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Lab Manager User’s Guide
vCenter Lab Manager 4.0
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Contents
AboutThisBook 11
1 GettingStartedwithLab Manager 13
LabManagerComponents 13
AccessingtheLabManagerWebConsole 14
SetMicrosoftInternetExplorerOptions 15
LogIntotheWebConsole 15
ViewPerformance,Usage,andSupportInformation 15
SettingUserPreferences 16
SetDisplayandLeaseAlertPreferences 16
ChangeYourUserPassword 17
Lab ManagerWorkflow 17
2 AddingResources 19
AttachaResourcePool 19
AddaMediaStore 20
AddaPhysicalNetwork 20
AddaHostSpanningTransportNetwork 21
3 AddingUsersandGroups 23
ImportaUser 23
CreateaUser 24
ImportanLDAPGroup 24
4 SettingUpOrganizationsandWorkspaces 27
CreateanOrganization 27
CreateaWorkspace 28
5 SettingUpNetworkTemplates 29
CreateaNetworkTemplate 29
CopyaNetworkTemplate 30
ShareaNetworkTemplate 30
6 SettingUpVirtualMachineTemplates 31
CreateaVirtualMachineTemplate 31
ImportingVirtualMachineTemplates 32
ImportaVirtualMachineTemplatefromvCenter 33
ImportaVirtualMachineTemplatefromSMBStorage 33
SaveaVirtualMachineasaVirtualMachineTemplate 34
CloneaVirtualMachineTemplate 35
DeployingVirtualMachineTemplates 35
DeployaVirtualMachineTemplatewithDefaultSettings 35
DeployaVirtualMachineTemplate
withCustomSettings 36
InstallaGuestOperatingSystem 36
InstallingVMwareTools 36
InstallVMwareToolsinaWindowsGuest 36
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InstallVMwareToolsonaLinuxGuestWithinXwiththeRPMInstaller 37
InstallVMwareToolsonaLinuxGuestwiththeTarInstallerorRPMInstaller 37
InstallVMwareToolsonaSolarisGuest 39
CustomizingtheGuestOperatingSystem 40
Accessthemachine.idfromanESXHost 40
Accessthemachine.idfromaGuestOperating
System 40
PrerequisitesforGuestCustomization 41
BuildaMicrosoftSysprepPackage 41
CompleteGuestCustomizationforWindowsNTandSolarisVirtualMachineTemplates 42
CompleteGuestCustomizationforSolarisVirtualMachineTemplates 43
WorkingwiththeGuestCustomizationSIDGenerationTool 43
SelecttheSIDGenerationToolforLab Manager 43
ChangetheSIDGenerationToolforaVirtualMachineTemplate 44
Select
theSIDGenerationToolforaVirtualMachine 44
DisablingGuestCustomization 44
DisableGuestCustomizationforaVirtualMachineTemplate 44
DisableGuestCustomizationforaVirtualMachine 45
CustomizeGuestCustomization 45
ImportingVirtualMachineTemplatesfromLabManager2.xwithVMware ToolsandLM Tools 45
UndeployaVirtualMachineTemplate 46
ShareaVirtualMachineTemplate 46
PublishingVirtualMachineTemplates 47
CheckVMwareToolsStatusBeforePublishingVirtualMachineTemplates 47
DisableVMware ToolsCheckBeforePublishingVirtualMachineTemplates 47
PublishaVirtualMachineTemplate 47
7 WorkingwithConfigurations 49
AddingConfigurationstoaWorkspace 49
CreateaWorkspaceConfiguration 50
AddaVirtualMachineBasedonaVirtualMachineTemplate 50
AddaVirtualMachinefromvCenter 51
ImportaConfigurationtoaWorkspace 52
CopyaWorkspaceConfiguration 52
FullClonesandLinkedClones 52
CloneaLibraryConfigurationtoaWorkspace 53
AddingConfigurationstotheLibrary 54
CaptureaWorkspace
ConfigurationtotheLibrary 54
ArchiveaWorkspaceConfigurationtotheLibrary 54
CloneaLibraryConfiguration 55
ShareaConfiguration 55
ConfigurationNetworking 56
PhysicalNetworks 56
FencingVirtualMachines 56
FencingConnectivity 57
VirtualNetworks 59
ConnectingVirtualNetworkstoPhysicalNetworks 59
VirtualtoPhysicalNetworkConnectivity 59
HostSpanning 59
HostSpanningNetworks 59
HostSpanningTransportNetworks 60
