User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
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9ClicktheImportVMfromVirtualCenterbutton.
10 Completethedetailsfortheimportoperation:
a SelectavirtualmachinefromtheVirtualCenterinventory.
Virtualmachineshavealightblueicon.Youcanonlyselectvirtualmachines
thatarepoweredoffandnotalreadyunderStage Managercontrol.
bEnteranameforthevirtualmachinefor
useinStage Manager.
Thenamemustcontainalphanumericcharacters(a–z,A–Z,0–9),hyphens,
underscores,orperiods.Maximumlengthis64characters.
cSpecifywhethertousestaticorDHCPIPaddressassignment.
dIfyouspecifystaticIPaddressallocation,enteranIPaddress.
e SelectthedatastoreforthevirtualmachineandclickOK.
11 Toaddanothervirtualmachinetothisconfiguration,clicktheImportVMfrom
VirtualCenterbuttonagain.
12 IntheNewConfigurationpage,clickOK.
To import a virtual machine from VirtualCenter for an existing configuration
1Intheleftpane,clickServices.
2MovethepointerovertheservicenameandchooseDetailsfromthemenu.
Ifyouwanttoaccessdetailsonanarchived
configurationinsteadofanactive
lifecycleconfiguration,clicktheArchivetab.
3MovethepointerovertheconfigurationnameandchooseDetailsfromthemenu.
4ClicktheImportVMfromVirtualCenterbutton.
IfavirtualmachinehasVirtualCentersnapshotfiles,Stage Manageronlyimports
theoriginalvirtualmachineanddiscardsanyVirtualCentersnapshotfiles.
5Complete
thedetailsfortheimportoperation:
a SelectavirtualmachinefromtheVirtualCenterinventory.
Virtualmachineshavealightblueicon.Youcanonlyselectvirtualmachines
thatarepoweredoffandnotalreadyunderStage Managercontrol.
bEnteranameforthevirtualmachineforuseinStage Manager.
Thenamemustcontain
alphanumericcharacters(a–z,A–Z,0–9),hyphens,
underscores,orperiods.Maximumlengthis64characters.