User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
192 VMware, Inc.
insertCD
ToassociateanISOimageintheStageManagermedialibrarywithavirtual
machine.TheISOimageappearswithinthevirtualmachineasifyouinserteda
CD.
insertfloppy
ToassociateafloppyimageintheStageManagermedialibrarywithavirtual
machine.Thefloppyimageappears
withinthevirtualmachineasifyouinserteda
disk.
internalIPaddress
ApreconfiguredIPaddressforavirtualmachineinaconfiguration.
InternalIPaddressesremainstaticacrosscloningactivity.
IPpool
ArangeofIPaddressessetasideforusebyStage Manager.
ISO
AnexactrepresentationofaCDorDVD,
includingitscontentandlogicalformat.
L lease
Seedeploymentlease,storagelease.
lifecycle
TheareaofStageManagerthatdisplaysthepathtoproductionofaservice.The
stagesthatcomprisethispathorganizethelifecycle,andeachstagecancontain
oneormoreconfigurations.
linkedclone
(n.)Aduplicateofavirtualmachinethatusesthesame
basediskastheoriginal
combinedwithachainofdeltadiskstokeeptrackofthedifferencesbetweenthe
originalandtheclone.
(v.)Togeneratea“quick”copybycreatingadeltadiskinsteadofcopyinganentire
virtualharddisk.Thisoperationaddressesvirtualmachineproliferationbyusing
“referentialprovisioning,”aprocessthatinvolvesstoringnewchangesbut
referringbacktoachainofdeltadisks.Foreachclone,Stage Managerfreezesthe
originaldeltadiskandcreatesanewone.
Seealsofullclone,basedisk,chainlength.