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Lab Manager User’s Guide

  

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Summary of Contents for Lab Manager 4.0

Page 1: ...0 This document supports the version of each product listed and supports all subsequent versions until the document is replaced by a new edition To check for more recent editions of this document see...

Page 2: ...m Copyright 2006 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved This product is protected by U S and international copyright and intellectual property laws VMware products are covered by one or more patents list...

Page 3: ...LDAP Group 24 4 Setting Up Organizations and Workspaces 27 Create an Organization 27 Create a Workspace 28 5 Setting Up Network Templates 29 Create a Network Template 29 Copy a Network Template 30 Sha...

Page 4: ...Virtual Machine Template 46 Share a Virtual Machine Template 46 Publishing Virtual Machine Templates 47 Check VMware Tools Status Before Publishing Virtual Machine Templates 47 Disable VMware Tools C...

Page 5: ...tions 67 Full Clones and Linked Clones 67 Add a Network to a Workspace Configuration 67 Remove a Network from a Workspace Configuration 68 Replace a Workspace Configuration Network 68 Modify Configura...

Page 6: ...6 Working with BEA LiquidVMs 87 9 Managing Resources 89 Managing Resource Pools 89 Enable or Disable a Resource Pool 89 Modify Resource Pool Properties 90 Undeploy All Virtual Machines in a Resource P...

Page 7: ...f Media Files 106 Restrict Access to Media Files 106 Modify Media Properties 107 11 Managing Users Groups and Roles 109 Managing Users 109 Disable or Enable Users 109 Remove a User from an Organizatio...

Page 8: ...publish a Virtual Machine Template 127 Export a Virtual Machine Template to an SMB Share 128 Export a Virtual Machine Template to vCenter 128 Consolidate a Virtual Machine Template 129 Discard the Sta...

Page 9: ...ver 144 Change the vCenter Server User Name and Password 144 16 Monitoring Lab Manager 145 Monitoring Lab Manager Operations 145 View the Activity Log 145 View Activity Details 146 Monitoring Resource...

Page 10: ...r s Guide 10 VMware Inc B Client and Browser Support 159 C Guest Operating System Support 161 D Using SSMove 163 Before You Move a Datastore 163 Move a Datastore 164 Resolving Move Errors 164 Glossary...

Page 11: ...rt To use online support to submit technical support requests view your product and contract information and register your products go to http www vmware com support Customers with appropriate support...

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

Page 13: ...Support Information on page 15 Setting User Preferences on page 16 Lab Manager Workflow on page 17 Lab Manager Components Lab Manager requires VMware vSphere VMware ESX ESXi hosts provide the memory a...

Page 14: ...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 Ex...

Page 15: ...8 Disable Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration Log In to the Web Console Before you can log in to the Web console you need a user name and password and you must be a member of at least o...

Page 16: ...references are used in all the user s organizations Users who log in with an account created in Lab Manager can change their password Set Display and Lease Alert Preferences You can set default displa...

Page 17: ...you connect Lab Manager to a vCenter Server and add resource pools ESX ESXi hosts and a physical network to use with Lab Manager virtual machines Your next steps might involve adding more resources to...

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

Page 19: ...Add a Host Spanning Transport Network on page 21 Attach a Resource Pool If you need additional CPU and memory resources for virtual machines you can attach a resource pool By default only system admi...

Page 20: ...a 4 On the Media Stores tab click Add Media Store 5 Type a name 6 Select the datastore 7 Type the directory path to the media For NFS datastores type the path relative to the mount point For VMFS data...

Page 21: ...om the drop down menu for each host Bind to a vNetwork Distributed Switch If you select this option you must select the switch that spans multiple hosts from the drop down menu 9 Click OK Add a Host S...

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Page 23: ...age 24 Import a User By default only system administrators and administrators with rights at the organization level can import users You can import users that exist on an LDAP server or users that you...

Page 24: ...splayed for all objects owned by this user 7 Type an email address 8 Optional Type IM and phone information 9 Select a role for the user in the selected organization If you are adding a user to the Gl...

Page 25: ...isplays the first 200 results that match the search terms 6 Select the check box for each group that you want to add 7 Click Add 8 Assign a role to the added groups All members of the group are assign...

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Page 27: ...ion on page 27 Create a Workspace on page 28 Create an Organization Lab Manager includes an organization named Default A system administrator can create additional organizations For example you can cr...

