Using Lab Manager via c#

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• Using Lab Manager API Java code example

  VMware or anyone have a sample code for using the API in Java? I mean, I have the host name, user name, password, I would not immediately be able to use the API to write my automation tools? spend hours finding the right pots, generating all these strains and write my own code (100 lines) just for connection resembles a maddness for me...

  -J

  After posting my original answer, I remembered that I had posted a code on this forum before. It's a stripped down version is about what would later become the LabMinder code I mentioned previously.

  If you go to the post office: Re: sample SOAP API for Lab Manager in necessary Java at December 20, 2007 by Michael Ottati you can retrieve the zip file in.

  WSDL changes made by new VMware to display require 2 changes to the code for the example to complie. Two of these changes please refer to the HelloLabManager.java

  1: change the world

  VMwareX0020LabX0020ManagerX0020SOAPX0020Interface to LabManagerX0020SOAPX0020Interface

  2: change the occurrence of:

  VMware_x0020_Lab_x0020_Manager_x0020_SOAP_x0020_interface to LabManager_x0020_SOAP_x0020_interface

  I have made these changes and zipped the original example here. This has been tested now with under jdk1.6.0_11 and LM 3.0.1

• 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.

• 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
  http://Twitter.com/vJonHemming

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• Design of SAN storage for environment training Lab Manager help

  I plan to use Lab Manager for a training environment and could use a small entrance.

  The environment will consist of:

  -8 (each with72GB + RAM) ESX host
  -30 users simultaneously connected, each accessing a configuration that will contain about 10 virtual machines, which means that it will be up to 300 mV.

  -60 to SAN contaiming a total of 36 records

  My question is this: How can I skin the SAN?  I must:

  (A) creating 10 LUNS for each of the 10 basic VM disks, and then create LUN 30 so each of the deployment 30 has a LUN, separated from its delta configuration?

  (B) creating 10 LUNS for each of the 10 discs based VM, and the deltas of 30 correspondents for each basic disk stored in the same unit logic as the basic disk number?

  (C) create LUNS may be 2 or 5 for VM 10 and 10 MON deltas for basic disks?

  (D) none of the above (Please give me an idea

  It's everything you need to know:

  http://KB.VMware.com/kb/1006694/

  And assign the points of this thread if you can

  Kind regards

  EvilOne

• Question about Lab Manager and ESX Resource Pools

  Hello world

  I was wondering if I can get feedback from some of the members of the community.  We used Lab Manager very strongly in our support organizations and it has proved to be a valuable tool.  Recently, we collaborated with the Department of technical training and started hosting online seminars and classes for them using Lab Manager.  Last week we had a fairly large class of users (approx. 45), each duty deploy 2 rather Beefy VMs that were very intensive resources (Jboss, SQL, Mail to name a few).  My colleague and I went through a lot of trials and planning to ensure that our infrastructure can handle the load while allowing our users to date at the same speed and reliability, so that they are used.

  Our Lab Manager ESX server pools made up of the following:

  5 HP DL380 G5 servers with 2 x Quad Core 2.8 GHZ processors (8 cores each) with 32 GB of RAM each

  2 HP DL580 G5 servers with 4 x Quad Core 2.8 GHZ processors (16 cores each) with 128 GB of RAM each

  When the class is running and everyone has made their 2 machines, we noticed for some reason, he was all on ESX2 and 3 deployment (380 s).  Then came the ESX alarms, use of 90% of memory, then more than 100% bringing the disk page.  The CPU usage was at a all time high.

  I look at the 2 580 s and there are about 4 virtual machines deployed on them.

  So my question is...

  How does he know where to launch a Virtual Lab Manager machine?  There's no sense 2 servers have been brought to the red zone, and almost overloaded when the 2 most powerful servers in my farm are nearly dormant.  I noticed sometimes in the past, but not this bad.  Normally, we have about 45-50 computers deployed at some point and it seems to spread them out properly.

