VMware vCenter Lifecycle Manager 1.0.2 User guide

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Model: vCenter Lifecycle Manager 1.0.2

Type: User guide

Lifecycle Manager User’s Guide

vCenter Lifecycle Manager 1.0.2

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Contents

AboutThisBook 5

1 OverviewofLifecycleManager 7

LifecycleProcess 7

LifecycleManagerTerminology 7

LifecycleManagerRoles 8

LCMRequesterRole 8

LCMTechRequesterRole 8

LCMApproverRole 8

LCMITStaffRole 9

SystemRequirements 9

LogIntoLCM 9

2 LCMRequesterandLCMTechRequesterTasks 11

RequestaVirtualMachine 11

DisplayRequestedVirtualMachines 13

CheckthePowerStateofaVirtualMachine 14

PoweraVirtualMachineOnandOff 14

ConnectingtoaVirtualMachine 14

OpenaVirtualMachineinaWebBrowser 14

UseRemoteDesktoptoConnecttoaVirtualMachine 15

CreateorReverttoaSnapshot 15

RequesttoExtendthe

LifeofaVirtualMachine 15

DecommissionaVirtualMachineImmediately 16

RequesttoChangetheVirtualMachineCustomizationAttributes 16

3 LCMApproverTasks 17

RequestaVirtualMachine 17

DisplayRequestedVirtualMachines 18

CheckthePowerStateofaVirtualMachine 19

PoweraVirtualMachineOnandOff 19

ConnectingtoaVirtualMachine 20

OpenaVirtualMachineinaWebBrowser 20

UseRemoteDesktoptoConnecttoaVirtualMachine 20

CreateorReverttoaSnapshot 20

RequesttoExtendthe

LifeofaVirtualMachine 21

DecommissionaVirtualMachineImmediately 21

ReviewRequestsforApproval 21

ApproveorRejectRequestedVirtualMachines 22

ApproveorRejectRequeststoExtendtheLifeofaVirtualMachine 22

ApproveorRejectRequestsforCustomizationChanges 22

GenerateReports 23

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4 LCMITStaffTasks 25

RequestaVirtualMachine 25

DisplayRequestedVirtualMachines 27

CheckthePowerStateofaVirtualMachine 28

PoweraVirtualMachineOnandOff 28

ConnectingtoaVirtualMachine 28

OpenaVirtualMachineinaWebBrowser 28

UseRemoteDesktoptoConnecttoaVirtualMachine 29

CreateorReverttoaSnapshot 29

RequesttoExtendthe

LifeofaVirtualMachine 29

DecommissionaVirtualMachineImmediately 30

RequesttoChangetheVirtualMachineCustomizationAttributes 30

PlaceaVirtualMachineManually 30

RetryaRequest 31

ValidateaRequestAfterManualIntervention 31

ApproveorRejectRequestsforCustomizationChanges 31

GenerateReports 32

Index 33

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Thisbook,theLifecycleManagerUserʹsGuide,describesthetasks thatuserscanperformusingVMware



vCenter™LifecycleManager(LCM).LCMallowsyoutorequest,approve,deploy,operate,and

decommissionavirtualmachine

Intended Audience

ThisbookisintendedforallLCMusersthatareusingLCMtorequest,approve,deploy,operate,and

decommissionavirtualmachine.LCMusersareassignedspecificrolesthatdeterminethetasksthattheycan

perform.Dependingonyourassignedrole,youmightbeabletoperformallorsomeof

thetasksdescribedin

thisguide.

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VMwarevCenterLifecycleManager(LCM)automatestheprocessofcreatingvirtualmachinesandremoving

themfromserviceattheappropriatetime.ThetasksthatyoucanperformdependsontherolethattheLCM

Administratorhasassignedtoyou.Thisguidedescribesthetasksthateachrolecanperform.Forinformation

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aboutthetasksthattheLCMAdministratorcanperform,seetheLifecycleManagerAdministrationGuide.