Page 28: ...rivate In a shared workspace by default all the users in that workspace can access the configurations In a private workspace by default users can only access their own configurations To create a works...

Page 29: ...they can be shared with other users in an organization or across the entire installation This chapter includes the following topics Create a Network Template on page 29 Copy a Network Template on page...

Page 30: ...h the rights provided by a user s role to determine how that user can interact with the shared network template Access rights cannot provide users with rights that they do not already have based on th...

Page 31: ...ot as the user name and password as the password This chapter includes these topics Create a Virtual Machine Template on page 31 Importing Virtual Machine Templates on page 32 Save a Virtual Machine a...

Page 32: ...CPU of the host you cannot deploy the virtual machine template until you attach a host with the appropriate SMP support If you have some but not all hosts that provide the required SMP technology Lab...

Page 33: ...NIC in the imported virtual machine template a Select the Connected check box b Choose a default virtual or physical network c Choose a default IP addressing mode 9 Select a storage lease 10 Select a...

Page 34: ...was set up for customization 10 Specify the networking information for each NIC in the imported virtual machine template a Select the Connected check box b Choose a default virtual or physical network...

Page 35: ...chines To clone a virtual machine template 1 In the left pane click VM Templates 2 Move the pointer over the virtual machine template name and select Clone 3 Type a name 4 Optional Type a description...

Page 36: ...2 Click a console thumbnail of a deployed template 3 Move the pointer over the tab with the virtual machine template name and select Insert CD 4 Select an ISO file and click OK 5 On the tab move the...

Page 37: ...e and select View Console 2 Log in to the guest operating system 3 Click Install VMware Tools The remaining steps are completed in the guest operating system 4 Complete one of the tasks If you see a V...

Page 38: ...by your distribution mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cd tmp If you have an existing installation delete the vmware tools distrib directory before you install The location of this directory depends on where...

Page 39: ...ls on a Solaris guest 1 On the VM Templates page move the pointer over the virtual machine template name and select View Console 2 Log in to the guest operating system in the virtual machine console 3...

Page 40: ...is line while deploying virtual machines Enabling guest customization on a virtual machine template configures a script to run every time the system starts up This script reads the machine id informat...

Page 41: ...was originally used in VMware Lab Manager version 2 x see Importing Virtual Machine Templates from Lab Manager 2 x with VMware Tools and LM Tools on page 45 Ensure that the virtual machine template is...

Page 42: ...ows Sysprep win2000 C Program Files VMware VMware Lab Manager Tools CustomizeGuest Windows Sysprep winxp This location is for 64 bit Windows XP C Program Files VMware VMware Lab Manager Tools Customiz...

Page 43: ...icrosoft Sysprep as the SID generation tool for a virtual machine or virtual machine template For Windows 2003 64 bit and Windows XP 64 bit guest operating systems you must use Microsoft Sysprep Windo...

Page 44: ...ect the SID mechanism 4 Click Update Disabling Guest Customization Lab Manager activates guest customization when you create or import a virtual machine template When you add a virtual machine to a co...

Page 45: ...pt to a template 1 In the left pane of the console click VM Templates 2 Move the pointer over the virtual machine template name and select Customization Script 3 Click Browse to locate an existing scr...

Page 46: ...tion When you share a virtual machine template you can specify access rights for the users with whom you are sharing the template Access rights combine with the rights provided by a user s role to det...

Page 47: ...y the virtual machine template and allow Lab Manager to check for VMware Tools and update the information Disable VMware Tools Check Before Publishing Virtual Machine Templates You can publish a templ...

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Page 49: ...sample configuration to learn more about configurations You can log in to the guest operating system of the virtual machines as root and use password as the password This chapter includes these topics...

Page 50: ...emplate on page 50 and Add a Virtual Machine from vCenter on page 51 10 Click OK Add a Virtual Machine Based on a Virtual Machine Template Virtual machine templates provide the specifications for crea...

Page 51: ...those settings in Lab Manager If you do not care about the network settings import the virtual machine from vCenter as a virtual machine template instead See Import a Virtual Machine Template from vC...

Page 52: ...ou only have access to one workspace click Workspace 3 Click Import Configuration 4 Type the UNC path of the directory relative to the Lab Manager server system where the configuration file is stored...

