VMware 454885-B21 - Lab Manager Standard Foundation... User manual

VMware® Lab Manager Installation

Guide

VMware Lab Manager 2.4

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Contents

Preface 5

1Introductiontothe

LabManagerInstallation 9

LabManagerComponents 10

High‐LevelViewoftheInstallationProcess 11

2Installation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

ConfiguringFirewallSettings 21

GatheringNetworkInformationforInstallation 22

IPAddressesforVirtualMachines 22

ConfiguringIISandASP.NETonaLabManagerServer 22

UsingLabManagerwithVirtualCenter

ManagementServer 23

3InstallingLabManager 25

ReviewingtheInstallationFlow 26

SettingUpManagedServerSystems 27

PrerequisitesforManagedServerSystems 27

VerifyingtheSetupoftheESXServerSystem 27

ConfiguringAdditionalMediaStorage(NFS)PriortoInstallingthe

ManagedServer 28

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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.NETVersion 37

InitializingandConfiguringLabManager 38

CheckingtheSampleTemplateandConfiguration 40

AddingandSynchronizingLabManagerServer

withNFSMediaStorage 41

UninstallingLabManager 42

UninstallingManagedServerAgentSoftware 42

UninstallingLabManagerServer 42

TroubleshootingtheInstallation 45

Error1720:WindowsInstallerPackage 46

MicrosoftSQLDesktopEngine(MSDE)InstallationFails 46

TransferofManagedServerAgentSoftwaretoESXServerMachineFails 47

Error1603:RequiredServicesforInstallingLabManager 47

Index 49

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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:

“A b o u t 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.

Intended Audience

Theguideisintendedforexperienceddevelopersandtestersofsoftwareapplications.

Thisdocumentassumestheuserhassomefamiliaritywiththesetopics:

Virtualmachinetechnology

Basicconceptsofdistributed,multitieredsystems

Currentdevelopmentandtestingpractices

WindowsandLinuxoperatingsystems

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Document Feedback

Ifyouhavecommentsaboutthisdocumentation,submityourfeedbackto:

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Conventions

Table P‐1illustratesthetypographicconventionsusedinthismanual.

Technical Support and Education Resources

Thefollowingsectionsdescribethetechnicalsupportresourcesavailabletoyou.

Self-Service Support

UsetheVMwareTechnologyNetwork(VMTN)forself‐helptoolsandtechnical

information:

Productinformation–http://www.vmware.com/products/

Technologyinformation–http://www.vmware.com/vcommunity/technology

Documentation–http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs

VMTNKnowledgeBase–http://www.vmware.com/support/kb

Discussionforums–http://www.vmware.com/community

Usergroups–http://www.vmware.com/vcommunity/usergroups.html

FormoreinformationabouttheVMwareTechnologyNetwork,goto

http://www.vmtn.net.

Table P-1. Conventions in this Manual

Style Elements

Blue(onlineonly) Cross‐referencesandemailaddresses

Blueboldface(onlineonly) Links

Blackboldface Userinterfaceelementssuchasbuttonnamesandmenuitems

Monospace Commands,filenames,directories,andpaths

Monospace bold Userinput

Italic Documenttitles,glossaryterms,andoccasionalemphasis

<Name>Variableandparameternames

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Online and Telephone Support

Useonlinesupporttosubmittechnicalsupportrequests,viewyourproductand

contractinformation,andregisteryourproducts.Goto

http://www.vmware.com/support.

Customerswithappropriatesupportcontractsshouldusetelephonesupportforthe

fastestresponseonpriority1issues.Goto

http://www.vmware.com/support/phone_support.html.

Support Offerings

FindouthowVMwaresupportofferingscanhelpmeetyourbusinessneeds.Goto

http://www.vmware.com/support/services.

VMware Education Services

VMwarecoursesofferextensivehands‐onlabs,casestudyexamples,andcourse

materialsdesignedtobeusedason‐the‐jobreferencetools.Formoreinformationabout

VMwareEducationServices,gotohttp://mylearn1.vmware.com/mgrreg/index.cfm.

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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

Introduction to the

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Lab Manager Components

Figure1‐1illustratesthecomponentsofLabManager.

Figure 1-1. Lab Manager Components

LabManagerServer–AserverthatprovidesWebandSOAPinterfacesfortheLab

Managersystem.LabManagerServermanagesanddeploysconfigurationsagainsta

poolofManagedServersystems.

LabManagerManagedServer–AserverrunningVMwareESXServerandthe

ManagedServersoftware.TheLabManagerServerusestheManagedServertodeploy

configurationsandtheirvirtualmachines.YoucanhavemultipleManagedServer

systems.

LabManagerstorageserver–Storageforvirtualmachines(forexample,anESXServer

SAN)andstorageprimarilyformedia(CDandfloppyimages).Youcanhavemultiple

storageservers.

LabManagerclientuser–ClientswhocanusetheLabManagerWebconsoleandthe

LabManagerSOAPAPI.FromaWindowsmachine,youcanaccesstheLabManager

WebconsolewithInternetExplorer5.5orhigher.(ExperimentalFirefoxsupportis

available.)

virtual machine

storage

default media

storage

additional media

storage (NFS)

Lab Manager

Managed Server

Lab Manager

Managed Server

Lab Manager

Managed Server

Lab Manager

client user

Lab Manager

client user

Lab Manager

client user

Lab Manager Server

administrator

network

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