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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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VMwarevCenterLifecycleManager(LCM)helpsyoumanagethecreationofvirtualmachines.UsingLCM,
youcanperformthefollowingtasks:
HandleandprocessvirtualmachinerequestsinaWebuserinterface.
Automaticallyplaceserversbasedontheirlocation,organization,environment,servicelevel,or
performancelevels.Whenasolutionisfoundforasetofcriteria,themachineisautomaticallydeployed.
Enforceautomaticdeploymentandconfigurationtoreduceerrorsandspeedupprovisioningprocesses.
Tracklifecycleinformationforrequestedmachines.Trackinghelpsmaintainon‐timearchivingand
deletionofend‐of‐lifeserv ersandavoidsserversprawl.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“TheLifecycleManagerProcess”onpage 9
“LifecycleManagerTerminology”onpage 11
“Role‐BasedUserInterface”onpage 11
“LCMAdministrator”onpage 11
“LifecycleManagerArchitecture”onpage 12
The Lifecycle Manager Process
LCMautomatestheprocessofcreatingvirtualmachinesandremovingthemfromserviceattheappropriate
time.Figure 1‐1providesanoverviewoftheprocessandthetaskscompletedbyeachrole.
Understanding LCM
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