Page 53: ...uration to a workspace Lab Manager creates a linked clone Linked clones conserve storage space Instead of copying the entire virtual disk for each virtual machine in the configuration Lab Manager uses...

Page 54: ...Master check box to indicate an important or administrator approved configuration 5 Optional Type change summary text that will appear on the captured configuration s History tab 6 Specify a time to d...

Page 55: ...Administrator View and Control right you can share a workspace or library configuration with other users Sharing a workspace configuration grants access to other users Sharing a library configuration...

Page 56: ...hat as the Name in vCenter on the Network Properties page If the Lab Manager physical network specifies a VLAN ID Lab Manager sets this on the portgroup or dvPort group Lab Manager does not use or aff...

Page 57: ...the fenced configuration Figure 7 2 Allow In and Out Fencing Mode NOTE When you deploy a configuration in fenced mode with the Block In and Out option Lab Manager does not create a virtual router or...

Page 58: ...t want to receive messages that might disrupt testing Figure 7 3 Allow Out Fencing Mode Block In and Out Network traffic does not travel across the fence Virtual machines in a fenced configuration can...

Page 59: ...ected physical network can communicate with virtual machines inside the configuration Allow Out Virtual machines in the configuration can initiate communication with machines on the selected physical...

Page 60: ...ual Machine on page 73 for information about deploying an individual virtual machine in a configuration You can only deploy workspace configurations If you want to deploy a library configuration clone...

Page 61: ...configuration s History tab 10 Click OK Deploy a Configuration with Default Settings If you do not need to specify any custom deployment settings you can deploy a configuration using its default setti...

Page 62: ...er over the deployed configuration name and select Suspend Resume Operation of a Suspended Configuration You can reverse a suspended state To resume operation of a suspended configuration Move the poi...

Page 63: ...of a configuration if at least one of its virtual machines is deployed Only one snapshot of each virtual machine in a configuration can exist at a time Taking a new snapshot replaces the previous one...

Page 64: ...ck the Virtual Machines tab For each virtual machine in the configuration Lab Manager displays the following information Console Displays a thumbnail icon of the virtual machine console VM Name Displa...

Page 65: ...splays a visual representation of the virtual machines and networks in the configuration You can see which NICs are connected to which networks and initiate various virtual machine and network operati...

Page 66: ...r the configuration name and select Open 2 In the Virtual Machines tab move the pointer over the virtual machine name and select Delete from the menu 3 Click OK to confirm the deletion Lab Manager rec...

Page 67: ...ck to a chain of delta disks For each clone Lab Manager freezes the original delta disk and creates a new one When you create a clone Lab Manager assigns the same network parameters to the cloned virt...

Page 68: ...at the network is in use You can reassign the NICs of virtual machines to use a different network and try again or use the Force Remove command to remove the network and disconnect the virtual machine...

Page 69: ...ation was created make sure that the new organization has the resources required to deploy the configuration 4 Click OK Lab Manager reassigns the configuration to the new owner in the primary workspac...

Page 70: ...the undeployed configuration name and select Discard State 2 Click OK Delete a Configuration You can delete a workspace or library configuration if you no longer need it or to free up disk space on a...

Page 71: ...y configuration and all its virtual machine files to vCenter or to an SMB share When you export a configuration Lab Manager copies all of its virtual machines to the destination as full clones The ori...

Page 72: ...uring installation make sure that the port was not closed after the install To check the port status run esxcfg firewall q smbClient on each host If the datastore on which the configuration resides is...

Page 73: ...access to Lab Manager operations at the virtual machine console level Undeploying a virtual machine unregisters it from vCenter Deploy a Virtual Machine When you deploy a virtual machine from a config...

Page 74: ...and Out Virtual machines can communicate with machines on the selected physical network and machines on the selected physical network can communicate with virtual machines inside the configuration Al...

Page 75: ...al machines View a Virtual Machine Console You can view the virtual machine console for a deployed virtual machine or virtual machine template from a workspace or from the VM Templates pages The virtu...

Page 76: ...erations Undeploying a virtual machine also stops it from running Suspend a Virtual Machine Suspending a deployed virtual machine freezes its CPU Suspend a machine when you need to step away from a vi...

Page 77: ...a specific point in time You can revert the virtual machine to that snapshot at a later time Lab Manager stores the snapshot persistently with the virtual machine If you undeploy a virtual machine and...

