User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
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To enable a media store for media use
1Intheleftpane,clickResources.
2IntheMediaStorestab,movethepointeroverthemediastoreandchooseEnable
MediaStorefromthemenu.
To enable virtual machine creation in a datastore
1Intheleftpane,clickResources.
2IntheDatastorestab,movethepointerovertheresourceandchooseEnableVM
Creationfromthemenu.
To enable media store creation in a datastore
1Intheleftpane,clickResources.
2IntheDatastorestab,movethepointerovertheresourceandchooseEnable
Mediafromthemenu.
Disabling Resources
Disablearesourcetoblocktheuseofit.Thisoperationnotifiesyouthatyoucannot
deployconfigurationsinstagesassociatedwiththeresource.
Disablingahostisusefulwhenperformingmaintenanceonit.Deployedvirtual
machinesonthehostremaindeployedonthehost,andoperationsonthevirtual
machines
continuetotakeplace.Operationsonundeployedvirtualmachines(for
example,deploy,import,andclone)donottakeplaceonthehost.
Stage Managerrenamesthedefaultportgroupwhenahostisdisabled.
Usethepop‐upmenuintheDatastorestabtodisablethecreationofvirtualmachines
ormediastores.Operations
associatedwithexistingvirtualmachinesormediastores
areunaffectedunlesstheoperationsinvolvecloningactions.Specifically,disabling
virtualmachinecreationpreventsallcloningactivitythatoccursnotonlyinliteralclone
operationsbutalsoinotheroperations,asfollows:
 Makinglinkedorfullclones
 Archivingconfigurations
 Takingsnapshots
 Revertingsnapshots
 Creatingtemplatesorvirtualmachines
 Addingnewvirtualmachinestoexistingconfigurations