Lifecycle Manager User’s Guide
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Ifyoudonotspecifyauserorgroup,onlyyouandtheLCMAdministratorhavecontrol.
aFromtheVirtualmachinecontrolbydrop‐downmenu,selectGrouporUser.
bTypethenameoftheus erorgroup,orsearch foralistofavailablegrouporusernamesanddescriptions.
cTypetheemailaddressfortheuserorgroupifemailnotificationsareenabled.
6 (Optional)Specifywhocanconnecttoandviewthevirtualmachinewhenitisrunning.
Ifyoudonotspecifyauserorgroup,onlyyouandtheLCMAdministratorcanviewthevirtualmachine.
aFromtheVirtualmachineviewbydrop‐downmenu,selectGrouporUser.
bTypethenameoftheus erorgroup,orsearch foralistofavailablegrouporusernamesanddescriptions.
cTypetheemailaddressfortheuserorgroupifemailnotificationsareenabled.
7ClickNext.
8 SelectsettingsfortheLocation,Organization,ServerEnvironment,ServiceLevel ,andPerformance options.
TheavailablesettingsfortheseoptionsarespecifiedbytheLCMAdministrator.
9TypetherequesteremailandclickNext.
10 SelecttheServertype.
11 (Optional)Tostartthevirtualmachineassoonasitisprovisioned,selectYesforStartvirtualmachine.
12 ClickNext.
13 Typecommentsaboutthevirtualmachine,whichareviewedintheapprovalprocess.
14 ClickSubmit.
Youcanviewasummaryofthevirtualmachineconfigurationandstatusbyclickingtherequestentry.
Thevirtualmachineisdeletedonthedecommissioningdate.Youcannotgetitback,unlesstheLCM
Administrator
hasconfiguredLCMtoarchivethevirtualmachine.Ifvirtualmachinesarearchived,contact
yourLCMAdministratortoretrieveit.
Display Requested Virtual Machines
Youcanusefilterstoviewthestatusofvirtualmachinesthatyouhaverequested.
IntheCatalogview,youcanusethefollowingfilterstoviewonlyvirtualmachinesthatmeetthecriteria.
Table 3-1. Catalog View Filters
Filter Description
All Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequested.
Creating Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarebeingcreated.
AvailableVM Displaystheavailablevirtualmachinesthatyoucreated.
Rejected Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatwererejected.
Decommissioned Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyoucreatedthathavebeendecommissioned.
Canceled Displaysthe
virtualmachinesthatyoucreatedandthencanceled.
Errors Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyoucreatedthathaveerrors.
WaitingForApproval Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarewaitingforapproval.
WaitingForPlacement Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarewaitingtobecorrectlyplaced.
EndOfLife
Displaystherequestedvirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthataredecommissioned,
archived,rejected,orcanceled.
AllExceptEndOfLife Displaystherequestedvirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarenotdecommissioned,
archived,rejected,orcanceled.