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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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YoucanupgradetoLab Manager4.0fromapreviousversionofLab ManagerorfromVMwarevCenterStage
Manager.Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“SupportedUpgrades”onpage 27
“UpgradingfromLab Manager3.x”onpage 27
“UpgradingfromStageManager1.x”onpage 29
“UpgradingESXServer”onpage 34
Supported Upgrades
YoucanupgradefromLab Manager3.xorStage Manager1.xtoLab Manager4.0.Ifyouarecurrentlyusing
Lab Manager2.x,youmustfirstupgradetoLab Manager3.xbeforeyoucanupgradeto4.0.Youcancheckthe
LabManagerorStageManagerversionwiththeAboutoptionusingtheWebconsole.
Table 4‐
1liststheversionsofLab ManagerandStage Managerfromwhichyoucanupgrade.
Upgrading from Lab Manager 3.x
Whenupgrading,boththesystemdriveandSQLServerdatadriverequireenoughfreediskspacetostorea
copyoftheoriginalLab Managerdatabase.YoucanperformtheupgradetoLab Manager4.0onarunning
Lab Manager3.xsystemwithoutanydowntimefordeployedvirtualmachinetemplatesandconfigurations.
Back Up the Lab Manager Database
VMwarerecommendsbackinguptheLab Manager 3.xdatabaseasaprecaution.Thebackupisonly necessary
toreverttoLab Manager3.xbeforetheupgradeiscomplete.Theupgradeprocessautomaticallytransfersthe
databasecontentstothenewinstallation.
YoucanonlyrestorethedatabasebackupinaLab Manager 3.xenvironment.
Upgrading to Lab Manager 4.0
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Table 4-1. Lab Manager and Stage Manager Versions That Can Upgrade to Lab Manager 4.0
Version Build Number
LabManager3.0 3.0.0.2056
3.0.0.2063
LabManager3.0.1 3.0.1.378
LabManager3.0.2 3.0.2.56
StageManager1.0 1.0.0.1561
StageManager1.0.1 1.0.1.1970