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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 Ne
Lab Manager User’s Guide 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.
Contents 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
Lab Manager User’s Guide 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 Networ
Contents 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 Mana
Lab Manager User’s Guide 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 Remo
Contents 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 Deploym
Lab Manager User’s Guide B Client and Browser Support 159 C Guest Operating System Support 161 D Using SSMove 163 Before You Move a Datastore Move a Datastore 164 Resolving Move Errors 164 Glossary 163 165 Index 173 10 VMware, Inc.
About This Book 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.
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1 Getting Started with Lab Manager 1 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.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Figure 1‐1 illustrates the components of Lab Manager and how it works with VMware vSphere. Figure 1-1.
Chapter 1 Getting Started with Lab Manager 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 1 In Internet Explorer, select Tools > Internet Options. 2 Click the Security tab, select the Web content zone for the Lab Manager server, and click Custom Level. 3 Enable the following options and click OK.
Lab Manager User’s Guide 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.
Chapter 1 Getting Started with Lab Manager 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 1 Click the Preferences link. 2 Click the Change Password tab. 3 Type and confirm a new password and click Change Password. The next time you log in to the Web console, use your new password.
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2 Adding Resources 2 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. 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.
Lab Manager User’s Guide 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 “Add 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.
Chapter 2 Adding Resources 7 Select the fencing policy. If you selected Fenced Only, select a Connectivity option: 8 Allow In and Out – Virtual machines can communicate with machines outside the fence and machines outside the fence can communicate with virtual machines inside the fenced configuration. Allow Out – Virtual machines in a fenced configuration can initiate communication to machines outside the fence, and can receive messages back on the same connection.
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3 Adding Users and Groups 3 VMware recommends that you connect Lab Manager to an LDAP server to add and authenticate users. This method allows you to use the LDAP server’s existing user and group information, without recreating this information in Lab Manager. You can also create local users from the Web console. A system administrator or an administrator with rights at the organization level can add users or groups to an organization and assign each user or group a role in the organization.
Lab Manager User’s Guide 8 Assign a role to the added users. If you are importing users to the Global organization, you can only select No Role or Administrator. If you add a user who is a system administrator in Global, Lab Manager assigns that user the same role in all other organizations. 9 Click OK. Repeat these steps to add more users with different roles.
Chapter 3 Adding Users and Groups 4 Deselect the Show Existing Users/Groups check box. Deselecting this option allows you to search for users and groups that are not in the selected organization. 5 Type the name (complete or partial) of the group that you want to import and click Search. Lab Manager displays the first 200 results that match the search terms. 6 Select the check box for each group that you want to add. 7 Click Add. 8 Assign a role to the added groups.
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4 Setting Up Organizations and Workspaces 4 Lab Manager organizations and workspaces include resources and users. You can use these organizations and workspaces to control which users have access to which resources. Lab Manager has access to the resources of the vCenter Server system to which it is connected. A system administrator can assign some or all of these resources to an organization. Users in that organization only have access to their assigned resources.
Lab Manager User’s Guide 12 Select the check boxes next to the users or groups that you want to add. 13 Click Add and OK. 14 Select a role for each added user or group. 15 Click OK. Lab Manager creates the organization and creates the Main workspace. Create a Workspace Every organization includes a Main workspace. System administrators and administrators with rights at the organization level can create additional workspaces.
5 Setting Up Network Templates 5 A network template is a specification for a virtual network. You can associate a virtual machine NIC with a network template. When you deploy the virtual machine, Lab Manager creates a virtual network based on the network template and connects the NIC to that network. Network templates allow system administrators, administrators with rights at the organization level, and template creators to predefine virtual networks for other users.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Copy a Network Template By default, only system administrators, administrators with rights at the organization level, and template creators can copy network templates. You can copy an existing network template to use it as the basis for a new network template. The user who creates or copies it becomes its owner. Lab Manager creates the copy in the currently selected organization. To copy an existing network template 1 In the left pane, select Network Templates.
6 Setting Up Virtual Machine Templates 6 A virtual machine template is a virtual machine image loaded with an operating system, applications, and data. After you define and publish a virtual machine template, you can create additional virtual machines based on this template, without reinstalling software or redoing setup tasks on each virtual machine. Using virtual machine templates ensures that virtual machines are consistently configured across an entire organization.
Lab Manager User’s Guide To create a virtual machine template 1 In the left pane, click VM Templates. 2 Click New VM Template. 3 Type a name. 4 (Optional) Type a description. 5 Select a datastore. 6 Select a virtual machine version. The version determines on which ESX/ESXi host that the virtual machine runs. The default is virtual machine version 7, which runs on ESX/ESXi 4.0 or later. 7 Select a guest operating system (OS).
Chapter 6 Setting Up Virtual Machine Templates Import a Virtual Machine Template from vCenter By default, only a system administrator can import virtual machine templates from vCenter. If you have a virtual machine in a resource pool managed by vCenter, you can import this machine as a virtual machine template to Lab Manager. If a virtual machine has vCenter snapshot files, Lab Manager imports the original virtual machine as a template and discards the snapshot files.
Lab Manager User’s Guide To import a virtual machine template from SMB storage 1 In the left pane, click VM Templates. 2 Click Import VM Template. 3 Type a name. 4 (Optional) Type a description. 5 Select SMB File Server. 6 Type the UNC path to the appropriate SMB share (relative to the Lab Manager server). For example, \\10.10.10.10\importdir. Use English characters for the UNC path. Lab Manager does not support SMB shares that include the $ symbol in the UNC path.
Chapter 6 Setting Up Virtual Machine Templates Clone a Virtual Machine Template You can create a linked or a full clone of a virtual machine template to use the software installed on that virtual machine template. A linked clone operation creates a delta disk instead of copying the entire virtual hard disk. This operation uses referential provisioning, which involves storing new changes but refers back to a chain of delta disks.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Deploy a Virtual Machine Template with Custom Settings You can deploy a virtual machine template to a resource pool using custom settings. To deploy a virtual machine template with custom settings 1 On the VM Templates page, move the pointer over the virtual machine template name and select Deploy. 2 Select a resource pool or select Any Available.
Chapter 6 Setting Up Virtual Machine Templates Depending on whether autorun is enabled, one of the following occurs inside the guest operating system: If autorun is enabled in the guest operating system, a dialog box appears after a few seconds. It asks whether you want to install VMware Tools. If autorun is not enabled, the dialog box does not appear automatically. Click Start > Run and enter D:\setup\setup.exe where D: is your first virtual CD‐ROM drive.
