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• Why move them to the bottom of empty in VMware Lab Manager when you use Firefox 4 +?

  When using Mozilla Firefox 4.0 or later, drop boxes in VMware Lab Manager are populated is more if it is not possible to deploy new virtual machines.

  It turns out that VMware has released a Lab Manager in August (4.0.4) update that resolves this problem. I upgraded to LM 4.0.4 and dropdown lists are now met again.

• Requirements of VMWare Lab Manager

  Hello!

  I'm trying to put together a proof of concept for my business help to reach an agreement to buy and implement of Lab Manager, but am having a hard time getting real answers on a licence!  Maybe I'm reading just the documents wrong or something, but here are my questions:

  (1) VMWare Lab Manager does support ESXi?  If so, why do I use instead of ESXi ESX when all management is made by the end before (Lab Manager or vCenter Server)?  ... I have no need of HA or VMotion.

  (2) do I need for 3 products license?  For example, Lab Manager, vCenter Server, and ESX server?

  I read in a PDF document that vCenter Server is not a must but could take no ESXi, but a person in chat support told me that Lab Manager backed ESXi but necessary vCenter Server.  I'm a bit confused.

  What is the deployment scenario recommended for an environment with 1 physical host (to start) but plans to expand to 3-5 in the year?

  Thanks for your help!  Sorry to ask what I am sure is answered somewhere on the website, I just couldn't find where and it seems that the name of the product seems to be different depending on what you're looking at (ESX Server Infrastructure =?)

  -Jesse Reinhart

  Hi Jesse

  (1) lab Manager does not support ESXi.

  (2) Yes Lab Manager 3.0.2 requires the current version VC, it does not work on stand-alone host. Director of the laboratory 2.5.x support stand-alone host.

  You need a configuration that Lab Manager-->--> ESX VC even for single host currently.

  Hope that helps

  John Shao

• Integration Microsoft DevStudio 2010 and VMware Lab Manager

  Microsoft DevStudio 2010 seems to provide a nice integration in a virtualized environment of laboratory course using their own hypervisor. What is VMware plan to integrate this? Someone else began to focus on the integration yet? In order to manage isolated networks, they seem to have a lab test controller talking agents, so different test agents in the "closed" configurations can easily be found out.

  I already have a wind front of genius as far as my current LM infrastructure goes.

  Microsoft plans to add support for ESX by SP1 environment according to their team. How that factors in Lab Manager I don't know. In addition, their installation on the hypervisor isn't exactly great. It requires the VM already be made by hand. So there is no, automagic dpeloy the VM to test cancel them the deployment when done. So from what we have seen, it seems to not integrate yet. I found it very disappointing. However, they have the facilites for before and after series of tests shares. So our next step is to see if you use the API we can deploy and Undeploy of an image of Lab Manager and pass through the IP address of the machine newly deployed to the Test Manager. It should work, but we have not begun to this topic but, as we always try to make sure that we understand everything that happens in the process of the hypervisor.

• The Lab Manager Ldap integration

  I, ve configured a vSphere/ESX environment of OTA in a subnet of 172.10.1.0/24.

  Open ports on our firewall to manage OTA from our direct environment. Online subnet: 10.128.0.0/16

  Installed Labmanager 4.0 and add it to the field in the environment of the OTA.

  Everything works fine. After you open the port 389, I want to synchronize LDAP.

  When I do "Test LDAP settings" I get the following error:

  

  I read that it is not best practice to place a LM server in a domain.

  http://blog.aarondelp.com/2010/03/VMware-Lab-Manager-install-notes-and.html

  I tried the Ldap synchronization with the server of LM in a working group, but also, it does not work.

  Tried with the domain admin user, manually add the ldap port, it was left empty, different DN, nothing worked.

  Read also in the article is not to name the server labmanager LM, and that's exactly what I did...

  Also the lab Manager folder described in the article was not created in vCenter.

  I think uninstall LM, rename the virtual computer and reinstall LM. I don't know if it will solve this problem.

  I hope someone has a solution...