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

 “LifecycleProcess”onpage 7

 “LifecycleManagerTerminology”onpage 7

 “LifecycleManagerRoles”onpage 8

 “SystemRequirements”onpage 9

 “LogIntoLCM”onpage 9

Lifecycle Process

ThewaythatLCMhandlesrequeststocreatevirtualmachinesdependsonhowtheLCMAdministratorhas

configuredtheapprovalprocess.Ifapprovalisrequired,anemailnotificationissenttotheLCMApprover

user.Ifapprovalisnotrequired,andthereisnoconflictwiththerequest,thevirtualmachine

iscreated.Ifthere

isaconflict,anLCMITStaffuserreceivesanemailnotificationthatavirtualmachineiswaitingtobecreated.

Afteravirtualmachinehasbeencreated,itcanbeuseduntilthedecommissioningdate.Fivedaysbeforethe

decommissioningdate,anemailnoticeissent

totheuserwhorequestedthevirtualmachineifemail

notificationsareenabled.Theusercandooneofthefollowing:

 Requesttoextendthelifeofthemachine.

Iftheextensionisnotapproved,thevirtualmachineisdecommissionedandisarchivedordeleted.

The LCMAdministratordetermineswhetherdecommissionedvirtualmachinesarearchived.

 Manuallydecommissionthevirtualmachine.

Lifecycle Manager Terminology

LCMusesspecificterminologytodescribelifecycleeventsandattributes.

Overview of Lifecycle Manager

Table 1-1. Terminology

Term Definition

Commission Dateandtimetocreatearequestedvirtualmachine.Thecommissiontimeissubmittedduring

therequestprocess.

Decommission Therequestedmachinereachesitsendoflife.Adecommissiondateissubmittedduringthe

requestprocess.Thedecommissionedmachinecanbearchivedordeleted.

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Lifecycle Manager Roles

ThetasksthatyoucanperformdependontherolethatyouhavebeenassignedbytheLCMAdministrator.

LCMuserswhoarenotLCMAdministratorshaveoneormoreofthefollowingroles:

 LCMRequester

 LCMTechRequester

 LCMApprover

 LCMITStaff

LCM Requester Role

TheLCMRequesterusercanperformthefollowingwhenrequestingvirtualmachines:

 Setthecriteria.

 Selectatemplateprofile.

 Setthecommissioninganddecommissioningdates.

 Specifywhocancontrolandviewvirtualmachines.

 DisplayalistofthevirtualmachinesthattheLCMRequesterhascreated.

 Requestanextensiontothelifeofavirtualmachine.

 Manuallydecommissionavirtualmachine.

LCM Tech Requester Role

AnLCMTechnicalRequesteruserisanadvancedLCMRequester.InadditiontothetasksthatanLCM

Requestercanperform,anLCMTechRequestercancustomizethesettingsfortheCPU,memory,andshares

forthevirtualmachine.

LCM Approver Role

AnLCMApproverusercandothefollowing:

 Requestavirtualmachine.

 ReceiveemailnotificationsfornewvirtualmachinerequestsiftheLCMAdministratorhasenabled

notificationmode.

Extension Extendingthelife ofavirtualmachinethatistobedecommissioned.Ifapprovalisrequired,the

requestforextensionmustbeapprovedbeforetheownerofthevirtualmachinecancontinueto

useit.

Infrastructure Attributessuchasthenetwork,domain,anddatastoreaffectwheretherequestedvirtual

machineis

placedinVMwareInfrastructure.

Criteria Attributesattachedtoarequestedvirtualmachinethatareselectedduringtherequestprocess,

suchaslocation,organization,serverenvironment,servicelevel,andperformance.TheLCM

Administratormapsthisinformationtotheinfrastructure.

TemplateProfile Theprofilethatisusedwhenarequestedvirtualmachineiscloned.

Customization

Template

Thetemplatethatdeterminestheresourcesthattherequestedvirtualmachineuses,suchas

memoryreservation,memorylimit,CPUshares,anddiskshares.OnlytheLCMITStaff,LCM

TechRequester,andLCMAdministratorcanmodifythecustomizationtemplate.

