User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
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 IfaStage Manageradministratorchangesthevalueaftertheinitialsetting,auser
canextendaleasetotheoriginalmaximumvalue.Onceauseralterstheleasetime,
theleasechoicesresetuptothelatestvaluedeterminedbytheStage Manager
administrator.
 IftheStage ManageradministratorsetsthevalueoftheleasetimetoNever
Expires,auserwithoutadministratorprivilegeshastheabilitytosetaleasetime.
Storageleasesarenotapplicabletopublishedtemplatesordeployedtemplatesand
virtualmachines.Onceatemplatechangesfromapublishedtounpublishedstate,
ora
templateorvirtualmachinechangesfromadeployedtoundeployedstate,thestorage
leasebegins.
Astorageleaseisintendedtodeleteunusedorinactiveobjects.Thefollowing
operationsrenewtheleasebecauseStage Manageridentifiestheobjectasinuse:
 Unpublish
 MakeFullClone
 MakeLinkedClone
 Export
 Consolidate
Settingorchangingthesepropertiesfortemplatesandvirtualmachinesrenewsthe
leasebecauseStage Manageridentifiestheobjectasinuse:
 Memory
 UseTimeSynchronization
To set deployment and storage leases
1Intheleftpaneoftheconsole,clickSettings.
2IntheResourceCleanuptab,providedeploymentandstorageleasedetails:
 Timetoundeploylifecycleconfigurationsandtemplates
ThedefaultvalueisNeverExpires.
 Timetodeletelifecycleconfigurations,templates,andarchived
configurations,ormarktheseconfigurationsandtemplatesfordeletion
ThedefaultvalueisNeverExpires.