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Chapter 7 Administering and Monitoring Lab Manager

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In

 

Service

 

 

Indicates

 

whether

 

the

 

Managed

 

Server

 

system

 

is

 

available

 

for

 

running

 

deployed

 

machines.

If

 

the

 

Managed

 

Server

 

system

 

is

 

not

 

reachable,

 

it

 

is

 

also

 

not

 

in

 

service.

 

The

 

Managed

 

Server

 

system

 

might

 

also

 

not

 

be

 

in

 

service

 

if

 

the

 

administrator

 

disallows

 

deployments

 

(using

 

the

 

Managed

 

Server

 

mouseover

 

menu)

 

for

 

this

 

Managed

 

Server

 

system.

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#VM/Quota

 

 

Displays

 

two

 

numbers

 

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by

 

“/”).

 

The

 

first

 

number

 

indicates

 

the

 

number

 

of

 

virtual

 

machines

 

running

 

on

 

the

 

Managed

 

Server

 

system.

 

The

 

second

 

number

 

indicates

 

the

 

maximum

 

number

 

of

 

virtual

 

machines

 

allowed

 

to

 

run

 

on

 

the

 

Managed

 

Server

 

system.

For

 

details

 

on

 

setting

 

the

 

quota,

 

see

 

“Editing

 

Managed

 

Server

 

Properties”

 

on

 

page 123.

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Memory

 

 

Displays

 

two

 

numbers

 

(separated

 

by

 

”/”).

 

The

 

first

 

number

 

indicates

 

the

 

amount

 

of

 

RAM

 

that

 

the

 

Managed

 

Server

 

system

 

uses

 

to

 

run

 

virtual

 

machines.

 

The

 

second

 

number

 

indicates

 

the

 

maximum

 

amount

 

of

 

RAM

 

allowed

 

to

 

run

 

virtual

 

machines.

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Disk

 

Used/Capacity

 

(GB)

 

 

Displays

 

two

 

numbers

 

(separated

 

by

 

”/”).

 

The

 

first

 

number

 

indicates

 

the

 

amount

 

of

 

disk

 

space

 

that

 

the

 

ESX

 

Server

 

service

 

console

 

uses.

 

The

 

second

 

number

 

indicates

 

the

 

maximum

 

disk

 

space

 

specified

 

for

 

the

 

service

 

console.

If

 

you

 

reach

 

maximum

 

capacity,

 

ESX

 

Server

 

might

 

experience

 

operational

 

problems

 

that

 

affect

 

Lab

 

Manager.

„

#CPU

 

 

Shows

 

the

 

number

 

of

 

physical

 

CPUs

 

running

 

on

 

the

 

Managed

 

Server

 

system.

„

Lab

 

Manager

 

Agent

 

Version

 

 

Displays

 

the

 

version

 

of

 

the

 

Managed

 

Server

 

agent

 

software.

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OTE

If

 

the

 

number

 

of

 

virtual

 

machines

 

running

 

on

 

the

 

Managed

 

Server

 

systems

 

frequently

 

reaches

 

maximum

 

capacity,

 

you

 

can

 

add

 

more

 

Managed

 

Server

 

systems.

 

If

 

you

 

are

 

unable

 

to

 

deploy

 

the

 

maximum

 

number

 

of

 

virtual

 

machines

 

on

 

a

 

Managed

 

Server

 

system,

 

you

 

might

 

need

 

to

 

add

 

more

 

RAM.

Summary of Contents for Lab Manager 2.5

Page 1: ...VMware Lab Manager User s Guide VMware Lab Manager 2 5...

Page 2: ...6 789 156 6 795 966 6 880 022 6 944 699 6 961 806 6 961 941 7 069 413 7 082 598 7 089 377 7 111 086 7 111 145 7 117 481 7 149 843 7 155 558 and 7 222 221 patents pending VMware the VMware boxes logo a...

Page 3: ...Areas and Operations 23 Interface Features 25 Mouseover Menus 25 Breadcrumb Titles 25 Text Search Filter 25 Column Sorting 25 VMware Tools and Mouse Control 25 Reviewing the General Workflow in Lab M...

Page 4: ...of Template Operations 47 Summary of Template States and Attributes 49 Creating Templates 50 Updating Templates 50 Importing Templates 51 Importing a Template from SMB Storage 51 Importing a Template...

Page 5: ...Configurations to the Library 89 Checking Out Configurations from the Library 90 Stopping Configurations 91 Cloning Configurations 91 Copying Configurations 92 Exporting Configurations 93 Importing C...

