Lab Manager User’s Guide
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Configuring Lab Manager Licenses
Lab Manager
capacity
is
licensed
on
a
per
‐
processor
or
per
‐
socket
basis
for
prepared
ESX/ESXi
hosts.
You
need
at
least
two
processors
of
available
licensed
capacity
to
prepare
a
dual
‐
processor
host.
View Capacity License Information
You
can
view
information
about
your
Lab Manager
capacity
licenses,
such
as
expiration
and
number
of
CPUs.
To view capacity license information
1
In
the
left
pane,
click
Settings
.
2
Click
the
License
tab.
Lab Manager
displays
information
about
your
licenses.
Add a Capacity License
If
you
run
out
of
licensed
capacity,
you
can
add
capacity
licenses
to
Lab Manager.
To add a capacity license
1
In
the
left
pane,
click
Settings
.
2
In
the
License
tab,
click
Add
Capacity
License
.
3
Type
the
serial
number
and
click
OK
.
Configuring Guest Customization Settings
For
virtual
machines
created
from
templates,
Lab Manager
can
customize
the
network
settings
of
the
guest
operating
system.
Guest
customization
requires
VMware
Tools.
For
information
about
building
a
Microsoft
Sysprep
package,
see
“Build
a
Microsoft
Sysprep
Package”
on
page 41.
For
information
about
choosing
the
default
SID
generation
mechanism,
see
“Select
the
SID
Generation
Tool
for
Lab Manager”
on
page 43.
For
information
about
virtual
machine
template
publishing,
see
“Disable
VMware Tools
Check
Before
Publishing
Virtual
Machine
Templates”
on
page 47.
Configuring SupportLink Settings
Lab Manager
SupportLink
provides
the
performance
statistics
displayed
on
the
Overview
page
and
sends
usage
data
to
VMware
that
helps
improve
the
product.
VMware
does
not
share
this
data
with
other
organizations
or
trace
any
data
back
to
individual
users.
SupportLink
also
allows
you
to
collect
support
information
to
troubleshoot
issues
with
VMware
Support.
Enable SupportLink
During
the
Lab Manager
installation
and
initialization
process,
you
can
decide
whether
to
enable
SupportLink.
If
you
did
not
enable
SupportLink
at
that
time
you
can
enable
it
later.
To enable SupportLink
1
In
the
left
pane
of
the
console,
click
Settings
.
2
Click
the
SupportLink
tab.
3
Select
the
check
box
to
turn
on
SupportLink.
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