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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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VMwareLab Managerprovidesasolutiontomanagevirtualmachinesinthetestlab
infrastructure.Youcancaptureacomplexandrunningsoftwareenvironmentand
shareitinstantlyacrossyourorganization.SeetheLab ManagerUser’sGuideforafull
overviewoftheproduct.
Thischapterincludesthesetopics:
“UnderstandingLabManagerintheVMwareInfrastructureEnvironment”on
page 7
“GuidelinesforInstallingaVirtualCenterServerandLab ManagerServer
Software”onpage 9
Understanding Lab Manager in the VMware Infrastructure
Environment
Lab ManagerisanapplicationthatresidesonandusestheVMwareInfrastructure
product.
TheLab ManagerServersystemprovidescentralizeddeploymentandmanagementof
configurationsofvirtualmachinesagainstacollectionofresourcepoolsthatthe
VirtualCenterServerprovides.
VMwareESXprovidesresourcestorunthevirtualmachines.Lab Managermanages
theESXhosts
throughtheVirtualCenterServ erandtheLab Manageragentinstalledon
thosehosts.
Introducing Lab Manager
and the Installation Process
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