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Lab Manager User’s Guide
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Import a Configuration to a Workspace
You can import an existing configuration and all its virtual machines from an SMB share. Lab Manager
supports importing configurations that were exported from vCenter Lab Manager or vCenter Stage Manager.
Import operations require access to a datastore connected to an ESX host with an open SMB port. Although
Lab Manager opens the port during 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 you only have access to
datastores connected to ESXi hosts, you cannot import configurations.
When you import a configuration that you previously exported, Lab Manager sets the fencing policy for the
imported configuration to Fenced Only. See “Modify Configuration Properties” on page 68 for information
about how to modify the fencing policy.
When you import a configuration that was exported from Stage Manager or a version of Lab Manager prior to
version 3.0.x, Lab Manager creates a virtual network (DefaultNetwork) and assigns all the configuration NICs
to this network. You can add a different network to the configuration and reassign the NICs to that network.
See “Add a Network to a Workspace Configuration” on page 67 and “Edit Network Interface Settings” on
page 83.
To import a configuration
1 In the Organization drop ‐ down menu, select the organization to which you want to import the
configuration.
2 Click Workspaces and click the name of the workspace to which you want to import the configuration.
If you 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.
Use English characters for the UNC path. A sample path is
\\10.6.1.246\VMwareLM\ExportedConfigs .
5 Type the user name and password for the import directory, if necessary.
6 Click Next .
7 Provide configuration details.
8 Click Import .
Copy a Workspace Configuration
You can copy a workspace configuration by cloning some or all of its virtual machines to a new configuration.
If you have access to more than one workspace, you can clone configurations from one workspace to another.
You cannot clone configurations from one organization to another.
When you create a clone, Lab Manager assigns the same network parameters to the cloned virtual machines.
If you deploy the original and cloned configurations at the same time, duplicate IP address errors occur unless
you deploy one of the configurations in fenced mode.
Full Clones and Linked Clones
When you clone configurations, you can consolidate the source configuration’s virtual machines during the
cloning process to create full clones of the virtual machines. Typically, you do not need to create full clones
unless you plan to dismantle the storage and move the configuration to a different server, or if you need to
maximize the performance of specific virtual machines (for example, for certain production ‐ level virtual
machines).
A full ‐ clone operation copies all of a virtual machine’s delta disks and its base disk and consolidates them into
a new base disk. The original base disk remains unchanged. A full ‐ clone operation takes longer than a
linked ‐ clone operation. You cannot make a full clone of a deployed configuration.