Lab Manager User’s Guide To install VMware Tools on a Linux guest with the tar installer or RPM installer 1 On the VM Templates page, move the pointer over the virtual machine template name and select View Console. 2 Log in to the guest operating system in the virtual machine console. 3 Click Install VMware Tools. The remaining steps take place in the guest operating system. 4 As root (su -), mount the VMware Tools virtual CD‐ROM image and change to a working directory (for example, /tmp).
Chapter 6 Setting Up Virtual Machine Templates 6 Run the installer. For the tar installer, type: cd vmware-tools-distrib ./vmware-install.pl Press Enter to accept the default value. For the RPM installer, configure VMware Tools: vmware-config-tools.pl Press Enter to accept the default value. 7 After the upgrade is complete, restart the network by running /etc/init.d/network restart. 8 Type exit. 9 Start your graphical environment. 10 In an X terminal, run vmware-toolbox &.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Customizing the Guest Operating System Lab Manager can customize the network settings of a guest operating system that was created from a virtual machine template. These settings include the machine name, IP settings, and security identifier (SID) for Windows guest operating systems. The customization allows you to create and deploy multiple, unique virtual machines based on the same virtual machine template without a machine name or network conflicts.
Chapter 6 Setting Up Virtual Machine Templates The following is an example of a machine.id line: numnics=2&macaddr_0=00:50:56:3f:00:1c&bootproto_0=static&ip_0=10.115.127.10&netmask_0=255.255.248 .0&gateway_0=10.115.127.253&dns1_0=10.20.20.1&dns2_0=10.20.20.2&suffix_0=eng.vmware.com&macaddr_1 =00:50:56:3f:00:1d&bootproto_1=static&ip_1=1.1.1.100&netmask_1=255.255.0.0&gateway_1=1.1.1.1&dns1 _1=2.2.2.2&dns2_1=&suffix_1=BLUE.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Microsoft Sysprep is included on the installation CDs for Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Windows XP. CAUTION Lab Manager provides a customized sysprep.inf file. When the Microsoft Sysprep package is being built, do not overwrite this file with the sysprep.inf file from the Windows CD. To build a Microsoft Sysprep package for guest customization 1 Insert the Windows OS CD in the Lab Manager server. If you have an ISO, mount the ISO using a third‐party tool. 2 Find the DEPLOY.
Chapter 6 Setting Up Virtual Machine Templates Complete Guest Customization for Solaris Virtual Machine Templates Solaris virtual machine templates require extra steps for guest customization. To complete guest customization for Solaris virtual machine templates 1 In the left pane, click VM Templates. 2 Move the pointer over the deployed virtual machine template name and select View Console. 3 Move the pointer over the virtual machine template name and select Insert Customization CD.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Change the SID Generation Tool for a Virtual Machine Template You can override the default SID generation tool specified on the Guest Customization tab for individual virtual machine templates. You can only use Microsoft Sysprep if you have already built a Microsoft Sysprep package. See “Build a Microsoft Sysprep Package” on page 41. To change the SID generation tool for a virtual machine template 1 In the left pane, click VM Templates.
Chapter 6 Setting Up Virtual Machine Templates Disable Guest Customization for a Virtual Machine Virtual machines inherit their guest customization settings from the virtual machine templates on which they are based. You can override these settings in the properties of a virtual machine. To disable guest customization for a virtual machine 1 In the left pane, click Workspace. 2 Move the pointer over a configuration name and select Open.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Undeploy a Virtual Machine Template You must undeploy a virtual machine template before publishing, exporting, consolidating, or deleting it. Undeploying a virtual machine template unregisters it from vCenter. When you undeploy, you can save or discard the state of the virtual machine template. You cannot save or discard state for a template that is powered off, because the virtual machine does not have a state. Saving memory state helps you to debug memory‐specific issues.
Chapter 6 Setting Up Virtual Machine Templates Publishing Virtual Machine Templates Publishing a virtual machine template allows you to build configurations without reinstalling software or redoing setup tasks. Templates ensure that virtual machines are consistently configured with the correct operating systems, versions, system packs, and so on. Check VMware Tools Status Before Publishing Virtual Machine Templates Lab Manager depends on VMware Tools for guest customization.
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7 Working with Configurations 7 Configurations are the core of Lab Manager. A configuration consists of one or more virtual machines that are based on a virtual machine template or imported from vCenter. You can create, deploy, share, and monitor multimachine configurations. In Lab Manager, configurations can exist in workspaces and in the configuration library. You can deploy a configuration and work with its virtual machines in a workspace.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Create a Workspace Configuration Creating a configuration involves defining configuration properties and adding virtual machines to the configuration. Lab Manager creates the configuration in the current organization and workspace. To create a configuration 1 In the Organization drop‐down menu, select the organization in which you want to create the configuration. 2 Click Workspaces and click the name of the workspace in which you want to create the configuration.
Chapter 7 Working with Configurations c Select an IP addressing mode. The available options are based on the IP addressing modes available to the selected network. Static ‐ IP Pool pulls static IP addresses from the IP address pool. DHCP pulls IP addresses from a DHCP server. This option avoids the preparation and specification of an IP address or IP range. However, you cannot use Lab Manager fencing or connect virtual networks to physical networks with DHCP.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Import a Configuration to a Workspace You can import an existing configuration and all its virtual machines from an SMB share. Lab Manager supports importing configurations that were exported from vCenter Lab Manager or vCenter Stage Manager. Import operations require access to a datastore connected to an ESX host with an open SMB port. Although Lab Manager opens the port during installation, make sure that the port was not closed after the install.
Chapter 7 Working with Configurations A linked‐clone operation creates a delta disk instead of copying an entire virtual hard disk. This operation addresses virtual machine proliferation by using referential provisioning, a process that involves storing new changes but refers back to a chain of delta disks. For each clone, Lab Manager freezes the original delta disk and creates a new one. To copy a workspace configuration 1 Move the pointer over the configuration name and select Clone.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Adding Configurations to the Library You can add a workspace configuration to the Library by capturing it or archiving it. Capturing a workspace configuration makes it available as a base configuration that other users can copy and customize. Archiving a configuration preserves it for future reference. For example, an audit might require that you show the exact state of your software from years ago.
Chapter 7 Working with Configurations Clone a Library Configuration Lab Manager allows you to create full clones of Library configurations. A full‐clone operation creates a new configuration that includes some or all of the virtual machines in the original configuration. As part of the process, Lab Manager consolidates the virtual hard disks of the virtual machines in the cloned configuration. When you create a clone, Lab Manager assigns the same network parameters to the cloned virtual machines.