  This group of training has access to the same LUN and ESX server with Betclick as any other organization that we have.

  We have decided hosting several sessions of training may be greater than this one and would like to know that the virtual machines will be distributed properly.

  I would like to know your opinion on this

  First to answer your question, then make guess what happens.

  As indicated in response Ilya, LM distributed VMs differently with active DRS resource pools and pools of resources without active DRS.

  LM place VMs when the DRS is not used.

  When DRS is used, we use the DRS admission control to select the host to place virtual machines.

  DRS is turned off, LM uses its own placement routine:

  For each virtual machine, LM filter all managed servers that cannot run the virtual machine. A complete list of patterns are:

  • The managed server has not enough memory or quota for virtual machine to run the virtual machine.

  • The host is not connected to the data store that is the virtual machine.

  • The virtual machine has active state (suspended) and the CPU of the server managed by the waking state has been captured is not compatible with the managed server currently considered.

  • The virtual machine has been a guest on 64-bit and the managed server is not 64-bit capable.

  • The virtual machine has more processors than the managed server.

  • The managed server is not accessible or is set to "prohibit deployments." Not reachable may mean that the lm-agent or its not to ping queries is not answer (this is visible in the list of managed server page).

  Once we have the complete list of eligible servers, we place the virtual machines on the host including the smallest (MemoryReservation % + CPUReservation %). By default, we reserve not CPU on LM VMs, this internship will be largely due to the memory on the host computers if you have not changed the settings of reservation of CPU on your virtual machines.

  For closed deploy to the PF3, force us all virtual machines to go on the same host, so if any virtual machines have any special data store / CPU type specification, all virtual machines is forced to go on this host. If there are conflicting requirements between different virtual machines in the same configuration, deployment will fail. Closed VMs also have another condition to check that is rarely achieved in practice: number of closed networks available on the managed server. By default, this is 20 and you will need more than 20 different configurations closed running on a managed server before you who will strike.  (LM4 allows Cross fencing host, so this does not apply in LM4).

  To make a guess blind because of your distribution problem - if you use the saved state and fencing, it's probably the type of processor.  Processor type can be checked on the host properties page.

  If you not are not I would check that the images can deploy on the 580 s by disabling the 380s and trying to deploy them.

  If you use DRS (which you're not), it could be due to deployment of virtual machines too fast for the algorithm of control for the entrance of VC.  An easy solution for this is to extinguish the DRS on the cluster manager of laboratory.

  We tested load internal repeatedly, the product QA in different laboratories, we run (LM has been used in VMworld Labs for the past couple years and internal systems of training and demonstration for our Organization implemented SE), so no need to worry about this.  I assure you that the first 'real' performance problem you will encounter will be almost certainly due to an overload of your storage array (too many IOPS / s)... and for that you have to distribute content in data warehouses and use techniques of creating paths to balance the load.

  Kind regards

  Steven

  Another thread on this: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1258902.

• Lab Manager Windows Server 2008

  Hello

  I had a problem with a model of Windows Server 2008. I use Lab Manager to deploy Windows 2008 and I want to do an automatic installation of Active Directory by dcpromo and an answer file. But at the first initialization of Windows 2008, I arrived on the login screen asking me to write the administrator password to activate the administrator account. After this operation, I give by vbs regestry key for automatic logon with the administrator account to start Active Directroy Unattend installation at the next startup.

  I want to cancel this step of password for Windows 2008, I want to activate the account with the default password during deployment of Lab Manager. Any idea?

  Thank you

  We do not like that!

  We create a VC machine on this machine, we install win2008.

  Next, we create a sysprep script (.xlm) and a post script that does the adpromo.

  After that, we make a sysprep on the server and shut it down.

  Then import us the machine virtual Labmanager and unplugged the tag customize.

  When deploy us the virtual machine since the model imported on startup sysprep runs a the machine becommes a Domaincontroller.

