VMware vCenter Lab Manager 4.0 User guide

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Model: vCenter Lab Manager 4.0

Category: System management software

Type: User guide

Lab Manager User’s Guide

vCenter Lab Manager 4.0

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Contents

AboutThisBook 11

1 GettingStartedwithLab Manager 13

LabManagerComponents 13

AccessingtheLabManagerWebConsole 14

SetMicrosoftInternetExplorerOptions 15

LogIntotheWebConsole 15

ViewPerformance,Usage,andSupportInformation 15

SettingUserPreferences 16

SetDisplayandLeaseAlertPreferences 16

ChangeYourUserPassword 17

Lab ManagerWorkflow 17

2 AddingResources 19

AttachaResourcePool 19

AddaMediaStore 20

AddaPhysicalNetwork 20

AddaHostSpanningTransportNetwork 21

3 AddingUsersandGroups 23

ImportaUser 23

CreateaUser 24

ImportanLDAPGroup 24

4 SettingUpOrganizationsandWorkspaces 27

CreateanOrganization 27

CreateaWorkspace 28

5 SettingUpNetworkTemplates 29

CreateaNetworkTemplate 29

CopyaNetworkTemplate 30

ShareaNetworkTemplate 30

6 SettingUpVirtualMachineTemplates 31

CreateaVirtualMachineTemplate 31

ImportingVirtualMachineTemplates 32

ImportaVirtualMachineTemplatefromvCenter 33

ImportaVirtualMachineTemplatefromSMBStorage 33

SaveaVirtualMachineasaVirtualMachineTemplate 34

CloneaVirtualMachineTemplate 35

DeployingVirtualMachineTemplates 35

DeployaVirtualMachineTemplatewithDefaultSettings 35

DeployaVirtualMachineTemplate

withCustomSettings 36

InstallaGuestOperatingSystem 36

InstallingVMwareTools 36

InstallVMwareToolsinaWindowsGuest 36

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InstallVMwareToolsonaLinuxGuestWithinXwiththeRPMInstaller 37

