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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
Lifecycle Manager User’s Guide
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Lifecycle Manager Roles
ThetasksthatyoucanperformdependontherolethatyouhavebeenassignedbytheLCMAdministrator.
LCMuserswhoarenotLCMAdministratorshaveoneormoreofthefollowingroles:
LCMRequester
LCMTechRequester
LCMApprover
LCMITStaff
LCM Requester Role
TheLCMRequesterusercanperformthefollowingwhenrequestingvirtualmachines:
Setthecriteria.
Selectatemplateprofile.
Setthecommissioninganddecommissioningdates.
Specifywhocancontrolandviewvirtualmachines.
DisplayalistofthevirtualmachinesthattheLCMRequesterhascreated.
Requestanextensiontothelifeofavirtualmachine.
Manuallydecommissionavirtualmachine.
LCM Tech Requester Role
AnLCMTechnicalRequesteruserisanadvancedLCMRequester.InadditiontothetasksthatanLCM
Requestercanperform,anLCMTechRequestercancustomizethesettingsfortheCPU,memory,andshares
forthevirtualmachine.
LCM Approver Role
AnLCMApproverusercandothefollowing:
Requestavirtualmachine.
ReceiveemailnotificationsfornewvirtualmachinerequestsiftheLCMAdministratorhasenabled
notificationmode.
Extension Extendingthelife ofavirtualmachinethatistobedecommissioned.Ifapprovalisrequired,the
requestforextensionmustbeapprovedbeforetheownerofthevirtualmachinecancontinueto
useit.
Infrastructure Attributessuchasthenetwork,domain,anddatastoreaffectwheretherequestedvirtual
machineis
placedinVMwareInfrastructure.
Criteria Attributesattachedtoarequestedvirtualmachinethatareselectedduringtherequestprocess,
suchaslocation,organization,serverenvironment,servicelevel,andperformance.TheLCM
Administratormapsthisinformationtotheinfrastructure.
TemplateProfile Theprofilethatisusedwhenarequestedvirtualmachineiscloned.
Customization
Template
Thetemplatethatdeterminestheresourcesthattherequestedvirtualmachineuses,suchas
memoryreservation,memorylimit,CPUshares,anddiskshares.OnlytheLCMITStaff,LCM
TechRequester,andLCMAdministratorcanmodifythecustomizationtemplate.
Placing Therequestedvirtualmachineiscreatedormovedintotheinfrastructure,
basedontheselected
criteriaandinfrastructure.
Table 1-1. Terminology (Continued)
Term Definition