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Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager
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.
Managing Media
Themedialibraryenablesyoutostoremediaimagefiles.Youcanuploaddata(for
example,drivers)toatemplatefromthemedialibrary.
DuringtheInsertCDorInsertFloppyoperationsavailablefromtheindividualconsole
ofatemplateorvirtualmachine,youcanaccesstheISOsinthemedia
library.
UsetheMedialinkintheleftpanetoworkwithCD,DVD,andfloppyimagefiles.On
thispage,atableincludesthisinformationaboutthesefiles:
 Nameandmediastore(inparentheses)
 Type
 Location
Usethispagetosynchronizethecontentsofthemedialibrarywiththecontentsofyour
NFSmediastorage.Fromthetable,youcanaccessthepropertiesofamediafile.
Stage Manageradministratorscanaccessallfiles.
Synchronizing the Media Library with Files in a Media Store
YoucansynchronizethecontentsoftheStage Managermedialibrarywiththelatest
contentsofNFSmediastores(directoriesformediaonNFSdatastores)sothatyoucan
addordeletefilesinthelibrary.
TheabilitytosynchronizethelibraryenablesuserstoperformISOoperationsoutside
oftheStage Manager
Webconsole.
Reviewthesefilerequirements:
 CDandDVDfilesmustendwith.iso.
 Floppyfilesmustendwith.img,.vfd,or.flp.
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OTEIfyoucannotseemediafilesthatresideonanNFSdatastore,makesurethe
directorycontainingthemedia(knownasamediastore)isenabled.See“Enabling
Resources”onpage 77.