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Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager
Accessing Virtual Machine Consoles of Templates
Fromatemplateconsole,youcanperformoperationsrangingfrominstallationof
VMwareToolstomediafileactivityfortheguestoperatingsystemtosnapshotsof
virtualmachines.See“PerformingVirtualMachineOperations”onpage 144.
Ifyoutakeasnapshot,arevertpointdisplaysathumbnailiconofthelastsnapshot
pointintheupper‐rightcornerofthepage.
To access the virtual machine console of a template
1Intheleftpane,clickVMTemplates.
2Movethepointeroverthenameofadeployedtemplate,andchooseViewConsole
fromthemenu.
Importing Virtual Machines from VirtualCenter to New and
Existing Configurations
Whenyouaddavirtualmachinetoaconfiguration,onlyStageManageradministrators
havetheoptiontoimport(copy)avirtualmachinefromVirtualCenter.Formore
instructionsonaddingvirtualmachinestoanewconfiguration,see“Creating
Configurations”onpage 121.
To import a virtual machine from VirtualCenter for a new configuration
1Intheleftpane,clickServices.
2Movethepointeroverthe
servicenameandchooseDetailsfromthemenu.
3ClickNewConfiguration.
4Enteranamefortheconfiguration.
5 (Optional)Enteradescriptionoftheconfiguration.
6(OptionalforDHCPIPaddressallocation)Changethenetworkinginformationfor
thegateway,subnetmask,andDNSsettingsforthevirtualmachines.
Thedefaultnetworkingvaluesarethe
samevaluesintheGeneraltabofthe
Networkpage.
7Specifyatimetodeletetheconfigurationormarktheconfigurationfordeletion.
8 Selectastage.
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OTEIfavirtualmachinehasVirtualCentersnapshotfiles,Stage Manageronly
importstheoriginalvirtualmachineanddiscardsanyVirtualCentersnapshotfiles.