User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
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Preparing and Unpreparing ESX Server Hosts
Stage ManagerpromptsadministratorstostartthePrepareHostswizardafter
attachingaresourcepoolwithhoststhatarenotyetpreparedbyStage Manager.This
preparationinvolvestaskssuchasinstallinganagentonthehosts.
YoucanalsostartthewizardfromtheHoststabforanyhoststhatareunprepared.
UnpreparedhostsincludenewhostsaddedtoaclusterinVirtualCenterandhoststhat
arenotpreparedrightafteryouattacharesourcepool.
UnprepareahosttoremoveitfromuseintheStage Managerenvironment.
To prepare a host
1ClickResourcesintheleftpane,clicktheHoststab,movethepointeroverthe
unpreparedhostname,andchoosePrepareHostfromthemenu.
IfStage Managerinsteadpromptsyoutolaunchthewizardafterattachinga
resourcepool,clicktheOKbutton.
2Provideconnectiondetails:
a Selectordeselectthecheckboxthatspecifieswhethertousethesameuser
nameandpasswordforallhosts.
bIfyou
usethesameusernameandpasswordforallhosts,entertheusername
andpassword.
c Selectthecheckboxesforhoststoprepareandenterindividualusernames
andpasswordsifnecessary.
Ifyoustartthewizardafterattachingaresourcepool,allunpreparedhosts
appearinthelist,regardless
ofwhatclustertheybelongto.
Clickahostnametodisplayadialogboxwithsummaryinformationonthe
host.
3Fromthelistofnetworks,selectavirtualswitchforeachhost.
4 Selectthecheckboxesfordatastorestoenableforvirtualmachineuse.
To unprepare a host
1ClickResourcesintheleftpane.
2Inthe
Hoststab,movethepointeroverthehostnameandchooseUnpreparefrom
themenu.