Lab Manager User’s Guide 5 Specify the access rights for the users and click OK. If you share a configuration with users outside of the workspace in which the configuration was created, you can only specify Read access. In addition, configurations created in Global can only be shared with Read access. 6 Click OK and Done. Configuration Networking Before you deploy a configuration, it is helpful to understand how configuration networking works in Lab Manager.
Chapter 7 Working with Configurations NOTE When you deploy a configuration in fenced mode with the Block In and Out option, Lab Manager does not create a virtual router or assign external IP addresses. See “Fencing Connectivity” on page 57. Figure 7‐1 illustrates configurations without fencing and with fencing. Figure 7-1. Configuration A (Without Fencing) and Configuration B (With Fencing) II M P1 AC 9 2 00 .16 :5 8.0 0: .1 56 :0 0: 00 II M P1 AC 9 2 00 .16 :5 8.0 0: .2 56 :0 0: 00 :0 IIP 2 M 1 AC 9 2.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Allow Out – Virtual machines in a fenced configuration can initiate communication with machines outside the fence and can receive messages back on the same connection. Machines outside the fence cannot initiate communication to virtual machines inside the fenced configuration. This option is useful when virtual machines need to obtain data or execute code outside the fence (such as with Web services or databases) but do not want to receive messages that might disrupt testing.
Chapter 7 Working with Configurations The Block In and Out option is useful in these circumstances: You are testing software viruses that need to remain isolated from the physical network. You are testing a client‐server application in isolation. Virtual Networks Virtual networks are based on the specifications defined in a network template and get created by Lab Manager when you deploy a configuration.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Host Spanning Transport Networks Host spanning transport networks are Lab Manager resources that enable Host Spanning and consist of a vNetwork Distributed Switch and a LAN or VLAN. Host spanning transport networks require a VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus license and ESX/ESXi 4.0 hosts. If your environment meets these requirements, you can create a vNetwork Distributed Switch, which is a type of vSphere virtual switch that spans multiple ESX/ESXi hosts.
Chapter 7 Working with Configurations 4 Specify the Host Spanning setting. This option is only available if the configuration’s organization includes an enabled host spanning transport network and the configuration uses fencing or a virtual network.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Table 7-1. Default Deployment Settings (Continued) Setting Name Setting Value Host Spanning If the configuration does not use fencing or include a virtual network, Lab Manager can always deploy virtual machines across multiple hosts. If the configuration uses fencing or includes a virtual network, the Host Spanning setting comes from the organization properties. An organization must have an enabled host spanning transport network to enable Host Spanning.
Chapter 7 Working with Configurations Power On a Configuration Powering on a deployed configuration powers on the virtual machines in the configuration that are not already powered on. It is the virtual equivalent of powering on physical machines. To power on a configuration Move the pointer over the deployed configuration name and select Power On. Reset a Configuration Resetting a configuration restarts the virtual machines in a configuration and clears the machine states.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Delete a Configuration Snapshot Configuration snapshots take up space on datastores. You can free up space by deleting snapshots. To delete snapshots for all virtual machines in a configuration Move the pointer over the configuration name and select Delete Revert Point. For each virtual machine in the configuration that has a revert point, Lab Manager deletes the snapshot.
Chapter 7 Working with Configurations To view details about the networks in a configuration 1 Move the pointer over the configuration name and select Open. 2 Click the Networks tab. For each network in the configuration, Lab Manager displays the following information: Configuration Network Name – Displays the network name. Network Type – Indicates whether the network is a physical network or a virtual network.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Modifying Configurations You can change the virtual machines and networks in a configuration, modify the properties, or change the configuration owner. You can also upgrade the virtual machine version of the virtual machines, discard saved state information, or delete an entire configuration. For library configurations, you can modify properties, change the owner, discard state, and delete.
Chapter 7 Working with Configurations Combine Workspace Configurations You can combine workspace configurations by cloning some or all of a configuration’s virtual machines to another configuration. If you have access to more than one workspace, you can combine configurations from different workspaces. You cannot combine configurations from different organizations.
Lab Manager User’s Guide 5 (Optional) Type change summary text that will appear on the configuration’s History tab. 6 Click OK. You can edit the properties of a virtual machine in the configuration to use the new network. See “Modifying Virtual Machine Network Interfaces” on page 83 for more information. Remove a Network from a Workspace Configuration You can remove a network from an undeployed configuration to prevent virtual machines in the configuration from using the network.
Chapter 7 Working with Configurations To edit configuration properties 1 Move the pointer over the configuration name and select Properties. 2 Edit any of the following properties: 3 Name of the configuration. Description of the configuration. Whether a captured library configuration is labeled as a Gold Master. Deployment lease for workspace configurations. Storage lease. Fencing policy.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Discard State for a Configuration When you save the state of a configuration by either using the Undeploy ‐ Save State option or suspending the virtual machines in the configuration, Lab Manager saves information about the processor type of the host on which the virtual machines were deployed. When you redeploy a configuration with saved state, Lab Manager requires an available host with a compatible processor type.
Chapter 7 Working with Configurations 3 (Optional) Type a note to the user deploying the configuration in the Attach a comment field. 4 Click OK. You can now email the LiveLink URL. Deploy a LiveLink If you receive a LiveLink URL, you can deploy a copy of the original configuration to view it. To deploy a LiveLink 1 Open a LiveLink URL in a browser. If you are not logged in to the Lab Manager Web console, the login page appears. Type your user name and password.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Export a Configuration to an SMB Share You can export a configuration to an SMB share if you want to be able to import a configuration back into Lab Manager at a later time, or if you want to import it into a separate Lab Manager installation. This operation requires that you have a shared folder with full control permissions at the share and file system level.
8 Working with Virtual Machines 8 Lab Manager configurations consist of virtual machines. A host server can run multiple virtual machines concurrently and isolate each virtual machine in a self‐contained environment. Virtual machines have a guest operating system on which you can install and run any software supported by that operating system. This chapter discusses how to access and interact with individual virtual machines and virtual machine consoles.
Lab Manager User’s Guide 3 Select the Fence Virtual Machines check box to deploy the virtual machine in fenced mode and select a connectivity mode: Allow In and Out – Virtual machines can communicate with machines outside the fence, and machines outside the fence can communicate with virtual machines inside the fenced configuration. Allow Out – Virtual machines in a fenced configuration can initiate communication with machines outside the fence and can receive messages back on the same connection.
Chapter 8 Working with Virtual Machines Undeploy a Virtual Machine When you undeploy a virtual machine, you can save or discard its state. Saving the memory state of virtual machines helps you to debug memory‐specific issues and makes virtual machines ready for deployment and use almost instantly. To undeploy a virtual machine 1 Move the pointer over a configuration name and select Open.
