User`s guide

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Glossary
forceundeploy
Toforcefullyundeployavirtualmachineorconfigurationaftersituationssuchas
anESXServerhostgoespermanentlyofflineorsomeonemanuallyremovesa
virtualmachinefromVirtualCenterinventory.
FQDN(fullyqualifieddomainname)
Thenameofahost,includingboththehostnameandthedomainname.For
example,
theFQDNofahostnamedesx1inthedomainvmware.comis
esx1.vmware.com.
fullclone
(n.)Fullcopyoftheconsolidatedsumofdeltadisksandbasediskofavirtual
machine.Fullcloningtakesasignificantlylongertimethanlinkedcloning.
(v.)Tomakeafullcopyoftheconsolidatedsum
ofdeltadisksandbasediskofa
virtualmachine.
Seealsolinkedclone,basedisk.
G guestcustomization
StageManagercustomizationofthenetworksettingsinsidetheguestoperating
systemofavirtualmachine.Thesesettingsincludethemachinename,IPsettings,
andSecurityIdentifier(SID)forWindowsguestoperatingsystems.
Stage Managercreatesapackagewiththeguestcustomizationtools.Whenyou
poweronavirtualmachinefor
thefirsttime,Stage Managercopiesthepackage,
runsthetools,anddeletesthepackagefromthevirtualmachine.
Withoutguestcustomization,thevirtualmachineusesthesettingsofthetemplate
itisbasedon.Thissituationcancreatemachinenameandnetworkconflictswhen
youdeploymorethanonevirtualmachine
createdfromthesametemplateatthe
sametime.
guestoperatingsystem
Anoperatingsystemthatrunsinsideavirtualmachine.
H host
ThephysicalcomputeronwhichthevirtualmachinesmanagedbyStageManager
reside.
I import
TocopyaconfigurationfromanSMBshare,ortocopyavirtualmachinefroman
SMBshareorVirtualCenter.