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Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager
Adding a Stage Manager Server Capacity License
StageManagercapacityislicensedonaper‐processororper‐socketbasisforprepared
ESXServerhosts.Youneedatleasttwoprocessorsofavailablelicensedcapacityto
prepareadual‐processorhost.
Youcanentermultiplecapacitylicenses.Forexample,ifyouhaveonecapacitylicense
for10CPU
andanothercapacitylicensefor10CPU,StageManagerislicensedfor
20 CPU.
To add a capacity license
1Intheleftpane,clickSettings.
2IntheLicensetab,clicktheAddCapacityLicensebutton.
3Entertheserialnumber.
4ClickOK.
Reviewing the Support Tab
IfVMwaresupportrequiresinformationaboutyourenvironment,arepresentative
mightdirectyoutotheSupporttab.
To collect information for VMware Support
1Intheleftpane,clickSettings.
2ClicktheSupporttab.
3ClicktheCollectbutton.
ThisgeneratesaURLthatyoucanusetodownloadinformationforVMware
support.
Reviewing the Resource Cleanup Tab
TheResourceCleanuptabdefinesleasetimesfordeployedtemplatesand
configurations.Specifically,youcanscheduletheundeploymentanddeletionof
templatesandconfigurations.
Leasetimescanchangeaftertheinitialsetting,asfollows:
 IfaStage Manageradministratorsetsaleasetime,auserwithoutStage Manager
administratorprivilegescannotoverridethevaluebutcanextendtheleasetoany
valueuptothevaluesetbytheadministrator.Usershaveaccesstolease
informationinthepropertiespagesfortemplates,virtualmachines,and
configurations.