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Chapter 1 Understanding LCM
Lifecycle Manager Terminology
LCMusesspecificterminologytodescribelifecycleeventsandattributes.
Role-Based User Interface
LCMhasarole‐basedinterface.Usersarepresentedonlytheoptionsthatarerelevanttoaspecificrole.
All rolescanrequestavirtualmachine.
LCMhasthefollowingroles:
LCMAdministrator–Establishesthecriteriausedformachineplacementanddetermineshowthe
criteriaconverttosizingorplacementvalues.TheLCMAdministratorconfiguresLCMandestablishes
theplacementofvirtualmachines.
LCMRequester–Canrequesttoextendthelifeofacreatedvirtualmachine.Requesterscanpower
virtualmachinesonandoff,aswellasdelegatethiscontroltootherusers.
LCMTechRequester–Inadditiontodoingeverythingthattherequesterrolecando,thetechrequester
canmodifycustomizationtemplates.
LCMApprover–Approvesvirtualmachinedeploymentandextensionrequests.Ifamachinecannotbe
placedbasedontheprovidedcriteria,auserwiththeLCMITStaffrolemustmanuallychoosethesizing
andplacementofthenewmachine.
LCMITStaff–Completesmanualplacementofapprovedvirtualmachines.
Formoreinformationonthetasksthatuserscanper form,seetheLifecycleManagerUserʹsGuide.
LCM Administrator
TheLCMAdministratorisresponsibleforthefollowingtasks:
ConfiguringLCM
Determiningtheinfrastructure,suchastheserverenvironment
Settingupemailnotifications,thelookandfeeloftheuserinterface,andstylesheets
Specifyingwhocanaccesselements,suchasresourcepoolsordatastores
Table 1-1. Terminology
Term Definition
Commission Dateandtimetocreatearequestedvirtualmachine.Thecommissiontimeissubmittedduring
therequestprocess.
Decommission Therequestedmachinereachesitsendoflife.Adecommissiondateissubmittedduringthe
requestprocess.Thedecommissionedmachinecanbearchivedordeleted.
Extension Extendingthelife ofavirtualmachine
thatistobedecommissioned.Ifapprovalisrequired,the
requestforextensionmustbeapprovedbeforetheownerofthevirtualmachinecancontinueto
useit.
Infrastructure Attributessuchasthenetwork,domain,anddatastoreaffectwheretherequestedvirtual
machineisplacedinVMwareInfrastructure.
Criteria Attributesattachedto
arequestedvirtualmachinethatareselectedduringtherequestprocess,
suchaslocation,organization,serverenvironment,servicelevel,andperformance.TheLCM
Administratormapsthisinformationtotheinfrastructure.
TemplateProfile Theprofilethatisusedwhenarequestedvirtualmachineiscloned.
Customization
Template
Thetemplatethatdeterminestheresourcesthat
therequestedvirtualmachineuses,suchas
memoryreservation,memorylimit,CPUshares,anddiskshares.OnlytheLCMITStaff,LCM
TechRequester,andLCMAdministratorcanmodifythecustomizationtemplate.
Placing Therequestedvirtualmachineiscreatedormovedintotheinfrastructure,basedontheselected
criteriaandinfrastructure.