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Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager
 Importingvirtualmachines
 Transferringconfigurationstoservices(usingtheCopyConfigurationradio
button)
To disable a resource pool, host, or datastore
1Intheleftpane,clickResources.
2IntheResourcePools,Hosts,orDatastorestab,movethepointeroverthe
resourceandchooseDisablefromthemenu.
To disable 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Disable
MediaStorefromthemenu.
To disable virtual machine creation in a datastore
1Intheleftpane,clickResources.
2IntheDatastorestab,movethepointerovertheresourceandchooseDisableVM
Creationfromthemenu.
To disable media store creation in a datastore
1Intheleftpane,clickResources.
2IntheDatastorestab,movethepointerover
theresourceandchooseDisable
Mediafromthemenu.
Undeploying and Redeploying All Virtual Machines
Stage Manageradministratorscanundeployallvirtualmachinesassociatedwiththe
hostandredeploythemonadifferenthost.Thisisusefulwhenyouneedtoperform
maintenanceonahost.
Undeployingallvirtualmachinesaffectstheusersofthosevirtualmachinesand
requiressomeonetoredeploythosevirtualmachinesmanually.
Ifmany
configurationsexist,youmighthavedifficultylocatingthecorrect
configuration.Redeployallvirtualmachinesaddressesthisissueandattemptsto
redeployallthevirtualmachinesonanotherhost.Thisrequiresdisablingtheoriginal
hostandverifyingthatyouhaveenoughcapacityonotherhosts.Iftheredeploy
operationfailson
avirtualmachine,thewholeoperationstops.