Lab Manager User’s Guide View All Virtual Machine Consoles You can view the virtual machine consoles for all virtual machines in a configuration. The consoles page provides access to the guest operating systems that are running on the virtual machines and to operations that affect the guest operating systems. To view virtual machine consoles, you must install either the ActiveX control (for Internet Explorer) or the VMware Remote MKS Plugin (for Firefox).
Chapter 8 Working with Virtual Machines Reset a Virtual Machine Resetting a virtual machine restarts it and clears the machine state. This operation does not shut down the guest operating system. If a boot image is not available in peripheral storage, the virtual machine boots off the virtual hard disk. To reset a virtual machine 1 From the virtual machine console page, move the pointer over the virtual machine name and select Reset. 2 Confirm the reset operation.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Delete a Virtual Machine Snapshot Virtual machine snapshots take up space on datastores. You can free up space by deleting snapshots. To delete a snapshot 1 From the virtual machine console window, move the pointer over the virtual machine name and select Delete Revert Point. 2 Click OK to confirm. Lab Manager deletes the snapshot and removes its thumbnail icon from the console page.
Chapter 8 Working with Virtual Machines To swap CDs in a virtual machine 1 From the virtual machine console page, move the pointer over the virtual machine name and select Swap CD. 2 Select an ISO file from the Lab Manager media library and click OK. Eject a CD After inserting a CD to a virtual machine, you can eject the CD. To eject a CD from a virtual machine From the virtual machine console page, move the pointer over the virtual machine name and select Eject CD.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Connect Remotely to a Virtual Machine After you create a Remote Desktop Connection file for a virtual machine, you can use it to access the virtual machine from outside Lab Manager. The virtual machine must be deployed and powered on and you must have network access and access permission to the virtual machine. To access a virtual machine using Remote Desktop 1 Double‐click the Remote Desktop connection file.
Chapter 8 Working with Virtual Machines CPU information: Number of Virtual CPUs – Maximum number of processors is four for version 4 virtual machines and eight for version 7 virtual machines. If virtual CPU hot add is supported and enabled, you can add virtual CPUs to a deployed and powered on virtual machine. The datastore for a virtual machine must be connected to a host that provides the required SMP technology for the guest operating system.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Modifying Virtual Machine Hard Disks For virtual machines in workspace configurations, you can add hard disks, edit hard disks, and delete hard disks. The type of disks supported depends on the virtual machine version. Table 8-1.
Chapter 8 Working with Virtual Machines Delete a Virtual Machine Hard Disk You can delete a virtual machine hard disk. To delete a virtual machine hard disk 1 Move the pointer over the configuration name and select Open. 2 On the Virtual Machines tab, move the pointer over the virtual machine name and select Properties. 3 In the Hard Disks section, click Delete. 4 Click OK and OK. 5 Click Update.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Reset a Network Interface MAC Address You can reset a network interface MAC address for an undeployed virtual machine. You might reset a MAC address if you have a MAC address conflict or if you need to discard saved state quickly and easily. To reset the MAC address for a network interface 1 Move the pointer over the configuration name and select Open. 2 On the Virtual Machines tab, move the pointer over the virtual machine name and select Properties.
Chapter 8 Working with Virtual Machines Delete a Network Interface You can delete virtual NICs from an undeployed virtual machine. To delete a network interface 1 Move the pointer over the configuration name and select Open. 2 On the Virtual Machines tab, move the pointer over the virtual machine name and select Properties. 3 In the Network Interfaces section, click Delete. 4 Click Update. Upgrade Virtual Machine Version Lab Manager supports version 4 and version 7 virtual machines.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Enable Virtual CPU Hot Add For a version 7 virtual machine running a Guest OS that supports it, you can enable virtual CPU hot add. This allows you to add virtual CPUs to a deployed and powered on virtual machine. See “Guest Operating System Support” on page 161 for information about which guest OSes support virtual CPU hot add. To enable virtual CPU hot add 1 Move the pointer over the configuration name and select Open.
Chapter 8 Working with Virtual Machines Working with BEA LiquidVMs Lab Manager supports importing BEA LiquidVMs as virtual machine templates from vCenter or an SMB file server. See “Importing Virtual Machine Templates” on page 32. Before you can work with a LiquidVM, you must do the following: Make sure that the media library includes all the versions of the WLS‐VE ISO that you need. Different versions are available for different versions of LiquidVM. See “Managing Media Stores” on page 100.
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9 Managing Resources 9 In vCenter Lab Manager, resources, such as resource pools, hosts, datastores, and media stores, can be dedicated to one organization or shared between organizations. By default, only system administrators can add, edit, and remove resources. If you are an administrator with rights at the organization level, you can also edit the resources in your organization. If you are an administrator with rights at the workspace level, you can edit the resources in your workspace.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Modify Resource Pool Properties By default, only system administrators can modify resource pool properties. To modify resource pool properties 1 In the left pane, click Resources. 2 Move the pointer over the resource pool and select Properties. 3 Modify the properties and click OK. Lab Manager modifies the resource pool properties.
Chapter 9 Managing Resources Managing Hosts A host is an ESX/ESXi server that provides CPU and memory resources for Lab Manager virtual machines. You can add vCenter hosts to Lab Manager on the Resource Pools tab. See “Attach a Resource Pool” on page 19. You can undeploy, redeploy, and force undeploy all virtual machines on a host. Other operations include disabling and unpreparing hosts, and accessing a host’s deployed virtual machines and properties.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Disable and Enable Host Spanning for a Host When you add an ESX/ESXi 4.0 host with a vSphere Enterprise Plus license, Lab Manager enables Host Spanning for the host. If you want to use VMware Distributed Power Management, you must disable Host Spanning. By default, only system administrators can disable and enable Host Spanning. To disable or enable Host Spanning 1 In the left pane, click Resources. 2 On the Hosts tab, move the pointer over the host name and select Properties.
Chapter 9 Managing Resources View Deployed Virtual Machines on a Host You can view the deployed virtual machines on a specific ESX/ESXi host. To view the deployed virtual machines across all hosts, see “View Deployed Virtual Machines” on page 147. To view the deployed virtual machines on a host 1 In the left pane, click Resources. 2 In the Hosts tab, move the pointer over the host and select Deployed VMs.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Redeploy All Virtual Machines on a Different Host When you redeploy, you are undeploying the virtual machines from the current host and redeploying them to other available hosts. Before you can redeploy its virtual machines, you need to disable a host. The organization from which the redeployment is initiated must have access to another host that is CPU compatible with the current host and has the capacity to deploy the virtual machines.
