User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
96 VMware, Inc.
 Frequencyofgarbagecollectionondatastores.
Garbagecollectionistheautomaticdetectionandfreeingofimagesthatareno
longerinuse.Stage Managerdoesnotimmediatelydeletefilesassociated
withadeletedvirtualmachine.Stage Managerstoresvirtualmachinefilesin
atreeofrelated‐linkedclones(see“AssessingVirtualMachineDisk
Space”on
page 85).Eachpassofthegarbagecollectorinvolvesanattempttodeleteany
nodesthatnolongerhavedependencies.Severalpassesovertimemightbe
requiredtofreeupthespaceassociatedwithadeletedvirtualmachine.
Thedefaultvalueis120seconds.
 AmountofloghistorytodisplayintheWebconsole.
Avalueof0showsallactivity.Thedefaultvalueis30days.
 Backgroundimage.
IfyouhaveasloworremoteconnectiontoStage Manager,youcanturnoffthe
backgroundimagetospeeduploadingtime.
3 UpdatetheLDAPbindingstring,groups,andvalidationinformation.
RefertothissampleLightweightDirectoryAccessProtocol(LDAP)string:
“LDAP://your_ldap_servername/department=’QA’,DC=companyabc,DC=com”
See“MicrosoftActiveDirectoryandStage Manager”onpage 98.Formore
informationaboutLDAPbindingstringsandformattingmethods,openthe
MicrosoftDeveloperNetwork(MSDN)WebsiteandsearchforLDAPADsPath.
4 Updateemailpreferences:
 DNShostnameorIPaddressofamailserverthatStage Managerusesfor
sendingoutemailalertsandwarnings
 SMTPusernameandpasswordifyouspecifyanSMTPserver
 Initialdefaulttextforthesubjectfieldofmessage
See“ConditionsforSMTPAlerts”onpage 97.
5ClicktheTestSMTPSettingsbuttontoverifytheserverconnectionworks.
6Specifywhethertosendemailalertsforsystemissues,suchaslowdiskspacefor
adatastore,toallStageManageradministratorsorspecific
emailaddresses
separatedbycommas.