User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
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To configure default display and deployment options
1Setthefirstpagetoappearafterloggingin.
2Topreventthedisplayofinformationthatusuallyappearsatthetopoftheeach
page,deselecttheShowPageHeaderbyDefaultcheckbox
ThisinformationincludesIPaddresses,virtualmachinedescriptions,and
snapshotthumbnails.Removingtheheadergivesyoumore
roomtoviewthe
console.
3Enteranumberofrowstodisplayonpageswithtabularformat.
Themaximumnumberis500.Thedefaultnumberis20.
4Setanetworkarchitecturemodefordeployingconfigurations:
AllowTrafficInandOutVirtualmachinescancommunicatewithmachines
outsidethefenceandmachinesoutsidethefencecancommunicatewith
virtualmachinesinthefencedconfiguration.
AllowTrafficOutVirtualmachinesinafencedconfigurationcaninitiate
communicationtomachinesoutsidethefence,andcanreceivemessagesback
onthesameconnection.Machinesoutsidethefencecannotinitiate
communicationtovirtualmachinesinthefencedconfiguration.
BlockTrafficInandOutNetworktrafficdoesnottravelacrossthefence.
Virtualmachinesinafencedconfigurationcannotcommunicatewith
machinesoutsideofthefence,andmachinesoutsidethefencecannot
communicatewithvirtualmachinesinthefencedconfiguration.
SeeAppendix C,“NetworkFencing,”onpage 181.
5Tobootvirtualmachines
inthesequencespecifiedduringthecreationofthe
configuration,selecttheUseServerBootSequencecheckbox.
6Enterthedefaultvalueforthedelaytime(or“pause”)betweenbootingeach
virtualmachineinaconfiguration.
Stage Managerusesthisdefaultvaluewhentheusercreatesanewconfiguration
oraddsa
virtualmachinetoanexistingconfiguration.
7ClickOK.
TheChangePasswordtabsetspasswords.YoucannotuseStage Managertochangean
LDAPaccountpassword.OnlyStageManageradministratorscansetupLDAP
preferences.See“MicrosoftActiveDirectoryandStage Manageronpage 98.