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Lifecycle Manager Administration Guide
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Figure 1-1. Stages in the Lifecycle of a Virtual Machine under LCM
ThewaythatLCMhandlesrequeststocreatevirtualmachinesdependsonhowtheLCMAdministratorhas
configuredtheapprovalprocess.Ifapprovalisrequired,anemailnotificationissenttotheLCMApprover.
If approvalisnotrequired,andthereisnoconflictwiththerequest,thevirtualmachine
iscreated.Ifthereis
aconflict,anLCMITStaffuserreceivesanemailnotificationthatavirtualmachineiswaitingtobecreated.
Afteravirtualmachinehasbeencreated,itcanbeuseduntilthedecommissioningdate.Fivedaysbeforethe
decommissioningdate,anemailnoticeissent
totheuserwhorequestedthevirtualmachineifemail
notificationsareenabled.Therequestercandooneofthefollowing:
 Requesttoextendthelifeofthemachine.
Iftheextensionisnotapproved,thevirtualmachineisdecommissionedandisarchivedordeleted.
The LCMAdministratordetermineswhetherdecommissionedvirtualmachinesarearchived.
 Manuallydecommissionthevirtualmachine.
TheLCMAdministratorcanchoosetodeletethevirtualmachinerequest.TheLCMAdministratoristheonly
rolethatcanremoveinformationaboutavirtualmachine.Whenarequestisdeleted,noinformationaboutthe
virtualmachineappearsinreports,butthevirtualmachineisnot
destroyed.Ifavirtualmachinerequestis
accidentallydeleted,theLCMAdministratorcanrecovertheassociatedvirtualmachine.
request
virtual machine
approve
create
virtual machine
set up
approval
required
placement exception
or conflict —
manual placement
no approval —
placement exception
or conflict
no approval —
automatic
placement
user decided to
decommission
manually
archive or delete
configuration dependent
no approval
use
virtual machine
approve
life extension
or VM
customization
end of life
archive
decommission
delete
best practice path
other possible path
other possible path with approval deactivated