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Chapter 1 Stage Manager Infrastructure and the Service Lifecycle
Understanding Stage Manager in the
VMware Infrastructure Environment
Stage Managerisanapplicationthatresidesonandleveragesthe
VMware Infrastructureproduct.SeeFigure 1‐2foraviewofthelargerVMware
environment.
Figure 1-2. Stage Manager in the VMware Infrastructure Environment
TheStageManagerServersystemprovidescentralizeddeploymentandmanagement
ofserviceconfigurationsagainstacollectionofresourcepoolsprovidedbythe
VirtualCenterServer.
VMware ESX Serverprovidesresourcesto
runthevirtualmachines.Theiconsthat
appearinthebluelifecyclestagesofthefigurerepresentresourcepools.See“Using
Clusters,Hosts,ResourcePools,andDatastores”onpage 18.StageManagermanages
theESXServerhoststhroughtheVirtualCenterServerandStageManageragent
installedonthosehosts.
virtualized
staging and
production
servers
shared
storage
VMware Infrastructure 3
Staging
Development
Testing
Production
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Stage Manager
VirtualCenter
Server