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This

chapter

details

VMware

recommendations

and

requirements

for

your

Lab

Manager

components

and

network.

“General

Requirements”

page 14

“System

Requirements:

Lab

Manager

Server

and

Managed

Server”

page 15

“Guest

Operating

System

Requirements”

page 17

“Client

User

Machine

Requirements”

page 18

“Storage

Requirements”

page 19

“Network

Requirements”

page 20

“Using

Lab

Manager

with

VirtualCenter

Management

Server”

page 23

Installation Requirements

Summary of Contents for 454885-B21 - Lab Manager Standard Foundation Bundle

Page 1: ...VMware Lab Manager Installation Guide VMware Lab Manager 2 4...

Page 2: ...6 711 672 6 725 289 6 735 601 6 785 886 6 789 156 6 795 966 6 880 022 6 961 941 6 961 806 and 6 944 699 patents pending VMware the VMware boxes logo and design Virtual SMP and VMotion are registered t...

Page 3: ...e Datastore 19 Network Requirements 20 Configuring Routing 20 Configuring Domains and Permissions 20 Configuring Firewall Settings 21 Gathering Network Information for Installation 22 IP Addresses for...

Page 4: ...ab Manager Server Software 36 Verifying the ASP NET Version 37 Initializing and Configuring Lab Manager 38 Checking the Sample Template and Configuration 40 Adding and Synchronizing Lab Manager Server...

Page 5: ...n page 6 About This Book The VMware Lab Manager Installation Guide describes installation and configuration tasks for Lab Manager 2 4 Intended Audience The guide is intended for experienced developers...

Page 6: ...ogy information http www vmware com vcommunity technology Documentation http www vmware com support pubs VMTN Knowledge Base http www vmware com support kb Discussion forums http www vmware com commun...

Page 7: ...he fastest response on priority 1 issues Go to http www vmware com support phone_support html Support Offerings Find out how VMware support offerings can help meet your business needs Go to http www v...

Page 8: ...VMware Lab Manager Installation Guide 8 VMware Inc...

Page 9: ...a complex and running software environment and share it instantly across your organization See the VMware Lab Manager User s Guide for a full overview of the product This chapter covers these topics L...

Page 10: ...es You can have multiple Managed Server systems Lab Manager storage server Storage for virtual machines for example an ESX Server SAN and storage primarily for media CD and floppy images You can have...

Page 11: ...rements Creating Managed Server systems Set up the Managed Server systems You must create at least one Managed Server before installing Lab Manager Server Creating the Lab Manager Server Set up the La...

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Page 13: ...ements on page 14 System Requirements Lab Manager Server and Managed Server on page 15 Guest Operating System Requirements on page 17 Client User Machine Requirements on page 18 Storage Requirements o...

Page 14: ...Servers attempt to access the same Managed Server Lab Manager VMware labmanager agent esx 2 4 0 build number bin to install the Lab Manager Managed Server software VMware labmanager server 2 4 0 build...

Page 15: ...nd later or AMD Opteron Intel Viiv or AMD A64 x2 dual core processors CPU speed 550MHz minimum Recommended 1GHz or faster 1500MHz minimum Memory 512MB minimum Recommended 1GB or more 1GB minimum Recom...

Page 16: ...I for Microsoft NET Framework 1 1 VMware Infrastructure 3 ESX Server 3 0 1 Additional notes and recommendations Recommended SSL certificate System clock is in sync with the clocks on the storage serve...

Page 17: ...Web Edition or Small Business Server Windows XP Pro with SP2 Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows 2000 Professional Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS ES WS 3 0 X Red Hat Enterprise Linux...

Page 18: ...nabled Download signed ActiveX controls Run ActiveX controls and plug ins Allow META REFRESH Active scripting Allow paste operations via script The Play animations in web pages option in IE accessible...

Page 19: ...Virtual Machine Storage Datastore The datastore is the storage location for virtual machines in ESX Server systems The setup of the Lab Manager Web console assumes you already set up the datastore in...

Page 20: ...rewall and not directly accessible you can use a virtual private network VPN Lab Manager is not compatible with network address translation NAT See Configuring Firewall Settings on page 21 for more in...

Page 21: ...cess Managed Server systems TCP port 5212 Figure 2 1 illustrates the Lab Manager components and ports Figure 2 1 Detailed View of Lab Manager Components and Ports During the installation process ensur...

Page 22: ...ty of configurations deployed at any one time For a minimum system you probably need at least 100 IP addresses You can add blocks of addresses at a later time For a large installation VMware recommend...

Page 23: ...NET v1 1 4322 with an Allowed status If the status is Prohibited right click ASP NET v1 1 4322 and choose Allow from the menu For more information see the Microsoft Web site http office microsoft com...