Placing Therequestedvirtualmachineiscreatedormovedintotheinfrastructure,

basedontheselected

criteriaandinfrastructure.

Table 1-1. Terminology (Continued)

Term Definition

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Chapter 1 Overview of Lifecycle Manager

 Receiverequestsfornewvirtualmachines.Eachrequestispresentedwiththefixedcostofthevirtual

machine,sotheLCMApprovercandeterminethecostperdayofusingthevirtualmachine.

 Receiverequeststoextendthelifeofanexistingvirtualmachine.

 Approveorrejectrequests.

 Generatereports.

 Reviewthecatalogofrequestedvirtualmachines.

LCM IT Staff Role

AnLCMITStaffuserisnotifiedbyemailaboutnewrequestsifemailnotificationsareenabled.Ifthechoice

ofcriteriaforarequestisnotresolved,theLCMITStaffusercanprovidethemissingplacementor

configurationinformationtocompletetherequest.

AnLCMITStaffusercan

dothefollowing:

 Manuallyplaceapprovedvirtualmachines.

 Modifyvirtualmachinename.

 Approveorrejectcustomizationtemplates.

 Generatereports.

 Retryarequest.

 Validatearequestaftermanualintervention.

System Requirements

YoumustuseoneofthefollowingbrowserstoconnecttoLCM:

 MicrosoftInternetExplorer7

 MozillaFirefox3.0.x(wherexis8orlater)

Toconnecttoavirtualmachineusingaremotedesktopapplication,youmusthaveRemoteDesktop

Protocol (RDP)clientsoftwareinstalledonyourworkstation.

Toconnecttoavirtualmachinethroughyourbrowser,youmustusetheVMwareWebCenterRemoteMKS

Plug‐in,which

iscompatiblewiththefollowingbrowsersandoperatingsystems:

 MicrosoftInternetExplorer7onWindowsXPorWindowsServer2003

 MozillaFirefox3onWindowsXP,WindowsServer2003,orLinux

YouuseaWebbrowsertoconnecttoLCM.

To log in to LCM

1InyourWebbrowser,typetheURLprovidedbyyourLCMAdministrator.

Thedefaultishttp://<server_name>:8280/vmo/lifecycle/default.html.

2TypetheusernameandpasswordprovidedbyyourLCMAdministrator.

TheuserinterfaceoptionsshowndependsontheLCMrolethatyouhavebeenassigned.

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ThischapterdescribesthetasksthatyoucanperformifyouareanLCMRequesterorLCMTechRequester.

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

 “RequestaVirtualMachine”onpage 11

 “DisplayRequestedVirtualMachines”onpage 13

 “CheckthePowerStateofaVirtualMachine”onpage 14

 “PoweraVirtualMachineOnandOff”onpage 14

 “ConnectingtoaVirtualMachine”onpage 14

 “CreateorReverttoaSnapshot”onpage 15

 “RequesttoExtendtheLifeofaVirtualMachine”onpage 15

 “DecommissionaVirtualMachineImmediately”onpage 16

 “RequesttoChangetheVirtualMachineCustomizationAttributes”onpage 16

Request a Virtual Machine

Tocommissionavirtualmachine,youmustsubmitarequest.Youcanrequestaspecificstartdateoraccept

thefirstavailabledate.

To request a virtual machine

1LogintoLCMandclicktheRequestsview.

2ClickRequest.

3 (Optional)Tospecifyacommissioningdate,selectYesforSetcommissioningdate?andselectadate.

Ifyou

donotspecifyacommissioningdate,thevirtualmachineiscreatedatthefirstavailableopportunity

afterapproval.

4 (Optional)Tospecifyadecommissioning date,selectYesforSet decommissioningdate?andselectadate.

Ifyoudonotspecifyadecommissioningdate,thevirtualmachineremainsinserviceuntilitis

decommissionedmanually.