Page 6: ...Server Systems 121 Viewing the Deployed Machines on a Managed Server 122 Editing Managed Server Properties 123 Reviewing Additional Managed Server Operations 125 Managing Storage Servers 126 Viewing S...

Page 7: ...9 8 Troubleshooting Lab Manager 151 Blank Screen Appears When Accessing Lab Manager 152 Lab Manager Does Not Display Virtual Machine Console 152 Duplicate IP Address Errors Appear 153 Addition of SCSI...

Page 8: ...2 How Does Fencing Work 172 Fencing Options 174 Processor Type Incompatibility 176 Viewing Virtual Switches for Fences 176 Reviewing Additional Fencing Operations 177 D Extending LM Tools 179 How does...

Page 9: ...Lab Manager User s Guide provides detailed information about the VMware Lab Manager system and its components commands operations configuration and user interface Intended Audience The guide is inten...

Page 10: ...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 community...

Page 11: ...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 12: ...VMware Lab Manager User s Guide 12 VMware Inc...

Page 13: ...rations Specifically Lab Manager streamlines the setup capture storage and sharing of multimachine software configurations in virtualized environments Lab Manager offers a self service interface and l...

Page 14: ...anaged Server software The Lab Manager Server system uses the Managed Server system to deploy configurations and their virtual machines You can have multiple Managed Server systems Lab Manager storage...

Page 15: ...dentifiers and more which preserves the running software and data on the machine Virtual machines created from templates are given new network profiles as they join a configuration This profile change...

Page 16: ...ing and storage resources Delta tree management Save virtual machine file changes to efficient and high performance storage Application integration Integrate test applications with the Lab Manager Web...

Page 17: ...ntroducing Lab Manager Enabling High Availability for Lab Manager Server To take advantage of VMware HA VMware DRS or VMware VMotion install the Lab Manager Server component on a virtual machine rathe...

Page 18: ...VMware Lab Manager User s Guide 18 VMware Inc...

Page 19: ...navigation of the Lab Manager Web console This chapter covers these topics Setting Internet Explorer Options on page 20 Accessing the Lab Manager Console on page 21 Reviewing the Lab Manager User Int...

Page 20: ...p and click Add or Remove Programs If you are using a Windows platform other than Windows 2003 proceed to Step 4 2 Click Add Remove Windows Components 3 Deselect the Enhanced Internet Explorer Securit...

Page 21: ...name or IP address 4 Enter your user name and password to log in to the console Passwords for the console require at least six characters 5 In the Overview page use the check box at the bottom of the...

Page 22: ...he Performance Summary column includes these statistics Total Slots Number of reserved spaces across all virtual machines on the Managed Server systems Slots Used Number of deployed machines Slots Ava...

Page 23: ...support pubs labmanager_pubs html If you want the Web console to open to the Workspace page at startup select the check box for this option Specific Areas and Operations The Lab Manager Web console in...

Page 24: ...tely synchronously while others take time and complete asynchronously During asynchronous operations you can perform other tasks at the console and return to the Activity Log page to check the status...

Page 25: ...f the button against the attribute data of the search objects Entries are not case sensitive Using the mouseover menu to the left of the field you can filter across all columns on the page or within a...

Page 26: ...a range of operations in the Workspace such as capturing configurations to the configuration library For example a QA engineer finds a bug in a configuration and captures it to preserve the current st...

Page 27: ...ine in a self contained environment Lab Manager enables you to create virtual machines from machine templates and to create configurations composed of multiple virtual machines For details on template...

Page 28: ...eploy from the menu 3 In the Console column click the thumbnail icon of the deployed template 4 Click in the console to work with the guest operating system To access a specific virtual machine in a c...

Page 29: ...Plugin for Firefox on page 29 Installing the ActiveX Control When you initially deploy a template or configuration to access a virtual machine console you must follow the instructions to install the A...

Page 30: ...ails on Virtual Machines in a Configuration on page 98 Snapshot Captures a configuration and its virtual machines at a certain point in time Revert Returns the virtual machine to the last snapshot The...

Page 31: ...achines If you undeploy one of the virtual machines the configuration status in the Workspace page remains Deployed but both the Deploy and Undeploy Save State and Undeploy Discard State options appea...

Page 32: ...ndows machines This installation has numerous benefits and makes it easier for you to move the mouse in to and out of the console window Properties Allows you to view and edit virtual machine properti...

Page 33: ...the virtual equivalent of powering on a physical machine Undeploy Save State or Discard State Stops running a virtual machine on the Managed Server pool You have the option to save the memory state or...