InstallVMwareToolsonaLinuxGuestwiththeTarInstallerorRPMInstaller 37

InstallVMwareToolsonaSolarisGuest 39

CustomizingtheGuestOperatingSystem 40

Accessthemachine.idfromanESXHost 40

Accessthemachine.idfromaGuestOperating

System 40

PrerequisitesforGuestCustomization 41

BuildaMicrosoftSysprepPackage 41

CompleteGuestCustomizationforWindowsNTandSolarisVirtualMachineTemplates 42

CompleteGuestCustomizationforSolarisVirtualMachineTemplates 43

WorkingwiththeGuestCustomizationSIDGenerationTool 43

SelecttheSIDGenerationToolforLab Manager 43

ChangetheSIDGenerationToolforaVirtualMachineTemplate 44

Select

theSIDGenerationToolforaVirtualMachine 44

DisablingGuestCustomization 44

DisableGuestCustomizationforaVirtualMachineTemplate 44

DisableGuestCustomizationforaVirtualMachine 45

CustomizeGuestCustomization 45

ImportingVirtualMachineTemplatesfromLabManager2.xwithVMware ToolsandLM Tools 45

UndeployaVirtualMachineTemplate 46

ShareaVirtualMachineTemplate 46

PublishingVirtualMachineTemplates 47

CheckVMwareToolsStatusBeforePublishingVirtualMachineTemplates 47

DisableVMware ToolsCheckBeforePublishingVirtualMachineTemplates 47

PublishaVirtualMachineTemplate 47

7 WorkingwithConfigurations 49

AddingConfigurationstoaWorkspace 49

CreateaWorkspaceConfiguration 50

AddaVirtualMachineBasedonaVirtualMachineTemplate 50

AddaVirtualMachinefromvCenter 51

ImportaConfigurationtoaWorkspace 52

CopyaWorkspaceConfiguration 52

FullClonesandLinkedClones 52

CloneaLibraryConfigurationtoaWorkspace 53

AddingConfigurationstotheLibrary 54

CaptureaWorkspace

ConfigurationtotheLibrary 54

ArchiveaWorkspaceConfigurationtotheLibrary 54

CloneaLibraryConfiguration 55

ShareaConfiguration 55

ConfigurationNetworking 56

PhysicalNetworks 56

FencingVirtualMachines 56

FencingConnectivity 57

VirtualNetworks 59

ConnectingVirtualNetworkstoPhysicalNetworks 59

VirtualtoPhysicalNetworkConnectivity 59

HostSpanning 59

HostSpanningNetworks 59

HostSpanningTransportNetworks 60

SettingUpaHostSpanning 60

DeployingandUndeployingConfigurations 60

Deploy

aConfigurationwithCustomSettings 60

DeployaConfigurationwithDefaultSettings 61

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UnderstandingDefaultDeploymentSettings 61

UndeployaConfiguration 62

StoppingandStartingConfigurationVirtualMachines 62

SuspendaConfiguration 62

ResumeOperationofaSuspendedConfiguration 62

PowerOffaConfiguration 62

PowerOnaConfiguration 63

ResetaConfiguration 63

WorkingwithConfigurationSnapshots 63

TakeaConfigurationSnapshot 63

ReverttoaConfigurationSnapshot 63

DeleteaConfigurationSnapshot 64

ViewingConfigurationVirtualMachines,Networks,andHistory 64

ViewVirtualMachinesinaConfiguration 64

ViewConfigurationNetworks 64

ViewaConfigurationDiagram 65

ViewConfigurationHistory 65

AddaNotetoConfigurationHistory 65

ModifyingConfigurations 66

AddingaVirtualMachinetoaWorkspaceConfiguration 66

RemoveaVirtualMachinefromaWorkspaceConfiguration 66

MoveVirtualMachinesBetweenWorkspaceConfigurations 66

CombineWorkspaceConfigurations 67

FullClonesandLinkedClones 67

Adda

NetworktoaWorkspaceConfiguration 67

RemoveaNetworkfromaWorkspaceConfiguration 68

ReplaceaWorkspaceConfigurationNetwork 68

ModifyConfigurationProperties 68

ChangeOwnershipofaConfiguration 69

UpgradeVirtualHardwareinaConfiguration 69

DiscardStateforaConfiguration 70

DeleteaConfiguration 70

UsingLiveLink 70

CreateaLiveLink 70

DeployaLiveLink 71

ExportingConfigurations 71

ExportaConfigurationtovCenter 71

ExportaConfiguration

toanSMBShare 72

8 WorkingwithVirtualMachines 73

DeployingandUndeployingVirtualMachines 73

DeployaVirtualMachine 73

UndeployaVirtualMachine 75

AccessingVirtualMachineConsoles 75

ViewaVirtualMachineConsole 75

ViewAllVirtualMachineConsoles 76

StoppingandStartingVirtualMachines 76

SuspendaVirtualMachine 76

ResumeaVirtualMachine 76

PowerOffaVirtualMachine 76

PowerOnaVirtualMachine 76

ResetaVirtualMachine 77

ShutDowna

VirtualMachine 77

WorkingwithVirtualMachineSnapshots 77

TakeaSnapshotofaVirtualMachine 77

ReverttoaVirtualMachineSnapshot 77

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DeleteaVirtualMachineSnapshot 78

