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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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Chapter 1 Overview of Lifecycle Manager
Receiverequestsfornewvirtualmachines.Eachrequestispresentedwiththefixedcostofthevirtual
machine,sotheLCMApprovercandeterminethecostperdayofusingthevirtualmachine.
Receiverequeststoextendthelifeofanexistingvirtualmachine.
Approveorrejectrequests.
Generatereports.
Reviewthecatalogofrequestedvirtualmachines.
LCM IT Staff Role
AnLCMITStaffuserisnotifiedbyemailaboutnewrequestsifemailnotificationsareenabled.Ifthechoice
ofcriteriaforarequestisnotresolved,theLCMITStaffusercanprovidethemissingplacementor
configurationinformationtocompletetherequest.
AnLCMITStaffusercan
dothefollowing:
Manuallyplaceapprovedvirtualmachines.
Modifyvirtualmachinename.
Approveorrejectcustomizationtemplates.
Generatereports.
Retryarequest.
Validatearequestaftermanualintervention.
System Requirements
YoumustuseoneofthefollowingbrowserstoconnecttoLCM:
MicrosoftInternetExplorer7
MozillaFirefox3.0.x(wherexis8orlater)
Toconnecttoavirtualmachineusingaremotedesktopapplication,youmusthaveRemoteDesktop
Protocol (RDP)clientsoftwareinstalledonyourworkstation.
Toconnecttoavirtualmachinethroughyourbrowser,youmustusetheVMwareWebCenterRemoteMKS
Plug‐in,which
iscompatiblewiththefollowingbrowsersandoperatingsystems:
MicrosoftInternetExplorer7onWindowsXPorWindowsServer2003
MozillaFirefox3onWindowsXP,WindowsServer2003,orLinux
Log In to LCM
YouuseaWebbrowsertoconnecttoLCM.
To log in to LCM
1InyourWebbrowser,typetheURLprovidedbyyourLCMAdministrator.
Thedefaultishttp://<server_name>:8280/vmo/lifecycle/default.html.
2TypetheusernameandpasswordprovidedbyyourLCMAdministrator.
TheuserinterfaceoptionsshowndependsontheLCMrolethatyouhavebeenassigned.