VMware Lab Manager 4.0, User Manual

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3 Select the Fence Virtual Machines check box to deploy the virtual machine in fenced mode and select a
connectivity mode:
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Allow In and Out – Virtual machines can communicate with machines outside the fence, and
machines outside the fence can communicate with virtual machines inside the fenced configuration.
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Allow Out – Virtual machines in a fenced configuration can initiate communication with machines
outside the fence and can receive messages back on the same connection. Machines outside the fence
cannot initiate communication with virtual machines inside the fenced configuration.
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Block In and Out – Network traffic does not travel across the fence. Virtual machines in a fenced
configuration cannot communicate with machines outside the fence, and machines outside the fence
cannot communicate with virtual machines in the fenced configuration.
The check box is only available if the virtual machine has a NIC connected to a physical network that
allows fencing.
Fencing isolates the virtual machine from other machines on the network and prevents IP and MAC
address conflicts that could exist if multiple copies of the same machine are deployed at the same time.
4 Select the Connect Virtual Networks to Physical Networks check box to connect virtual networks to
physical networks.
This option is only available if the virtual machine has a NIC connected to a virtual network.
a Select a physical network.
b Select a connectivity mode.
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Allow In 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.
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Allow Out – Virtual machines in the configuration can initiate communication with machines
on the selected physical network and can receive messages back on the same connection.
Machines on the selected physical network cannot initiate communication with virtual machines
inside the configuration.
5 Specify the Host Spanning setting.
This option is only available if Host Spanning is enabled and the configuration uses fencing or a virtual
network.
6 To boot the virtual machine in the sequence specified during the configuration creation, select the
Use Server Boot Sequence check box.
7 To prevent Lab Manager from powering on a virtual machine immediately after deployment, deselect the
Power On Machines After Deployment check box.
Use this option when you need to manually bring up a virtual machine. For example, you might need to
ensure a database, application, and Web server are working individually rather than all at once.
8 To recustomize the virtual machine, select the Force Re ‐ customization check box.
If customization failed in a previous deploy operation, or if you changed the network settings for a virtual
machine in the guest operating system, you might have to force recustomization. See “Customizing the
Guest Operating System” on page 40.
9 Specify a resource pool on which to deploy the configuration or select Any Available .
10 Specify a time to undeploy the configuration.
11 (Optional) Type change summary text that will appear on the configuration’s History tab.
12 Click OK .