Page 78: ...e installation see vSphere documentation To install VMware Tools 1 From the virtual machine console page click in the console to work with the guest operating system 2 Log in to the guest operating sy...

Page 79: ...ert Floppy 2 Select a floppy file from the media library and click OK After inserting a floppy disk to a virtual machine you can eject the floppy disk and insert another with the Swap Floppy command T...

Page 80: ...select Open 2 On the Virtual Machines tab move the pointer over the virtual machine name and select Properties 3 Change any of the following properties Name Can only contain alphanumeric characters a...

Page 81: ...rvation MB Minimum amount of memory set aside for the virtual machine Memory Priority Priority for shares of memory Memory Shares Relative amount of memory for a virtual machine compared to other virt...

Page 82: ...use the guest operating system tools to partition and format the new disk If you add a SCSI hard disk to a virtual machine the guest operating system might generate an error message about missing driv...

Page 83: ...sconnect a virtual NIC Select a network from the Network drop down menu The available options are based on the networks in the virtual machine template If you have access to other networks in Lab Mana...

Page 84: ...disconnect the virtual NIC b Select a network from the Network drop down menu The available options are based on the networks in the virtual machine template If you have access to other networks in L...

Page 85: ...achine to version 7 you must install the latest version of VMware Tools To upgrade virtual machine virtual hardware you must first undeploy the virtual machine To upgrade virtual machine virtual hardw...

Page 86: ...oyed virtual machines with saved state To discard state for a virtual machine 1 Move the pointer over the configuration name and select Open 2 On the Virtual Machines tab move the pointer over the und...

Page 87: ...2 Before you can work with a LiquidVM you must do the following Make sure that the media library includes all the versions of the WLS VE ISO that you need Different versions are available for differen...

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Page 89: ...stores This chapter includes the following topics Managing Resource Pools on page 89 Managing Hosts on page 91 Managing Datastores on page 94 Managing Media Stores on page 100 Managing Physical Networ...

Page 90: ...ost on page 93 To undeploy all virtual machines in a resource pool 1 In the left pane click Resources 2 Move the pointer over the resource pool and select Disable 3 Click OK 4 Move the pointer over th...

Page 91: ...ICs connected to the None network might get migrated to a disabled host To prepare a host 1 In the left pane click Resources 2 On the Hosts tab move the pointer over the host name and select Prepare 3...

Page 92: ...re a host 1 In the left pane click Resources 2 In the Hosts tab move the pointer over the host name and select Unprepare 3 Click Unprepare During this process Lab Manager tries to uninstall the agent...

Page 93: ...that are available to you in the selected organization System administrators can select this option in the Global organization to view all the virtual machines deployed on the host across the entire...

Page 94: ...redeploys the virtual machines Repair a Host If the agent cannot be contacted if the service VM is powered off or if a host cannot be enabled or disabled for Host Spanning you can repair the host To r...

Page 95: ...pointer over the datastore and select Delete 4 Click OK Lab Manager deletes the datastore Remove a Datastore You can only remove a datastore from an organization other than Global Removing a datastor...

Page 96: ...ce and select Disable VM Creation 3 Click OK Lab Manager disables virtual machine creation on the datastore Disable Media Store Creation in a Datastore If you do not want to completely disable a datas...

Page 97: ...Using the pop up menu you can view the high level topography of the virtual machine directories consolidate and delete virtual machines and access virtual machine properties View Virtual Machine Data...

Page 98: ...configuration library is associated with the ancestor node Another node is using the ancestor node as a revert point For example a full clone operation might consolidate and create a new disk but ref...

Page 99: ...ual machine or marks it for deletion depending on the resource cleanup settings See Configuring Resource Cleanup Settings on page 143 You can renew the storage lease for virtual machines that are mark...

Page 100: ...usage on one datastore move the pointer over the datastore name and select Open 3 Move the pointer over an undeployed virtual machine name and select Delete virtual machine or Delete Configuration co...

Page 101: ...ry with all media stores see Synchronize the Media Library with Media Store Files on page 105 To synchronize media with a media store 1 In the left pane click Resources 2 On the Media Stores tab move...

Page 102: ...loy this configuration Lab Manager releases the external IP addresses For fenced configurations except those using the Block In and Out option Lab Manager creates a virtual router that requires two IP...

Page 103: ...nning on page 59 View Host Spanning Transport Networks In the Organization drop down menu select an organization to see the transport networks available to that organization Selecting Global displays...

