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Configurations are the core of Lab Manager. A configuration consists of one or more virtual machines that are
based on a virtual machine template or imported from vCenter. You can create, deploy, share, and monitor
multimachine configurations.
In Lab Manager, configurations can exist in workspaces and in the configuration library. You can deploy a
configuration and work with its virtual machines in a workspace. The configuration library is a repository of
commonly used configurations and archived configurations. You cannot deploy a library configuration, but
you can create a copy of any library configuration that you can access and work with that copy in a workspace.
Your actions at the configuration level affect all the virtual machines in the configuration. For information
about working with the individual virtual machines within a configuration, see Chapter 8, “Working with
Virtual Machines,” on page 73.
Lab Manager adds the Sample Configuration to the Main workspace in the Default organization during
installation. The sample configuration includes two virtual machines based on the ttylinux ‐ 4 ‐ ESX3 sample
virtual machine template. Use this 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:
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“Adding Configurations to a Workspace” on page 49
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“Adding Configurations to the Library” on page 54
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“Share a Configuration” on page 55
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“Configuration Networking” on page 56
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“Deploying and Undeploying Configurations” on page 60
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“Stopping and Starting Configuration Virtual Machines” on page 62
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“Working with Configuration Snapshots” on page 63
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“Viewing Configuration Virtual Machines, Networks, and History” on page 64
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“Modifying Configurations” on page 66
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“Using LiveLink” on page 70
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“Exporting Configurations” on page 71
Adding Configurations to a Workspace
Before you can deploy a configuration and begin working with its virtual machines, you must add the
configuration to a workspace. You can create a configuration that includes virtual machines based on virtual
machine templates and virtual machines imported from vCenter. You can import entire configurations that
you previously exported from VMware vCenter Lab Manager, vCenter Stage Manager, or vCenter
Lab Manager. You can also copy a library configuration to a workspace. If you already have a workspace
configuration that you want to use as the basis for a new configuration, you can clone it.
Working with Configurations
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