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Page 25: ...on Flow on page 26 Setting Up Managed Server Systems on page 27 Setting Up the Lab Manager Server on page 31 Verifying the ASP NET Version on page 37 Initializing and Configuring Lab Manager on page 3...

Page 26: ...Manager Server The Lab Manager Server controls both the back end Managed Server systems and front end Lab Manager Web console You must have access to the Lab Manager Server executable VMware labmanag...

Page 27: ...rifying the Setup of the ESX Server System Use the VI Client packaged with ESX Server to review these prerequisites for your target Managed Server At least one VMFS 3 partition is attached to the Mana...

Page 28: ...VI Client to set up the VMkernel network You need an IP address specifically for this process See the VMware Infrastructure 3 documentation for details on the VI Client To set up the VMkernel network...

Page 29: ...ure the ESX Server machine is in an adequate state for the agent installation 4 Specify your action based on whether you want NFS media storage The following non fatal error s have been found No VMKer...

Page 30: ...ed virtual machines for the Managed Server Use the same user name and password when adding a Managed Server to Lab Manager in the Lab Manager console For more information on adding a Managed Server se...

Page 31: ...Server In addition to the installation requirements described in Chapter 2 review these prerequisites for the Lab Manager Server The target Lab Manager Server must have a NIC with these requirements...

Page 32: ...a custom SSL certificate using OpenSSL 1 Download and install OpenSSL 2 Create a file named OpenSSlVMware cfg in a working directory Refer to this sample file Conf file that vpx uses to generate SSL c...

Page 33: ...r openssl pkcs12 export out OpenSslVMware pfx in OpenSslVMware crt inkey OpenSslVMware key name OpenSslVMware passout pass password This process generates a pfx file 5 Remove any outdated certificate...

Page 34: ...k Microsoft network server Digitally sign communications always 4 Select Disabled 5 Click OK 6 In the right pane double click Microsoft network server Digitally sign communications if client agrees 7...

Page 35: ...res can work This requirement does not mean that the Lab Manager Server system resides in a domain To set up a FQDN for the server 1 On the desktop of the target Lab Manager Server right click My Comp...

Page 36: ...Custom installation A custom installation enables these actions Changing the program files directory Changing the data directory Lab Manager Repository location or VMwareLM The Repository directory is...

Page 37: ...el Administrative Tools Internet Information Services IIS Manager 2 Choose Web Sites Default Web Site LabManager 3 Right click LabManager and choose Properties from the menu 4 In the Virtual Directory...

Page 38: ...r icon If you receive SSL warnings see Accessing the Lab Manager Console in the VMware Lab Manager User s Guide 2 In the Web Initialization wizard select the location where the installation process is...

Page 39: ...way you do not have to select any devices 8 Create the first Lab Manager Administrator account with a user name password and email address Lab Manager passwords require at least six characters 9 Choos...

Page 40: ...the left pane click Workspace to see the Sample 1 configuration 2 In the left pane click Templates to see the ttylinux 4 ESX3 owner sample configuration Be aware that the first time you deploy a templ...

Page 41: ...Storage 2 Click the Add Server button 3 Enter the required information select NFS Storage and enter the NFS export path for example host name or IP address export 4 Create a ISO subdirectory on the NF...

Page 42: ...Lab Manager Server software To uninstall the Lab Manager Server software 1 If you need to uninstall all of the Lab Manager Server software use the Lab Manager Web console to undeploy all virtual mach...

Page 43: ...VMware Inc 43 Chapter 3 Installing Lab Manager 6 Agree to reset Lab Manager Services and IIS 7 Click Finish...

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Page 45: ...n Error 1720 Windows Installer Package on page 46 Microsoft SQL Desktop Engine MSDE Installation Fails on page 46 Transfer of Managed Server Agent Software to ESX Server Machine Fails on page 47 Error...

Page 46: ...stallation fails Subsequent installation attempts also fail and a reboot has no effect Solution In Notepad open the WinDir temp VMware MSDE2Klog logfile and see if these lines or similar text appear L...

Page 47: ...ious errors running installer Solution The message indicates possible corruption of the file Before installing the Managed Server software transfer the file to the ESX Server machine using FTP in bina...

Page 48: ...VMware Lab Manager Installation Guide 48 VMware Inc...

Page 49: ...nstallation flow 26 high level tasks 11 requirements 13 K knowledge base accessing 6 L Lab Manager components 10 installing 25 introducing 9 uninstalling 42 using with VirtualCenter Server 23 Lab Mana...

Page 50: ...rements 20 R requirements client user machines 18 for Lab Manager installation 13 general 14 guest operating systems 17 IIS and ASP NET 22 media storage 19 network 20 system 15 virtual machine storage...

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