User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
146 VMware, Inc.
To deploy a virtual machine
1Intheleftpane,clickServices.
2MovethepointerovertheservicenameandchooseDetailsfromthemenu.
3MovethepointerovertheconfigurationnameandchooseDetailsfromthemenu.
4IntheVirtualMachinestab,movethepointeroverthevirtualmachinenameand
chooseDeployfromthemenu.
If
allofthevirtualmachinesintheconfigurationareundeployed,proceedtoStep 5
forspecificdeploymentoptions.Otherwise,StageManagerdeploysthevirtual
machine.
5Specifywhethertouseanetworkarchitecturemodefordeployingconfigurations:
 AllowTrafficInandOut–Virtualmachinescancommunicatewithmachines
outsidethefenceandmachinesoutsidethefencecancommunicatewith
virtualmachinesinthefencedconfiguration.
 AllowTrafficOut–Virtualmachinesinafencedconfigurationcaninitiate
communicationtomachinesoutsidethefence,andcanreceivemessagesback
onthesameconnection.Machinesoutsidethefencecannotinitiate
communicationtovirtualmachinesinthefencedconfiguration.
 BlockTrafficInandOut–Networktrafficdoesnottravelacrossthefence.
Virtualmachinesinafencedconfigurationcannotcommunicatewith
machinesoutsideofthefence,andmachinesoutsidethefencecannot
communicatewithvirtualmachinesinthefencedconfiguration.
Iftheconfigurationthatthevirtualmachinebelongsto
usesDHCP,fencingoptions
aredisabled.SeeAppendix C,“NetworkFencing,”onpage 181forinformation
aboutchoosingamode.
6Tobootthevirtualmachineinthesequencespecifiedduringthecreationofthe
configuration,selecttheUseServerBootSequencecheckbox.
7TopreventStage Managerfromturningonvirtualmachinesimmediatelyafter
deployment,
deselectthePowerOnMachinesAfterDeploymentcheckbox.
Usethisoptionwhenyouneedtomanuallybringupvirtualmachines.For
example,youmightneedtoensureadatabase,application,andWebserverare
workingindividuallyratherthanallatonce.
8Specifyatimetoundeploythevirtualmachine.
Alease
canberenewedatalatertime.
9ClickOK.