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Installing the Lab Manager Server Software

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VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide Installing the Lab Manager Server Software Lab Manager Server involves a typical or custom installation. Consider a custom installation if you want to put the storage server on a separate disk because of a heavy storage requirements. To install the Lab Manager Server software 1 On the target Lab Manager Server, launch VMware-labmanager-server-2.4.0-.exe. 2 Review the Welcome page of the installation wizard. 3 Specify whether you want a Typical or Custom installation. A custom installation enables these actions: „ Changing the program files directory. „ Changing the data directory (Lab Manager Repository location or \VMwareLM). The Repository directory is the local server for media storage that also holds certain virtual machine images required for Lab Manager Server. These images can have a size in the gigabytes range. After installing the product, you can add more storage servers. 4 Select the IP address for Lab Manager traffic. This page appears only if you have more than one active NIC with static IP addresses. 5 Click Install. NOTE During the MSDE installation, the actual time to complete this process is longer than the estimated time displayed in a message. 36 VMware, Inc.

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VMware® Lab Manager Installation Guide
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VMware, Inc.
Installing the Lab Manager Server Software
Lab Manager Server involves a typical or custom installation. Consider a custom
installation if you want to put the storage server on a separate disk because of a heavy
storage requirements.
To install the Lab Manager Server software
1
On the target Lab Manager Server, launch
VMware-labmanager-server-2.4.0-<build number>.exe
.
2
Review the Welcome page of the installation wizard.
3
Specify whether you want a
Typical
or
Custom
installation. A custom installation
enables these actions:
Changing the program files directory.
Changing the data directory (Lab Manager Repository location or
\VMwareLM
). The Repository directory is the local server for media storage
that also holds certain virtual machine images required for Lab Manager
Server. These images can have a size in the gigabytes range. After installing
the product, you can add more storage servers.
4
Select the IP address for Lab Manager traffic. This page appears only if you have
more than one active NIC with static IP addresses.
5
Click
Install
.
N
OTE
During the MSDE installation, the actual time to complete this process is longer
than the estimated time displayed in a message.