Lab Manager User’s Guide
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VMware, Inc.
Figure 1
‐
1
illustrates
the
components
of
Lab Manager
and
how
it
works
with
VMware
vSphere.
Figure 1-1.
Lab Manager Components
Lab Manager
supports
VMware
vSphere
capabilities
such
as
VMware
VMotion™,
VMware
Distributed
Resource
Scheduler
(DRS),
and
VMware
High
Availability
(HA).
These
distributed
services
enable
efficient
and
automated
resource
management
and
high
virtual
machine
availability.
Lab Manager
does
not
support
VMware
Fault
Tolerance
(FT)
or
vSphere
linked
clones.
FT
is
disabled
for
all
virtual
machines
managed
by
Lab Manager.
Accessing the Lab Manager Web Console
You
connect
to
the
Lab Manager
Web
console
using
a
browser.
To
access
the
Lab Manager
Web
console,
a computer
must
satisfy
these
requirements:
Microsoft
Internet
Explorer
or
Mozilla
Firefox
For
information
about
which
Web
browsers
are
supported
on
which
client
operating
systems,
see
Appendix B,
“Client
and
Browser
Support,”
on
page 159.
If
you
are
using
Internet
Explorer,
see
“Set
Microsoft
Internet
Explorer
Options”
on
page 15.
Routable
access
to
the
Lab Manager
server
and
ESX/ESXi
hosts
1024
x
768
or
higher
resolution
monitor
vCenter
Server
Lab Manager
Web Console
or SOAP API
Lab Manager
Server
VMware vSphere
ESX/ESXi
servers
shared
storage
HTML
over HTTPS
VM Consoles:
TCP 902, 903
VIM API
FC, iSCSI, or NFS
virtual machines
and media
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