5 (Optional)Specifywhocancontrolthevirtualmachinerequest.

Ifyoudonotspecifyauserorgroup,onlyyouandtheLCMAdministratorhavecontrol.

aFromtheVirtualmachinecontrolbydrop‐downmenu,selectGrouporUser.

bTypethenameoftheuserorgroup,orsearchfor

alistofavailablegrouporusernamesand

descriptions.

cTypetheemailaddressfortheuserorgroupifemailnotificationsareenabled.

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6 (Optional)Specifywhocanconnecttoandviewthevirtualmachinewhenitisrunning.

Ifyoudonotspecifyauserorgroup,onlyyouandtheLCMAdministratorcanviewthevirtualmachine.

aFromtheVirtualmachineviewbydrop‐downmenu,selectGrouporUser.

bTypethenameoftheuserorgroup,orsearchforalistofavailablegrouporusernamesand

descriptions.

cTypetheemailaddressfortheuserorgroupifemailnotificationsareenabled.

7ClickNext.

8 SelectsettingsfortheLocation,Organization,ServerEnvironment,ServiceLevel,andPerformance

options.

Theavailablesettingsfor

theseoptionsarespecifiedbytheLCMAdministrator.

9TypetherequesteremailandclickNext.

10 SelecttheServertype.

11 (Optional)Tostartthevirtualmachineassoonasitisprovisioned,selectYesforStartvirtualmachine.

Ifyouare anLCMTechRequester,youcanmodifythevirtualmachinetemplatewhenyourequestthe

virtualmachine.TheoptionsavailablearedeterminedbytheLCMAdministrator.Themodifications

affectonlythevirtualmachinethatyouarerequestingatthetime.

(Optional)Tomodifyacustomizationtemplate:

a SelecttheCustomizationtemplate.

b SelectYesforWouldyouliketocustomizetheattributesofthis

template?andchangetheattribute

valuesasneeded.Fortheattributevalues,seeTable 2‐1,“CustomizationTemplateAttributes”.

12 ClickNext.

13 Typecommentsaboutthevirtualmachine,whichareviewedintheapprovalprocess.

14 ClickSubmit.

Thevirtualmachineisdeletedonthedecommissioningdate.Youcannotgetitback,unlessthe

LCM

AdministratorhasconfiguredLCMtoarchivethevirtualmachine.Ifvirtualmachinesarearchived,contact

yourLCMAdministratortoretrieveit.

Foradditionalinformationonvirtualmachineresourceallocation,seetheVMwareInfrastructure3Resource

ManagementGuide.

Table 2-1. Customization Template Attributes

Attribute Values

Memoryreservation(MB) minimumis0(defaultis256)

Memorylimit/size(MB) rangeis‐1to1024;mustbeamultipleof4(defaultis1024)

Selecting‐1maintainsthesamememoryasthevCentertemplate.

Memoryshare low,normal,orhigh(defaultisnormal)

CPUreservation(MHz) minimumis0(defaultis200)

CPU

limit(MHz) minimumis‐1(defaultis2000)

Selecting‐1maintainsthesameCPUnumberasthevCentertemplate.

CPUcount 1,2,or4(defaultis1)

CPUshares low,normal,orhigh(defaultisnormal)

Diskshares low,normal,orhigh(defaultisnormal)

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Display Requested Virtual Machines

Youcanusefilterstoviewthestatusofvirtualmachinesthatyouhaverequested.

IntheCatalogview,youcanusethefollowingfilterstoviewonlyvirtualmachinesthatmeetthecriteria.

IntheRequestsview,youcanusethefollowingfilterstoviewonlyvirtualmachinesthatmeetthe

criteria.

To display information about requested machines

1LogintoLCM.

2ClickCatalogorRequests.

3 Selectafilter.

4Clickavirtualmachinerequestintheleftpanetoseeasummaryoftheconfigurationandstatus

information.

Table 2-2. Catalog View Filters

Filter Description

All Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequested.