Page 34: ...name and choose Properties from the menu 5 Enter the properties information a To create a random MAC address click Reset MAC Address You cannot specify your own MAC address b Confirm the operation c E...

Page 35: ...address netmask netmask Refer to this example ifconfig eth0 10 10 10 10 netmask 255 255 0 0 Setting Up Remote Desktop Connections From the page with a single virtual machine console rather than the p...

Page 36: ...pshot Lab Manager turns off the virtual machine for a short time and then displays the console A thumbnail icon of the snapshot display appears in the top right corner of the page To return to the vir...

Page 37: ...achine image for example 10 6 1 2 Public CD cd image iso Use English characters for the UNC path If required enter a user name and password c Click Use The virtual machine console appears The Eject CD...

Page 38: ...py floppy vfd Use English characters for the UNC path If required enter a user name and password c Click Use The virtual machine console appears The Eject Floppy option replaces the Insert Floppy opti...

Page 39: ...s 1 After accessing the page with properties information for either machine templates or virtual machines click Add Hard Disk 2 Enter the disk information a Specify whether the bus type is BusLogic SC...

Page 40: ...om the command line run the ipconfig command 3 If the IP address is not the same as the one listed in the properties information for the virtual machine reset the IP address See Changing IP or MAC Add...

Page 41: ...illing this requirement but you cannot deploy the template until you attach a Managed Server system with the correct processor For information on enabling a Managed Server system to provide 64 bit sup...

Page 42: ...unt of RAM allocated for running the virtual machine IP Address Virtual machine IP address You must undeploy a virtual machine before editing the virtual machine IP addresses Editing the IP address do...

Page 43: ...set by the administrator If the administrator changes the value after the initial setting the user can extend a lease to the original maximum value Once the user alters the lease time the lease choice...

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Page 45: ...templates containing a variety of operating systems application servers databases directory servers and other infrastructures used in development and testing This chapter covers these topics About Te...

Page 46: ...n Accessing the Templates Page Use the Templates link in the left pane to access the Templates page The page includes these elements Console Provides access to the virtual machine console through the...

Page 47: ...tes View only your templates both shared and private Templates Shared by Others View all shared templates except for your own template All Templates Accessible by Me View your templates both shared an...

Page 48: ...After you deploy a template you can view and use the virtual machine console Export Exports the machine template to a network directory Force Undeploy Forces the undeploy process after a failed undep...

Page 49: ...s the nontransitory states Unpublish Makes the template unavailable for use in building configurations View Console Enables you to view and use the virtual machine console for the template Table 4 1 M...

Page 50: ...from Active Virtual Machines in Lab Manager on page 66 Clone or copy a template See Cloning Templates on page 67 or Copying Templates on page 69 Updating Templates If you need to change an existing te...

Page 51: ...n vmx for VMware file This file is approximately 15K Lab Manager supports these types of virtual machines for import operations VMware Workstation VMware Server VMware ESX Server Lab Manager does not...

Page 52: ...initial setting the user can extend a lease to the original maximum value Once the user alters the lease time the lease choices reset up to the latest value determined by the administrator f Specify...

Page 53: ...tion causes Lab Manager to pass the required information to the LM Tools utility to customize network settings If you have a template with LM Tools but you do not select this check box LM Tools runs b...

Page 54: ...the vmx file b Enter the path to vmx file for example storage1 abc abc vmx c Enter a name d Optional Enter a description e Specify whether VMware Tools is installed on the template If you select this...

Page 55: ...initial setting the user can extend a lease to the original maximum value However once the user alters the lease time the lease choices reset up to the latest value determined by the administrator h...

Page 56: ...nstall any additional software you need to run on the virtual machine See page 60 Optional but highly recommended Install LM Tools to configure network settings for virtual machines See page 61 Shut d...

Page 57: ...uired SMP technology for the guest operating system If you choose a CPU number not currently compatible with the CPU of the Managed Server system you cannot deploy the virtual machine until you attach...

Page 58: ...r the template name and choose Deploy from the menu 4 If the NTLM Authentication dialog box appears select the Don t Ask Me Again check box and click Yes Installing the Guest Operating System Installi...

Page 59: ...e operating system a Select an operating system ISO image If your ISO image file does not appear in the media library list enter the Universal Naming Convention UNC name of your machine image for exam...

Page 60: ...ols allows you to move the pointer in to and out of the virtual machine console window Prior to installing VMware Tools you can lose the mouse when navigating into and out of the console window Press...

