VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide VMware Lab Manager 2.
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Contents Preface 5 1 Introduction to the Lab Manager Installation 9 Lab Manager Components 10 High‐Level View of the Installation Process 11 2 Installation Requirements 13 General Requirements 14 System Requirements: Lab Manager Server and Managed Server 15 Guest Operating System Requirements 17 Client User Machine Requirements 18 Storage Requirements 19 Media Storage 19 Virtual Machine Storage (Datastore) 19 Network Requirements 20 Configuring Routing 20 Configuring Domains and Permissions 20 Config
VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide Installing the Managed Server Agent Software on ESX Server 29 Setting Up the Lab Manager Server 31 Prerequisites for Lab Manager Server 31 Security Recommendations 31 Installing or Customizing the SSL Certificate 32 Modifying Security Policies 34 Configuring Internet Explorer on the Lab Manager Server 34 Setting Up a FQDN for the Server 35 Installing the Lab Manager Server Software 36 Verifying the ASP.
Preface This preface provides information about the VMware Lab Manager Installation Guide and links to VMware® technical support and educational resources. This preface contains the following topics: “About This Book” on page 5 “Technical Support and Education Resources” on page 6 About This Book The VMware Lab Manager Installation Guide describes installation and configuration tasks for Lab Manager 2.4.
VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide Document Feedback If you have comments about this documentation, submit your feedback to: docfeedback@vmware.com Conventions Table P‐1 illustrates the typographic conventions used in this manual. Table P-1.
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1 Introduction to the Lab Manager Installation 1 VMware Lab Manager provides a robust solution to manage virtual machines in the test lab infrastructure. You can capture a complex and running software environment and share it instantly across your organization. See the VMware Lab Manager User’s Guide for a full overview of the product. This chapter covers these topics: “Lab Manager Components” on page 10 “High‐Level View of the Installation Process” on page 11 VMware, Inc.
VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide Lab Manager Components Figure 1‐1 illustrates the components of Lab Manager. network Lab Manager client user administrator Lab Manager Managed Server virtual machine storage Lab Manager Server Lab Manager client user Lab Manager client user Lab Manager Managed Server default media storage Lab Manager Managed Server additional media storage (NFS) Figure 1-1.
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Lab Manager Installation “Lab Manager servers” collectively refers to the Lab Manager Server, Managed Server systems, and storage servers. High-Level View of the Installation Process The installation process takes about 20 minutes and involves the high‐level tasks described in Table 1‐1. Table 1-1. Installation Tasks Preparing to install Lab Manager Prepare your target system and make sure it meets all software and hardware requirements.
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2 Installation Requirements 2 This chapter details VMware recommendations and requirements for your Lab Manager components and network.
VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide General Requirements Review this general requirement checklist to make sure you have everything you need for the Lab Manager system: One or more Windows Server 2003 machines with the specifications detailed in “System Requirements: Lab Manager Server and Managed Server” on page 15 Windows Server 2003 CD. One or more VMware ESX Server 3.0.1 machines with the specifications detailed in “System Requirements: Lab Manager Server and Managed Server” on page 15.
Chapter 2 Installation Requirements System Requirements: Lab Manager Server and Managed Server Review the system requirements for the Lab Manager Server and Managed Server components. For more information on requirements specific to ESX Server, see the VMware Infrastructure 3 documentation. Make sure the ESX Server system appears on the VMware hardware compatibility list: http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vi_pubs.html Table 2-1.
VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide Table 2-1. System Requirements (Continued) System Component Lab Manager Server Network (Recommended) Gigabit Ethernet Machine cannot run on a Windows domain controller. Operating system Additional notes and recommendations 16 Managed Server One or more Ethernet controllers: Broadcom NetXtreme 570x Gigabit controllers or Intel PRO/100 adapters Lab Manager Server resides outside of a Windows domain.
Chapter 2 Installation Requirements Guest Operating System Requirements Review the guest operating systems (32‐bit only) on a virtual machine that work with Lab Manager. Specifically, this list covers the guest operating systems that support LM Tools, a key utility in Lab Manager that various features are dependent on.
VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide Client User Machine Requirements Review the requirements for client user machines: Lab Manager client user machines require Internet Explorer (IE) 5.5 or higher and an HTTP connection to a Lab Manager installation. VMware offers experimental support for accessing the Lab Manager Web console with Firefox. Lab Manager client user machines must have routable access to the Lab Manager Server, Managed Server systems, and storage servers.
Chapter 2 Installation Requirements DNS server Secondary DNS server (optional) Storage Requirements This section covers details of media storage and virtual machine storage (datastore). Media Storage Lab Manager provides a default repository for media on the Lab Manager Server. You can add additional storage servers for media. Review the requirements for media (CD and floppy image) storage: Media storage must support SMB or NFS format.
VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide Network Requirements Network requirements and recommendations are covered in these sections: “Configuring Routing” on page 20 “Configuring Domains and Permissions” on page 20 “Configuring Firewall Settings” on page 21 “Gathering Network Information for Installation” on page 22 “IP Addresses for Virtual Machines” on page 22 “Configuring IIS and ASP.
Chapter 2 Installation Requirements Configuring Firewall Settings Lab Manager communicates between its servers and clients through network ports. ESX Server software sets up default ports. See the VMware Infrastructure 3 documentation for details. Review the requirements to configure firewalls: Client browser to access Lab Manager Server – TCP port 443. Client browser to access Managed Server systems – TCP ports 902 and 903.
VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide Gathering Network Information for Installation Before you begin the installation, gather information about your network. This includes the block of IP addresses the Lab Manager System uses for virtual machines, IP addresses for the primary and secondary DNS servers in the network, subnet mask for the network, IP address for the network gateway, and the Lab Manager Server DNS suffix. Consult your network IT Administrator for information.
Chapter 2 Installation Requirements To install Internet Information Server (IIS) and ASP.NET NOTE You might need to put the Windows Server 2003 boot disk into the CD or DVD drive of the server. 1 Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs. 2 In the left pane of the Add or Remove Programs dialog box, click the Add/Remove Windows Components icon. 3 In the Windows Components wizard, select the Application Server component. 4 Click Details. 5 Select the ASP.
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3 Installing Lab Manager 3 After reviewing the requirements in Chapter 2, install the software for the Lab Manager Managed Server and Lab Manager Server. This chapter covers these topics: “Reviewing the Installation Flow” on page 26 “Setting Up Managed Server Systems” on page 27 “Setting Up the Lab Manager Server” on page 31 “Verifying the ASP.
VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide Reviewing the Installation Flow The installation process involves these high‐level steps: Step 1 Set up the Managed Server systems. Install the Lab Manager Managed Server software on at least one ESX Server system. You must have access to the Managed Server agent executable (VMware-labmanager-agent-esx-2.4.0-.bin). See “Setting Up Managed Server Systems” on page 27. Step 2 Set up the Lab Manager Server.
Chapter 3 Installing Lab Manager Setting Up Managed Server Systems Install the Managed Server software on at least one ESX Server machine before creating the Lab Manager Server. This procedure involves installing the Managed Server agent component on your designated Managed Server. This component allows Lab Manager Server to control and deploy virtual machines on the Managed Server.
VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide Configuring Additional Media Storage (NFS) Prior to Installing the Managed Server Before installing the Managed Server, configure the NFS server if you plan on having extra media storage besides the default media storage server on the Lab Manager Server. Configuring an NFS server involves these tasks: Create a /ISO directory (use capital letters) under the exported share. For example, if the NFS server is 10.6.1.
Chapter 3 Installing Lab Manager Installing the Managed Server Agent Software on ESX Server After reviewing the prerequisites and background information, install the Managed Server agent software. To install the Managed Server agent software 1 On the target Managed Server, log in as root. 2 Copy VMware-labmanager-agent-esx-2.4.0-.bin to the target ESX server computer. VMware recommends using the scp utility.
VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide > Password: > Confirm password: This account enables communication between Lab Manager and the Managed Server and also enables access to the consoles of the hosted virtual machines for the Managed Server. Use the same user name and password when adding a Managed Server to Lab Manager in the Lab Manager console. For more information on adding a Managed Server, see the “Administering and Monitoring Lab Manager” chapter of the VMware Lab Manager User’s Guide.
Chapter 3 Installing Lab Manager Setting Up the Lab Manager Server After installing the Managed Server systems, set up the Lab Manager Server. The Lab Manager Server provides Web and SOAP interfaces to interact with Lab Manager. Note that Lab Manager Server automatically installs an instance of Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE) for use with Lab Manager.
VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide Installing or Customizing the SSL Certificate VMware recommends installing an SSL certificate from a trusted certification authority that validates the server identity. Generate the SSL certificate with the domain name or IP address for accessing Lab Manager. If you do not install the SSL certificate, VMware automatically generates one but SSL security warnings appear in the browser.
Chapter 3 Installing Lab Manager openssl pkcs12 -export -out " OpenSslVMware.pfx" -in " OpenSslVMware.crt" -inkey " OpenSslVMware.key" -name OpenSslVMware -passout pass: This process generates a .pfx file. 5 VMware, Inc. Remove any outdated certificate from IIS and import the new .pfx file into IIS.
VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide Modifying Security Policies If you want to use Lab Manager in a high security environment, you must modify the policy settings. To modify a high security policy 1 On the desktop of the target Lab Manager Server, choose Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy. 2 In the left pane, drill down to Security Options under Local Policies. 3 In the right pane, double‐click Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications (always).
Chapter 3 Installing Lab Manager Setting Up a FQDN for the Server You must use a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) to ensure certain Lab Manager features can work. This requirement does not mean that the Lab Manager Server system resides in a domain. To set up a FQDN for the server 1 On the desktop of the target Lab Manager Server, right‐click My Computer and choose Properties from the menu. 2 On the Computer Name tab, click Change. 3 Click More.
VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide Installing the Lab Manager Server Software Lab Manager Server involves a typical or custom installation. Consider a custom installation if you want to put the storage server on a separate disk because of a heavy storage requirements. To install the Lab Manager Server software 1 On the target Lab Manager Server, launch VMware-labmanager-server-2.4.0-.exe. 2 Review the Welcome page of the installation wizard.
Chapter 3 Installing Lab Manager Verifying the ASP.NET Version After installing the Lab Manager Server, verify that the Lab Manager Web application uses the correct version of ASP.NET. To verify the ASP.NET version 1 Choose Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager. 2 Choose Web Sites > Default Web Site > LabManager. 3 Right‐click LabManager and choose Properties from the menu. 4 In the Virtual Directory tab, click the Configuration button.
VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide Initializing and Configuring Lab Manager After installing the Lab Manager Server, initialize and configure the Lab Manager system by accessing it from a Web browser. You can perform this task on the server console or your desktop. The initialization process involves the Administrator account, licensing, storage servers, network parameters for new virtual machines created in Lab Manager, attachment of a Managed Server, and support setup.
Chapter 3 Installing Lab Manager 6 Attach one of the Managed Server systems you created to the Lab Manager Server: Type a display name and description (optional) for the Managed Server. If this machine is your Managed Server, default entries appear in the fields. Type the IP Address for the Managed Server. If this machine is your Managed Server, its IP address automatically appears in the field.
VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide Checking the Sample Template and Configuration After logging in to the Lab Manager console, view a sample template and configuration in the Lab Manager console. For details on templates and configurations, see the VMware Lab Manager User’s Guide. To check the sample template and configuration 1 In the left pane, click Workspace to see the Sample 1 configuration. 2 In the left pane, click Templates to see the ttylinux‐4‐ESX3() sample configuration.
Chapter 3 Installing Lab Manager Adding and Synchronizing Lab Manager Server with NFS Media Storage If you added NFS media storage and created the /ISO folder, as described in “Configuring Additional Media Storage (NFS) Prior to Installing the Managed Server” on page 28, add the media server to the Lab Manager Web console. To ensure Lab Manager recognizes and syncs up with the contents of the NFS media server, store media files in the /ISO folder.
VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide Uninstalling Lab Manager Uninstalling Lab Manager involves uninstalling the Managed Server agent and the Lab Manager Server software. Uninstalling Managed Server Agent Software If required, you can remove the Managed Server agent software. To uninstall Managed Server Agent software 1 Use the Lab Manager Web console to undeploy all virtual machines that reside on the Managed Server.
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Troubleshooting the Installation This appendix covers these troubleshooting topics for the Lab Manager installation: “Error 1720: Windows Installer Package” on page 46 “Microsoft SQL Desktop Engine (MSDE) Installation Fails” on page 46 “Transfer of Managed Server Agent Software to ESX Server Machine Fails” on page 47 “Error 1603: Required Services for Installing Lab Manager” on page 47 VMware, Inc.
VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide Error 1720: Windows Installer Package Problem During the installation of Lab Manager Server, you see error 1720: Error 1720. There is a problem with the Windows Installer package. A script required for the install to complete could not be run Solution The message indicates a permissions problem in a Visual Basic (VB) script. Make sure you logged in with Administrator privileges. If you already logged in with the correct privileges, contact VMware support.
Troubleshooting the Installation Transfer of Managed Server Agent Software to ESX Server Machine Fails Problem If you download the Managed Server software, copy it to the ESX Server machine, and run the tar -xvzf command, this error appears: tar: tar: tar: tar: This does not look like a tar archive Skipping to next header Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers Error exit delayed from previous errors running installer Solution The message indicates possible corruption of the file.
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Index A high-level tasks 11 ActiveX requirements 13 installing 40 ASP.
VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide installing the agent software 29 U prerequisites 27 user groups setting up 27 system requirements 15 N accessing 6 V virtual machine consoles network configuring domains and permissions 20 configuring firewall settings 21 configuring routing 20 installing ActiveX.