Chapter 9 Managing Resources Delete a Datastore Deleting a datastore removes the datastore from all organizations and deletes all Lab Manager data on that datastore. Only system administrators can delete datastores. NOTE The operation does not delete files in the actual datastore. Before you delete a datastore, complete these activities: Disconnect the datastore in vCenter.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Disable Virtual Machine Creation in a Datastore If you do not want to completely disable a datastore, you can disable it for virtual machine creation only. You can still deploy configurations associated with the datastore.
Chapter 9 Managing Resources View Virtual Machine Datastore Usage By default, system administrators and administrators with rights at the organizational level can monitor disk space usage for all virtual machines and perform maintenance tasks. NOTE Your configuration files will only be accessible from the same host or datastore as the base template. For example, if you have VM1 on DataStoreX, all the configurations you create from VM1 will be created on DataStoreX.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Understanding Virtual Machine Datastore Directories When you move the pointer over a datastore name and select Context, Lab Manager displays a high‐level, tree diagram of the virtual machine’s relationship to virtual machines on which it depends (ancestor nodes) and that depend on it (child nodes). Each node in the tree represents a directory location on the datastore. Your configuration files must live on the same datastore as the base.
Chapter 9 Managing Resources Delete Expired Virtual Machines When the storage lease for a virtual machine expires, Lab Manager deletes the virtual machine or marks it for deletion, depending on the resource cleanup settings. See “Configuring Resource Cleanup Settings” on page 143. You can delete virtual machines that are marked for deletion in the Virtual Machine Datastore Usage page.
Lab Manager User’s Guide 3 Click Refresh Disk Space to ensure that the data is current. 4 Move the pointer over a virtual machine name and select Delete Revert Point. Consolidate a Virtual Machine Based on Datastore Usage You can consolidate undeployed virtual machines. For information on consolidation, see “Consolidate a Virtual Machine” on page 86. To consolidate a virtual machine based on datastore usage 1 In the left pane, click Resources. 2 On the Datastores tab, click View Datastore Usage.
Chapter 9 Managing Resources 3 On the Datastores tab, move the pointer over the datastore you want to use as a media store and select Enable Media. 4 On the Media Stores tab, click Add Media Store. 5 Type a name for the media store. The name can only contain alphanumeric characters (a–z, A–Z, 0–9), hyphens, underscores, or periods. 6 Select the datastore. 7 Type the path to the media. For NFS datastores, type the path relative to the mount point.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Managing Physical Networks To provide virtual machines with access to a physical network, you must first add the network as a resource in Lab Manager, and then assign the resource to one or more organizations. Monitor IP Pool Usage for a Physical Network Every virtual machine using a static IP addressing mode for a NIC connected to a physical network requires an IP address from the IP pool of the physical network.
Chapter 9 Managing Resources 3 Click the General tab. 4 Edit the network properties and click Update. For information about the properties of a physical network, see “Add a Physical Network” on page 20 Delete a Physical Network By default, only system administrators can delete a physical network. To delete a physical network 1 In the left pane, click Resources. 2 In the Physical Networks tab, move the pointer over a physical network name and select Delete. 3 Click OK.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Enable or Disable a Host Spanning Transport Network Only system administrators can disable or enable host spanning transport networks. When you disable or enable a transport network, the change affects all organizations that use the network. To enable or disable a host spanning transport network 1 In the left pane, click Resources. 2 On the Host Spanning Transport Networks tab, move the pointer over the network name and select Enable or Disable. 3 Click OK.
10 Managing the Media Library 10 The media library enables you to store media image files. You can upload data, such as the drivers, to a virtual machine template or virtual machine from the media library. During the CD and floppy operations available from the individual console of a virtual machine template or virtual machine, you can access the image files in the media library.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Change Ownership of Media Files The original owner of a media file is the user who added it to the media library. If you have sufficient rights, you can change the owner. To change ownership of a media file 1 In the left pane, click Media. 2 Move the pointer over the media file name and select Properties. 3 Click Change Owner. 4 Select an organization and user and click OK. 5 Click OK. Lab Manager reassigns the media file to the new owner.
Chapter 10 Managing the Media Library Modify Media Properties You can change the display name and add comments for media files in the properties information. You can also change the media file owner. See “Change Ownership of Media Files” on page 106. To modify media properties 1 In the left pane, click Media. 2 Move the pointer over a media filename and select Properties. 3 Change the display name for the media file. 4 Type your comments about the media file. 5 Click OK.
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11 Managing Users, Groups, and Roles 11 By default, a system administrator or an administrator with rights at the organization level can add users or groups to an organization and assign each user or group a role in the organization. The organization determines which resources (resource pools, hosts, datastores, media stores, host spanning transport networks, and physical networks) a user can access, and the role determines how a user can interact with those resources.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Remove a User from an Organization By default, a system administrators and administrators with rights at the organization level can remove a user from an organization. When you remove a user from an organization, they become stranded. See “Managing Stranded Users” on page 111. To remove a user from an organization 1 In the left pane, select Users and Groups. 2 Select the organization from which you want to delete the user. 3 Click the Users tab.
Chapter 11 Managing Users, Groups, and Roles 5 Modify the user properties. All members of an LDAP group inherit the role assigned to the group. You can deselect the Use Group roles instead of user role check box and select a role from the drop‐down menu to override this rule. 6 Click OK. Lab Manager changes the user’s properties. View User Roles and Organizations You can display a list of the organizations to which a user belongs and the user’s role in each organization.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Reassign Ownership of All Stranded Users’ Objects You can reassign the objects for all stranded users in an organization. To reassign the objects of all stranded users 1 In the left pane, select Users and Groups. 2 Select the Stranded Users tab. 3 Click Assign All To Me. 4 Click Delete All Empty Users to delete users with no objects. Reassign Ownership of a Stranded User’s Objects When you disable an organization, all its users are stranded.
Chapter 11 Managing Users, Groups, and Roles 4 Move the pointer over the group name and select Delete. 5 Click OK. Lab Manager deletes the group from the entire installation. Modify Group Properties By default, only system administrators and administrators with rights at the organization level can modify group properties. To modify group properties 1 In the left pane, select Users and Groups. 2 Select the Groups tab. 3 Select the organization for which you want to edit the group properties.
Lab Manager User’s Guide 3 Type a name. 4 (Optional) Type a description. 5 Expand the check boxes and select the rights that you want to include. See Appendix A, “Roles and Rights,” on page 149 for more information. 6 Click OK. Lab Manager adds the role to the Roles and Rights page. You can now assign it to users and groups. Copy a Role You can copy any existing role, except System Administrator, to use as the basis for a new role. To copy a role 1 In the left pane, select Roles and Rights.
