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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
7 Click Submit.
8 Select the criteria options and click Submit.
Join a Domain or a Workgroup
You can join a domain or a workgroup.
Procedure
1 Log in to LCM as an administrator.
2 Click the Infrastructure view.
3
Click the Domain icon ( ).
4 Click Create.
5 Choose whether to join a domain.
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If you selected Yes, type the necessary information.
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If you selected No, type a workgroup name.
6 If you joined a domain, select a network or an array of networks.
The networks are defined on the Network view.
7 Click Submit.
8 Select the criteria options and click Submit.
Create a Customization Template
A customization template defines the computer resources available to the virtual machine.
Procedure
1 Log in to LCM as an administrator.
2 Click the Infrastructure view.
3
Click the Customization Template icon ( ).
4 Click Create.
5 Type a template name and click Next.
This is the name that the requester sees, so create an easily identifiable name.
6 Select the memory information and click Next.
7 Select the CPU information and click Next.
8 Select the disk shares and click Submit.
9 Select the criteria options and click Submit.
Relink Unlinked Elements
You can relink unlinked infrastructure elements automatically or manually. Elements become unlinked if they
have been removed from vCenter, or if their ESX host has been removed from vCenter.
Procedure
1 Log in to LCM as an administrator.
2 Click the Infrastructure view.
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