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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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VMwarevCenterLifecycleManager(LCM)automatestheprocessofcreatingvirtualmachinesandremoving
themfromserviceattheappropriatetime.ThetasksthatyoucanperformdependsontherolethattheLCM
Administratorhasassignedtoyou.Thisguidedescribesthetasksthateachrolecanperform.Forinformation
aboutthetasksthattheLCMAdministratorcanperform,seetheLifecycleManagerAdministrationGuide.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“LifecycleProcess”onpage 7
“LifecycleManagerTerminology”onpage 7
“LifecycleManagerRoles”onpage 8
“SystemRequirements”onpage 9
“LogIntoLCM”onpage 9
Lifecycle Process
ThewaythatLCMhandlesrequeststocreatevirtualmachinesdependsonhowtheLCMAdministratorhas
configuredtheapprovalprocess.Ifapprovalisrequired,anemailnotificationissenttotheLCMApprover
user.Ifapprovalisnotrequired,andthereisnoconflictwiththerequest,thevirtualmachine
iscreated.Ifthere
isaconflict,anLCMITStaffuserreceivesanemailnotificationthatavirtualmachineiswaitingtobecreated.
Afteravirtualmachinehasbeencreated,itcanbeuseduntilthedecommissioningdate.Fivedaysbeforethe
decommissioningdate,anemailnoticeissent
totheuserwhorequestedthevirtualmachineifemail
notificationsareenabled.Theusercandooneofthefollowing:
Requesttoextendthelifeofthemachine.
Iftheextensionisnotapproved,thevirtualmachineisdecommissionedandisarchivedordeleted.
The LCMAdministratordetermineswhetherdecommissionedvirtualmachinesarearchived.
Manuallydecommissionthevirtualmachine.
Lifecycle Manager Terminology
LCMusesspecificterminologytodescribelifecycleeventsandattributes.
Overview of Lifecycle Manager
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Table 1-1. Terminology
Term Definition
Commission Dateandtimetocreatearequestedvirtualmachine.Thecommissiontimeissubmittedduring
therequestprocess.
Decommission Therequestedmachinereachesitsendoflife.Adecommissiondateissubmittedduringthe
requestprocess.Thedecommissionedmachinecanbearchivedordeleted.