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Table Of Contents
- Lifecycle Manager Installation and Configuration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introducing LCM
- Installing and Configuring Orchestrator
- Orchestrator Components Setup Guidelines
- Install Orchestrator
- Configuring Orchestrator
- Check Configuration Readiness
- Log In to the Orchestrator Configuration Interface
- Change the Default Password
- Revert to the Default Password for Orchestrator Configuration
- Configure the Network Connection
- Change the Default Configuration Ports on the Orchestrator Client Side
- Import the vCenter SSL Certificate
- Configuring LDAP Settings
- Password Encryption and Hashing Mechanism
- Configure the Database Connection
- Server Certificate
- Configure the Default Plug-Ins
- Import the vCenter Server License
- Start the Orchestrator Server
- Export the Orchestrator Configuration
- Import the Orchestrator Configuration
- Configure the Maximum Number of Events and Runs
- Change the Web View SSL Certificate
- Define the Server Log Level
- Maintenance and Recovery
- Controlling Orchestrator Access
- Installing and Configuring LCM
- Installing LCM
- Configuring LCM
- Check Configuration Readiness
- Initial Configuration of Lifecycle Manager
- Configure the LCM Web View
- Set Approval Requirements
- Configure Archiving Settings
- Change Authorization Groups
- Change the Naming Convention for Virtual Machines
- Enable Email Notifications
- Configure Email Notification Content
- Configure Currency and Date Formats
- Upgrading Orchestrator and LCM
- Uninstall LCM and Orchestrator
- Index
Table 9-1. Installation Prerequisites (Continued)
Component Description
LCM database Choose one of the following approaches:
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Use the same database as Orchestrator.
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Use a separate database for LCM (recommended).
NOTE Because of CPU and memory usage, you should consider hosting the
LCM database and the Orchestrator server on different machines on a local
network with low latency.
Static account for each vCenter Server that
LCM and Orchestrator can use
DHCP server and fixed range of IP addresses
for new virtual machines
Required vCenter Server Privileges
To manage virtual machines, an LCM user must have a minimum set of privileges in vCenter Server.
The following privileges are required.
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Datastore>Allocate Space
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Datastore>Browse Datastore
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Folder>Create Folder
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Host Profile>View
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Resource>Assign virtual machine to resource pool
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Resource>Create resource pool
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Virtual Machine>Configuration>Change CPU count
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Virtual Machine>Configuration>Change resource
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Virtual Machine>Configuration>Memory
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Virtual Machine>Configuration>Modify device Settings
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Virtual Machine>Interaction>Console interaction
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Virtual Machine>Interaction>Power Off
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Virtual Machine>Interaction>Power On
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Virtual Machine>Interaction>Reset
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Virtual Machine>Interaction>Suspend
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Virtual Machine>Inventory>Create from existing
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Virtual Machine>Inventory>Remove
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Virtual Machine>Inventory>Unregister
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Virtual Machine>Provisioning>Clone template
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Virtual Machine>Provisioning>Clone virtual machine
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Virtual Machine>Provisioning>Customize
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Virtual Machine>Provisioning>Deploy template
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Virtual Machine>State>Create Snapshot
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Virtual Machine>State>Revert to snapshot
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