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Table Of Contents
- Lifecycle Manager Administration Guide
- Contents
- Updated Information
- About This Book
- Understanding LCM
- Installing LCM
- Migrating from LCM 1.0.1 to LCM 1.0.2
- Configuring LCM
- Check Configuration Readiness
- Initial Configuration of Lifecycle Manager
- Configure the LCM Webview
- Set Approval Requirements
- Configure Archiving Settings
- Change Authorization Groups
- Change the Base Name for Virtual Machines
- Enable Email Notifications
- Configure Email Notification Content
- Configure Currency and Date Formats
- Customizing the User Interface
- Setting Up the Virtual Machine Environment
- Using LCM
- LCM Administrator’s Interface
- Request a Virtual Machine
- Display Requested Virtual Machines
- Modify Request Options
- 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
- Generate Reports
- Register Virtual Machines with LCM
- Activate Webview Debug Mode
- Relink Tokens to Virtual Machines
- Check Licensing Status
- Export Logs and Application Settings
- Troubleshoot LCM
- Index
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Thischapterdescribestheprerequisites,systemrequirements,andstepstoinstallvCenterLifecycleManager
onWindows.LCM1.0.1userscanalsomigratetheirexistingconfigurationtoLCM1.0.2.(See“Migratingfrom
LCM1.0.1toLCM1.0.2”onpage 19,beforeproceedingwiththeLCM1.0.2installation.)
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“InstallingandConfiguringvCenterOrchestrator”onpage 15
“ControlOrchestratorAccess”onpage 15
“InstallationRequirements”onpage 16
“SupportedBrowsers”onpage 17
“InstallLifecycleManager”onpage 17
“ConfigurePlug‐ins”onpage 17
Installing and Configuring vCenter Orchestrator
BeforeinstallingLCM,youmustinstallandconfigurevCenterOrchestrator.YouusetheOrchestrator
configurationinterfacetoconfigurethecomponentsthatarerelatedtotheengine,suchasthedatabase,
network,servercertificate,email,andsoon.ThesecomponentsmustbeconfiguredcorrectlyforLCMto
functionproperly.
Forinformationabout
installingOrchestratorandsettinguptheconfigurationoptions,seethevCenter
OrchestratorInstallationandConfigurationGuide.
Control Orchestrator Access
WhenusingLCM,thebestpracticeistolimitaccesstotheOrchestratorclientonlytoadministrators.Youcan
alsoconfiguretheOrchestratorservertorefuseaccesstoWebservicerequests,topreventmaliciousattempts
fromWebserviceclientstoaccessworkflowsonsensitiveservers.
To disable access to the Orchestrator client by non-administrators
1 Navigatetothefollowingfolderon
theOrchestratorserversystem.
<installation_directory>\VMware\Orchestrator\app-server\server\vmo\conf
2Openthevmo.propertiesconfigurationfileinatexteditorandaddthefollowingline.
#Disable Orchestrator client connection
com.vmware.o11n.smart-client-disabled = true
Ifthevmo.propertiesconfigurationfiledoesnotcontainthisproperty,orifthepropertyissettofalse,
OrchestratorpermitsallusersaccesstotheOrchestratorclient.
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