomeettheserequirementsbeforeyoucaninstall

Lab Manager 3.0.FormoreinformationaboutLab Manager3.0requirements,see

Chapter 2,“PreparingtoInstallLab Manager,”onpage 11.

Theupgradeprocessrequiresdowntimeforyourvirtualmachines,soreadthroughthe

entireprocessandplantasksbeforeyoubegin.

Thetasksare:

 “InstallingaVirtualCenterServer”onpage 36

 “UndeployingVirtualMachinesandRemovingManagedServers”onpage 37

 “BackingUptheLabManagerDatabase”onpage 37

 “UninstallingtheManagedServerAgentSoftware”onpage 38

 “UninstallingtheProgramFilesforLabManagerServer”onpage 38

 “InstallingtheLabManagerServerSoftware”onpage 39

 “UpgradingESXServer”onpage 40

 “ConfiguringaVirtualCenterServer”onpage 41

Installing a VirtualCenter Server

InstallVirtualCenter2.5Update1asdescribedintheVMwareInfrastructure3

documentation.

SeetheVMwareInfrastructure3documentationat

http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vi_pages/vi_pubs_35.html

DonotaddanyESXhoststotheVirtualCenterServeratthispoint.Youcanaddthem

later.See“ConfiguringaVirtualCenterServer”onpage 41.

Ifyouarealreadyusing

VirtualCenterServertomanage,Lab ManagerESXhosts

(managedservers),removethehostsbeforeproceeding.