3.0
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
Lab Manager Installation and Upgrade Guide
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4EnterthefollowingVirtualCenterinformation:
VirtualCenterIPaddressorhostname.
(Optional)Portnumber.
Usernameandpassword.
See“CredentialRequirementsforConnectingtotheVirtualCenterServer
fromLabManager”onpage 29.
Lab Manager3.0usesthesameinstallationIDasLab Manager2.5.xanduses
“VM”asthesystemname.Forinformationabouthowthesystemnameisused,
see“ChoosingaLabManagerSystemName”on
page 30.
5ReviewtheinformationaboutVMFSdatastores.
Lab ManagerattemptstoremountyourLab Manager2.5.xVMFSdatastores.Ifit
cannotmountadatastore,thispagedisplaysanerror.UsetheVIClienttoaddthe
datastoretoVirtualCenterandclickRetry.
6Entertheresourcepoolinformation:
a SelectadedicatedresourcepoolforLab Manager.
Thiscanbeahostorcluster.See“ResourcePools”onpage 32.
b (Optional)ChangethedisplaynamefortheresourcepoolintheLab Manager
environment.
7 PreparetheESXhoststhatprovidecomputingpowertotheselectedresourcepool:
a Selectordeselectthecheckboxthatspecifieswhethertousethesameuser
nameandpasswordforallhosts.
bIfyouusethesameusernameandpasswordforallhosts,entertheusername
andpassword.
c Selectthecheckboxesforhoststoprepareandenterindividualusernames
andpasswordsifnecessary.
8 Selectthecheckboxesforadditionaldatastoresyouwanttoenable.
The
wizardpreselectsthedatastoresLab Manager2.5.xuses.Youcanchooseto
enableadditionaldatastoresforLab Manager3.0.