User`s guide

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VirtualmachinesarethecomponentsofStageManagerconfigurations.Ahostserver
canrunmultiplevirtualmachinesconcurrentlyandisolateeachvirtualmachineina
self‐containedenvironment.
Virtualmachinesarebasedontemplateimagesthatcontainguestoperatingsystems,
applicationservers,databases,directoryservers,andotherinfrastructuresusedinIT
deliverables.OnlyStageManageradministratorscanaccessandworkwithtemplates.
Forinformationaboutmanagingtemplates,see“ManagingVirtualMachine
Templates”onpage 34.
Thischapterincludesthesetopics:
 “A c c e s s i n g VirtualMachines”onpage 143
 “PerformingVirtualMachineOperations”onpage 144
Accessing Virtual Machines
YoucanaccessvirtualmachinesusingtheLifecycletabofaserviceorVirtual
Machinestabofaconfiguration.ForinformationabouttheVirtualMachinestab,see
“A c c e s s i n g DetailsonVirtualMachinesinaConfiguration”onpage 139.
Fromavirtualmachineconsole,youcanperformoperationsrangingfrominstallation
ofVMware
Toolstomediafileactivityfortheguestoperatingsystemtosnapshotsof
virtualmachines.See“PerformingVirtualMachineOperations”onpage 144.
IfyousetuptheStageManagerWebconsoletoappearwithdefaultpageheaders,you
canviewinternalandexternalIPaddressesoffencedvirtualmachinesinthe
upper‐left
cornerofthepage.Ifyoutakeasnapshot,arevertpointdisplaysathumbnailiconof
thelastsnapshotpointintheupper‐rightcornerofthepage.
Working with Virtual
Machines
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