  / MatsRob

• 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.

• I use to manage my DSL modem via an ip address. When I enter FF8 I wonder where to save the file. Why and how can I prevent the FF8 to do this?

  I use to manage my DSL modem via an ip address. When I enter FF8 I wonder where to save the file. Why and how can I prevent the FF8 to do this?

  And now, whenever I'm in an ip address that I wonder if I want to download the file.

  This happens when the modem server does not send the file in text/html, but with a different MIME type.
  
  I tried adding index.html in the event that the server can send this file as text/html.
  
  If your DSL modem has a support Web site, then you can try asking it there advice on how to configure the server modem.

• Using Server 2008 R2 64-bit models in Lab Manager 2.5

  I created a template with Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit; enabled installed VMware tools and LM.  But when I use the model in a configuration that the LM does not seem to work, the machine is not renamed, and now is waiting for activation.  Also, I get an error when the virtual machine tries to run the autoconfig.vbs on login.

  I understand that LM 2.5 does not support Server 2008, but is anyone aware of any workaround that I can put in place for this model is available to be used.  I really don't want to have to active post that we have only a limited deployment configuration Server 2008 activation available.

  All suggestions are well appecicated.

  -Greg

  Greg,

  Lab Manager 2.5 is not a the code for Windows 2008 R2 support.  Even if you have a template, it will customize ever since LM tools does not even what is Windows 2008 R2.

  The activation of Windows 2008 R2 component is due to hardware changes in the deployment of the model (new SID, UUID, NIC MAC addresses) and is a bit of a wait.

  I don't know of a workaround or the other and I have a kit of Lab Manager 2.5 around tinkering with since it's already past end of life care.

  Kind regards

  Jonathan

  B.SC., RHCT, VMware vExpert 2009

  NOTE: If your question or problem has been resolved, please mark this thread as answered and awarded points accordingly.

• using SATA vs FC in Lab Manager

  Hi, I'm new to Lab manager and we have noticed performance using LM, however by using virtual machines in Virtual Center have no problem. What are some bottlenecks, that I should look for? We use Server 2 GB for Lab Manager, Server 2 GB for VC, and two 32 GB connected SATA ESX servers. Upgrades to CF help considerably?

  upgrade to FC shared will help a lot; SATA performance tends to be pretty poor and lose you out on the opportunity to share storage, but it is especially in the field of the performance of the virtual machine, which apparently is acceptable when it is directly accessible from VC.  I'll come back later.

  Check use of memory on the servers of your LM and VC - the task manager's performance tab should be sufficient for this purpose.  If your use of the page file seems to be high, probably, and the biggest single performance gain noted by increasing real memory of the system in question.  2 GB seems reasonable, but you very well may benefit considerably with 4 GB of ram real at the VC server.

  CPU utilization must above all be a non-issue.   I run my setup of LM in a virtual machine with a maximum of 512 mhz of limited resources and do not tend to notice the important, long cpu to load.  Memory is always the killer.

  You can also Alternatively take advantages by adding a third win2k3 machine in the mix to install an external full version of MS SQL Server for your VC, rather than the bundled sql express - especially because it divides the workload on the vc server, that tends to get hammered by the demands of LM.

  Network topology could be a problem.  From the sound of it, you have a LM separate, physical server and a server VC separate, physical, as well as some ESX servers.  Is the networking between the four devices complex or distorted? There are benefits to the use of the network paths separate for network LM/VC-esx service console that use virtual machines, and there are certainly benefits to all local to the other servers.

  Or, Alternatively, if your LM and VC are actually themselves VM within your esx servers, you can save significantly by giving them minorants of resources and prioritization of memory/cpu to 'high' whereas they are less likely to get private by ESX resources.