Page 104: ...network is enabled or in use by any deployed configurations To remove a host spanning transport network 1 In the left pane click Resources 2 On the Host Spanning Transport Networks tab move the pointe...

Page 105: ...an synchronize the contents of the Lab Manager media library with the contents of the media store directories on all your datastores Synchronizing adds files to or deletes files from the library When...

Page 106: ...by a user s role to determine how that user can interact with the shared media file Access rights cannot provide users with rights that they do not already have based on their role To modify media sha...

Page 107: ...tion You can also change the media file owner See Change Ownership of Media Files on page 106 To modify media properties 1 In the left pane click Media 2 Move the pointer over a media filename and sel...

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Page 109: ...topics Managing Users on page 109 Managing Stranded Users on page 111 Managing Groups on page 112 Managing Roles and Rights on page 113 Managing Users By default only a system administrator or an admi...

Page 110: ...system administrator who is currently logged in To delete a user from Lab Manager 1 In the left pane select Users and Groups 2 Select Global 3 Click the Users tab 4 Move the pointer over the user name...

Page 111: ...virtual machines stored on a specific datastore Before you can send an email notification you need to verify your SMTP settings in the Web console See Set Email Preferences on page 137 To send an ema...

Page 112: ...LDAP Lab Manager synchronizes with the specified LDAP server to make sure it is up to date on the current users and groups Lab Manager does not support non LDAP groups Remove a Group from an Organizat...

Page 113: ...udes all rights across Lab Manager System administrators can access all organizations and perform all operations They are the only users who can access the Global organization This is the only role th...

Page 114: ...clude See Appendix A Roles and Rights on page 149 for more information 6 Click OK Lab Manager copies the role to the Roles and Rights page You can now assign it to users and groups Delete a Role By de...

Page 115: ...following topics Modifying Organization Properties on page 115 Enable or Disable an Organization on page 118 Delete an Organization on page 118 Using the Primary Workspace on page 119 Modify Workspac...

Page 116: ...groups To add members or groups to an organization 1 In the left pane click Organizations 2 Move the pointer over an organization and select Users and Groups 3 Click Import Members 4 In the Look for...

Page 117: ...res in an Organization By default only a system administrator can add or remove datastores To add or remove datastores in an organization 1 In the left pane click Organizations 2 Move the pointer over...

Page 118: ...anel click Edit 4 Select a host spanning transport network and click an arrow to add it to or remove it from the organization 5 Click OK and OK Lab Manager modifies the host spanning transport network...

Page 119: ...you do not want Lab Manager to automatically add users groups and resource pools to a workspace in the organization To delete the primary workspace 1 In the left pane select an organization 2 Select...

Page 120: ...select Properties 3 In the Users and Groups panel click Edit 4 Click Add Users and Groups 5 In the Look for drop down menu select one of the options 6 Type your search term and click Search 7 Select...

Page 121: ...nistrators can enable or disable workspaces When you disable a workspace all of its users become stranded See Managing Stranded Users on page 111 for more information To disable a workspace 1 In the l...

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Page 123: ...on on the properties see Create a Network Template on page 29 To modify network template properties 1 In the left pane select Network Templates 2 Move the pointer on the network template name and sele...

Page 124: ...rations in Lab Manager When you delete all instances of the virtual machine with this IP address Lab Manager releases the IP address back to the IP pool To control the length of time Lab Manager reser...

Page 125: ...e IP addresses from a virtual network To remove IP addresses from a virtual network 1 Move pointer over a configuration name and select Open 2 Click the Networks tab 3 Move the pointer over a virtual...

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Page 127: ...s these topics Unpublish a Virtual Machine Template on page 127 Export a Virtual Machine Template to an SMB Share on page 128 Export a Virtual Machine Template to vCenter on page 128 Consolidate a Vir...

Page 128: ...xport a template to an SMB file server the datastore on which the template resides must be connected to an ESX host If the datastore is only connected to an ESXi host you cannot export the template to...

Page 129: ...vailable host with a compatible processor type to redeploy the virtual machine template If processor incompatibility issues prevent you from deploying a virtual machine template you can discard the st...

Page 130: ...nvironment where you need to complete a testing process specifically on a 32 bit guest operating system and the operating system accommodates both 32 bit and 64 bit CPU architecture See the VMware Inf...

