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Lifecycle Manager User’s Guide
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To suspend a virtual machine
1LogintoLCM.
2ClickCatalogtoviewalistofthevirtualmachines.
3Clickavirtualmachinenameinthecataloglist.
4Intherightpane,clickCommands.
5ClickSuspend.
Connecting to a Virtual Machine
YoucanconnecttoavirtualmachinefromyourWebbrowserorusinganRDPclientapplication.
Onlyusersandgroupswhoweregivencontrolwhenthevirtualmachinewasrequestedcanconnecttothe
virtualmachine.TheLCMAdministratoralsohasrightstoconnecttothevirtualmachine.
Open a Virtual Machine in a Web Browser
FromyourWebbrowser,youcanconnecttoavirtualmachinerunninganyguestoperatingsystem.Toconnect
viayourbrowser,youmusthavetheVMwareWebCenterRemoteMKSPlugininstalledinyourbrowser.
To open a virtual machine in a Web browser
1LogintoLCM.
2ClickCatalogandclickthevirtualmachinenameinthecataloglist.
3In
therightpane,clickCommands.
4ClickOpenconsole.
Thevirtualmachine’sdesktopappearsinanewbrowserwindow.
Use Remote Desktop to Connect to a Virtual Machine
YoucanopenaWindowsvirtualmachineusinganRDPclientapplication.Theclientsoftwaremustbe
installedonyourcomputer.
To open a virtual machine in a remote desktop
1LogintoLCM.
2ClickCatalogandclickavirtualmachinenameinthecataloglist.
3Intherightpane,clickCommands.
4ClickConnect.
YourRDPapplicationopensandthevirtual
machine’sdesktopappearsintheRDPclient.
Create or Revert to a Snapshot
Asnapshotcapturesthestatesofavirtualmachine’sharddrives.Youcanusethesnapshottoreturntothe
savedstate.Asnapshotdoesnotcapturethevirtualmachineʹsmemoryandpowerstate.
Snapshotcommandsareavailabletotheusersandgroupswhoweregivencontrolwhenthevirtual
machine
wasrequested.TheLCMAdministratorcanalsousesnapshots.Youcanaccessonlyonesnapshotatatime.
If youneedtoreverttoasnapshotearlierthanthemostrecentone,contactyourLCMAdministrator.
To create a snapshot of a virtual machine
1LogintoLCM.
2ClickCatalogandclickavirtualmachinenameinthecatalog
list.