User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
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service templates
creating stages 32
editing stage properties 33
preparing 32
services
accessing 115
accessing lifecycle stages 117
adding stages 117
changing stage order 117
creating 33
defining 15, 115
deleting 34
deleting stages 117
editing properties 116
managing 32–34
modifying stage properties 118
preparing service templates 32
sample 25
transferring configurations 134
Services and Stages tab 167
shutting down
guest operating systems 46
virtual machines 150
SMB, exporting templates to 54
snapshots
of configurations 135
of virtual machines 152
reverting to 135, 152
Stage Manager
accessing the Web console 21
activity log 166
authenticating users with LDAP 98
dashboard 165
getting started 21
glossary 187
guidelines for VirtualCenter 19
introducing 15
leveraging VMotion, VMware DRS,
and VMware HA 19
leveraging VMware
Infrastructure 17–19
licensing 102
major benefits 15
managing media 63
managing services 32
managing templates 34
managing users 64
media library 63
monitoring deployed virtual
machines 168
monitoring resource usage
167
navigation pane 22
network fencing 181
operations for Stage Manager
administrators 31
sample objects 25
user roles 25
Web console layout 23
working with configurations 119–
142
working with services 115–118
working with virtual machines 143–
164
stages
adding to services 117
benefits of 15
changing the order 117
defining 15
deleting 117
in service templates 32
view of production workflow 16
states of hosts 74
storage leases 37, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 56,
84, 103, 122, 130, 131, 133,
134, 138, 158, 166
Support tab 103