SettingUpaHostSpanning 60
DeployingandUndeployingConfigurations 60
Deploy
aConfigurationwithCustomSettings 60
DeployaConfigurationwithDefaultSettings 61
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UnderstandingDefaultDeploymentSettings 61
UndeployaConfiguration 62
StoppingandStartingConfigurationVirtualMachines 62
SuspendaConfiguration 62
ResumeOperationofaSuspendedConfiguration 62
PowerOffaConfiguration 62
PowerOnaConfiguration 63
ResetaConfiguration 63
WorkingwithConfigurationSnapshots 63
TakeaConfigurationSnapshot 63
ReverttoaConfigurationSnapshot 63
DeleteaConfigurationSnapshot 64
ViewingConfigurationVirtualMachines,Networks,andHistory 64
ViewVirtualMachinesinaConfiguration 64
ViewConfigurationNetworks 64
ViewaConfigurationDiagram 65
ViewConfigurationHistory 65
AddaNotetoConfigurationHistory 65
ModifyingConfigurations 66
AddingaVirtualMachinetoaWorkspaceConfiguration 66
RemoveaVirtualMachinefromaWorkspaceConfiguration 66
MoveVirtualMachinesBetweenWorkspaceConfigurations 66
CombineWorkspaceConfigurations 67
FullClonesandLinkedClones 67
Adda
NetworktoaWorkspaceConfiguration 67
RemoveaNetworkfromaWorkspaceConfiguration 68
ReplaceaWorkspaceConfigurationNetwork 68
ModifyConfigurationProperties 68
ChangeOwnershipofaConfiguration 69
UpgradeVirtualHardwareinaConfiguration 69
DiscardStateforaConfiguration 70
DeleteaConfiguration 70
UsingLiveLink 70
CreateaLiveLink 70
DeployaLiveLink 71
ExportingConfigurations 71
ExportaConfigurationtovCenter 71
ExportaConfiguration
toanSMBShare 72
8 WorkingwithVirtualMachines 73
DeployingandUndeployingVirtualMachines 73
DeployaVirtualMachine 73
UndeployaVirtualMachine 75
AccessingVirtualMachineConsoles 75
ViewaVirtualMachineConsole 75
ViewAllVirtualMachineConsoles 76
StoppingandStartingVirtualMachines 76
SuspendaVirtualMachine 76
ResumeaVirtualMachine 76
PowerOffaVirtualMachine 76
PowerOnaVirtualMachine 76
ResetaVirtualMachine 77
ShutDowna
VirtualMachine 77
WorkingwithVirtualMachineSnapshots 77
TakeaSnapshotofaVirtualMachine 77
ReverttoaVirtualMachineSnapshot 77
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DeleteaVirtualMachineSnapshot 78
ManagingVirtualMachines 78
InstallVMwareTools 78
InsertandSwapaCD 78
EjectaCD 79
InsertandSwapaFloppyDisk 79
EjectaFloppyDisk 79
CreateaRemoteDesktopConnectionFile 79
ConnectRemotelytoaVirtualMachine 80
ModifyVirtualMachineProperties 80
ModifyingVirtualMachineHardDisks 82
AddaVirtualMachineHardDisk 82
Edit
aVirtualMachineHardDisk 82
DeleteaVirtualMachineHardDisk 83
ModifyingVirtualMachineNetworkInterfaces 83
EditNetworkInterfaceSettings 83
ResetaNetworkInterfaceMACAddress 84
AddaNetworkInterface 84
DeleteaNetworkInterface 85
UpgradeVirtualMachineVersion 85
EnableMemoryHotAdd 85
EnableVirtualCPUHotAdd 86
DiscardStateforaVirtualMachine 86
ConsolidateaVirtual
Machine 86
WorkingwithBEALiquidVMs 87
9 ManagingResources 89
ManagingResourcePools 89
EnableorDisableaResourcePool 89
ModifyResourcePoolProperties 90
UndeployAllVirtualMachinesinaResourcePool 90
DetachaResourcePool 90
ManagingHosts 91
PrepareaHost 91
EnableandDisableHosts 91
DisableandEnableHostSpanningforaHost 92
UnprepareaHost 92
ModifyHostProperties 92
ViewDeployedVirtualMachinesonaHost 93
UndeployAll
VirtualMachinesonaHost 93
RedeployAllVirtualMachinesonaDifferentHost 94
RepairaHost 94
ManagingDatastores 94
DeleteaDatastore 95
RemoveaDatastore 95
EnableandDisableDatastores 95
DisableVirtualMachineCreationinaDatastore 96
DisableMediaStoreCreationinaDatastore 96
