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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 Datastore
- Register a Resource Pool
- Create a Resource Pool
- Register a Virtual Machine Folder
- Create a Virtual Machine Folder
- Register a Network or a Port Group Using DHCP
- Register a Network or a Port Group with a Range or a Subnet
- Create a Range or a Subnet for an Existing DHCP Network
- Create an IP Address Range
- Create a Subnet
- 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
Setting Up the Virtual Machine
Environment 2
Before users can request virtual machines, the LCM Administrator must configure the infrastructure and
criteria.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Configuring the Infrastructure for Requested Virtual Machines,” on page 13
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“Configuring the Criteria for Requested Virtual Machines,” on page 20
Configuring the Infrastructure for Requested Virtual Machines
The infrastructure defines the resources for requested virtual machines.
To set up the infrastructure for requested virtual machines, you must define the following elements.
Datastore
You can choose which datastore to use. The datastore must exist.
Resource Pool
You can use an existing resource pool in vCenter Server or create a new one.
Virtual Machine Folder
You can categorize items in vCenter folders, based on different organizations.
Network
You can associate a new network instance with vCenter Server or your ESX
host.
Template Profile
You can create a template profile for virtual machines. An example of a
template profile is a virtual machine running Windows XP.
Domain
You can specify the domain or workgroup that the requested virtual machine
can join.
Customization Template
You can create a customization template that defines the computer resources
available to the virtual machine. LCM uses the template to apply the correct
levels of the resources.
If multiple infrastructure elements are mapped to the same criterion, LCM is unable to use any element
automatically, and notifies the IT Staff that an element must be selected on the Placement view.
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