  Thank you...

  the 'test' LDAP settings actually trying to find the account provided credentials.  It's like a back loop... I should be able to find me before as I find other people.

  If the test account is not in the basic DN path of research, but can locate other accounts then it should.

  Best regards

  Jon Hemming

• Cannot locate the Microsoft Sysprep package on the server Lab Manager

  I have created a new model using the Lab Manager and install Windows XP 64-bit on it.  When the virtual machine has been cancelled and I tried to publish... I have the following error Publishing...

  Cannot publish a model of

  * Could not locate the Microsoft Sysprep package on the server Lab Manager.

  This 64-bit Windows system requires the package to perform the configuration of comments.

  See the documentation on the creation of the package.*

  When the sysprep package must be on the labmanager... I have a WinXP_64 directory, located in...

  Server\Tools\LMTools\Sysprep C:\Program VMware Lab Manager the Lab Manager server.  I also ran sysprep on the master, that I am trying to publish.  Anyone who encountered this?

  A few sites to check out:

  • http://pubs.VMware.com/labmanager3/users/LM_Users_Guide_templates.7.16.html -> note, you must have all the files in all the folders to build the package

  • http://pubs.VMware.com/labmanager3/users/LM_Users_Guide_templates.7.17.html

• Can I use Lab Manager with VirtualCenter Server Foundation

  Hi, now I'm choosing the license type for my gateway.

  Regarding now I can't manage through Virtual Center more than 3 knots.

  But I have a question. Can I use VirtualCenter Server Foundation License with VMware Lab Manager 3.0?

  You can use vCenter Server Foundation with PF3. We currently have 3 standard ESX licenses and a vCenter Server Foundation and it works very well. The only limitation is that you cannot manage more than 3 guests, but in your case it does not appear that it will be a problem.

• vCenter 4.1 update level & Lab Manager

  Hello

  I upgraded to vcenter 4.1 and have begun upgrading our 4.1 esx host.  We have a Lab Manager cluster and I got to spend 2 to 3 hosts for ESX4.1... Currently, all Lab manager VMs are running on the ESX host 4.0 remaining in the cluster of Lab Manager.  I'm unable to migrate virtual machines to host 4.0 to ESX 4.1 two other guests offshore in this cluster to improve this host to esx 4.1.  When I select a VM to migrate, I get the following after error message select a host ESX4.1:

  "A general system error.  The virtual machine requires labmanagerhostserver/system.service.vmware.vsla labmanagerhostserver service, which is not available on this host "."

  Before the upgrade to vcenter 4.1, Director of the laboratory has been upgraded to 4.0.2

  Any hellp to resolve the above error is much appreciated.

  Sorry to hear that.

  I myself have strange problems with 4.1.

  I have stopped using 4.1 at the moment and re - install 4.0 on all new blades instead.

• Black Lab Manager VM Console under IE

  We start just our use of Lab Manager. Under IE8, windows 7 x 64, the console within EI, or separate window is black.

  Go to full screen displays the virtual machine properly.

  Under Firefox no problem?

  > > What is needed to make IE work?

  Thank you

  Hello

  I had the same problem and found this KB article which helped me to solve it: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1020474

  Hope it works.

  Kind regards.

• Lab Manager licensing during the merger of vSphere environments

  Is there a small vSphere environment that is available for Lab Manager and a great environment vSphere and both are now completely separated (different vcenter servers, groups separated from ESX, etc.), and they are merged into one, what happens to the Lab Manager licenses?  Should be updated to take account of the increase in the number of ESX host in the new environment?  Environments can be merged without buying additional licenses?  If so, would be half the environment allowed for lab manager and others are not allowed?  How would the lab manager-under license, and lab-manager-without sections allowed environmental stands / separated?

  Thanks for your comments

  "Prepared" you went in in the section resources, hosts tab and see that the host is ready (green check mark), this means that there has been a 'prepare' to the host.  Prepare installs the agent LM, then she will deduct your license (settings > license).

  Kind regards

  Jon Hemming, b.SC., RHCT, VMware vExpert 2009
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• Relationship of Lab Manager and vSphere

  My shop starts to think about his Lab Manager architecture design, and we have some questions about the relationship between vSphere and Lab Manager.

