User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
198 VMware, Inc.
U undeploy
TounregisteravirtualmachineorconfigurationfromanESXServerhost.This
operationmakestheresourcesassociatedwiththatvirtualmachineavailablefor
usebytherestofthevirtualenvironment.
unprepare
ToremoveanESXServerhostfromuseintheStageManagerenvironment.This
operationuninstallstheStage
Manageragentandremovesthedefaultportgroup.
user
Seeserviceuser.
V Vi rtualCenter
SeeVMwareVirtualCenter(VirtualCenter),VirtualCenterServer.
virtualmachinetemplate
Amasterimageofavirtualmachine.Thistypicallyincludesaspecifiedoperating
systemandvirtualcounterpartstohardwarecomponents.Atemplatecaninclude
aninstalledguestoperatingsystemandasetofapplications.
virtualmachineconsole
Aninterfacetoavirtual
machinewithinthelargerStage ManagerWebconsole.
Usethevirtualmachineconsoletorunprogramswithinitormodifyguest
operatingsystemsettings.StageManagerprovidesoperationsrangingfromthe
installationofVMwareToolstomediafileactivityfortheguestoperatingsystem
tosnapshotsofvirtualmachines.
VirtualCenterServer
Aservice
thatactsasacentraladministratorforVMwareserversconnectedona
network.Thisservicedirectsactionsonthevirtualmachinesandthevirtual
machinehosts.VirtualCenterServeristheworkingcoreofVirtualCenter .Seealso
VMwareVirtualCenter(VirtualCenter).
virtualmachinedisk(.vmdk)
Afileorsetoffilesthatappears
asaphysicaldiskdrivetoaguestoperating
system.Thesefilescanbeonthehostmachineoronaremotefilesystem.
virtualhardware
Thedevicesthatmakeupavirtualmachine.Thevirtualhardwareincludesthe
virtualdisk,remov abledevicessuchastheDVD‐ROM/CD‐ROMandfloppy

drives,andthevirtualEthernetadapter.