ManagingVirtualMachines 78

InstallVMwareTools 78

InsertandSwapaCD 78

EjectaCD 79

InsertandSwapaFloppyDisk 79

EjectaFloppyDisk 79

CreateaRemoteDesktopConnectionFile 79

ConnectRemotelytoaVirtualMachine 80

ModifyVirtualMachineProperties 80

ModifyingVirtualMachineHardDisks 82

AddaVirtualMachineHardDisk 82

Edit

aVirtualMachineHardDisk 82

DeleteaVirtualMachineHardDisk 83

ModifyingVirtualMachineNetworkInterfaces 83

EditNetworkInterfaceSettings 83

ResetaNetworkInterfaceMACAddress 84

AddaNetworkInterface 84

DeleteaNetworkInterface 85

UpgradeVirtualMachineVersion 85

EnableMemoryHotAdd 85

EnableVirtualCPUHotAdd 86

DiscardStateforaVirtualMachine 86

ConsolidateaVirtual

Machine 86

WorkingwithBEALiquidVMs 87

9 ManagingResources 89

ManagingResourcePools 89

EnableorDisableaResourcePool 89

ModifyResourcePoolProperties 90

UndeployAllVirtualMachinesinaResourcePool 90

DetachaResourcePool 90

ManagingHosts 91

PrepareaHost 91

EnableandDisableHosts 91

DisableandEnableHostSpanningforaHost 92

UnprepareaHost 92

ModifyHostProperties 92

ViewDeployedVirtualMachinesonaHost 93

UndeployAll

VirtualMachinesonaHost 93

RedeployAllVirtualMachinesonaDifferentHost 94

RepairaHost 94

ManagingDatastores 94

DeleteaDatastore 95

RemoveaDatastore 95

EnableandDisableDatastores 95

DisableVirtualMachineCreationinaDatastore 96

DisableMediaStoreCreationinaDatastore 96

ModifyDatastoreProperties 96

ViewVirtualMachineDatastoreUsage 97

ViewVirtualMachineDatastoreDirectories 97

Understanding

VirtualMachineDatastoreDirectories 98

DeleteExpiredVirtualMachines 99

RenewtheStorageLeaseforanExpiredVirtual Machine 99

DeleteRevertPoints 99

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ConsolidateaVirtualMachineBasedonDatastoreUsage 100

DeleteaVirtualMachineorConfigurationBasedonDatastoreUsage 100

ManagingMediaStores 100

AddMediaStores 100

SynchronizeaMediaStore 101

EnableandDisableaMediaStore 101

ChangetheNameofaMediaStore 101

ManagingPhysicalNetworks 102

MonitorIPPoolUsageforaPhysicalNetwork 102

AddorRemove

IPAddressestotheIPPoolofaPhysicalNetwork 102

ModifyPhysicalNetworkProperties 102

DeleteaPhysicalNetwork 103

ManagingHostSpanningTransportNetworks 103

ViewHostSpanningTransportNetworks 103

DisableorEnableHostSpanning 103

EnableorDisableaHostSpanningTransportNetwork 104

RemoveaHostSpanningTransportNetwork 104

ModifyHostSpanningTransportNetworkProperties 104

10 ManagingtheMediaLibrary 105

SynchronizetheMediaLibrarywithMediaStoreFiles 105

ChangeOwnershipofMediaFiles 106

RestrictAccesstoMediaFiles 106

ModifyMediaProperties 107

11 ManagingUsers,Groups,andRoles 109

ManagingUsers 109

DisableorEnableUsers 109

RemoveaUserfromanOrganization 110

DeleteaUserfromLab Manager 110

ModifyUserProperties 110

ViewUserRolesandOrganizations 111

SendUserNotifications 111

ManagingStrandedUsers 111

ReassignOwnershipofAllStrandedUsers’Objects 112

ReassignOwnershipofaStrandedUser’sObjects 112

ManagingGroups 112

RemoveaGroupfromanOrganization 112

DeleteaGroupfrom

Lab Manager 112

ModifyGroupProperties 113

ManagingRolesandRights 113

AddaRole 113

CopyaRole 114

DeleteaRole 114

ModifyRoleProperties 114

12 ManagingOrganizationsandWorkspaces 115

ModifyingOrganizationProperties 115

ModifyDefaultUserPreferences 115

ModifyDefaultDeploymentSettings 116

ModifytheUsersandGroupsinanOrganization 116

AddMembersorGroupstoanOrganization 116

RemoveMembersorGroupsfromanOrganization 116

AddorRemovetheResourcePoolsinanOrganization 117

AddorRemovetheDatastoresinanOrganization 117

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AddorRemovetheMediaStoresinanOrganization 117