ModifyDatastoreProperties 96
ViewVirtualMachineDatastoreUsage 97
ViewVirtualMachineDatastoreDirectories 97
Understanding
VirtualMachineDatastoreDirectories 98
DeleteExpiredVirtualMachines 99
RenewtheStorageLeaseforanExpiredVirtual Machine 99
DeleteRevertPoints 99
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ConsolidateaVirtualMachineBasedonDatastoreUsage 100
DeleteaVirtualMachineorConfigurationBasedonDatastoreUsage 100
ManagingMediaStores 100
AddMediaStores 100
SynchronizeaMediaStore 101
EnableandDisableaMediaStore 101
ChangetheNameofaMediaStore 101
ManagingPhysicalNetworks 102
MonitorIPPoolUsageforaPhysicalNetwork 102
AddorRemove
IPAddressestotheIPPoolofaPhysicalNetwork 102
ModifyPhysicalNetworkProperties 102
DeleteaPhysicalNetwork 103
ManagingHostSpanningTransportNetworks 103
ViewHostSpanningTransportNetworks 103
DisableorEnableHostSpanning 103
EnableorDisableaHostSpanningTransportNetwork 104
RemoveaHostSpanningTransportNetwork 104
ModifyHostSpanningTransportNetworkProperties 104
10 ManagingtheMediaLibrary 105
SynchronizetheMediaLibrarywithMediaStoreFiles 105
ChangeOwnershipofMediaFiles 106
RestrictAccesstoMediaFiles 106
ModifyMediaProperties 107
11 ManagingUsers,Groups,andRoles 109
ManagingUsers 109
DisableorEnableUsers 109
RemoveaUserfromanOrganization 110
DeleteaUserfromLab Manager 110
ModifyUserProperties 110
ViewUserRolesandOrganizations 111
SendUserNotifications 111
ManagingStrandedUsers 111
ReassignOwnershipofAllStrandedUsers’Objects 112
ReassignOwnershipofaStrandedUser’sObjects 112
ManagingGroups 112
RemoveaGroupfromanOrganization 112
DeleteaGroupfrom
Lab Manager 112
ModifyGroupProperties 113
ManagingRolesandRights 113
AddaRole 113
CopyaRole 114
DeleteaRole 114
ModifyRoleProperties 114
12 ManagingOrganizationsandWorkspaces 115
ModifyingOrganizationProperties 115
ModifyDefaultUserPreferences 115
ModifyDefaultDeploymentSettings 116
ModifytheUsersandGroupsinanOrganization 116
AddMembersorGroupstoanOrganization 116
RemoveMembersorGroupsfromanOrganization 116
AddorRemovetheResourcePoolsinanOrganization 117
AddorRemovetheDatastoresinanOrganization 117
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AddorRemovetheMediaStoresinanOrganization 117
AddorRemovethePhysicalNetworksinanOrganization 118
AddorRemoveaHostSpanningTransportNetworkinanOrganization 118
EnableorDisableanOrganization 118
DeleteanOrganization 118
UsingthePrimaryWorkspace 119
DeletethePrimaryWorkspace 119
SetthePrimaryWorkspaceforanOrganization 119
ModifyWorkspaceProperties 120
ModifyingUsersandGroupsinaWorkspace 120
AddUsersandGroupstoaWorkspace 120
RemoveUsersandGroupsfromaWorkspace 120
AddorRemovetheResourcePoolsAvailabletoaWorkspace 121
DisableaWorkspace 121
DeleteaWorkspace 121
13 ManagingNetworkTemplates 123
ModifyNetworkTemplateProperties 123
ChangeOwnershipofaNetworkTemplate 123
DeleteNetworkTemplates 124
MonitorIPPoolUsageforaVirtualNetwork 124
AddIPAddressestotheIPPoolofaVirtualNetwork 124
RemoveIPAddressesfromtheIPPoolofaVirtualNetwork 125
14 ManagingVirtualMachineTemplates 127
UnpublishaVirtualMachineTemplate 127
ExportaVirtualMachineTemplatetoanSMBShare 128
ExportaVirtualMachineTemplatetovCenter128
ConsolidateaVirtualMachineTemplate 129
DiscardtheStateforaVirtualMachineTemplate 129
ModifyVirtualMachineTemplateProperties 129
ModifyingVirtualMachineTemplateHardDisks 131
AddaHardDisktoaTemplate 131
Edita
VirtualMachineTemplateHardDisk 131
DeleteaVirtualMachineTemplateHardDisk 132
