Understanding Ip Address Management; Adding Ip Addresses To The Lab Manager Ip Pool - VMware VLM3-ENG-CP - Lab Manager - PC User Manual

Deployed – Green check mark indicates the virtual machine is deployed. A
hyphen ("‐") indicates the virtual machine is not deployed.
Type – Allocated IP address is assigned to a virtual machine (VM) or virtual router
(VR).
Machine Name – Virtual machine names can be the same unless the virtual
machines are in the same configuration.
Configuration – Configuration that the virtual machine belongs to.

Understanding IP Address Management

When you create a virtual machine from a template in the Workspace, and you select a
static IP allocation method, Lab Manager allocates an IP address from the IP pool to the
virtual machine. This IP address stays with the virtual machine through the various
operations in Lab Manager. When you delete all instances of the virtual machine with
this IP address, Lab Manager releases the IP address to the IP pool.
If you deploy a configuration in fenced mode, Lab Manager allocates an additional IP
address from the IP pool and assigns it as the external IP address for each virtual
machine in the configuration. You can use the external IP address to access the virtual
machine from outside the fenced configuration (for example, from your desktop).
When you undeploy this configuration, Lab Manager releases the IP address to the IP
pool.

Adding IP Addresses to the Lab Manager IP Pool

Administrators can add a maximum of 1024 IP addresses at a time to the IP pool. No
limit exists on the number of total addresses you can use.
Every virtual machine requires an IP address. A virtual machine requires an additional
IP address for fenced mode.
Every virtual router (automatically created for fenced configurations) requires two IP
addresses. Virtual machine addresses remain allocated until you delete a virtual
machine and all its clones. The addresses for a virtual router return to the IP pool when
you undeploy a fenced configuration.
To add IP addresses
1 From the IP Pool tab, click Add.
2 Specify the range of IP addresses.
3 Click Add.
The Network page displays the new IP addresses.
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