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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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Approve or Reject Requested Virtual Machines
YoucanapproveorrejectvirtualmachinerequestsiftheLCMAdministratorhasconfiguredLCMtorequire
anapproval.IftheLCMAdministratorhasenabledemailnotifications,youreceiveanotificationwhena
virtualmachineisrequested.
To approve or reject a virtual machine request
1LogintoLCM.
2Ifyoureceivedanemailnotificationofavirtualmachine
waitingforapproval,clickthelinkintheemail.
YoucanalsocheckallpendingrequestsbyclickingApprovals.
3Reviewthedetailsfortherequestedvirtualmachine,andthenclickApproveRequestorRejectRequest
nearthetopoftherightpane.
4 (Optional)IntheCommenttextbox,typeacomment
explainingyourdecisiontorejectorapprovethe
request.
5 (Optional)IftheVirtualMachineNameoptionsareavailable,typevaluesasneeded.
6ClickSubmit.
Ifthevirtualmachineisapprovedandnoinformationismissing,itiscreatedatthescheduledtimeanddate.
YoucanlogintothevCenterClient
tomonitortheprogress.
Approve or Reject Requests to Extend the Life of a Virtual Machine
YoucanapproveorrejectarequesttoextendthelifeofavirtualmachineiftheLCMAdministratorhas
configuredLCMtorequireanapproval.IftheLCMAdministratorhasenabledemailnotifications,youreceive
anotificationwhenanextensionisrequested.
To approve or reject an extension request
1LogintoLCM.
2ClickApprovals.
3Clickthe
entryfortheextensionrequestthatrequiresapproval.
4ClickApproveExtensionorRejectExtensionnearthetopoftherightpane.
5 (Optional)IntheCommenttextbox,typeacommentexplainingyourdecisiontorejectorapprovethe
request.
6ClickSubmit.
Approve or Reject Requests for Customization Changes
Youcan approveorrejectarequesttochangethecustomizationtemplateattributesofavirtualmachineifthe
LCMAdministratorhasconfiguredLCMtorequireanapproval.IftheLCMAdministratorhasenabledemail
notifications,youreceiveanotificationwhenacustomizationchangeisrequested.
To approve or reject a customization request
1LogintoLCM.
2Click
Approvals.
3Clicktheentryforthevirtualmachinethatrequiresapproval.
4ClickApproveChangeRequestorRejectChangeRequestnearthetopoftherightpane.
5IntheCommenttextbox,typeacommentexplainingyourdecisiontorejectorapprovetherequest.
6ClickSubmit.