Page 61: ...ough Lab Manager and manually set the network parameters to unique values If you have a Windows virtual machine without LM Tools and you intend to add the virtual machine to a Windows domain change th...

Page 62: ...nstall LM Tools button If the installation does not start autorun might be disabled in the registry To manually run LM Tools navigate to the CD drive in Windows Explorer and run lmtools exe 5 Review t...

Page 63: ...lm tools install umount mnt cdrom For SUSE Linux type mount t iso9660 dev cdrom media cdrom cd etc rc d cp media cdrom lm tools sh lm tools install umount media cdrom For Solaris type etc init d volm...

Page 64: ...3 Though the Install LM Tools button is no longer available after the first installation attempt you can instead move the pointer on the tabbed folder and choose Install LM Tools from the mouseover m...

Page 65: ...ds of shutting down a template For Windows guest operating systems navigate to the virtual machine console and use the Start menu to shut down the virtual machine For Linux guest operating systems nav...

Page 66: ...e the pointer over the template name and choose Make Shared from the menu Creating Templates from Active Virtual Machines in Lab Manager You can create a template from an active virtual machine in Lab...

Page 67: ...M Tools running after you log in The workaround involves deploying the template uninstalling LM Tools inside the virtual machine reinstalling LM Tools with the mouseover menu shutting down the operati...

Page 68: ...e lease because Lab Manager identifies the template as in use If an administrator sets a system wide lease time a user without administrator privileges cannot override the value but can extend the lea...

Page 69: ...a time to undeploy the template If an administrator sets a system wide lease time a user without administrator privileges cannot override the value but can extend the lease to any value up to the valu...

Page 70: ...menu Exporting Templates You can export a template to SMB storage This operation assumes that you enabled a shared folder with read and change permissions also covered by full control permissions Expo...

Page 71: ...it takes to deploy transfer or execute an image To improve access and deployment time consolidate a virtual image and its delta changes Use this option when the virtual machine chain length is ten or...

Page 72: ...hout fulfilling this requirement but you cannot deploy the template until you attach a Managed Server system with the correct processor For information on enabling a Managed Server system to provide 6...

Page 73: ...omize network settings If you have a template with LM Tools but you do not select this check box LM Tools runs but fails to customize the network settings After selecting this check box the Install LM...

Page 74: ...atest value determined by the administrator Hard Disks Storage bus type bus number and bus ID for each virtual hard disk See Adding Virtual Hard Disks to Virtual Machines Templates on page 38 To add a...

Page 75: ...e deletion Deleting Published Templates After Managed Server Failure If you cannot perform a standard delete operation for a published template because a Managed Server failure prevents you from unpub...

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Page 77: ...machine templates Lab Manager offers the ability to group deploy power on to interact with a template save share and monitor multimachine configurations This chapter covers these topics About Configu...

Page 78: ...over menu to perform various operations on the configuration Status Indicates whether the configuration is deployed or in the midst of an operation Owner Shows the owner of the configuration Date Depl...

Page 79: ...s Configuration Name Provides a mouseover menu to perform operations on the configuration Status Indicates whether the configuration is in the midst of an operation Owner Shows the owner of the config...

Page 80: ...a single virtual machine navigate to the individual machine console to specify an operation If a particular operation appears in a configuration menu the appearance indicates the state of one or more...

Page 81: ...opy Creates a complete deep copy of the configuration Copies include all of the delta disks Typically you do not copy a configuration unless you need to dismantle the storage and move the virtual mach...

Page 82: ...Consoles Shows a large graphical display of all configuration virtual machine console windows Shut Down Shuts down the guest operating systems of the virtual machines in a configuration Snapshot Captu...

Page 83: ...created by you or provided by Lab Manager You must publish the templates to make them available for building configurations Creating a configuration involves defining configuration properties and add...

Page 84: ...e 4 Optional Change the default values for boot parameters Boot Sequence Enter an integer number 0 n indicating the boot order for the virtual machines You do not need to use sequential numbers Lab Ma...

Page 85: ...c characters a z A Z 0 9 hyphens underscores or periods Maximum length is 15 characters b Select the template from the list of published templates Table 5 2 IP Address Entry Scenarios IP Management Te...

Page 86: ...ine and the next machine For example if you have a server and client setup the client requires the server to function upon startup You can use this feature to start the server pause and start the clie...

Page 87: ...initiate communication to virtual machines in the fenced configuration This option is useful when virtual machines need to obtain data or execute code outside the fence as seen with Web services or d...