  Meanwhile, your virtual machine performance.  Director of the laboratory, because of related clones, use the drive a little differently, in order to really start to lose with the absence of tagged command queuing, rewriting, and other features in a high performance SCSI configuration, because an operation of e/s "sequential" may eventually be scattered all over the disk.  At the very least, a GNU / linux external and a high performance + disks SCSI controller, shared nfs or iscsi to your esx boxes should give significant benefits (especially if you can do an isolated for this traffic network) in the area of how to perform your VM.  Naturally, the CF will be faster, but there will be $$ involved.

• Passage of the workstation in the Lab manager automation

  Hello

  I have a c# code base and allows to connect to VMware workstation VIX. Base code (using VIX) I have to connect to the VM, clone, copy test in him, and then run it.

  Recently, in our society, we have decided to go for the Director of the laboratory. Therefore, we must make application to connect to the lab instead of the Workstation Manager. I learned that the VIX API cannot be used to talk to the Manager of laboratory, and I need to use the Lab Manager API.

  My question is that I have to completely remove handling VIX and put implementation of Lab Manager API. or I just need to use the API of Lab Manager to connect to the virtual machine, then use VIX API to communicate (i.e. clone, copy data, snapshot, etc.).

  Rizwan

  You must only use the Lab Manager API to perform actions you have on various VMs. avoid using the VIX API to manipulate Lab Manager virtual machines since that interfere with the correct operation of Lab Manager and could lead to a potential loss of data. For example, Lab Manager uses its own cloning mechanism and taken of VM snapshots, and the cloning/taking snapshots via VIX will destroy only the Lab Manager virtual machines view.

• VCenter Lab Manager 4.1 Linked mode

  Hello

  What is someone using a vCenter Lab Manager 4 configured in bound mode?  I would like to activate the connected mode, searching for traps that everyone can share.

  Thanks in advance

  No traps.  Bound Mode is independent of Lab Manager.

  Please be aware, Lab Manager works with exactly a vCenter and a data center object inside this vCenter.

  So once you activate the bound mode, you won't see all the resources here.

• I have a question about the ESXi upgrade using Update Manager...

  This is probably a stupid question, but I've never played and update ESXi using Update Manager.  We need to update ESXi ESXi 4.1 4.1 servers before vCenter 5.0 U1 from U2 (there is a known issue where the ESXi 4.1 servers receive the GROUP after upgrading vCenter to 5.0 U1).  We used HP ESXi image to install ESXi on our servers for new installations.  This image contains ESXi.1 U2 as well as the drivers of HP and CIM.

  4.1_U2_Oct_2011_ESXi_HD - USB-SDImgeInstlr_Z7550 - 00241.iso

  Can this same image HP ESXi 4.1 U2 that we used to install to new ESXi servers, be used to upgrade our 4.1 4.1 U2 ESXi servers using the Update Manager?  Or, upgrade package should be used for the upgrade?  Also, if an upgrade package must be used, is it OK to use one provided by VMware, or will be losing our HP specific drivers and CIM to do this?

  Thank you

  Hello

  You can import custom HP ESXi 4.1 U2 ISO in Update Manager (don't forget to use the latest version of June 2012, available here: https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPVM06) and update the hosts with her.

  In a second step, you can then import the last custom HP ESXi ISO 5.0 (available here: https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPVM09) and update the hosts again with her.

  To be on the current ESXi 5.0 patch level you finally apply the latest patches from VMware via the Update Manager.

  -Andreas

• Lab Manager 4 will not release the license after the removal of host.

  Hey there,

  I am running Lab Manager 4 in my infrastructure.  I recently added a lot of CPU 2 and licensed.  Shortly after, I removed the host of Lab Manager, but he has not published the 2CPUs of licensing - which means that I am able to use my license 2CPU part to add new hosts.

  No idea how I can get the license for free?

  Thank you!

  You must "unprepare" this ESX host in the laboratory Manager.

  The 'prepare' function consumes your license, and similarly "unprepare" frees.

  This ESX host appears in the overall organization > resources > Hosts?

  Best regards

  Jon Hemming