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Table Of Contents
- Lifecycle Manager Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Understanding LCM
- Setting Up the Virtual Machine Environment
- Configuring the Infrastructure for Requested Virtual Machines
- Automatic Placement
- Register a Resource Pool
- Create a Resource Pool
- Register a Datastore
- Register a Virtual Machine Folder
- Create a Virtual Machine Folder
- Register a Network
- Create an IP Address Range
- Create Subnets
- Create a Template Profile
- Join a Domain or a Workgroup
- Create a Customization Template
- Relink Unlinked Elements
- Configuring the Criteria for Requested Virtual Machines
- Configuring the Infrastructure for Requested Virtual Machines
- Using LCM
- Request a Virtual Machine
- Display Requested Virtual Machines
- Modify Request Options
- Check the Power State of a Virtual Machine
- Power a Virtual Machine On or Off
- Suspend a Virtual Machine
- Connecting to a Virtual Machine
- Create a Snapshot
- Revert to a Snapshot
- Generate Reports
- Registering Virtual Machines with LCM
- Activate Web View Debug Mode
- Relink Tokens to Virtual Machines
- Check Licensing Status
- Export Logs and Application Settings
- Troubleshooting LCM
- Customizing LCM
- Index
Register a Network
LCM automatically maps the request to the network. If you map more than one network to the server
environment, the LCM IT Staff user can select which one to use.
Procedure
1 Log in to LCM as an administrator.
2 Click the Infrastructure view.
3
Click the Network icon ( ).
4 Click Register.
5 Type or search for a network and click Next.
6 Type the network domain name and click Next.
7 On the IP Configuration view, under Network, type the information and click Submit.
If you select No for Use DHCP, you must create a range or a subnet for the IP addresses in the network.
8 Select the criteria options and click Submit.
Create an IP Address Range
You can create an IP address range for the requested virtual machines.
Procedure
1 Log in to LCM as an administrator.
2 Click the Infrastructure view.
3
Click the Network icon ( ).
4 Click the name of a network.
5 Click Create Range.
6 Type a description.
7 Type the first and final IP addresses in your range.
Each time the virtual machine is provisioned, LCM allocates an IP address from the defined range. You
can set up multiple ranges for each network.
8 Click Submit.
Create Subnets
You can create subnets that are associated with a network.
Procedure
1 Log in to LCM as an administrator.
2 Click the Infrastructure view.
3
Click the Network icon (
).
4 Click the name of a network.
5 Click Create Subnet.
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