VMware VLM3-ENG-CP User Guide - Page 16
Using Lab Manager with VirtualCenter Management Server, Network fencing
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VMware® Lab Manager User's Guide Self‐help - Allows engineers to individually create, set up, and tear down configurations without relying on IT. Outsourcing and distributed development - Allows geographically dispersed teams to work on the same machines and configurations over the Internet. Review these specific features: Templates - Create new, fully configured virtual machines in seconds. Configurations - Run, manage, and monitor multiple configurations simultaneously. Configuration library - Store configurations to persistent storage for team use. State capture - Capture the live state of all the machines in a configuration. You can capture and share bugs in their running state. Network fencing - Run copies of configurations with identical network profiles simultaneously using this network isolation technology. Resource management - Manage a pool of computing and storage resources. Delta tree management - Save virtual machine file changes to efficient and high‐performance storage. Application integration - Integrate test applications with the Lab Manager Web service SOAP API. Monitoring - View and control server farm utilization in real time. Browser access - Remotely access Lab Manager from any location. Automation - Automate test matrices end‐to‐end. Using Lab Manager with VirtualCenter Management Server You can use VMware VirtualCenter Management Server (VirtualCenter Server) to monitor ESX Server systems managed by Lab Manager. However, all VirtualCenter Server actions that register or unregister Lab Manager virtual machines (including those triggered by VMware HA and VMware VMotion™) can cause errors in Lab Manager. VMware recommends managing ESX Server systems with Lab Manager or VirtualCenter Server, but not both. Avoid installing Lab Manager on the same system as VirtualCenter Server to avoid performance complications. For more information on VirtualCenter Server, see the VMware Infrastructure 3 documentation. 16 VMware, Inc.