Page 88: ...extend a lease to the original maximum value Once the user alters the lease time the lease choices reset up to the latest value determined by the administrator Deploy with Defaults Option If you run t...

Page 89: ...naged Server pool To undeploy a configuration 1 In the left pane click Workspace 2 Move the pointer over the configuration name and choose Undeploy Save State or Undeploy Discard State from the menu I...

Page 90: ...configuration 1 In the left pane click Library The Library page shows all your captured configurations and captured configurations shared by other users 2 Move the pointer over the configuration name...

Page 91: ...oning Configurations You can clone your own configuration or configurations shared by other users A cloning operation creates a delta disk instead of copying an entire virtual hard disk This operation...

Page 92: ...deletion The default value is Never d Click Clone The cloned configuration appears in the Workspace page with an Undeployed status The status of the original configuration being cloned is Cloning Afte...

Page 93: ...onfiguration and all its virtual machine files to SMB storage This operation assumes that you enabled a shared folder with read and change permissions also covered by full control permissions Exportin...

Page 94: ...o import a configuration 1 In the left pane click Workspace 2 Click the Import Configuration button at the top of the page 3 Enter the information for the configuration a Enter the UNC Universal Namin...

Page 95: ...eset up to the latest value determined by the administrator f Click Next 4 Enter the information on the storage server a Select the storage server to import the configuration to b Click Import The Wor...

Page 96: ...the Lab Manager login page appears 2 Enter your user name and password The Restore Lab Manager LiveLink page appears Thumbnails of the virtual machines are available 3 Click Deploy to deploy the confi...

Page 97: ...hoose Revert from the menu The status of the configuration appears as Reverting The thumbnail icons for the virtual machines are updated to reflect the revert point state Editing Configuration Propert...

Page 98: ...value determined by the administrator f Click OK Viewing Details on Virtual Machines in a Configuration From the Workspace or configuration library you can view details on the virtual machines in a c...

Page 99: ...30 To navigate to a large screen display of a virtual machine console 1 In the left pane click Workspace 2 If the configuration is undeployed move the pointer over the configuration name and choose D...

Page 100: ...guration from the Workspace page 1 In the left pane click Workspace 2 If the configuration is deployed move the pointer over the configuration name and choose Undeploy Save State or Undeploy Discard S...

Page 101: ...a template from the media library During the Insert CD or Insert Floppy operations available from the individual console of a template or configuration you can access the ISOs in the media library Th...

Page 102: ...System Installation Guide http pubs vmware com guestnotes wwhelp wwhimpl js html wwhelp htm Reviewing Media Operations Review the operations available from the Media page Adding Media to the Library...

Page 103: ...ts of media storage servers Specifically Lab Manager enables you to synchronize the media library with the files in the VMwareLM ISO folder of the default media repository or a ISO folder in NFS stora...

Page 104: ...edia Files You can make media files available to others for use To share media files 1 In the left pane click Media 2 Move the pointer over the name of a private media file and choose Make Shared from...

Page 105: ...VMware Inc 105 Chapter 6 Working with Media 3 Edit the properties a Enter the name of the file b Specify whether to share the template among users c Enter extra details on the file d Click OK...

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Page 107: ...ith administrator privileges This chapter covers these topics Monitoring Lab Manager on page 108 Managing Users on page 111 Managing Managed Server Systems on page 118 Managing Storage Servers on page...

Page 108: ...loying a configuration cloning a configuration and setting a revert point for a configuration To monitor activities In the left pane click Activity Log Review these elements of the log The Status colu...

Page 109: ...u select a box the color turns to yellow with cross hatching After selecting a deployed virtual machine additional information appears in the lower left panel below the machine details on the Managed...

Page 110: ...des the IP address of the virtual machine or specifies DHCP External IP Provides the external IP address for the virtual machine if it runs in fenced mode See Appendix C Network Fencing on page 171 Te...

Page 111: ...ew your machines both shared and private and all shared machines All Deployed Machines Administrators Only View every machine both shared and private Managing Users Managing users involves these proce...

Page 112: ...of virtual machines helps you to debug memory specific issues and makes virtual machines ready for deployment and use almost instantly A consequence of this feature is the possible impact on performa...

Page 113: ...Boot Sequence Specifies whether to use the assigned boot order to boot virtual machines in a configuration For details on determining the order see Reviewing the Properties List on page 41 and Creati...

Page 114: ...specific column The filter text search does not recognize wildcards If you enter a traditional wildcard such as an asterisk this function performs a literal search for an asterisk symbol Role Shows A...