12 Managing Organizations and Workspaces 12 The majority of Lab Manager operations occur in organizations and workspaces. Organizations can have workspaces that represent different business units or different functional groups. An administrator with rights at the organization level manages a variety of operations in an organization. See “Roles and Rights” on page 149 for more information on these roles and their rights.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Modify Default Deployment Settings You can set the default deployment settings for all the configurations in an organization. To set default deployment settings 1 In the left pane, click Organizations. 2 Move the pointer over an organization name and select Properties. 3 Select the default fencing setting. 4 Select the default Host Spanning setting. 5 Click OK.
Chapter 12 Managing Organizations and Workspaces Add or Remove the Resource Pools in an Organization By default, only a system administrator can add or remove resource pools. For example, if an organization is running out of CPU and memory resources to deploy virtual machines, you can add a resource pool. To add or remove resource pools in an organization 1 In the left pane, click Organizations. 2 Move the pointer over the organization name and select Properties.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Add or Remove the Physical Networks in an Organization By default, only a system administrator can add or remove physical networks. To add or remove a physical network to an organization 1 In the left pane, click Organizations. 2 Move the pointer over an organization and select Properties. 3 In the Physical Networks panel, click Edit. 4 Select a physical network and click an arrow to add it to or remove it from the organization. 5 Click OK and OK.
Chapter 12 Managing Organizations and Workspaces 5 On the Stranded Users tab, reassign the relevant objects. 6 In the left pane, click Organizations. 7 Move the pointer over the organization name and select Delete. 8 Click OK. Lab Manager deletes the organization. Using the Primary Workspace All organizations have a primary workspace. When you add users and groups to the organization, Lab Manager automatically adds the users and groups to the primary workspace.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Modify Workspace Properties By default, only system administrators and administrators with rights at the organization level can edit workspaces. To edit workspace properties 1 In the left pane, click Workspace(s). 2 Move the pointer over the workspace name and select Properties. 3 Modify the properties. 4 Click OK. Modifying Users and Groups in a Workspace You can modify the users and groups who can access a workspace.
Chapter 12 Managing Organizations and Workspaces Add or Remove the Resource Pools Available to a Workspace By default, only system administrators and adminstrators with rights at the organization level can add or remove resource pools. To add or remove the resource pools available to a workspace 1 In the left pane, click Workspace(s). 2 Move the pointer over the organization name and select Properties. 3 In the Resource Pools panel, click Edit.
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13 Managing Network Templates 13 System administrators, administrators with rights at the organization and workspace levels, and template creators can manage network templates.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Delete Network Templates By default, only system administrators, administrators with rights at the organization level, and template creators can delete network templates. After you delete a network template, you cannot select it as the network for a virtual machine network interface, or add it to a configuration. Existing virtual machines and configurations that are use the network template are not affected.
Chapter 13 Managing Network Templates Remove IP Addresses from the IP Pool of a Virtual Network Only system administrators, administrators with rights at the organization level and template creators can remove IP addresses from a virtual network. To remove IP addresses from a virtual network 1 Move pointer over a configuration name and select Open. 2 Click the Networks tab. 3 Move the pointer over a virtual network name and select IP Pool. 4 Click the General tab.
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14 Managing Virtual Machine Templates 14 A virtual machine template is a virtual machine image loaded with an operating system, applications, and data. After you define and publish a template, you can quickly and easily create multiple virtual machines based on the template without having to reinstall software or redo setup tasks on each virtual machine. Using the templates ensures that virtual machines are consistently configured across an entire organization.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Export a Virtual Machine Template to an SMB Share You can export an undeployed virtual machine template to an SMB share. This operation requires that you have a shared folder with full control permissions at the share and file system level. Exporting can take an extended period of time, depending on the size of the virtual machine. By default, Lab Manager times out when export operations take longer than two hours.
Chapter 14 Managing Virtual Machine Templates Consolidate a Virtual Machine Template Each time you create a linked clone of a virtual machine template, Lab Manager freezes the virtual hard disk associated with the original template and creates delta disks to store future changes to the clone and its source. Over time, the increasing number of stored delta disks can affect performance. You do not need to consolidate templates until Lab Manager generates an error requesting this operation.
Lab Manager User’s Guide 4 (Optional) Type a description. 5 Select a Guest OS. If you select a 64‐bit guest operating system, the datastore must be connected to an ESX/ESXi host that provides the required 64‐bit processor for that guest OS. You can proceed without fulfilling this requirement, but you cannot deploy the virtual machine template until you attach a host with the correct processor.
Chapter 14 Managing Virtual Machine Templates 19 Select a SID mechanism. The selection specifies the mechanism Lab Manager uses to change the SID. If the virtual machine template is unpublished, you can switch the default tool Lab Manager uses to change the SID, or select None. To use Microsoft Sysprep, you must first create a Microsoft Sysprep package for guest customization. See “Build a Microsoft Sysprep Package” on page 41. 20 Select deployment or storage leases.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Delete a Virtual Machine Template Hard Disk You can delete a virtual machine template hard disk. To delete a virtual machine template hard disk 1 In the left pane, click VM Templates. 2 Move the pointer over the virtual machine template name and select Properties. 3 In the Hard Disks section, click Delete. 4 Click OK and Update.
Chapter 14 Managing Virtual Machine Templates Edit a Virtual Machine Network Interface You can disconnect a virtual machine template NIC, change the network to which a NIC connects, specify a primary NIC, and change the IP addressing mode for a NIC. To edit network interface settings 1 In the left pane, click VM Templates. 2 Move the pointer over the template name and select Properties.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Upgrade Virtual Hardware Lab Manager supports version 4 and version 7 virtual machine templates. You can upgrade version 4 templates to version 7. Version 4 templates can run on hosts with ESX 3.5 and above, while version 7 templates require hosts with ESX 4.0 and above. Before you can upgrade a template to version 7, you must install the latest version of VMware Tools.
15 Managing Lab Manager Settings 15 The Lab Manager system administrator controls various systemwide settings related to LDAP, licensing, guest customization, storage and deployment leases, and so on. You can generally specify these settings once and change them later, if necessary.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Table 15-1. vCenter Lab Manager Preferences Name Details Login Policy Select Remember User Name Only if you want Lab Manager to retain the user name but not the password. Select Automatically Login if you want Lab Manager to log users in when they start Lab Manager. Lab Manager uses persistent cookies (physically stored on the computer hard disk) to retain the login information. If you delete the browser cookies, this information is not available until you log in again.
