User`s manual

VMware, Inc. 271
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Thischapterdescribeswhatvirtualmachineteamsareusedfor,howtocreatethem,
andhowtoconfigurethem.Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
 “BenefitsofUsingTeams”onpage 271
 “ManagingTeams”onpage 272
 “SummaryandConsoleViewsforTeamsandTheirVirtualMachines”onpage 276
 “ManagingtheMembersofaTeam”onpage 276
 “PowerOperationsforTeamsandTheirMembers”onpage 279
 “WorkingwithTeamNetworks”onpage 280
 “CloningandTakingSnapshotsofTeamVirtualMachines”onpage 283
Benefits of Using Teams
Workstationteamsallowyoutosetupavirtualcomputerlabononehostcomputer.
Useateamtopoweronmultipleassociatedvirtualmachineswithasingleclick.
Youcanuseteamstodothefollowing:
 Virtualize‐multitierenvironments–Startseparateclient,server,anddatabase
virtualmachineswithoneclick.Configurestartupdelaytimessoclientsdonot
submitqueriesbeforetheserverisready.
Settingastartupdelaybetweenthebootingofvirtualmachinesalsoavoids
overloadingtheCPUofthehost.
 Virtualizemultiple‐machinetestingenvironments–Setupasoftwarepackage
forQAonavirtualmachineandconfigureautomationonothervirtualmachines
totestthefirst.
Configuring Teams
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