AddorRemovethePhysicalNetworksinanOrganization 118

AddorRemoveaHostSpanningTransportNetworkinanOrganization 118

EnableorDisableanOrganization 118

DeleteanOrganization 118

UsingthePrimaryWorkspace 119

DeletethePrimaryWorkspace 119

SetthePrimaryWorkspaceforanOrganization 119

ModifyWorkspaceProperties 120

ModifyingUsersandGroupsinaWorkspace 120

AddUsersandGroupstoaWorkspace 120

RemoveUsersandGroupsfromaWorkspace 120

AddorRemovetheResourcePoolsAvailabletoaWorkspace 121

DisableaWorkspace 121

DeleteaWorkspace 121

13 ManagingNetworkTemplates 123

ModifyNetworkTemplateProperties 123

ChangeOwnershipofaNetworkTemplate 123

DeleteNetworkTemplates 124

MonitorIPPoolUsageforaVirtualNetwork 124

AddIPAddressestotheIPPoolofaVirtualNetwork 124

RemoveIPAddressesfromtheIPPoolofaVirtualNetwork 125

14 ManagingVirtualMachineTemplates 127

UnpublishaVirtualMachineTemplate 127

ExportaVirtualMachineTemplatetoanSMBShare 128

ExportaVirtualMachineTemplatetovCenter 128

ConsolidateaVirtualMachineTemplate 129

DiscardtheStateforaVirtualMachineTemplate 129

ModifyVirtualMachineTemplateProperties 129

ModifyingVirtualMachineTemplateHardDisks 131

AddaHardDisktoaTemplate 131

Edita

VirtualMachineTemplateHardDisk 131

DeleteaVirtualMachineTemplateHardDisk 132

ModifyingVirtualMachineTemplateNetworkInterfaces 132

AddaNetworkInterfacetoaVirtualMachineTemplate 132

EditaVirtualMachineNetworkInterface 133

DeleteaNetworkInterfacefromaVirtualMachineTemplate 133

ResetaVirtualMachineTemplateNetworkInterfaceMACAddress 133

UpgradeVirtualHardware 134

ChangeOwnershipofaVirtualMachineTemplate 134

DeleteaVirtualMachineTemplate 134

DeleteaVirtualMachineTemplatewithForce 134

15 ManagingLab ManagerSettings 135

ConfiguringGeneralPreferences 135

ChangevCenterLab ManagerPreferences 135

SetEmailPreferences 137

SetSystemAlertPreferences 137

SetConfigurationChangeSummaryPreferences 138

ConfiguringLDAPSettings 138

LocateanLDAPServer 138

SetUpanLDAPConnection 139

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SpecifytheLDAPConnectorandSchema 140

CustomizeLDAPUserandGroupAttributes 141

TestLDAPSettings 141

DetachanLDAPServer 141

SynchronizeLab ManagerwiththeLDAPServer 141

ConfiguringLab ManagerLicenses 142

ViewCapacityLicenseInformation 142

AddaCapacityLicense 142

ConfiguringGuestCustomizationSettings 142

ConfiguringSupportLinkSettings 142

EnableSupportLink 142

CollectSupportInformation 143

ConfiguringResourceCleanupSettings 143

UnderstandingLeases 143

SetDeploymentandStorage

LeaseMaximums 144

ConfiguringvCenterSettings 144

ReconnecttoavCenterServer 144

ChangethevCenterServerUserNameandPassword 144

16 MonitoringLabManager 145

MonitoringLabManagerOperations 145

ViewtheActivityLog 145

ViewActivityDetails 146

MonitoringResourceUsage 146

ViewResourcePoolResourceUsage 146

ViewWorkspaceResourceUsage 146

ViewDeployedVirtualMachines 147

A RolesandRights 149

PredefinedRoles 149

DatastoreRights 149

GeneralRights 150

GroupRights 150

HighI/ORights 150

HostRights 151

HostSpanningTransportNetworks 151

LibraryConfigurationRights 151

MachineRights 152

MediaRights 153

MediaStoreRights 153

NetworkTemplateRights 153

OrganizationRights 154

PhysicalNetworkRights 154

ResourcePoolRights 154

RoleRights 155

SharingRights 155

UserRights 156

VMTemplateRights 156

WorkspaceConfigurationRights 157

WorkspaceRights 157

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B ClientandBrowserSupport 159