Creating Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarebeingcreated.

AvailableVM Displaystheavailablevirtualmachinesthatyoucreated.

Rejected Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatwererejected.

Decommissioned Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyoucreatedthathavebeendecommissioned.

Canceled Displaysthe

virtualmachinesthatyoucreatedandthencanceled.

Errors Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyoucreatedthathaveerrors.

WaitingForApproval Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarewaitingforapproval.

WaitingForPlacement Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarewaitingtobecorrectlyplaced.

EndOfLife

Displaystherequestedvirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthataredecommissioned,

archived,rejected,orcanceled.

AllExceptEndOfLife Displaystherequestedvirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarenotdecommissioned,

archived,rejected,orcanceled.

Table 2-3. Request View Filters

Filter Description

AllRequests Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequested.

WaitingForCreation Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarewaitingtobecreated.

WaitingForApproval Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarewaitingforapproval.

WaitingForPlacement Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarewaitingto

becorrectlyplaced.

Creating Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarebeingcreated.

EndOfLife Displaystherequestedvirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthataredecommissioned,

archived,rejected,orcanceled.

AllExceptEndOfLife Displaystherequestedvirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarenotdecommissioned,

archived,rejected,or

canceled.

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Check the Power State of a Virtual Machine

Youcancheckwhetheravirtualmachineispoweredonorofforsuspended.

To check the power state of a virtual machine

1LogintoLCM.

2ClickCatalog.

Theicontotheleftofthevirtualmachineindicatesitspowerstate.

 Agreentriangleindicatesthatthevirtualmachineispoweredon.

 Aredsquareindicatesthatthevirtualmachineispoweredoff.

 Twoparallelyellowbarsindicatethatthevirtualmachineissuspended.

Power a Virtual Machine On and Off

Powercommandsareavailabletotheusersandgroupswhoweregivencontrolwhenthevirtualmachinewas

requested.TheLCMAdministratoralsohasrightstocontrolanyvirtualmachine.

To power a virtual machine on or off

1LogintoLCM.

2ClickCatalogtoviewalistofthevirtualmachines.

3Clickavirtualmachinenameinthecatalog

list.

4Intherightpane,clickCommands.

5ClickPoweronorShutdown.

To suspend a virtual machine

1LogintoLCM.

2ClickCatalogtoviewalistofthevirtualmachines.

3Clickavirtualmachinenameinthecataloglist.

4Intherightpane,clickCommands.

5ClickSuspend.

Connecting to a Virtual Machine

YoucanconnecttoavirtualmachinefromyourWebbrowserorusinganRDPclientapplication.

Onlyusersandgroupswhoweregivencontrolwhenthevirtualmachinewasrequestedcanconnecttothe

virtualmachine.TheLCMAdministratoralsohasrightstoconnecttothevirtualmachine.

Open a Virtual Machine in a Web Browser

FromyourWebbrowser,youcanconnecttoavirtualmachinerunninganyguestoperatingsystem.Toconnect

viayourbrowser,youmusthavetheVMwareWebCenterRemoteMKSPlug‐ininstalledinyourbrowser.

To open a virtual machine in a Web browser

1LogintoLCM.

2ClickCatalogandclickthevirtualmachinenameinthecataloglist.

3In

therightpane,clickCommands.

4ClickOpenconsole.

Thevirtualmachine’sdesktopappearsinanewbrowserwindow.

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Use Remote Desktop to Connect to a Virtual Machine

YoucanopenaWindowsvirtualmachineusinganRDPclientapplication.Theclientsoftwaremustbe

installedonyourcomputer.

To open a virtual machine in a remote desktop

1LogintoLCM.

2ClickCatalogandclickavirtualmachinenameinthecataloglist.

3Intherightpane,clickCommands.

4ClickConnect.

YourRDPapplicationopensandthevirtual

machine’sdesktopappearsintheRDPclient.

Create or Revert to a Snapshot

Asnapshotcapturesthestatesofavirtualmachine’sharddrives.Youcanusethesnapshottoreturntothe

savedstate.Asnapshotdoesnotcapturethevirtualmachineʹsmemoryandpowerstate.