Page 131: ...al machine template To add a virtual hard disk to a template 1 In the left pane click VM Templates 2 Move the pointer over the virtual machine template name and select Properties 3 In the Hard Disks s...

Page 132: ...ects a new virtual NIC 4 Edit the virtual NIC settings if necessary a Deselect the Connected check box to disconnect the virtual NIC b Choose a network from the Network drop down menu The available op...

Page 133: ...ary NIC especially if you plan to deploy configurations that use fencing or connect virtual networks to physical networks Select an IP addressing mode for the network The available options are based o...

Page 134: ...pane click VM Templates 2 Move the pointer over the template name and select Properties 3 Click Change Owner 4 Select and organization and user and click OK 5 Click Update Lab Manager reassigns the vi...

Page 135: ...142 Configuring Resource Cleanup Settings on page 143 Configuring vCenter Settings on page 144 Configuring General Preferences You can configure preferences for settings related to Lab Manager email s...

Page 136: ...Maximum number of deployed virtual machines allowed on a host The default is 64 For information on quotas see Modify Host Properties on page 92 Host Agent Request Timeout Time to wait before an opera...

Page 137: ...d alert time 6 Type text to use as the subject prefix for Lab Manager emails 7 Type the destination email address to test SMTP settings 8 Click Test SMTP Settings to verify that the server connection...

Page 138: ...cal domains for LDAP authentication See Create a User on page 24 for information on manually creating Lab Manager user accounts for non LDAP users To provide Lab Manager access to LDAP users you must...

Page 139: ...ox blank and click Test LDAP Settings to determine if your server supports base DN detection VMware recommends connecting at the root You need to type the domain components only for example DC vmware...

Page 140: ...tes Lab Manager user and group information based on changes to the LDAP directory To synchronize immediately click the Synchronize LDAP button Specify the LDAP Connector and Schema Lab Manager support...

Page 141: ...o test LDAP settings 1 In the left pane click Settings 2 Click the LDAP tab 3 Click Test LDAP Settings Lab Manager tries to connect to the LDAP server and look up information about the user in the Use...

Page 142: ...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...

Page 143: ...mplates and configurations Understanding Leases When a deployment lease expires Lab Manager undeploys the configuration or virtual machine template When a storage lease expires Lab Manager deletes or...

Page 144: ...og in information Reconnect to a vCenter Server If Lab Manager loses its connection to the vCenter Server Lab Manager attempts to reconnect periodically If you want to connect immediately you can forc...

Page 145: ...ization Lab Manager system administrators can see all entries Other users can see entries about their own operations To specify how long to retain Activity Log entries and how many days worth of histo...

Page 146: ...esource pool usage information from the Organization drop down menu Select Global to view usage information across the entire installation Lab Manager displays resource usage information for all the r...

Page 147: ...appears as a link Click the link to view job details Configuration Specifies whether the virtual machine is a virtual machine template indicated by a dash or part of a configuration NIC Displays a nu...

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Page 149: ...y do not already have based on their role Predefined Roles This appendix includes information about the rights assigned to Lab Manager s predefined roles and how access rights affect users who work wi...

Page 150: ...reate a group or add users to a group within the Lab Manager environment High I O Rights Lab Manager restricts certain high I O operations based on user roles When an owner shares an object with anoth...

Page 151: ...e Import Full Control X X X N A Change X X N A Read X X N A Table A 6 Host Rights for Predefined Roles Edit Properties Enable Disable Undeploy Redeploy System Administrator X X X Administrator Templat...

Page 152: ...rmined based on the intersection of the rights of their role and the access rights assigned by the owner sharing the object Table A 9 Library Configuration Rights for Sharing Roles Access Clone to Wor...

Page 153: ...rs with rights at the organization level and templates creators can create delete and edit network templates Table A 12 Media Rights for Predefined Roles Edit Properties Synchronize View System Admini...

Page 154: ...ete and edit resource pools Other users can access resource pools that are added to their organization as resources Table A 16 Network Template Rights for Sharing Roles Access Create Delete Edit Prope...

Page 155: ...r Application Owner User View Only Table A 21 Sharing Rights for Predefined Roles Share Share Across Installation Read only Share Across Installation Users Read Only Share Across Orgs Read only Share...