C GuestOperatingSystemSupport 161

D UsingSSMove 163

BeforeYouMoveaDatastore 163

MoveaDatastore 164

ResolvingMoveErrors 164

Glossary 165

Index 173

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TheLabManagerUser’sGuideprovidesinformationaboutconfiguringandworkingwithVMware

vCenter

Lab Manager.Italsodescribeshowtosetupresourcessuchasdatastoresandnetworks,configureusersand

groups,andworkwithworkspaces,configurations,virtualmachineandnetworktemplates.

Intended Audience

ThisbookisintendedforVMwarevSphereadministratorsandcurrentLabManagerandStageManager

administrators.

Document Feedback

VMwarewelcomesyoursuggestionsforimprovingourdocumentation.Ifyouhavecomments,sendyour

feedbacktodocfeedback@vmware.com.

Technical Support and Education Resources

Thefollowingsectionsdescribethetechnicalsupportresourcesavailabletoyou.Toaccessthecurrentversion

ofthisbookandotherbooks,gotohttp://www.vmware.com/support/pubs.

Online and Telephone Support

Touseonlinesupporttosubmittechnicalsupportrequests,viewyourproductandcontractinformation,and

Customerswithappropriatesupportcontractsshouldusetelephonesupportforthefastestresponseon

priority1issues.Gotohttp://www.vmware.com/support/phone_support.

Support Offerings

TofindouthowVMwaresupportofferingscanhelpmeetyourbusinessneeds,goto

http://www.vmware.com/support/services.

VMware Professional Services

VMwareEducationServicescoursesofferextensivehands‐onlabs,casestudyexamples,andcoursematerials

designedtobeusedason‐the‐jobreferencetools.Coursesareavailableonsite,intheclassroom,andlive

online.Foronsitepilotprograms andimplementationbestpractices,VMwareConsultingServicesprovides

offeringsto helpyouassess,plan,

build,andmanageyourvirtualenvironment.Toaccessinformationabout

educationclasses,certificationprograms,andconsultingservices,gotohttp://www.vmware.com/services.

About This Book

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VMwarevCenterLab Managerisanapplicationthatprovidesarapidprovisioningportalandimagelibrary

managementsystemtoautomatethesetupandteardownofmultimachinesoftwareconfigurationsand

manageservicetransitionactivities.LabManagerleveragesVMwarevSphereandVMwarevCenterto

providevirtualinfrastructureresourcestomultipleteams,projects,andgeographies

fromacentrallocation.

UsingLab Manager,youcancreateasharedvirtualmachinelibrarythatstorescommonlyusedconfigurations

andprovideuserswithself‐serviceaccesstotheseconfigurationsforapplicationdevelopment,testing,

support,training,softwaredemonstrations,andmore.Lab Manageradministratorscontrolaccessrights,

storagequotas,anddeploymentpolicies.

Thischapter

includesthesetopics:

 “LabManagerComponents”onpage 13

 “A c c e s s i n g theLabManagerWebConsole”onpage 14

 “ViewPerformance,Usage,andSupportInformation”onpage 15

 “SettingUserPreferences”onpage 16

 “Lab ManagerWorkflow”onpage 17

Lab Manager Components

Lab ManagerrequiresVMwarevSphere.VMwareESX/ESXi™hostsprovidethememoryandCPUresources

torunLab Managervirtualmachines.Lab ManagermanagestheESX/ESXihoststhroughavCenterServer

andtheLab Manageragentinstalledonthehosts.ESX/ESXihostscontinuetofunctionevenifthevCenter

Serversystembecomesunreachable(forexample,the

networkconnectionissevered).

vSpheredatastoresprovidesharedstorageforLab Managervirtualmachinesandmediafilestoinstallguest

operatingsystemsandapplications.

UserscanaccesstheLab ManagerserverthroughWebandSOAPinterfaces:

 UseMicrosoftInternetExplorerorMozillaFirefoxtoaccesstheLab ManagerWebconsoletointeractwith

theLab Managerserver.