ModifyingVirtualMachineTemplateNetworkInterfaces 132
AddaNetworkInterfacetoaVirtualMachineTemplate 132
EditaVirtualMachineNetworkInterface 133
DeleteaNetworkInterfacefromaVirtualMachineTemplate 133
ResetaVirtualMachineTemplateNetworkInterfaceMACAddress 133
UpgradeVirtualHardware 134
ChangeOwnershipofaVirtualMachineTemplate 134
DeleteaVirtualMachineTemplate 134
DeleteaVirtualMachineTemplatewithForce 134
15 ManagingLab ManagerSettings 135
ConfiguringGeneralPreferences 135
ChangevCenterLab ManagerPreferences 135
SetEmailPreferences 137
SetSystemAlertPreferences 137
SetConfigurationChangeSummaryPreferences 138
ConfiguringLDAPSettings 138
LocateanLDAPServer 138
SetUpanLDAPConnection 139
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SpecifytheLDAPConnectorandSchema 140
CustomizeLDAPUserandGroupAttributes 141
TestLDAPSettings 141
DetachanLDAPServer 141
SynchronizeLab ManagerwiththeLDAPServer 141
ConfiguringLab ManagerLicenses 142
ViewCapacityLicenseInformation 142
AddaCapacityLicense 142
ConfiguringGuestCustomizationSettings 142
ConfiguringSupportLinkSettings 142
EnableSupportLink 142
CollectSupportInformation 143
ConfiguringResourceCleanupSettings 143
UnderstandingLeases 143
SetDeploymentandStorage
LeaseMaximums 144
ConfiguringvCenterSettings 144
ReconnecttoavCenterServer 144
ChangethevCenterServerUserNameandPassword 144
16 MonitoringLabManager 145
MonitoringLabManagerOperations 145
ViewtheActivityLog 145
ViewActivityDetails 146
MonitoringResourceUsage 146
ViewResourcePoolResourceUsage 146
ViewWorkspaceResourceUsage 146
ViewDeployedVirtualMachines 147
A RolesandRights 149
PredefinedRoles 149
DatastoreRights 149
GeneralRights 150
GroupRights 150
HighI/ORights 150
HostRights 151
HostSpanningTransportNetworks 151
LibraryConfigurationRights 151
MachineRights 152
MediaRights 153
MediaStoreRights 153
NetworkTemplateRights 153
OrganizationRights 154
PhysicalNetworkRights 154
ResourcePoolRights 154
RoleRights 155
SharingRights 155
UserRights 156
VMTemplateRights 156
WorkspaceConfigurationRights 157
WorkspaceRights 157
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B ClientandBrowserSupport 159
C GuestOperatingSystemSupport 161
D UsingSSMove 163
BeforeYouMoveaDatastore 163
MoveaDatastore 164
ResolvingMoveErrors 164
Glossary 165
Index 173
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TheLabManagerUser’sGuideprovidesinformationaboutconfiguringandworkingwithVMware
®
vCenter
Lab Manager.Italsodescribeshowtosetupresourcessuchasdatastoresandnetworks,configureusersand
groups,andworkwithworkspaces,configurations,virtualmachineandnetworktemplates.
Intended Audience
ThisbookisintendedforVMwarevSphereadministratorsandcurrentLabManagerandStageManager
administrators.
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VMwarevCenterLab Managerisanapplicationthatprovidesarapidprovisioningportalandimagelibrary
managementsystemtoautomatethesetupandteardownofmultimachinesoftwareconfigurationsand
manageservicetransitionactivities.LabManagerleveragesVMwarevSphereandVMwarevCenterto
providevirtualinfrastructureresourcestomultipleteams,projects,andgeographies
fromacentrallocation.
UsingLab Manager,youcancreateasharedvirtualmachinelibrarythatstorescommonlyusedconfigurations
andprovideuserswithselfserviceaccesstotheseconfigurationsforapplicationdevelopment,testing,
support,training,softwaredemonstrations,andmore.Lab Manageradministratorscontrolaccessrights,
storagequotas,anddeploymentpolicies.
