Working With Virtual Machines; Deploying And Undeploying Virtual Machines; Deploy A Virtual Machine - VMware VC-VLM4-C - vCenter Lab Manager User Manual

8

Working with Virtual Machines

Lab Manager configurations consist of virtual machines. A host server can run multiple virtual machines
concurrently and isolate each virtual machine in a self‐contained environment.
Virtual machines have a guest operating system on which you can install and run any software supported by
that operating system.
This chapter discusses how to access and interact with individual virtual machines and virtual machine
consoles.
This chapter includes the following topics:

"Deploying and Undeploying Virtual Machines" on page 73

"Accessing Virtual Machine Consoles" on page 75

"Stopping and Starting Virtual Machines" on page 76

"Working with Virtual Machine Snapshots" on page 77

"Managing Virtual Machines" on page 78

"Working with BEA LiquidVMs" on page 87

Deploying and Undeploying Virtual Machines

Deploying a virtual machine registers it with vCenter and provides access to Lab Manager operations at the
virtual machine console level. Undeploying a virtual machine unregisters it from vCenter.

Deploy a Virtual Machine

When you deploy a virtual machine from a configuration, Lab Manager deploys all physical and virtual
networks associated with the configuration using the network connectivity options that you select, regardless
of whether the deployed virtual machine is connected to them. These connectivity settings remain in effect
when you deploy other virtual machines in the configuration. To modify the settings, you must undeploy and
redeploy the virtual machines.
When you a deploy a virtual machine from a configuration that uses fencing or that has a virtual network
connected to a physical network, the Lab Manager server requires IP connectivity to the physical network on
which the virtual machine is stored.
To deploy a virtual machine
1 Move the pointer over a configuration name and select Open.
2 On the Virtual Machines tab, move the pointer over a virtual machine name and select Deploy.
VMware, Inc.
8
73