 UsetheLab ManagerSOAPAPItoaccesstheLab Managerserverprogrammatically.TheSOAPAPI

allowseasyintegrationwithbuildmanagementsystemsandwithautomatedtestingtools.Seethe

Lab ManagerSOAPAPIGuideformoreinformation.

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Figure 1‐1illustratesthecomponentsofLab ManagerandhowitworkswithVMwarevSphere.

Figure 1-1. Lab Manager Components

Lab ManagersupportsVMwarevSpherecapabilitiessuchasVMwareVMotion™,VMwareDistributed

ResourceScheduler(DRS),andVMwareHighAvailability(HA).Thesedistributedservicesenableefficient

andautomatedresourcemanagementandhighvirtualmachineavailability.Lab Managerdoesnot

support

VMwareFaultTolerance(FT)orvSpherelinkedclones.FTisdisabledforallvirtualmachinesmanagedby

Lab Manager.

Accessing the Lab Manager Web Console

YouconnecttotheLab ManagerWebconsoleusingabrowser.ToaccesstheLab ManagerWebconsole,

acomputermustsatisfytheserequirements:

 MicrosoftInternetExplorerorMozillaFirefox

ForinformationaboutwhichWebbrowsersaresupportedonwhichclientoperatingsystems,see

Appendix B,“ClientandBrowserSupport,”onpage 159.IfyouareusingInternetExplorer,see“Set

MicrosoftInternetExplorerOptions”onpage 15.

 RoutableaccesstotheLab ManagerserverandESX/ESXihosts

 1024x768orhigherresolutionmonitor

vCenter

Server

Lab Manager

Web Console

or SOAP API

Lab Manager

Server

VMware vSphere

ESX/ESXi

servers

shared

storage

HTML

over HTTPS

VM Consoles:

TCP 902, 903

VIM API

FC, iSCSI, or NFS

virtual machines

and media

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Set Microsoft Internet Explorer Options

BeforeyoucanaccesstheLab ManagerWebconsoleusingMicrosoftInternetExplorer,youmustenablesome

securityandadvancedoptions.

To set Internet Explorer options

1InInternetExplorer,selectTools>InternetOptions.

2ClicktheSecuritytab,selecttheWebcontentzonefortheLab Managerserver,andclickCustomLevel.

3Enablethefollowingoptionsandclick

OK.

 DownloadsignedActiveXcontrols

 RunActiveXcontrolsandplug‐ins

 AllowMETAREFRESH

 Activescripting

 Allowpasteoperationsviascript

4ClickOKandclicktheAdvancedtab.

5EnablethePlayanimationsinwebpagesoptionandclickOK.

6IfyouareusingInternetExploreronWindows2003,opentheControlPanelandclickAddorRemove

Programs.

7ClickAdd/RemoveWindowsComponents.

8DisableInternetExplorerEnhancedSecurityConfiguration

BeforeyoucanlogintotheWebconsole,youneedausernameandpassword,andyoumustbeamemberof

atleastoneorganizationinLab Manager.

To log in to the Lab Manager Web console

1Openabrowserandnavigateto

https://<Lab_Manager_Server_domain_name_or_IP_address>.

2TypeyourusernameandpasswordandclickLogin.

Lab ManagerdisplaystheWebconsole.If

Lab Managerdisplaysanerror,checkwithaLab Manager

administratortomakesureyouareusingthecorrectusernameandpasswordandthatyouareamemberof

aLab Managerorganization.

View Performance, Usage, and Support Information

TheOverviewpageisthedefaultlandingpageintheWebconsole.Itincludesperformancesummarydata,

informationaboutyourquotas,usages,andleases,andlinkstoadditionalresourcestohelpyoulearnabout

Lab Manager.

OTEALab ManagersystemadministratormustenableSupportLinkifyouwanttoviewallstatistics.

See “ConfiguringSupportLinkSettings”onpage 142.

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To view performance, usage, and support information

Intheleftpane,clickOverview.

ThePerformanceSummarycolumnincludesinformationaboutCPUandmemoryconsumption,thenumber

ofconfigurationsandvirtualmachinetemplates,andstorage.

