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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
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Chapter 3 Installing Lab Manager
10 Setupadefaultphysicalnetwork.
aEnteranameforthenetwork.
b (Optional)Typeadescription.
c (Optional)TypeaVLANidentifier.
d SelecttheIPaddressingmodesforthenetwork.
Static‐IPPoolallowsLab ManagertopullstaticIPaddressesfromtheIPaddresspool.
DHCPallowsLab ManagertopullIPaddressesfromaDHCPserver.
Static‐ManualallowsyoutospecifyanIPaddress.
See“StaticIPandDHCPNetworking”onpage 24.
eIfyouchoseastaticIPaddressingmode,providethefollowinginformation:
Subnetmask,defaultgateway,primaryDNS,secondaryDNS(optional),andDNSsuffix
(optional)
IPaddressesfortheIPpool
TypeanIPaddressorIPaddressrangeandclickAdd.
Defaultnetworkfencingpolicyforthenetwork
FordetailsonLab Managerfencing,seetheLab ManagerUser’sGuide.
f SelectthevirtualswitchtowhichyouwanttobindeachhostorbindtoavNetworkdistributed
switch.
11 CreatethefirstLab Manageradministratoraccountwithausername,password,andemailaddress.
12 Selectwhether
toenableSupportLink,afeaturethatsendsusagedatatoVMwareandimprovesproduct
support.
IfyouenableSupportLink,enteracompanynameandadministratoremailaddress.
IfyouareoutsideoftheU.S.andyouenableSupportLink,youmustconsenttothepossibletransferof
dataoutsideofthecountrywhere
theinstallationtakesplace.
13 ReviewoptionalconfigurationtasksthatyoumightwanttoperformafterloggingintotheWebconsole
thefirsttimeandclickFinish.
14 WhentheWebconsoleloginpageappears,typetheusernameandpasswordoftheLab Manager
administratoraccountandclickLogin.
Choosing a Lab Manager System Name
IfyouhavemultipleinstallationsofLab Manager,makesurethateachinstallationhasauniquesystemname.
Thisnameisusedforthefollowing:
Creatingvirtualswitchesandportgroups
Creatingthedirectorytostoreallvirtualmachinesoneachdatastore
IdentifyingESX/ESXihostsunderLab Managercontrol
CreatingafolderintheVirtualMachines&TemplatesviewofvCenter