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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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Index
A
approving virtual machine extensions 22
approving virtual machine requests 22
C
checking power state 14, 19, 28
commands
Connect 14, 20, 28
Open console 15, 20, 29
Power on 14, 19, 28
Revert to snapshot 15, 21, 29
Snapshot 15, 21, 29
Suspend 14, 20, 28
connecting to virtual machines 14, 20, 28
CPU usage 12, 26
creating reports 23, 32
creating snapshots 15, 20, 29
customization templates, modifying 12, 16, 26, 30
D
decommissioning virtual machines 16, 21, 30
disk shares 12, 26
displaying virtual machines 13, 18, 27
E
extending life of virtual machines 15, 21, 22, 29
G
generating reports 23, 32
L
LCM Approver role 8
tasks 17–23
LCM IT Staff role 9
tasks 25–32
LCM Requester role 8
tasks 11–16
LCM Tech Requester role 8
tasks 11–16
logging in 9
M
memory usage 12, 26
modifying customization templates 12, 16, 26, 30
P
passwords 9
placing virtual machines 30
power state, checking 14, 19, 28
powering on virtual machines 14, 19, 28
R
RDP client
opening virtual machines 15, 20, 29
system requirements 9
rejecting virtual machine extensions 22
rejecting virtual machine requests 22
reports, generating 23, 32
requesting virtual machines 11–12, 17–18, 25–26
requests, resubmitting 31
validating 31
resource allocation 12, 26
retrying requests 31
reverting to snapshots 15, 21, 29
reviewing virtual machine requests 21
roles 8–9
LCM Approver 8
LCM IT Staff 9
LCM Requester 8
LCM Tech Requester 8
S
snapshots
creating 15, 20, 29
reverting 15, 21, 29
suspending virtual machines 14, 20, 28
system requirements 9
T
templates, modifying 12, 16, 26, 30
U
user names 9
V
validating requests 31
virtual machines
approving extensions 22
approving or rejecting 22
approving requests 22
checking power state 14, 19, 28
connecting 14, 20, 28