TheinformationinthecolumnisspecifictotheorganizationselectedintheOrganizationdrop‐downmenu.

SelectGlobaltoviewinformationforthe

entireLab Managerinstallation.

TheMyvCenterLab Managercolumnincludesinformationaboutthenumberofvirtualmachinesthatyou

areallowedtodeployandstoreandthenumberofdeployedandstoredvirtualmachinesthatyouhave.

Thecolumnalsoincludesinformationaboutyourstorageanddeploymentleasesthatwillbeexpiring

inthe

nextweek.

TheDocumentation&Supportcolumnprovidesaccesstodocumentation,videotutorialstobecomefamiliar

withtheproduct,andcustomersupport.

Setting User Preferences

EachusercanspecifyhowinformationdisplaysintheLab ManagerWebconsoleandwhentobenotified

aboutdeploymentandstorageleasesthatareabouttoexpire.Thesepreferencesareusedinalltheuser’s

organizations.UserswhologinwithanaccountcreatedinLab Managercanchangetheirpassword.

Set Display and Lease Alert Preferences

Youcansetdefaultdisplayandleasealertpreferences.

To set display and lease alert preferences

1ClickthePreferenceslink.

2ClicktheDefaultstab.

3 SelectthepagetodisplaywhenyoulogintotheWebconsole.

TheOverviewpageisthedefaultsetting.

4 DeselecttheShowPageHeadercheckboxtonotdisplayIPaddresses,virtualmachinedescriptions,

and

snapshotthumbnailsatthetopoftheeachpage.

Removingtheheadergivesyoumoreroomtoviewtheconsole.

5Typethenumberofrowstodisplayonpageswithdatainatable.

Themaximumnumberis500.Thedefaultis20.

6 Selectthenumberofdaysorhoursbeforea

deploymentleaseexpirationthatyouwantLab Managerto

sendanemailnotification.

Whenadeploymentleaseexpires,Lab Managerundeploysthevirtualmachinetemplateor

configuration.

7 SelectthenumberofdaysorhoursbeforeastorageleaseexpirationthatyouwantLab Managertosend

anemailnotification.

Whenastorageleaseexpires,Lab Manager

deletesthevirtualmachinetemplateorconfiguration,or

marksitfordeletion(dependingonhowthesystemadministratorhasconfiguredLab Manager).

8ClickOK.

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Change Your User Password

YoucanchangethepasswordonlyforauseraccountcreatedinLab Manager.YoucannotuseLab Managerto

changeanLDAPaccountpassword.

To change your user password

1ClickthePreferenceslink.

2ClicktheChangePasswordtab.

3TypeandconfirmanewpasswordandclickChangePassword.

ThenexttimeyoulogintotheWebconsole,

useyournewpassword.

Lab Manager Workflow

WhenyouinstallorupgradeLab Manager,youconnectLab ManagertoavCenterServerandaddresource

pools,ESX/ESXihosts,andaphysicalnetworktousewithLab Managervirtualmachines.

Yournextstepsmightinvolveaddingmoreresourcestothesystem,settinguporganizationsandworkspaces,

andaddingusersandgroupsto

thoseorganizationsandworkspaces.

WhenLab Managerhasresourcesandusers,youcancreateorimportvirtualmachinetemplatestoserveas

thebasisforvirtualmachines.Usethesevirtualmachinetemplatestocreateconfigurationscomposedofone

ormorevirtualmachines.

Youcanworkwithaconfigurationanditsvirtualmachinesin

aworkspaceandsaveaconfigurationtothe

Librarytoshareitwithotherusers.

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Lab ManagergetsitsresourcesfromthevCenterServersystemtowhichitconnects.Thesystemadministrator

assignssomeoftheseresourcestoLab Managerduringsetup,butyoucanaddresourcesasneeded.Only

systemadministratorscanaddresourcestoLab Manager.

