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Table Of Contents
- Lab Manager Installation and Upgrade Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introducing Lab Manager and the Installation Process
- Installation Requirements and Recommendations
- vSphere 4.0 Requirements and Recommendations
- Datastore Requirements and Recommendations
- Lab Manager Server Requirements and Recommendations
- Operating System and Framework
- CPU Speed
- Processor
- Hard Disk
- Memory
- Network
- CD or DVD Drive
- System Clock
- Lab Manager Server Recommendations
- Install IIS on the Lab Manager Server for Windows 2003
- Install IIS 7.0 on the Lab Manager Server for Microsoft Windows Server 2008
- Check the Version of an Existing .NET Framework Installation
- Install the .NET Framework on the Lab Manager Server
- Credential Requirements for Connecting to vCenter Server from Lab Manager
- Web Console Access Requirements
- Network Requirements
- Security Requirements and Recommendations
- Installing Lab Manager
- Upgrading to Lab Manager 4.0
- Supported Upgrades
- Upgrading from Lab Manager 3.x
- Upgrading from Stage Manager 1.x
- Upgrading ESX Server
- Index
Lab Manager Installation and Upgrade Guide
10 VMware, Inc.
ESX/ESXi Server Recommendations
ToachievethebestpossibleperformancefromyourLab Managerserversystem,VMwarerecommends
specificconfigurationsettingsforESX/ESXihosts.
UsethesamehostCPUacrossallhostsintheLab Managerenvironment.
CPUhomogeneitymakesvirtualmachinesmoremobileforLab Managerdeploymentandallows
Lab ManagertoderivebenefitsfromfeaturessuchasVMotion,DRS,andHA.
Inaddition,ifyoudonothaveahomogenousCPUsetupacrosshosts,youmightnot
beabletoredeploy
suspendedvirtualmachinesorvirtualmachineswithsavedstate.Thesevirtualmachinesrequireahost
thatiscompatiblewiththeCPUoftheoriginalhostonwhichthevirtualmachinewasdeployed.
Totakeadvantageofvirtualmachinemigration,makesurethatallhostshavemoreCPUsthanthe
numberofvirtualCPUsonatypicalvirtualmachineinLab Manager.
UseclusterswiththesamehardwaretogainthegreatestbenefitsfromHA,DRS,andVMotion.
Usestorageareanetwork(SAN)storage.
TheminimumrequirementisalocalSCSIdrivewithasupportedSCSIadapter,butthishardwaresetup
doesnotallowyoutosharevirtualmachinesacrosssystems.
Usesharedstorage.AlargernumberofhostswithsharedstorageallowsLab Managertotakeadvantage
ofvSphere4.0capabilities.Ifyoustorevirtualmachinefilesonlocal(notshared)storage,youcanonly
deploythevirtualmachinesonthelocalESX/ESXihost.
Haveaminimumof500MBavailableinthe/varpartition.
Have120MBavailableinthe/usrpartition.
GroupmultiplephysicalNICstogether.
GroupingallowstheNICteamtoincreaseperformancebydistributingthetrafficacrossthosephysical
networkadaptersandtoprovidepassivefailoverintheeventofhardwarefailureornetworkoutage.
Forbestperformanceandsecurity,usedifferentvirtualswitchesfortheESXserviceconsoleandvirtual
machineportgroups.
SetuptheVMkernelnetworkforNFSvirtualmachineandmediadatastoresandforusingVMotionand
DRS.Formoreinformation,seethevSpheredocumentation.
Forbestperformance,usedifferentvirtualswitchesfortheVMkernelportgroupandvirtualmachineport
groups.
ConfigureESXihostloggingtosendsystemlogstoadatastoreorremotehost.
Bydefault,ESXihostsdonotsavesystemlogstopersistentstorageandthelogsarenotpreservedacross
reboots.Forinformationabouthowtoconfigurelogging,seetheVMwarevSpheredocumentation.
vCenter Server Recommendations
VMwarerecommendsallocatingatleast1GBofRAMtovCenterServer.Lab Managergeneratesmore
activitywithinvCenterServerthanthedailyinteractionbetweenvCenterServerandthevSphereClient.
InstallvCenterServersoftwareonavirtualmachine.Seethetechnicalwhitepaper,RunningvCenterina
VirtualMachine,intheTechnicalResourcessectionoftheVMwareWebsite.