Snapshotcommandsareavailabletotheusersandgroupswhoweregivencontrolwhenthevirtual

machine

wasrequested.TheLCMAdministratorcanalsousesnapshots.Youcanaccessonlyonesnapshotatatime.

If youneedtoreverttoasnapshotearlierthanthemostrecentone,contactyourLCMAdministrator.

To create a snapshot of a virtual machine

1LogintoLCM.

2ClickCatalogandclickavirtualmachinenameinthecatalog

list.

3Intherightpane,clickCommands.

4ClickSnapshot.

To revert to a snapshot

1LogintoLCM.

2ClickCatalogandclickavirtualmachinenameinthecataloglist.

3Intherightpane,clickCommands.

4ClickReverttosnapshot.

Thevirtualmachinereturnstothestateitwasinwhenthesnapshotwastaken.

Request to Extend the Life of a Virtual Machine

Ifyouwanttocontinueusingavirtualmachinebeyonditsscheduleddecommissioningdate,youcanrequest

anextension.AnLCMApprovermustapprovetheextensionrequestiftheLCMAdministratorhas

configuredLCMtorequireanapproval.

To request to extend the life of a virtual machine

1LogintoLCM.

2ClickCatalogandclickavirtualmachinenamein

thecataloglist.

3Nearthetopoftherightpane,clickExtension.

4IntheExtendUntilfield,selectthedateforthevirtualmachinetobedecommissioned.

5IntheCommenttextbox,typethereasonforyourrequest.

6IntheRequesterE‐mailAddresstextbox,typeyouremailaddress.

7ClickSubmit.

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Decommission a Virtual Machine Immediately

Youcandecommissionavirtualmachinebeforeitsscheduleddateorifavirtualmachinehasnoscheduled

decommissioningdate.

To decommission a virtual machine immediately

1LogintoLCM.

2ClickCatalogandclickavirtualmachinenameinthecataloglist.

3Nearthetopoftherightpane,clickDecommission.

4IntheCommenttextbox,type

thereasonwhyyouwanttodecommissionthevirtualmachine.

5ClickSubmit.

Request to Change the Virtual Machine Customization Attributes

Ifyouare anLCMTechRequester,youcanrequesttochangethecustomizationtemplateattributesfora

virtualmachinethathasbeenplaced.

To request to change the virtual machine customization attributes

1LogintoLCM.

2ClickCatalogandclickavirtualmachinenameinthecataloglist.

3Nearthetopoftherightpane,clickChangeRequest.

4Inthe

Commenttextbox,typethereasonforyourrequest.

5IntheContactE‐mailAddresstextbox,typeyouremailaddress.

6ClickNext.

7Typeacustomizationname.

8 Changetheattributevaluesasneeded.Fortheattributevalues,seeTable 2‐1,“CustomizationTemplate

Attributes,”onpage 12.

9ClickSubmit.

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ThischapterdescribesthetasksthatyoucanperformifyouhavetheLCMApproverrole.Thischapter

includesthefollowingtopics:

 “RequestaVirtualMachine”onpage 17

 “DisplayRequestedVirtualMachines”onpage 18

 “CheckthePowerStateofaVirtualMachine”onpage 19

 “PoweraVirtualMachineOnandOff”onpage 19

 “ConnectingtoaVirtualMachine”onpage 20

 “CreateorReverttoaSnapshot”onpage 20

 “RequesttoExtendtheLifeofaVirtualMachine”onpage 21

 “DecommissionaVirtualMachineImmediately”onpage 21

 “ReviewRequestsforApproval”onpage 21

 “ApproveorRejectRequestedVirtualMachines”onpage 22

 “ApproveorRejectRequeststoExtendtheLifeofaVirtualMachine”onpage 22

 “ApproveorRejectRequestsforCustomizationChanges”onpage 22

 “GenerateReports”onpage 23

Request a Virtual Machine

Tocommissionavirtualmachine,youmustsubmitarequest.Youcanrequestaspecificstartdateoraccept

thefirstavailabledate.