  (1) can Lab Manager leverage of resources defined outside its host vSphere environment?

  (2) must LM be hosted in a specific vSphere environment to effectively exploit the scene-to-production in this environment vSphere features?  In other words, what is the impact to the staging functionality when you move a virtual machine from a workspace of LM to a VSphere environment that does not host the environment of LM?

  The reason we ask is because we already have production environment vSphere, and we plan to install vCenter Lab Manager within this environment or install LM in a separate vSphere environment.

  Thank you.

  Tim

  (1) the laboratory director can leverage resources defined outside its host vSphere environment?

  All used 'resources' must be inside a vCenter server, and all objects must be contained within a single "Data center" object in the hierarchy.

  > LM (2) done must be hosted in a specific vSphere environment to effectively exploit the scene-to-production in this environment vSphere features? In other words, what is the impact to the staging functionality when you move a virtual machine from a workspace of LM to a VSphere environment that does not host the environment of LM?

  If the vCenter for production is not the same as Lab Manager, you must export the Configuration of LM in an SMB share (requires a classic ESX host in the middle of LM), and then import it to the appropriate location.

  I did not notice problems with Lab Manager VMs-by-side with use of regular production.  Just separate the ESX hosts in a dedicated Cluster or a Pool of resources.

  Kind regards

  Jon Hemming, b.SC., RHCT, VMware vExpert 2009
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• I can point my Lab Manager 4.0.2 to point to another new vCenter Server?

  Hi guys,.

  I have a client with a LM4.0.2 production and we are considering moving to one another new/a vCenter server.

  It is important to note that the new vCenter will NOT have the same DB or FULL of the old domain name. It's a completely different vCenter with other ESX hosts.

  Now the questions:

  Can I redirect my Lab Manager (VM) at the new vcenter without any problem?

  What of the ESX (resource) on the old vcenter?

  Is it possible to do this without downtime for laboratories? If this is not the case, how can I minimize downtime? cancel the deployment will be enough?

  Does anyone have this done successfully?

  Any comments would be much appreciated.

  Eyal

  etamir,

  There are some excellent discussions within this forum on the same topic.  I strongly suggest to read first, and I'll see if I can find an example.

  Before going further, data warehouses used in the new vCenter/ESX environment will be exactly the same as the current one?  If you want to keep all of your configurations, I need to know that the UUID of the LUN does not change during this process.

  Can I redirect my Lab Manager (VM) at the new vcenter without any problem?

  You can change the IP/domain FULL name vCenter in the settings section of the Lab Manager site... now on the problems that could result.

  You will need to remove anything from the GUI of Lab Manager that has to do with the current vCenter (unedploy, unprepare host esx, resource pools, configurations etc.).  There will be more on this in the dedicated thread

  What of the ESX (resource) on the old vcenter?

  ESX doesn't really matter, it's the data UUID store that matters.  ESX is just virtual machines.  Note: you'll want to throw all States/suspend points on the VMS where processors are different on the ESX hosts.

  > Is it possible to do this without downtime for laboratories?

  No, there will be a form any downtime.  Either that LM site will be useless (no resources with Betclic, consoles will does not work until the guests are prepared, etc.).

  > If not, how can I reduce downtime? cancel the deployment will be enough?

  Yes, to cancel the deployment of will help... but there will be some lag as you reconfigure Manager of laboratory to use the new vCenter.

  > Has anyone successfully done this?

  Yes.  I saw others to do this.

  Subjects in the sample: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1592762

  Kind regards

  Jon Hemming, b.SC., RHCT, VMware vExpert 2009
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• Lab Manager dependencies on vCenter and terminology

  I just Lab Manager, of course with ESX and vCenter.  I know very little about Virtualization, as this issue will prove.  What are the activities of configuration required on vCenter for Lab Manager able to build models, installation configurations and share library configurations?

  Also, I'm trying to get my head around the difference between the data store, data center and media store.  My current knowledge are:

  A data store has a one-way relationship to one or more hosts.  If storage is on a specific host (physical hard disk for example) then the data store has a relationship one of exlclusively with a single host.  Any file a host or a virtual machine can read/write can be read/written on this data store.

