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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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TouseLab Manager,yoursystemmustmeetcertainrequirements.Thischapterincludesthesetopics:
“vSphere4.0RequirementsandRecommendations”onpage 9
“DatastoreRequirementsandRecommendations”onpage 11
“Lab Manager ServerRequirementsandRecommendations”onpage 11
“CredentialRequirementsforConnectingtovCenterServerfromLab Manager”onpage 14
“WebConsoleAccessRequirements”onpage 16
“NetworkRequirements”onpage 16
“SecurityRequirementsandRecommendations”onpage 18
vSphere 4.0 Requirements and Recommendations
LabManagersupportsvSphere4.0Standard,Advanced,Enterprise,andEnterprisePluseditions.
TosupporttheLab Managerhostspanningfeature,youmusthaveanEnterprisePluslicense.
Lab Managerrequires:
TwoormoreESX/ESXi4.0serversfromtheESX/ESXihardwarecompatibilitylist
Lab ManagersupportsESX/ESXi3.5hosts,ESX/ESXi4.0hosts,oramixof3.5and4.0hosts.Youcannot
mixESXversionswithinacluster.
Youcanusethehoststocreateclustersandresourcepools,butallthehosts
mustbelongtoasingle
datacenter.
VirtualmachinesandvirtualmachinetemplatescreatedwithLabManager3.xorStageManager1.xuse
virtualmachineversion4.Youcancreate,run,andeditthesevirtualmachinesandvirtualmachine
templatesonESX/ESXi3.5and4.Whenyoucreateanewvirtualmachine
orvirtualmachinetemplate
withLab Manager4.0,youcanspecifyvirtualmachineversion4orvirtualmachineversion7.Virtual
machineversion7isnotcompatiblewithESX/ESXi3.5.
OnevCenter4.0server
ForallvSphere4.0requirements,seethevSphere4.0documentationsetandESX/ESXihardwarecompatibility
listsavailableontheVMwareWebsite,http://www.vmware.com.
Lab ManagersupportsVMwarevSpherecapabilitiessuchasVMwareVMotion™,VMwareDistributed
ResourceScheduler(DRS),andVMwareHighAvailability(HA).Thesearedistributedservicesthat
enable
efficientandautomatedresourcemanagementandhighvirtualmachineavailability.Lab Managerdoesnot
supportVMwareFaultTolerance(FT)orvSpherelinkedclones.FTisdisabledforallvirtualmachines
managedbyLab Manager.
Installation Requirements and
Recommendations
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