Chapter 15 Managing Lab Manager Settings Set Email Preferences Lab Manager uses an SMTP server to send user notifications and system alert emails. To set email preferences 1 In the left pane, click Settings. 2 Click the General tab. 3 Type the DNS host name or IP address of the SMTP mail server. 4 If the SMTP server requires a user name, select the Requires User Name check box and type the user name and password for the SMTP server account.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Set Configuration Change Summary Preferences Lab Manager records certain configuration operations, such as adding or removing a network, deploying or undeploying the configuration, and so on, as change summaries. Other operations, such as cloning, moving, and archiving, allow you to input change summary text. Change summaries can be helpful for tracking and auditing purposes.
Chapter 15 Managing Lab Manager Settings Set Up an LDAP Connection You can set up an LDAP connection to provide Lab Manager access to users and groups that already exist on the LDAP server. To set up an LDAP connection 1 In the left pane, click Settings. 2 Click the LDAP tab. 3 Type the host name or IP address of the LDAP server. If you do not specify a server, Lab Manager uses serverless binding (for Active Directory only), which connects to any available domain controller.
Lab Manager User’s Guide 7 Select the Accept all certificates check box to allow LDAPS communication between the LDAP server and Lab Manager server without requiring the LDAPS server certificate in the Lab Manager server certificate store. CAUTION Do not select this option unless you are sure that your network is secure. If you do not select this option, you must import a server authentication certificate from the LDAPS server into the Lab Manager server’s certificate store.
Chapter 15 Managing Lab Manager Settings Customize LDAP User and Group Attributes The LDAP user attributes provide Lab Manager with details about how user and group information is defined in the LDAP directory. These settings allow Lab Manager to access the information and map it to its own user and group database. If your LDAP directory uses different syntax for user and group attributes than what is displayed, modify the information here to match the LDAP directory.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Configuring Lab Manager Licenses Lab Manager capacity is licensed on a per‐processor or per‐socket basis for prepared ESX/ESXi hosts. You need at least two processors of available licensed capacity to prepare a dual‐processor host. View Capacity License Information You can view information about your Lab Manager capacity licenses, such as expiration and number of CPUs. To view capacity license information 1 In the left pane, click Settings. 2 Click the License tab.
Chapter 15 Managing Lab Manager Settings 4 Type your company name and Lab Manager administrator email address. Do not alter the SupportLink server unless instructed to change the name by VMware support. 5 If the Lab Manager server uses a proxy server to connect to the Internet, enter the proxy server information. 6 If VMware support requests a test of SupportLink, click Test Settings to verify the connection to the Lab Manager SupportLink Server. 7 Click OK.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Set Deployment and Storage Lease Maximums You can set the maximum deployment and storage lease times for configurations and virtual machine templates. To set the maximum time for deployment and storage leases 1 In the left pane, click Settings. 2 Click the Resource Cleanup tab. 3 Choose the deployment lease maximums for workspace configurations and virtual machine templates.
16 Monitoring Lab Manager 16 Administrators can monitor completed and in‐progress operations, view a list of currently deployed virtual machines, and review resource usage information. Most other Lab Manager users can only view information about their own jobs.
Lab Manager User’s Guide View Activity Details You can view details about any job on its Activity Details page. The information is especially useful for troubleshooting. To view the Activity Details page 1 In the left pane, click Activity Log. 2 Click the text in the Activity column. Lab Manager displays detailed information about the job. Monitoring Resource Usage In Lab Manager, deployed virtual machines get their CPU and memory resources from resource pools.
Chapter 16 Monitoring Lab Manager View Deployed Virtual Machines You can view all deployed virtual machines in the Lab Manager installation or in an organization. See “View Deployed Virtual Machines on a Host” on page 93 to view the deployed virtual machines on a specific host. To view deployed virtual machines In the left pane, click Deployed Machines. The page displays a list of deployed machines for the currently selected organization.
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A A Roles and Rights vCenter Lab Manager applies roles and rights to determine which users and groups can perform which operations. See “Managing Users, Groups, and Roles” on page 109 for information on predefined roles, creating roles, and assigning rights to roles. See “Create an Organization” on page 27 for information on assigning roles to users and groups.
Lab Manager User’s Guide General Rights The Change Ownership right allows system administrators to assign a new owner to Lab Manager objects (network templates, virtual machine templates, configurations, and media files) in any organization. Administrators with rights at the organization level can change the owner of objects in their organization.
Appendix A Roles and Rights Table A-5. High I/O Rights for Sharing Roles Access Consolidate Export Full Clone Import X X X N/A Change X X N/A Read X X N/A Full Control Host Rights This table lists the rights that the predefined roles have for hosts in Lab Manager. Table A-6.
Lab Manager User’s Guide When an owner shares a Library configuration with another user, the user’s rights are based on the intersection of the rights of the role and the access rights assigned by the owner sharing the object. Table A-9.
Appendix A Roles and Rights Media Rights This table lists the rights that the predefined roles have for media in Lab Manager. Table A-12.
Lab Manager User’s Guide When an owner shares a network template with another user, the user’s rights are based on the intersection of the rights of their role and the access rights assigned by the owner sharing the object. Table A-16. Network Template Rights for Sharing Roles Access Create Delete Edit Properties Full Control N/A X X Change N/A Read N/A X Organization Rights By default, only system administrators can create and delete organizations. Table A-17.
Appendix A Roles and Rights Role Rights By default, only system administrators can create, delete, and edit roles. Table A-20.
Lab Manager User’s Guide When an owner shares an object with another user, the user’s ability to share that object is based on the intersection of the rights of their role and the access rights assigned by the owner sharing the object. Table A-22.
Appendix A Roles and Rights Workspace Configuration Rights This table lists the rights that the predefined roles have for workspace configurations in Lab Manager. Table A-26. Workspace Configuration Rights for Predefined Roles Delete Delete Machine Deploy/ Undeploy Fenced Deploy/ Undeploy Non-fenced Edit Prop. View X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Template Creator X X X X X X X X App.
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B B Client and Browser Support Lab Manager users can access the Web console from client computers running various combinations of operating systems and browsers. Depending on the operating system, Lab Manager supports Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, or both. See Table B‐1, “32‐Bit Client Operating System and Web Browser Support,” on page 159 and Table B‐2, “64‐Bit Client Operating System and Web Browser Support,” on page 159. Table B-1.
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C C Guest Operating System Support Lab Manager supports a wide variety of 32‐bit and 64‐bit operating systems in its virtual machine templates and virtual machines. See Table C‐1, “32‐Bit Guest Operating System Support,” on page 161 and Table C‐2, “64‐Bit Guest Operating System Support,” on page 162. Table C-1.