Thischapter
includesthesetopics:
“LabManagerComponents”onpage 13
“A c c e s s i n g theLabManagerWebConsole”onpage 14
“ViewPerformance,Usage,andSupportInformationonpage 15
“SettingUserPreferences”onpage 16
“Lab ManagerWorkflowonpage 17
Lab Manager Components
Lab ManagerrequiresVMwarevSphere.VMwareESX/ESXi™hostsprovidethememoryandCPUresources
torunLab Managervirtualmachines.Lab ManagermanagestheESX/ESXihoststhroughavCenterServer
andtheLab Manageragentinstalledonthehosts.ESX/ESXihostscontinuetofunctionevenifthevCenter
Serversystembecomesunreachable(forexample,the
networkconnectionissevered).
vSpheredatastoresprovidesharedstorageforLab Managervirtualmachinesandmediafilestoinstallguest
operatingsystemsandapplications.
UserscanaccesstheLab ManagerserverthroughWebandSOAPinterfaces:
UseMicrosoftInternetExplorerorMozillaFirefoxtoaccesstheLab ManagerWebconsoletointeractwith
theLab Managerserver.
UsetheLab ManagerSOAPAPItoaccesstheLab Managerserverprogrammatically.TheSOAPAPI
allowseasyintegrationwithbuildmanagementsystemsandwithautomatedtestingtools.Seethe
Lab ManagerSOAPAPIGuideformoreinformation.
Getting Started with Lab Manager
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Figure 11illustratesthecomponentsofLab ManagerandhowitworkswithVMwarevSphere.
Figure 1-1. Lab Manager Components
Lab ManagersupportsVMwarevSpherecapabilitiessuchasVMwareVMotion™,VMwareDistributed
ResourceScheduler(DRS),andVMwareHighAvailability(HA).Thesedistributedservicesenableefficient
andautomatedresourcemanagementandhighvirtualmachineavailability.Lab Managerdoesnot
support
VMwareFaultTolerance(FT)orvSpherelinkedclones.FTisdisabledforallvirtualmachinesmanagedby
Lab Manager.
Accessing the Lab Manager Web Console
YouconnecttotheLab ManagerWebconsoleusingabrowser.ToaccesstheLab ManagerWebconsole,
acomputermustsatisfytheserequirements:
MicrosoftInternetExplorerorMozillaFirefox
ForinformationaboutwhichWebbrowsersaresupportedonwhichclientoperatingsystems,see
Appendix B,“ClientandBrowserSupport,”onpage 159.IfyouareusingInternetExplorer,see“Set
MicrosoftInternetExplorerOptions”onpage 15.
RoutableaccesstotheLab ManagerserverandESX/ESXihosts
1024x768orhigherresolutionmonitor
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
BeforeyoucanaccesstheLab ManagerWebconsoleusingMicrosoftInternetExplorer,youmustenablesome
securityandadvancedoptions.
To set Internet Explorer options
1InInternetExplorer,selectTools>InternetOptions.
2ClicktheSecuritytab,selecttheWebcontentzonefortheLab Managerserver,andclickCustomLevel.
3Enablethefollowingoptionsandclick
OK.
DownloadsignedActiveXcontrols
RunActiveXcontrolsandplugins
AllowMETAREFRESH
Activescripting
Allowpasteoperationsviascript
4ClickOKandclicktheAdvancedtab.
5EnablethePlayanimationsinwebpagesoptionandclickOK.
6IfyouareusingInternetExploreronWindows2003,opentheControlPanelandclickAddorRemove
Programs.
7ClickAdd/RemoveWindowsComponents.
8DisableInternetExplorerEnhancedSecurityConfiguration
.
Log In to the Web Console
BeforeyoucanlogintotheWebconsole,youneedausernameandpassword,andyoumustbeamemberof
atleastoneorganizationinLab Manager.
To log in to the Lab Manager Web console
1Openabrowserandnavigateto
https://<Lab_Manager_Server_domain_name_or_IP_address>.
2TypeyourusernameandpasswordandclickLogin.
Lab ManagerdisplaystheWebconsole.If
Lab Managerdisplaysanerror,checkwithaLab Manager
administratortomakesureyouareusingthecorrectusernameandpasswordandthatyouareamemberof
aLab Managerorganization.
