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ThischapterdescribesthetasksthatyoucanperformifyouhavetheLCMITStaffrole.Thischapterincludes
thefollowingtopics:
 “RequestaVirtualMachine”onpage 25
 “DisplayRequestedVirtualMachines”onpage 27
 “CheckthePowerStateofaVirtualMachine”onpage 28
 “PoweraVirtualMachineOnandOff”onpage 28
 “ConnectingtoaVirtualMachine”onpage 28
 “CreateorReverttoaSnapshot”onpage 29
 “RequesttoExtendtheLifeofaVirtualMachine”onpage 29
 “DecommissionaVirtualMachineImmediately”onpage 30
 “RequesttoChangetheVirtualMachineCustomizationAttributes”onpage 30
 “PlaceaVirtualMachineManually”onpage 30
 “RetryaRequest”onpage 31
 “ValidateaRequestAfterManualIntervention”onpage 31
 “ApproveorRejectRequestsforCustomizationChanges”onpage 31
 “GenerateReports”onpage 32
Request a Virtual Machine
Tocommissionavirtualmachine,youmustsubmitarequest.Youcanrequestaspecificstartdateoraccept
thefirstavailabledate.
To request a virtual machine
1LogintoLCMandclicktheRequestsview.
2ClickRequest.
3 (Optional)Tospecifyacommissioningdate,selectYesforSetcommissioningdate?andselectadate.
Ifyou
donotspecifyacommissioningdate,thevirtualmachineiscreatedatthefirstavailableopportunity
afterapproval.
4 (Optional)Tospecifyadecommissioning date,selectYesforSet decommissioningdate?andselectadate.
Ifyoudonotspecifyadecommissioningdate,thevirtualmachineremainsinserviceuntilitis
decommissionedmanually.
LCM IT Staff Tasks
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