Page 115: ...ese email options are dependent on the proper SMTP settings in the Lab Manager Web console To verify SMTP settings In the left pane click Settings Verify the information in the E mail Preferences sect...

Page 116: ...nfiguration This option is useful when virtual machines need to obtain data or execute code outside the fence as seen with Web services or databases but do not want to receive messages that may disrup...

Page 117: ...es from the menu 3 Edit the information Alter the password in the Password and Confirm Password fields Enter a name and email address Select the Is Administrator check box to give the user administrat...

Page 118: ...ged Server Operations on page 125 Viewing Managed Server Systems Administrators can view a list of Managed Server systems To view Managed Server systems In the left pane click Servers The Managed Serv...

Page 119: ...ted by The first number indicates the amount of RAM that the Managed Server system uses to run virtual machines The second number indicates the maximum amount of RAM allowed to run virtual machines Di...

Page 120: ...you add the second Managed Server system its identically named VMFS partition becomes disabled To add a Managed Server system 1 In the left pane click Servers 2 Click Add Server 3 Enter the informati...

Page 121: ...upporting NFS storage for virtual machines For information on the VMkernel network see the VMware Lab Manager Installation Guide e Click Add The new Managed Server system appears on the Managed Server...

Page 122: ...ration Specifies whether the virtual machine is a template indicated by a dash or part of a configuration IP Address Provides the IP address of the virtual machine or specifies DHCP External IP Provid...

Page 123: ...racters Optional Description Maximum number of characters is 128 Host Name or IP Address Domain Name System DNS name or IP address of the Managed Server system Host Computer Administrator Username Use...

Page 124: ...3 Installation and Upgrade Guide Memory RAM of the Managed Server system OS Name Version of ESX Server Virtualization Technology Version of ESX Server Processor Type ID Internal processor group ID NFS...

Page 125: ...ears after choosing Disallow Deployments from the menu The Undeploy all VMs feature leaves virtual machines in an undeployed state If you want those virtual machines to continue running you would need...

Page 126: ...s Administrators can view storage servers for virtual machines and media To view storage servers In the left pane click Storage The Storage page includes the Virtual Machines tab and the Media tab Rev...

Page 127: ...rver for virtual machines View Storage Usage Enables you to view the high level topography of virtual machine directories assess disk space and perform maintenance operations Review these elements of...

Page 128: ...es a mouseover menu to view the high level topography of the virtual machine directories see Assessing Virtual Machine Disk Space on page 130 and undeploy the virtual machine Configuration Name Indica...

Page 129: ...eanup Date Date to automatically undeploy or delete virtual machines If Lab Manager flags a virtual machine for deletion and the storage lease expires this column displays the date of expiration Filte...

Page 130: ...related linked clones For operations such as cloning Lab Manager creates a delta disk instead of copying an entire virtual hard disk With each change Lab Manager freezes the original delta disk and cr...

Page 131: ...es only occurs as a side effect of deleting the virtual machines associated with those nodes Blue boxes indicate deployed directories while yellow boxes indicate the selected virtual machine The gray...

Page 132: ...e maximum length is 15 characters b Optional If you do not want the storage server immediately available for use deselect the Enabled check box c Enter a value for Disk Space Threshold Yellow When ava...

Page 133: ...From the desktop choose Start Control Panel System 2 Select the Computer Name tab and click Change 3 Enter a computer name 4 Select the Workgroup check box 5 Click More 6 Enter a DNS suffix for examp...

Page 134: ...able disk space falls below this level Lab Manager sends an email warning message to all administrators d Enter a value for Disk Space Threshold Red When available disk space falls below this level La...

Page 135: ...Tasks for Removing an NFS Media Server After you remove an NFS storage server the media files in its ISO sub folder disappear from the media library listing but the files on the storage server still e...

Page 136: ...Enter the value for Disk Space Threshold Yellow When available disk space falls below this level Lab Manager sends an email warning message to all administrators d Enter the value for Disk Space Thre...

Page 137: ...al Machine IP Address Options section you can select and update the method of IP address allocation This is the place where you can override the IP allocation choices made in the initialization wizard...

Page 138: ...a network with the same installation ID Lab Manager generates the same set of MAC addresses for both installations and causes a MAC address conflict that can create complications Lab Manager cannot re...

Page 139: ...nced mode Lab Manager allocates an additional IP address from the IP pool and assigns it as the external IP address for each virtual machine in the configuration You can use the external IP address to...