View Performance, Usage, and Support Information
TheOverviewpageisthedefaultlandingpageintheWebconsole.Itincludesperformancesummarydata,
informationaboutyourquotas,usages,andleases,andlinkstoadditionalresourcestohelpyoulearnabout
Lab Manager.
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OTEALab ManagersystemadministratormustenableSupportLinkifyouwanttoviewallstatistics.
See “ConfiguringSupportLinkSettings”onpage 142.
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To view performance, usage, and support information
Intheleftpane,clickOverview.
ThePerformanceSummarycolumnincludesinformationaboutCPUandmemoryconsumption,thenumber
ofconfigurationsandvirtualmachinetemplates,andstorage.
TheinformationinthecolumnisspecifictotheorganizationselectedintheOrganizationdropdownmenu.
SelectGlobaltoviewinformationforthe
entireLab Managerinstallation.
TheMyvCenterLab Managercolumnincludesinformationaboutthenumberofvirtualmachinesthatyou
areallowedtodeployandstoreandthenumberofdeployedandstoredvirtualmachinesthatyouhave.
Thecolumnalsoincludesinformationaboutyourstorageanddeploymentleasesthatwillbeexpiring
inthe
nextweek.
TheDocumentation&Supportcolumnprovidesaccesstodocumentation,videotutorialstobecomefamiliar
withtheproduct,andcustomersupport.
Setting User Preferences
EachusercanspecifyhowinformationdisplaysintheLab ManagerWebconsoleandwhentobenotified
aboutdeploymentandstorageleasesthatareabouttoexpire.Thesepreferencesareusedinalltheusers
organizations.UserswhologinwithanaccountcreatedinLab Managercanchangetheirpassword.
Set Display and Lease Alert Preferences
Youcansetdefaultdisplayandleasealertpreferences.
To set display and lease alert preferences
1ClickthePreferenceslink.
2ClicktheDefaultstab.
3 SelectthepagetodisplaywhenyoulogintotheWebconsole.
TheOverviewpageisthedefaultsetting.
4 DeselecttheShowPageHeadercheckboxtonotdisplayIPaddresses,virtualmachinedescriptions,
and
snapshotthumbnailsatthetopoftheeachpage.
Removingtheheadergivesyoumoreroomtoviewtheconsole.
5Typethenumberofrowstodisplayonpageswithdatainatable.
Themaximumnumberis500.Thedefaultis20.
6 Selectthenumberofdaysorhoursbeforea
deploymentleaseexpirationthatyouwantLab Managerto
sendanemailnotification.
Whenadeploymentleaseexpires,Lab Managerundeploysthevirtualmachinetemplateor
configuration.
7 SelectthenumberofdaysorhoursbeforeastorageleaseexpirationthatyouwantLab Managertosend
anemailnotification.
Whenastorageleaseexpires,Lab Manager
deletesthevirtualmachinetemplateorconfiguration,or
marksitfordeletion(dependingonhowthesystemadministratorhasconfiguredLab Manager).
8ClickOK.
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Change Your User Password
YoucanchangethepasswordonlyforauseraccountcreatedinLab Manager.YoucannotuseLab Managerto
changeanLDAPaccountpassword.
To change your user password
1ClickthePreferenceslink.
2ClicktheChangePasswordtab.
3TypeandconfirmanewpasswordandclickChangePassword.
ThenexttimeyoulogintotheWebconsole,
useyournewpassword.
Lab Manager Workflow
WhenyouinstallorupgradeLab Manager,youconnectLab ManagertoavCenterServerandaddresource
pools,ESX/ESXihosts,andaphysicalnetworktousewithLab Managervirtualmachines.
Yournextstepsmightinvolveaddingmoreresourcestothesystem,settinguporganizationsandworkspaces,
andaddingusersandgroupsto
thoseorganizationsandworkspaces.
WhenLab Managerhasresourcesandusers,youcancreateorimportvirtualmachinetemplatestoserveas
thebasisforvirtualmachines.Usethesevirtualmachinetemplatestocreateconfigurationscomposedofone
ormorevirtualmachines.
Youcanworkwithaconfigurationanditsvirtualmachinesin
aworkspaceandsaveaconfigurationtothe
Librarytoshareitwithotherusers.