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D Using SSMove D SSMove is a utility on the Lab Manager server that allows you to move datastores. This utility is located in C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Lab Manager Server\Tools\SSMove. This appendix includes information about preparing to use SSMove, moving a datastore, and fixing common errors that might occur. Before You Move a Datastore To move a datastore, you must power off virtual machines and shut down ESX hosts and the Lab Manager server.
Lab Manager User’s Guide Move a Datastore Only system administrators can move a datastore. To move a datastore 1 On the Lab Manager server, run SSMove.exe, which is located in C:\Program Files\VMware\Vmware Lab Manager\Tools\SSMove. You can only run a single instance of SSMove at a time. 2 Click Refresh Sizes to update the used and available space information for the datastores. 3 Filter the source trees based on their datastore or size. a Select the datastore that contains the data you want to move.
Glossary A Active Directory A Microsoft directory service that stores information about the network operating system and provides services. Active Directory enables administrators to set security policies, control resources, and deploy programs across an enterprise. You can point Lab Manager at a Microsoft Active Directory domain or domain controller to enable an entire company (or subset) of users. ActiveX Control An object that supports programmatic interfaces.
Lab Manager User’s Guide cluster A server group in the virtual environment. Clusters enable a high‐availability solution. compute resource A compute resource is the cluster or host providing compute power to a resource pool. The compute resource represents the sum of all CPU and memory of all hosts under it. configuration A group of virtual machines that Lab Manager controls as a unit. Lab Manager can replicate these configurations on demand. console See Lab Manager Web console, virtual machine console.
Glossary external IP address A unique IP address temporarily assigned to each virtual machine deployed using network fencing or connecting a virtual network to a physical network. Through these external addresses, virtual machines both inside and outside the configuration can communicate with each other. F fencing An architecture that isolates virtual machine configurations while allowing full network access.
Lab Manager User’s Guide IP pool A range of IP addresses set aside for use by physical and virtual networks in Lab Manager. ISO An exact representation of a CD or DVD, including its content and logical format. L Lab Manager system administrator In most organizations, the highest level administrator who is likely to map to the VMware Infrastructure system administrator role. The responsibilities of the Lab Manager system administrator span the entire Lab Manager installation.
Glossary NIC (Network Interface Card) An expansion board that provides a dedicated connection between a computer and a network. Also called a network adapter. P privilege Authorization to perform a specific action or set of actions on a managed object or group of managed objects. publish To make a Lab Manager virtual machine template available for use in creating configurations. R ready Indicates an ESX host is available for use. Certain host states are documented that affect this status.
Lab Manager User’s Guide SMB (Server Message Block) A network protocol for exchanging files between computers. You can use SMB with Windows and Linux operating systems. SMP (Symmetric Multiprocessing) The technology that enables you to assign two virtual processors to a virtual machine on any host machine that has at least two logical processors. SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) A protocol that facilitates email transmissions between servers.
Glossary vCenter Server A service that acts as a central administrator for VMware servers connected on a network. This service directs actions on the virtual machines and the virtual machine hosts. vCenter Server is the working core of vCenter. See also VMware vCenter (vCenter). virtual hardware The devices that make up a virtual machine. The virtual hardware includes the virtual disk, removable devices such as the DVD‐ROM/CD‐ROM and floppy drives, and the virtual Ethernet adapter.
Lab Manager User’s Guide VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) A feature that balances virtual machine workloads across ESX hosts using the vCenter and VMotion products. VMware DRS detects when virtual machine activity saturates an ESX host and triggers automated VMotion live migrations, moving running virtual machines to other ESX nodes so that all resource commitments are met.
Index A accessing virtual machine consoles 75 Active Directory 138 ActiveX control 75 Activity Log 145 adding capacity licenses 142 groups 24, 27 host spanning transport networks 21 IP addresses 102, 124 media stores 20, 100 members 27 network interfaces to virtual machines 84, 132 networks to configurations 67 physical networks 20 roles 113 SCSI virtual hard disks 82 users 23, 27 virtual hard disks to virtual machines 82, 131 virtual machines to configurations 66 administration of datastores 94–100 of gro
Lab Manager User’s Guide consolidating virtual machine templates 129 virtual machines 86, 100 context, example of nodes 98 copying network templates 30 CPU hot add 86 creating configurations 49 LiveLinks 70 network templates 29 organizations 27 users 24 virtual machine templates 31 workspaces 28 D datastores adding media storage 20 adding or removing 117 deleting 95 directories 97 disabling 95 disabling for virtual machine creation 96 disabling media store creation 96 editing properties 96 enabling 95 pro
Index G General tab 135 glossary 165 Gold Master 54, 69 groups adding 24, 27 editing properties 113 roles and rights 150 guest customization accessing the machine.
Lab Manager User’s Guide licenses, adding capacity 142 linked clone 52 LiquidVM 87 LiveLinks creating 70 deploying 71 M MAC addresses, resetting 84, 133 media about 105 adding media stores 20 changing owner 106 editing properties 107 restricting access 106 roles and rights 153 sharing 106 synchronizing Lab Manager with media stores 105 media stores adding 20, 100 adding or removing for an organization 117 changing the name 101 disabling 101 editing properties 101 enabling 101 roles and rights 153 memory h
Index of media stores 101 of network templates 123 of organizations 115 of physical networks 102 of resource pools 90 of roles 114 of users 110 of virtual machine templates 129 of virtual machines 80 publishing virtual machine templates 47 datastores 149 general 150 groups 150 High I/O 150 host spanning transport networks 151 hosts 151 library configurations 151 media 153 media stores 153 network templates 153 organizations 154 physical networks 154 predefined 149 resource pools 154 roles 155 sharing 155
Lab Manager User’s Guide T ttylinux-4-ESX3 49 U undeploying all virtual machines 90, 93 configurations 62 virtual machine templates 46 virtual machines 75 unpreparing hosts 92 unpublishing virtual machine templates 127 User Preferences page 16 users adding 23, 27 authenticating with LDAP 138 creating 24 defining roles 24 disabling 109 editing properties 110 enabling 109 properties 110 removing from an organization 110 removing from Lab Manager 110 roles and rights 156 setting preferences 16 V vCenter exp
Index suspending 76 swapping CD images 78 swapping floppy files 79 taking snapshots 77 undeploying 75 undeploying all 90, 93 viewing datastore usage 97 viewing deployed machines 147 viewing storage usage 97 virtual networks connectivity modes 59 overview 59 virtual router 56 VMware Distributed Power Management 92 VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler support 14 VMware Fault Tolerance support 14 VMware High Availability support 14 VMware Remote MKS Plugin 75 VMware Tools and guest customization 41 disabling
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