To request a virtual machine

1LogintoLCMandclicktheRequestsview.

2ClickRequest.

3 (Optional)Tospecifyacommissioningdate,selectYesforSetcommissioningdate?andselectadate.

Ifyou

donotspecifyacommissioningdate,thevirtualmachineiscreatedatthefirstavailableopportunity

afterapproval.

4 (Optional)Tospecifyadecommissioningdate,selectYesforSetdecommissioningdate?andselectadate.

Ifyoudonotspecifyadecommissioningdate,thevirtualmachineremainsinserviceuntilitis

decommissionedmanually.

5 (Optional)Specifywhocancontrolthevirtualmachinerequest.

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Ifyoudonotspecifyauserorgroup,onlyyouandtheLCMAdministratorhavecontrol.

aFromtheVirtualmachinecontrolbydrop‐downmenu,selectGrouporUser.

bTypethenameoftheus erorgroup,orsearch foralistofavailablegrouporusernamesanddescriptions.

cTypetheemailaddressfortheuserorgroupifemailnotificationsareenabled.

6 (Optional)Specifywhocanconnecttoandviewthevirtualmachinewhenitisrunning.

Ifyoudonotspecifyauserorgroup,onlyyouandtheLCMAdministratorcanviewthevirtualmachine.

aFromtheVirtualmachineviewbydrop‐downmenu,selectGrouporUser.

bTypethenameoftheus erorgroup,orsearch foralistofavailablegrouporusernamesanddescriptions.

cTypetheemailaddressfortheuserorgroupifemailnotificationsareenabled.

7ClickNext.

8 SelectsettingsfortheLocation,Organization,ServerEnvironment,ServiceLevel ,andPerformance options.

TheavailablesettingsfortheseoptionsarespecifiedbytheLCMAdministrator.

9TypetherequesteremailandclickNext.

10 SelecttheServertype.

11 (Optional)Tostartthevirtualmachineassoonasitisprovisioned,selectYesforStartvirtualmachine.

12 ClickNext.

13 Typecommentsaboutthevirtualmachine,whichareviewedintheapprovalprocess.

14 ClickSubmit.

Youcanviewasummaryofthevirtualmachineconfigurationandstatusbyclickingtherequestentry.

Thevirtualmachineisdeletedonthedecommissioningdate.Youcannotgetitback,unlesstheLCM

Administrator

hasconfiguredLCMtoarchivethevirtualmachine.Ifvirtualmachinesarearchived,contact

yourLCMAdministratortoretrieveit.

Display Requested Virtual Machines

Youcanusefilterstoviewthestatusofvirtualmachinesthatyouhaverequested.

IntheCatalogview,youcanusethefollowingfilterstoviewonlyvirtualmachinesthatmeetthecriteria.

Table 3-1. Catalog View Filters

Filter Description

All Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequested.

Creating Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarebeingcreated.

AvailableVM Displaystheavailablevirtualmachinesthatyoucreated.

Rejected Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatwererejected.

Decommissioned Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyoucreatedthathavebeendecommissioned.

Canceled Displaysthe

virtualmachinesthatyoucreatedandthencanceled.

Errors Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyoucreatedthathaveerrors.

WaitingForApproval Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarewaitingforapproval.

WaitingForPlacement Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarewaitingtobecorrectlyplaced.

EndOfLife

Displaystherequestedvirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthataredecommissioned,

archived,rejected,orcanceled.

AllExceptEndOfLife Displaystherequestedvirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarenotdecommissioned,

archived,rejected,orcanceled.

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IntheRequestsview,youcanusethefollowingfilterstoviewonlyvirtualmachinesthatmeetthecriteria.

To display information about requested machines

1LogintoLCM.

2ClickCatalogorRequests.

3 Selectafilter.

4Clickavirtualmachinerequestintheleftpanetoseeasummaryoftheconfigurationandstatus

information.

