VMware Lab Manager 4.0, User Manual

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Lab Manager User’s Guide
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Disable Virtual Machine Creation in a Datastore
If you do not want to completely disable a datastore, you can disable it for virtual machine creation only.
You can still deploy configurations associated with the datastore. When you disable virtual machine creation,
you cannot use the datastore to complete these operations:
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Make linked or full clones
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Take snapshots
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Revert snapshots
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Create virtual machine templates or virtual machines
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Add new virtual machines to existing configurations
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Import virtual machines
To disable virtual machine creation in a datastore
1 In the left pane, click Resources .
2 In the Datastores tab, move the pointer over the resource 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 datastore, you can disable it for media store creation only.
To disable media store creation in a datastore
1 In the left pane, click Resources .
2 In the Datastores tab, move the pointer over the resource and select Disable Media .
3 Click OK .
Lab Manager disables media store creation in a datastore.
Modify Datastore Properties
By default, only system administrators can modify datastore properties.
To modify datastore properties
1 In the left pane, click Resources .
2 On the Datastores tab, move the pointer over the datastore and select Properties .
3 Change the display name and disk space thresholds.
4 If necessary, clear messages about vCenter activity.
5 Click OK .
Datastore properties have been modified.