Page 140: ...Lab Manager settings involves these procedures Accessing Lab Manager Settings on page 140 Reviewing the General Tab on page 140 Reviewing the License Tab on page 146 Reviewing the LM Tools Tab on page...

Page 141: ...Seconds Frequency of are you alive messages from the Lab Manager Server system to Managed Server systems and storage servers This value only comes into play if you select the Enable Ping for Monitorin...

Page 142: ...onsole A value of 0 shows all activity Display Background Image on Login Screen Specify whether to display the background image If you have a slow or remote connection to Lab Manager you can turn off...

Page 143: ...ment options for new users Use Network Fencing Run your configurations in fenced mode See Appendix C Network Fencing on page 171 Allow Traffic In and Out Virtual machines can communicate with machines...

Page 144: ...tory service Review the process of using LDAP with Lab Manager To point Lab Manager to an LDAP server enter an LDAP binding string and optional group specification in the administrator settings area o...

Page 145: ...atabase rather than an LDAP server authenticates this user when he or she logs in to the Web console To specify the user authentication method as a Lab Manager Administrator without LDAP server access...

Page 146: ...sitive Active Directory requires capital letters 3 Optional Enter the LDAP Allowed Groups information to further restrict the LDAP user to specific LDAP groups The LDAP administrator not the Lab Manag...

Page 147: ...ot operate with 64 bit operating systems For details on guest operating support for SIDgen and Sysprep see Appendix B Guest Operating System Support on page 167 To build a custom LM Tools ISO with Sys...

Page 148: ...on in the LM Tools tab If an individual template owner needs to change the SID mechanism for a particular template he or she can edit the properties of that template and switch the mechanism If you ar...

Page 149: ...ests a test of SupportLink click the Test Settings button to verify the connectivity to the Lab Manager SupportLink Server d If VMware support requests you to collect information from your Lab Manager...

Page 150: ...ministrator privileges has the ability to set a lease time To set deployment and storage leases 1 In the left pane of the console click Settings 2 In the Resource Cleanup tab specify the details for d...

Page 151: ...on page 154 Host Server CD Drive Cannot Install Software on page 154 Importing a Virtual Machine as a Template Fails on page 155 Importing a Virtual Machine from VMFS Storage Fails on page 155 Insert...

Page 152: ...uses an ActiveX control to display a virtual machine console For details on setting up IE for client operation see Setting Internet Explorer Options on page 20 Problem I recently added a Managed Serv...

Page 153: ...configurations in fenced mode Lab Manager gives each virtual machine in a fenced configuration a unique external IP address Subnet broadcasts do not travel outside the fence If you want two configura...

Page 154: ...e steps a Select the Allow users to connect remotely to this computer check box b Click Select Remote Users and enter the required user information LiveLink URL Error Appears Problem A tester emails m...

Page 155: ...rom VMFS Storage Fails Problem I try to import a virtual machine from VMFS storage to serve as a template This error message appears The source VM s vmx configuration file and vmdk disk file s must al...

Page 156: ...nt point for inserted media If an NFS datastore already mounts an enabled NFS datastores managed by Lab Manager Lab Manager cannot create the NFS datastore on the Managed Server system and cannot acce...

Page 157: ...e directory ID See Editing Virtual Machine Properties on page 40 3 Locate the virtual machine disk vmdk file in the VM vm directory ID directory 4 Use ESX Server tools or Vmware Converter to expand th...

Page 158: ...machines not using the Lab Manager Server system continue to run on the Managed Server systems The Lab Manager Server system reconnects with the deployed virtual machines and resumes control If import...

Page 159: ...ll other operations continue to work Virtual machines running on other Managed Server systems can function properly Configurations with virtual routers running on the lost Managed Server system cannot...

Page 160: ...ing on the Managed Server system using the remote consoles Thumbnail icons appear as Unavailable All virtual machine operations on that machine fail except for Force Undeploy Configurations with virtu...

Page 161: ...tem is unreachable You cannot access virtual machines running on the Managed Server system using remote consoles Thumbnail icons appear as Unavailable All virtual machine operations on that machine fa...

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Page 163: ...Client Operating System and Web Browser Support Operating System IE 5 5 IE6 0 IE 7 0 Firefox 1 5 Firefox 2 0 Microsoft Windows Vista No Yes Yes No No Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1 No Yes Yes Yes Y...

Page 164: ...Yes Yes Enterprise Server 10 SLES No No No Yes Yes Table A 1 32 bit Client Operating System and Web Browser Support Continued Operating System IE 5 5 IE6 0 IE 7 0 Firefox 1 5 Firefox 2 0 Table A 2 64...

