User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
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 Bootparameters:
 Integernumberbetweenzeroandthetotalnumberofvirtualmachines
indicatingthebootsequenceforthevirtualmachines.
Youdonotneedtousesequentialnumbers.Stage Managercan
determinetherelativeorder.
Iftwovirtualmachineshavethesamenumber,StageManagerdoesnot
applyabootsequence.
 Integernumberindicatingthedelayinseconds(or“pause”)betweenthe
poweronprocessofthisvirtualmachineandthenextvirtualmachine.
Forexample,ifyouhaveadatabaseserverandaWebapplication,you
mightwanttomakesurethedatabaseserverispoweredonwithall
servicesrunning
beforepoweringontheWebapplication.
6ClickOK.
Accessing Consoles for Virtual Machines
Mostoperationsforaconfigurationaffectallthevirtualmachinesintheconfiguration.
Toinitiateanoperationforasinglevirtualmachine,navigatetotheindividualmachine
consoletospecifyanoperation.
SeeChapter 6,“WorkingwithVirtualMachines,”onpage 143,forinformationabout
accessingvirtualmachineconsolesandoperations.