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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
Lifecycle Manager User’s Guide
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Ifyoudonotspecifyauserorgroup,onlyyouandtheLCMAdministratorhavecontrol.
aFromtheVirtualmachinecontrolbydrop‐downmenu,selectGrouporUser.
bTypethenameoftheus erorgroup,orsearch foralistofavailablegrouporusernamesanddescriptions.
cTypetheemailaddressfortheuserorgroupifemailnotificationsareenabled.
6 (Optional)Specifywhocanconnecttoandviewthevirtualmachinewhenitisrunning.
Ifyoudonotspecifyauserorgroup,onlyyouandtheLCMAdministratorcanviewthevirtualmachine.
aFromtheVirtualmachineviewbydrop‐downmenu,selectGrouporUser.
bTypethenameoftheus erorgroup,orsearch foralistofavailablegrouporusernamesanddescriptions.
cTypetheemailaddressfortheuserorgroupifemailnotificationsareenabled.
7ClickNext.
8 SelectsettingsfortheLocation,Organization,ServerEnvironment,ServiceLevel ,andPerformance options.
TheavailablesettingsfortheseoptionsarespecifiedbytheLCMAdministrator.
9TypetherequesteremailandclickNext.
10 SelecttheServertype.
11 (Optional)Tostartthevirtualmachineassoonasitisprovisioned,selectYesforStartvirtualmachine.
12 ClickNext.
13 Typecommentsaboutthevirtualmachine,whichareviewedintheapprovalprocess.
14 ClickSubmit.
Youcanviewasummaryofthevirtualmachineconfigurationandstatusbyclickingtherequestentry.
Thevirtualmachineisdeletedonthedecommissioningdate.Youcannotgetitback,unlesstheLCM
Administrator
hasconfiguredLCMtoarchivethevirtualmachine.Ifvirtualmachinesarearchived,contact
yourLCMAdministratortoretrieveit.
Display Requested Virtual Machines
Youcanusefilterstoviewthestatusofvirtualmachinesthatyouhaverequested.
IntheCatalogview,youcanusethefollowingfilterstoviewonlyvirtualmachinesthatmeetthecriteria.
Table 3-1. Catalog View Filters
Filter Description
All Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequested.
Creating Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarebeingcreated.
AvailableVM Displaystheavailablevirtualmachinesthatyoucreated.
Rejected Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatwererejected.
Decommissioned Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyoucreatedthathavebeendecommissioned.
Canceled Displaysthe
virtualmachinesthatyoucreatedandthencanceled.
Errors Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyoucreatedthathaveerrors.
WaitingForApproval Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarewaitingforapproval.
WaitingForPlacement Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarewaitingtobecorrectlyplaced.
EndOfLife
Displaystherequestedvirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthataredecommissioned,
archived,rejected,orcanceled.
AllExceptEndOfLife Displaystherequestedvirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarenotdecommissioned,
archived,rejected,orcanceled.