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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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AfteryouhaveconfiguredLifecycleManager,youcanperformday‐to‐dayadministrationtasks,suchas
approvingvirtualmachinerequests,importingvirtualmachines,decommissioningvirtualmachines,andso
on.Sometasks,suchasrequestingavirtualmachine,canbeperformedbyallLCMuserroles.Mosttasks,
however,canonlybe
performedbytheLCMAdministrator.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“LCMAdministrator’sInterface”onpage 35
“RequestaVirtualMachine”onpage 36
“DisplayRequestedVirtualMachines”onpage 38
“ModifyRequestOptions”onpage 39
“CheckthePowerStateofaVirtualMachine”onpage 39
“PoweraVirtualMachineOnandOff”onpage 39
“ConnectingtoaVirtualMachine”onpage 40
“CreateorReverttoaSnapshot”onpage 40
“GenerateReports”onpage 41
“RegisterVirtualMachineswithLCM”onpage 41
“ActivateWebviewDebugMode”onpage 43
“RelinkTokenstoVirtualMachines”onpage 43
“CheckLicensingStatus”onpage 43
“ExportLogsandApplicationSettings”onpage 43
“TroubleshootLCM”onpage 44
LCM Administrator’s Interface
Whenyouloginastheadministrator,theLCMinterfacecontainsthefollowingviews:
Catalog
ThisviewdisplaysalistofthevirtualmachinesmanagedbyLCM.Virtualmachinescanbefilteredbya
numberofcriteria.Formoreinformationsee“DisplayRequestedVirtualMachines”onpage 38.
Requests
Virtualmachinerequestsaremadeinthisview.Italsocontainsalistofpendingrequests,whichcanbefiltered
bytheirstate.Formoreinformationsee“RequestaVirtualMachine”onpage 36.
Using LCM
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