  A data center is a logical collection (non-brique and mortar) hosts, data warehouses and virtual machines.  A data center can aggregate various data stores in a single logical storage available to all virtual machines area?  Or another flavor of physical storage can same issue on a Server Windows 2008 physical logically be conifgured such as NFS, and can share NFS join a data center?

  A media store is a special part of a data store managed by the Manager of laboratory exclusively for the storage of files ISO for the construction of models in the laboratory Manager.  Is a media store part of a data store or part of a data center?

  Is a model of vCenter the same model Lab Manager?

  Any clarification on these questions would be more useful.

  Kind regards

  Rick

  Good questions! Welcome to the Forums as well!

  Your description data store is pretty right on. With the exception of the now for the storage of the local host, new technologies progressed to virtualize in the shared storage by the use of devices to Vritual Server.  Companies like HP lefthand and Openfiler to name a few.

  With regard to the issues of data center

  > A datacenter can aggregate various data warehouses into a single logical storage available to all virtual machines area?

  No, he learn better to keep data warehouses between HA/DRS separate clusters.  Now between the host in a cluster you "will share stroage" for the use of the DRS, HA or Storage vMotion.

  > can physical storage on a Server Windows 2008 physical logically be conifgured such as NFS, and can share NFS join a data center?

  Yes you can - use Openfiler VSA to connect the two iSCSI LUNS and NFS for ESX. As long as the ESX host can access the virtual machine through the network.

  For your other questions have a good read on a couple of things well:

  http://bsmith9999.blogspot.com/2010/02/Lab-Manager-40-Setup-and-best-practices.html

  This webcast was just as informative as well:

  http://www.VMware.com/a/webcasts/details/284

  See you soon,.

  Chad King

  VCP-410. Server +.

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• Lab Manager Server in a domain?

  Hello

  What is position of everyone by joining the LM server in a domain? I know that the installation guide does no recommendation as to whether, it should / should not be part of a domain.

  I know that within 2.5 days, they have explicitly indicated that it should be a stand-alone server.

  It should really be part of a domain to Lab Manager 4.  Setup requires a COMPLETE domain name to be associated with it anyway, with a static IP address.

  Kind regards

  Jon Hemming, b.SC., RHCT, VMware vExpert 2009
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• Issues of Configuration Lab Manager

  Hey,.

  So I tried to read documents about lab manager that we try to implement. Our lab environment has been previously implemented, and we had not considered using Lab Manager so far.

  Our installation is as follows: 3 data centers with two VM hosts in each and of course several VMS under.

  Our license is currently only 4 cpu, if he had to get a permit of expansion that I would be able to have the Director of the laboratory, managing multiple data centers? The current installation is on a virtual machine inside a data center and currently manages another data center.

  My second question is: our vsphere hosts is a physical machine, would it be better to install the Manager of laboratory on it instead of a virtual machine inside a data center?

  And then there at - it a good way to put the virtual machines already created and executed in Lab Manager without having to reproduce or copy on our data store?

  Thank you!

  First, Lab Manager supports only a single data center object from inside of vCenter.  It would be possible to do the following:

  1. use multiple clusters in a single datacenter (easier)

  2. do you have multiple facilities of Lab Manager who manage different data centers. (overhead much more)... different installs... splitting the licenses.

  I highly suggest option 1, if possible.

  My second question is: our vsphere hosts is a physical machine, would it be better to install the Manager of laboratory on it instead of a virtual machine inside a data center?

  It would be much better to provide a simple Windows 2003 Server virtual machine to be the Lab Manager server.  You cannot install Lab Manager on the same system as vCenter or a domain controller.

  And then there at - it a good way to put the virtual machines already created and executed in Lab Manager without having to reproduce or copy on our data store?

  You can "resume" a model, but not a VM.  If you import a virtual machine, Lab Manager will make a copy to have an independent set of files to manage.

  Kind regards

  Jonathan

  B.SC., RHCT, VMware vExpert 2009
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