User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
158 VMware, Inc.
 HardDisks–Diskname,diskspace,andbustypeforeachvirtualharddisk.
Youcanadd,edit,orremoveanewvirtualharddisk.See“A d d i n g Virtual
HardDiskstoVirtualMachines”onpage 162and“EditingHardDisks”on
page 163.
 ResourcePool–Resourcepoolassociatedwiththevirtualmachine.
 Host–ESXServerhostassociatedwiththevirtualmachine.
 CPUPriority–PriorityforsharesofCPU.
 MemoryPriority–Priorityforsharesofmemory.
 BootSequence–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.
 WaitAfterPowerOn–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.
 DeploymentLeaseorStorageLease–Timetoundeploythetemplateor
deletethevirtualmachine(ormarkitfordeletion).Theleasetypethatappears
dependsonwhetherthevirtualmachineisdeployedornot.
 SystemMessages–Informationaboutthevirtualmachine.
6ClickOK.
Editing Advanced Virtual Machine Properties
YoucanupdateadvancedsettingssuchasCPUandmemoryparametersandview
informationonVMwareToolsandguestcustomization.Forinformationabout
supportedversionsofVMwareTools,see“PrerequisitesforGuestCustomization”on
page 41.
ForinformationaboutCPUandmemorysettings,seeVMware Infrastructure3
documentation.