VMware Lab Manager 4.0, User Manual

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Lab Manager User’s Guide
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Discard State for a Configuration
When you save the state of a configuration by either using the Undeploy ‐ Save State option or suspending the
virtual machines in the configuration, Lab Manager saves information about the processor type of the host on
which the virtual machines were deployed. When you redeploy a configuration with saved state, Lab Manager
requires an available host with a compatible processor type. If processor incompatibility issues prevent you
from deploying a configuration, you can discard the saved state.
This requirement especially affects configurations that use fencing or a virtual network without Host
Spanning, since these require that all the virtual machines in the configuration get deployed to the same host.
You can enable Host Spanning for these configurations to allow the virtual machines to deploy to different
hosts.
You can also discard state to free up storage space.
You can only discard state for undeployed configurations that include at least one virtual machine with saved
state. If you add a workspace configuration with saved state to the Library, the library configuration includes
the saved state.
To discard state for a configuration
1 Move the pointer over 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
datastore.
You must undeploy a configuration before you can delete it.
To delete a configuration
1 Move the pointer over the configuration name and select Delete .
2 Click OK to confirm the deletion.
Using LiveLink
A LiveLink is the HTTPS URL of a library configuration. You can create a LiveLink and email its URL to
another Lab Manager user, who can click it to deploy a copy of the configuration exactly as it was when it was
saved to the library.
For example, if you are testing software in a workspace configuration and encounter a bug, you can capture
the configuration to the library and then create a LiveLink to that configuration.
Create a LiveLink
You can only create LiveLinks for shared library configurations. See “Share a Configuration” on page 55 for
more information.
To create a LiveLink to a configuration
1 On the Library page, move the pointer over a configuration name and select LiveLink .
Lab Manager displays the LiveLink URL for the library configuration.
2 Click Copy URL to copy the URL to your Windows clipboard.
If you are using the Mozilla Firefox browser, the Copy URL button might not appear. In this case, copy
the URL manually.
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You cannot create a LiveLink of a configuration that includes any virtual machines using DHCP.