User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
196 VMware, Inc.
SMB(ServerMessageBlock)
Anetworkprotocolforexchangingfilesbetweencomputers.YoucanuseSMB
withWindowsandLinuxoperatingsystems.
SMP(SymmetricMultiprocessing)
Thetechnologythatenablesyoutoassigntwovirtualprocessorstoavirtual
machineonanyhostmachinethathasatleasttwologicalprocessors.
SMTP(SimpleMail
TransferProtocol)
Aprotocolthatfacilitatesemailtransmissionsbetweenservers.
SMTPServer
Asystemrunningemailserversoftwarethatacceptsemailfromwithinyour
enterprise.StageManagermustconnecttoanSMTPservertosendemailalerts.
snapshot
Areproductionofthevirtualmachineorconfigurationjustasitwaswhenyou
took
thesnapshot,includingthestateofthedataonallthevirtualdisksandpower
state(on,off,orsuspended).
Onceset,Stage M anagerstoresthesnapshotwiththeconfigurationorvirtual
machineimage.Onlyonesnapshotisactiveatatime.Themostrecentsnapshot
replacesthepreviousone.
Youcan
reverttheconfigurationorvirtualmachinetoasnapshot.Ifyouundeploy
avirtualmachineanddeployit,thesnapshotremains.
SSL(SecureSocketsLayer)
AWebserverusesthisprotocoltoestablishasecureconnectionwiththebrowser.
stage
Containerswithinservicesthatstorevirtualmachineconfigurations.
StagesreflecttheITworkflow
andorganizethepathtoproductionofaparticular
service.
StageManager
SeeVMwareStageManager.
StageManageradministrator
Thehighest‐leveladministratorwhoislikelytomaptotheVMware Infrastructure
administratorroleinmostorganizations.TheresponsibilitiesoftheStage Manager
administratorspantheentireStage Managerinstallation.OnlyStage Manager
administratorscanattach
resources,createservices,andmanagetemplates.