User`s guide

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Configurationsaretheapplicationsthatenableaservice.Eachconfigurationcontains
oneormorevirtualmachines.Forexample,aconfigurationforaMicrosoftExchange
Serveremailservicemightincludeavirtualmachinethatprovideshubtransportand
anothervirtualmachinethatprovidesclientaccess.
Stage Managercanreplicatetheseconfigurationsondemand.
Forexample,anITteam
mighthaveaservicefororderprocessingthatincludean“integration”stagepriorto
production.Theteamneedstoeasilyduplicateacomplexconfigurationatthisstage
becausemultipleITusershavetotestseveralversionsofthesameconfiguration.
Useiterationsofthesameconfiguration
indifferentstagestoultimatelyproducea
production‐readyconfigurationthatenablestheservice.
Thischapterincludesthesetopics:
 “A c c e s s i n g Configurations”onpage 119
 “PerformingConfigurationOperations”onpage 121
Accessing Configurations
YoucanaccessconfigurationsintheLifecycleandArchivetabs.UsetheLifecycletab
tocreateanewconfigurationandviewthestagesofaservice.UsetheArchivetabto
preserveconfigurationsin‐state.
Working with
Configurations
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