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Table Of Contents
Contents
About This Book 5
1
Understanding LCM 7
Lifecycle Manager Process 7
Lifecycle Manager Terminology 9
Role-Based User Interface 9
User Roles and Permitted Tasks 10
LCM Administrator 10
Lifecycle Manager Architecture 11
2
Setting Up the Virtual Machine Environment 13
Configuring the Infrastructure for Requested Virtual Machines 13
Configuring the Criteria for Requested Virtual Machines 20
3
Using LCM 23
Request a Virtual Machine 23
Display Requested Virtual Machines 25
Modify Request Options 27
Check the Power State of a Virtual Machine 28
Power a Virtual Machine On or Off 28
Suspend a Virtual Machine 28
Connecting to a Virtual Machine 29
Create a Snapshot 30
Revert to a Snapshot 30
Generate Reports 30
Registering Virtual Machines with LCM 30
Activate Web View Debug Mode 33
Relink Tokens to Virtual Machines 33
Check Licensing Status 33
Export Logs and Application Settings 33
Troubleshooting LCM 34
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Customizing LCM 37
Customizing the User Interface 37
Customization Examples 40
Callback Workflows 43
Index 45
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