Page 156: ...intersection of the rights of the role and the access rights assigned by the owner sharing the object Table A 22 Sharing Rights for Sharing Roles Access Sharing Across the Entire Installation Sharing...

Page 157: ...for Predefined Roles Add Machine Create Delete Delete Machine Deploy Undeploy Fenced Deploy Undeploy Non fenced Edit Prop View System Admin X X X X X X X X Admin X X X X X X X X Template Creator X X...

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Page 159: ...erver 2008 N A Yes Yes Yes Yes Vista N A Yes Yes Yes Yes Server 2003 Standard Edition Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes XP Professional Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 2000 Se...

Page 160: ...o Yes Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 AS ES WS No No No Yes Yes 4 AS ES WS No No No Yes Yes SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SLES No No No Yes Yes Enterprise Server 10 SLES No No No Yes Yes Table B 2 64 Bit...

Page 161: ...rsions 4 and 7 Yes Yes No Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Versions 4 and 7 Yes No No Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition Versions 4 and 7 Yes No No Microsoft Windows Small Busines...

Page 162: ...p only No No Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Versions 4 and 7 Yes Sysprep only Yes No Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Versions 4 and 7 Yes Sysprep only Yes No Microso...

Page 163: ...an review datastore usage and identify datastores that are at or near capacity 4 In the left pane click Users and Groups 5 Click Send Notification which prompts all users to log out of Lab Manager 6 U...

Page 164: ...7 Select Move SSMove moves the data from the source to the destination and reports its progress in the Status area 8 Click Exit when the move is complete 9 In the Lab Manager Web console enable the da...

Page 165: ...See Lab Manager agent B base disk The original virtual hard disk from which a virtual machine is derived Virtual machines created by linked clones in Lab Manager consist of a base disk and chain of d...

Page 166: ...ta disk Differencing disk created during the cloning process A virtual machine created as a linked clone consists of a base disk plus a chain of one or more delta disks that store the differences betw...

Page 167: ...clone n Full copy of the consolidated sum of delta disks and base disk of a virtual machine Full cloning takes a significantly longer time than linked cloning v To make a full copy of the consolidated...

Page 168: ...ions individuals or other resources from a server lease See deployment lease storage lease linked clone n A duplicate of a virtual machine that uses the same base disk as the original with a chain of...

Page 169: ...can occur at the virtual machine or configuration level resource pool A division of computing resources used to manage allocations between virtual machines resume To return a virtual machine or config...

Page 170: ...undeploy a virtual machine and deploy it the snapshot remains storage lease The amount of time an unused virtual machine template or configuration exists on a datastore before Lab Manager deletes it o...

Page 171: ...n be on the host machine or on a remote file system virtual machine template A master image of a virtual machine that typically includes a specified operating system and virtual counterparts to hardwa...

Page 172: ...pendently in virtual machines while sharing physical resources The suite delivers comprehensive virtualization management resource optimization application availability and operational automation capa...

Page 173: ...apturing configurations 54 CD images ejecting from virtual machines 79 inserting into virtual machines 78 requirements 105 swapping 78 change summaries 65 138 changing owner configurations 69 media 10...

Page 174: ...lerts 16 deployment leases 61 74 81 131 143 detaching resource pools 19 directed deployment 36 61 74 disabling datastores 95 datastores for media store creation 96 datastores for virtual machine creat...

Page 175: ...ghts 151 setting up 60 troubleshooting 60 viewing 103 hosts disabling 91 editing properties 92 enabling 91 preparing 91 properties 92 repairing 94 roles and rights 151 unpreparing 92 viewing deployed...

Page 176: ...0 networks adding to configurations 67 and configurations 56 host spanning 59 host spanning transport 60 physical 56 removing from configurations 68 virtual 29 59 NICs adding 84 132 deleting 133 editi...

Page 177: ...points creating 63 77 deleting 64 78 99 roles adding 113 deleting 114 editing properties 114 roles and rights 155 roles and rights datastores 149 general 150 groups 150 High I O 150 host spanning tra...

Page 178: ...cloning 35 consolidating 129 creating 31 defining 31 127 deleting 134 deploying 35 discarding state 129 editing properties 129 exporting 128 importing 32 installing guest operating systems 36 installi...

Page 179: ...ity support 14 VMware Remote MKS Plugin 75 VMware Tools and guest customization 41 disabling version check prior to publishing 47 installing 36 VMware VMotion support 14 VMware vSphere compatibility w...

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