Page 165: ...Yes Yes Update 8 No No No Yes Yes 4 AS ES WS Update 2 No No No Yes Yes Update 3 No No No Yes Yes Update 4 No No No Yes Yes SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SLES SP3 No No No Yes Yes Enterprise Server 1...

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Page 167: ...uses LM Tools on both Windows and Unix based guest operating systems to configure network settings these tables address only the Windows specific support for the SIDgen and Sysprep components of LM T...

Page 168: ...dvanced Server SP3 Yes Yes Yes Yes SP4 Yes Yes Yes Yes 2000 Terminal Services SP3 Yes Yes Yes Yes SP4 Yes Yes Yes Yes NT 4 0 Server SP6a Experimental No Yes No Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 AS ES WS Upda...

Page 169: ...SIDgen Windows only LM Tools using Sysprep Windows only Table B 2 64 bit Guest Operating Systems Operating System UP MP LM Tools using SIDgen Windows only LM Tools using Sysprep Windows only Microsof...

Page 170: ...N A Update 4 Yes Yes N A N A SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 64 bit SLES SP3 Yes Yes N A N A Enterprise Server 10 64 bit SLES RTM Yes Yes N A N A Solaris 10 Update 3 Yes Yes N A N A Table B 2 64 bit G...

Page 171: ...etwork For example when you want to have concurrent development or testing on the same configuration you can duplicate or clone the configuration and avoid any IP or MAC address collision with this te...

Page 172: ...r system is 20 If you need more configurations you can increase the number without any penalty From a performance perspective network fencing impacts the traffic flow between modules Fencing requires...

Page 173: ...igurations see Understanding IP Address Management on page 139 fenced network Managed Server system 2 Managed Server system 1 client machine configuration a configuration b fenced network legend conne...

Page 174: ...Traffic Out Virtual machines in a fenced configuration can initiate communication to machines outside the fence and can receive messages back on the same connection Machines outside the fence cannot i...

Page 175: ...configuration cannot communicate with machines outside of the fence and machines outside the fence cannot communicate with virtual machines in the fenced configuration See Figure C 4 Figure C 4 Block...

Page 176: ...could come up where the only Managed Server systems available are ones with incompatible processor types The captured memory expects a particular processor type To address this situation deploy the co...

Page 177: ...hines To view current fencing options 1 Log in as root 2 From the command line type cat etc labmanager agentconf xml The HostNic field contains the bridge device and the VNetCount field contains the n...

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Page 179: ...ing the SID but still allow LM Tools to make other changes You want to incorporate some kind of verification in the LM Tools script For example the script could check for viruses or start and stop pro...

Page 180: ...e command prompt on a Linux guest OS type vmware guestd cmd machine id get From a Windows guest OS navigate to the directory where VMware Tools is installed usually C Program Files VMware VMware Tools...

Page 181: ...e settings passed to the Lab Manager Server system Extending the LM Tools Script on a Linux Guest OS The Linux script is lm tools Write your own script based on lm tools and perform the required custo...

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Page 183: ...age 110 attributes for configurations 83 audience for Lab Manager manual 9 B breadcrumb titles 25 C capturing configurations 89 CD images ejecting from virtual machine 37 inserting into virtual machin...

Page 184: ...50 51 D deleting configurations 100 media 104 templates 74 users 117 deploying configurations 86 leases 42 52 54 57 68 69 74 88 97 149 templates 58 E expiration alerts leases 113 exporting configurati...

Page 185: ...tions 77 working with machine templates 45 working with media 101 working with virtual machines 27 Lab Manager Server about 14 LDAP authenticating users 144 binding string and groups 146 leases cleanu...

Page 186: ...104 properties 104 removing NFS servers 135 sharing 104 synchronizing Lab Manager with media storage 103 Media page 102 mouseover menus 25 N network adding IP addresses 139 configuring settings 137 I...

Page 187: ...es 42 52 55 57 66 68 69 74 90 92 93 95 97 149 storage servers about 14 adding media storage 133 disabling 136 enabling 136 managing 126 properties 136 refreshing 136 removing 135 viewing 126 Storage S...

Page 188: ...99 accessing all machines in configuration 28 accessing consoles 29 accessing single machine in configuration 28 accessing template consoles 28 adding NFS storage 132 adding to configurations 85 addi...

Page 189: ...ver using with Lab Manager 16 VMware community forums accessing 10 VMware Remote MKS Plugin installing 29 VMware Tools about 25 installing 60 W Web console about 15 access requirements 163 breadcrumb...

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