Check the Power State of a Virtual Machine

Youcancheckwhetheravirtualmachineispoweredonorofforsuspended.

To check the power state of a virtual machine

1LogintoLCM.

2ClickCatalog.

Theicontotheleftofthevirtualmachineindicatesitspowerstate.

 Agreentriangleindicatesthatthevirtualmachineispoweredon.

 Aredsquareindicatesthatthevirtualmachineispoweredoff.

 Twoparallelyellowbarsindicatethatthevirtualmachineissuspended.

Power a Virtual Machine On and Off

Powercommandsareavailabletotheusersandgroupswhoweregivencontrolwhenthevirtualmachinewas

requested.TheLCMAdministratoralsohasrightstocontrolanyvirtualmachine.

To power a virtual machine on or off

1LogintoLCM.

2ClickCatalogtoviewalistofthevirtualmachines.

3Clickavirtualmachinenameinthecatalog

list.

4Intherightpane,clickCommands.

5ClickPoweronorShutdown.

Table 3-2. Request View Filters

Filter Description

AllRequests Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequested.

WaitingForCreation Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarewaitingtobecreated.

WaitingForApproval Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarewaitingforapproval.

WaitingForPlacement Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarewaitingto

becorrectlyplaced.

Creating Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarebeingcreated.

EndOfLife Displaystherequestedvirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthataredecommissioned,

archived,rejected,orcanceled.

AllExceptEndOfLife Displaystherequestedvirtualmachinesthatyourequestedthatarenotdecommissioned,

archived,rejected,or

canceled.

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To suspend a virtual machine

1LogintoLCM.

2ClickCatalogtoviewalistofthevirtualmachines.

3Clickavirtualmachinenameinthecataloglist.

4Intherightpane,clickCommands.

5ClickSuspend.

Connecting to a Virtual Machine

YoucanconnecttoavirtualmachinefromyourWebbrowserorusinganRDPclientapplication.

Onlyusersandgroupswhoweregivencontrolwhenthevirtualmachinewasrequestedcanconnecttothe

virtualmachine.TheLCMAdministratoralsohasrightstoconnecttothevirtualmachine.

Open a Virtual Machine in a Web Browser

FromyourWebbrowser,youcanconnecttoavirtualmachinerunninganyguestoperatingsystem.Toconnect

viayourbrowser,youmusthavetheVMwareWebCenterRemoteMKSPlug‐ininstalledinyourbrowser.

To open a virtual machine in a Web browser

1LogintoLCM.

2ClickCatalogandclickthevirtualmachinenameinthecataloglist.

3In

therightpane,clickCommands.

4ClickOpenconsole.

Thevirtualmachine’sdesktopappearsinanewbrowserwindow.

Use Remote Desktop to Connect to a Virtual Machine

YoucanopenaWindowsvirtualmachineusinganRDPclientapplication.Theclientsoftwaremustbe

installedonyourcomputer.

To open a virtual machine in a remote desktop

1LogintoLCM.

2ClickCatalogandclickavirtualmachinenameinthecataloglist.

3Intherightpane,clickCommands.

4ClickConnect.

YourRDPapplicationopensandthevirtual

machine’sdesktopappearsintheRDPclient.

Create or Revert to a Snapshot

Asnapshotcapturesthestatesofavirtualmachine’sharddrives.Youcanusethesnapshottoreturntothe

savedstate.Asnapshotdoesnotcapturethevirtualmachineʹsmemoryandpowerstate.

Snapshotcommandsareavailabletotheusersandgroupswhoweregivencontrolwhenthevirtual

machine

wasrequested.TheLCMAdministratorcanalsousesnapshots.Youcanaccessonlyonesnapshotatatime.

If youneedtoreverttoasnapshotearlierthanthemostrecentone,contactyourLCMAdministrator.

To create a snapshot of a virtual machine

1LogintoLCM.

2ClickCatalogandclickavirtualmachinenameinthecatalog

list.

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