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Table Of Contents
- Lifecycle Manager User’s Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Overview of Lifecycle Manager
- LCM Requester and LCM Tech Requester Tasks
- Request a Virtual Machine
- Display Requested Virtual Machines
- Check the Power State of a Virtual Machine
- Power a Virtual Machine On and Off
- Connecting to a Virtual Machine
- Create or Revert to a Snapshot
- Request to Extend the Life of a Virtual Machine
- Decommission a Virtual Machine Immediately
- Request to Change the Virtual Machine Customization Attributes
- LCM Approver Tasks
- Request a Virtual Machine
- Display Requested Virtual Machines
- Check the Power State of a Virtual Machine
- Power a Virtual Machine On and Off
- Connecting to a Virtual Machine
- Create or Revert to a Snapshot
- Request to Extend the Life of a Virtual Machine
- Decommission a Virtual Machine Immediately
- Review Requests for Approval
- Approve or Reject Requested Virtual Machines
- Approve or Reject Requests to Extend the Life of a Virtual Machine
- Approve or Reject Requests for Customization Changes
- Generate Reports
- LCM IT Staff Tasks
- Request a Virtual Machine
- Display Requested Virtual Machines
- Check the Power State of a Virtual Machine
- Power a Virtual Machine On and Off
- Connecting to a Virtual Machine
- Create or Revert to a Snapshot
- Request to Extend the Life of a Virtual Machine
- Decommission a Virtual Machine Immediately
- Request to Change the Virtual Machine Customization Attributes
- Place a Virtual Machine Manually
- Retry a Request
- Validate a Request After Manual Intervention
- Approve or Reject Requests for Customization Changes
- Generate Reports
- Index
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ThischapterdescribesthetasksthatyoucanperformifyouareanLCMRequesterorLCMTechRequester.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“RequestaVirtualMachine”onpage 11
“DisplayRequestedVirtualMachines”onpage 13
“CheckthePowerStateofaVirtualMachine”onpage 14
“PoweraVirtualMachineOnandOff”onpage 14
“ConnectingtoaVirtualMachine”onpage 14
“CreateorReverttoaSnapshot”onpage 15
“RequesttoExtendtheLifeofaVirtualMachine”onpage 15
“DecommissionaVirtualMachineImmediately”onpage 16
“RequesttoChangetheVirtualMachineCustomizationAttributes”onpage 16
Request a Virtual Machine
Tocommissionavirtualmachine,youmustsubmitarequest.Youcanrequestaspecificstartdateoraccept
thefirstavailabledate.
To request a virtual machine
1LogintoLCMandclicktheRequestsview.
2ClickRequest.
3 (Optional)Tospecifyacommissioningdate,selectYesforSetcommissioningdate?andselectadate.
Ifyou
donotspecifyacommissioningdate,thevirtualmachineiscreatedatthefirstavailableopportunity
afterapproval.
4 (Optional)Tospecifyadecommissioning date,selectYesforSet decommissioningdate?andselectadate.
Ifyoudonotspecifyadecommissioningdate,thevirtualmachineremainsinserviceuntilitis
decommissionedmanually.
5 (Optional)Specifywhocancontrolthevirtualmachinerequest.
Ifyoudonotspecifyauserorgroup,onlyyouandtheLCMAdministratorhavecontrol.
aFromtheVirtualmachinecontrolbydrop‐downmenu,selectGrouporUser.
bTypethenameoftheuserorgroup,orsearchfor
alistofavailablegrouporusernamesand
descriptions.
cTypetheemailaddressfortheuserorgroupifemailnotificationsareenabled.
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