User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
194 VMware, Inc.
PrepareHostswizard
AwizardthatpreparesESXServerhostsforStageManageruseafterattachinga
resourcepool.ThewizardinstallstheStageManageragentonthehostsand
collectsinformationonusernames,passwords,virtualswitches,anddatastores.
privilege
Authorizationtoperformaspecificactionorsetofactionson
amanagedobjector
groupofmanagedobjects.
promote
Tomoveaconfigurationintoalaterstageoftheservicelifecycle.
publish
TomakeaStage Managertemplateavailableforuseincreatingconfigurations.
R ready
IndicatesanESXServerhostisavailableforuse.
Certainhoststatesaredocumentedthataffectthisstatus.
referentialprovisioning
Aprocessforlinkedclones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.
Alinkedcloneoperationgeneratesa“quick”copybycreatingadeltadiskinstead
ofcopyinganentirevirtualharddisk.
reset
Torestartavirtualmachineandclearthemachinestate.Thisoperationcanoccur
atthevirtualmachineorconfigurationlevel.
resourcepool
Adivisionofcomputingresourcesusedto
manageallocationsbetweenvirtual
machines.
resume
Toreturnavirtualmachineorconfigurationtooperationfromitssuspendedstate.
Whenyouresumeasuspendedvirtualmachineorconfiguration,allapplications
areinthesamestatetheywerewhenthevirtualmachineorconfigurationwas
suspended.Seealsosuspend.