InLab Manager,resourcescanbededicatedtoanorganizationorshared

betweenorganizations.Resource

poolsandhostsprovidecomputingandmemoryresourcesforvirtualmachines.Datastoresprovidestorage

forvirtualmachines.MediastoresprovidestorageforCD/DVDandfloppyimagefilesforusewithvirtual

machines.Physicalnetworksprovidevirtualmachineswithaccesstophysicalnetworks.Hostspanning

transportnetworksenableHost

Spanningforconfigurationsthatusefencedorvirtualnetworks.

Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

 “AttachaResourcePool”onpage 19

 “A d d aMediaStore”onpage 20

 “A d d aPhysicalNetwork”onpage 20

 “A d d aHostSpanningTransportNetwork”onpage 21

Attach a Resource Pool

IfyouneedadditionalCPUandmemoryresourcesforvirtualmachines,youcanattacharesourcepool.

By default,onlysystemadministratorscanattachresourcepools.

To attach a resource pool

1Intheleftpane,clickResources.

2ClicktheResourcePoolstab.

3IntheOrganizationdrop‐downmenu,selecttheorganizationtowhichyouwanttoadd

theresource

pool.

IfyouselectGlobal,theaddedresourcepoolisavailabletoallorganizationsbutassignedtonone.

You canassignittoanorganizationlater.

4ClickAttachResourcePool.

5 Selecttheresourcepool,cluster,orhostfromthevCenterinventory.

6 (Optional)Typeanamefortheresourcepooltodisplay

inLab Manager.

7ClickOK.

IfLab Managerdetectsthatahostisnotprepared(forexample,thehostdoesnothaveanagentthat

Lab Managerinstalledonthehost),amessageappears.See“PrepareaHost”onpage 91.

Adding Resources

NOTEThereisalimitofeightmanagedservers(hosts)perLUN.Ifyouexceedthislimit,anerrormessage

appears.Seehttp://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003319formoreinformation.

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IfyouaddedtheresourcepooltotheGlobalorganization,youcannowassignittoanorganization,sothe

virtualmachinesinthisorganizationcanuseitsresources.See“Ad d orRemovetheResourcePoolsinan

Organization”onpage 117formoreinformation.

Add a Media Store

Bydefault,onlysystemadministratorscanaddmediastores.AmediastoreisanNFSorVMFSdatastorethat

isenabledformedia.Youcanusedifferentdirectoriesonthesamedatastoreformediaandvirtualmachines.

To add a media store

1Intheleftpane,clickResources.

2IntheOrganizationdrop‐downmenu,selectthe

organizationtowhichyouwanttoaddthemediastore.

IfyouselectGlobal,theaddedmediastoreisavailabletoallorganizationsbutassignedtonone.Youcan

assignittoorganizationslater.

3OntheDatastorestab,movethepointeroverthedatastorethatyouwanttouseasa

mediastoreandselect

EnableMedia.

4OntheMediaStorestab,clickAddMediaStore.

5Typeaname.

6 Selectthedatastore.

7Typethedirectorypathtothemedia.

ForNFSdatastores,typethepathrelativetothemountpoint.ForVMFSdatastores,typethepathrelative

totheroot.Amediastore

anditsNFSdatastorecannothavethesameNFSpathroot.

8ClickOK.

9OntheMediaStorestab,movethepointeronthemediastorenameandselectSynchronize.

Add a Physical Network

Bydefault,onlysystemadministratorscanaddaphysicalnetwork.

To add a physical network

1Intheleftpane,clickResources.

2IntheOrganizationdrop‐downmenu,selecttheorganizationtowhichyouwanttoaddthephysical

network.

IfyouselectGlobal,theaddedphysicalnetworkisavailabletoallorganizationsbutassignedtonone.



Youcanassignittoanorganizationlater.

3OnthePhysicalNetworkstab,clickNewPhysicalNetwork.

4Typeaname.

5 (Optional)TypeadescriptionandaVLANIdentifier.

6 SelecttheIPaddressingmodesforthenetwork.

IfyouselectedStatic‐IPPoolorStatic‐Manual,typethestaticmodesettingsandaddanIPpool.

OTEVMwaresupportsonedirectorywithoutsubdirectories.

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