Prerequisites For Performing Provisioning Actions On Esx Vms - Novell PLATESPIN ORCHESTRATE 2.0.2 - VIRTUAL MACHINE MANAGEMENT GUIDE 10-17-2009 Management Manual

Action
Personalize
Shutdown Agent
Cancel Action
Check Host Assignment
Launch Remote Desktop
TIP: For information about using the PlateSpin Orchestrate VM Client to perform many of these
actions, see "Managing Virtual
Reference.
2.2.2 Prerequisites for Performing Provisioning Actions on
ESX VMs
You need to perform certain tasks before performing the Install Agent, Personalize, or the Launch
Remote Desktop actions.
"Automatically Installing the Orchestrate Agent or Personalizing the VM" on page 25
"Launching a VNC Terminal of the VM" on page 26
Automatically Installing the Orchestrate Agent or Personalizing the VM
Complete this procedure before performing the Install Agent or Personalize actions.
1 On any Windows or Linux resource, install the Virtual Disk Development Kit (Vmware-Vix-
Disklib) from the VMware Web site (http://www.vmware.com/download/sdk/
virtualdisk.html).
2 (Conditional) On Linux, ensure that the root partition is not on LVM.
3 In the Orchestrate Development Client, click Scheduler > vmDiskLibDiscovery > Run Now.
Description
Allows you to customize the VM. This includes changing elements
like the DNS server. The changes are made to a VM that is shut
down.
IMPORTANT: If you stop or cancel a running Personalize job, the VM
is locked and you cannot provision the VM. The VM is automatically
released after a period of time.
Before performing the Personalize action, check the prerequisites
listed in "Automatically Installing the Orchestrate Agent or
Personalizing the VM" on page
Shuts down the Orchestrate Agent and makes the VM unavailable as
a resource.
Stops an action that has been requested.
Opens a window so you can compare the VM hosts capable of
hosting the VM.
Launches a VNC terminal in which you can view and control the VM.
Specify the credentials configured for the Web service in the
appropriate VM policy.
Before performing the Launch Remote Desktop action, check the
prerequisites listed in "Launching a VNC Terminal of the VM" on
page 26.
Machines" in the PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 VM Client Guide and
25.
Managing Virtual Machines 25