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Lab ManagergetsitsresourcesfromthevCenterServersystemtowhichitconnects.Thesystemadministrator
assignssomeoftheseresourcestoLab Managerduringsetup,butyoucanaddresourcesasneeded.Only
systemadministratorscanaddresourcestoLab Manager.
InLab Manager,resourcescanbededicatedtoanorganizationorshared
betweenorganizations.Resource
poolsandhostsprovidecomputingandmemoryresourcesforvirtualmachines.Datastoresprovidestorage
forvirtualmachines.MediastoresprovidestorageforCD/DVDandfloppyimagefilesforusewithvirtual
machines.Physicalnetworksprovidevirtualmachineswithaccesstophysicalnetworks.Hostspanning
transportnetworksenableHost
Spanningforconfigurationsthatusefencedorvirtualnetworks.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
AttachaResourcePool”onpage 19
“A d d aMediaStore”onpage 20
“A d d aPhysicalNetwork”onpage 20
“A d d aHostSpanningTransportNetwork”onpage 21
Attach a Resource Pool
IfyouneedadditionalCPUandmemoryresourcesforvirtualmachines,youcanattacharesourcepool.
By default,onlysystemadministratorscanattachresourcepools.
To attach a resource pool
1Intheleftpane,clickResources.
2ClicktheResourcePoolstab.
3IntheOrganizationdropdownmenu,selecttheorganizationtowhichyouwanttoadd
theresource
pool.
IfyouselectGlobal,theaddedresourcepoolisavailabletoallorganizationsbutassignedtonone.
You canassignittoanorganizationlater.
4ClickAttachResourcePool.
5 Selecttheresourcepool,cluster,orhostfromthevCenterinventory.
6 (Optional)Typeanamefortheresourcepooltodisplay
inLab Manager.
7ClickOK.
IfLab Managerdetectsthatahostisnotprepared(forexample,thehostdoesnothaveanagentthat
Lab Managerinstalledonthehost),amessageappears.See“PrepareaHost”onpage 91.
Adding Resources
2
NOTEThereisalimitofeightmanagedservers(hosts)perLUN.Ifyouexceedthislimit,anerrormessage
appears.Seehttp://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003319formoreinformation.
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IfyouaddedtheresourcepooltotheGlobalorganization,youcannowassignittoanorganization,sothe
virtualmachinesinthisorganizationcanuseitsresources.See“Ad d orRemovetheResourcePoolsinan
Organization”onpage 117formoreinformation.
Add a Media Store
Bydefault,onlysystemadministratorscanaddmediastores.AmediastoreisanNFSorVMFSdatastorethat
isenabledformedia.Youcanusedifferentdirectoriesonthesamedatastoreformediaandvirtualmachines.
To add a media store
1Intheleftpane,clickResources.
2IntheOrganizationdropdownmenu,selectthe
organizationtowhichyouwanttoaddthemediastore.
IfyouselectGlobal,theaddedmediastoreisavailabletoallorganizationsbutassignedtonone.Youcan
assignittoorganizationslater.
3OntheDatastorestab,movethepointeroverthedatastorethatyouwanttouseasa
mediastoreandselect
EnableMedia.
4OntheMediaStorestab,clickAddMediaStore.
5Typeaname.
6 Selectthedatastore.
7Typethedirectorypathtothemedia.
ForNFSdatastores,typethepathrelativetothemountpoint.ForVMFSdatastores,typethepathrelative
totheroot.Amediastore
anditsNFSdatastorecannothavethesameNFSpathroot.
8ClickOK.
9OntheMediaStorestab,movethepointeronthemediastorenameandselectSynchronize.
Add a Physical Network
Bydefault,onlysystemadministratorscanaddaphysicalnetwork.
To add a physical network
1Intheleftpane,clickResources.
2IntheOrganizationdropdownmenu,selecttheorganizationtowhichyouwanttoaddthephysical
network.
IfyouselectGlobal,theaddedphysicalnetworkisavailabletoallorganizationsbutassignedtonone.
Youcanassignittoanorganizationlater.
3OnthePhysicalNetworkstab,clickNewPhysicalNetwork.
4Typeaname.
5 (Optional)TypeadescriptionandaVLANIdentifier.
6 SelecttheIPaddressingmodesforthenetwork.
IfyouselectedStatic‐IPPoolorStatic‐Manual,typethestaticmodesettingsandaddanIPpool.
N
OTEVMwaresupportsonedirectorywithoutsubdirectories.
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