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Importing Configurations

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VMware® Lab Manager User's Guide a Enter the UNC (Universal Naming Convention) name of the directory (relative to the Lab Manager Server system) where you want your configuration files stored. A sample path is \\10.6.1.246\VMwareLM\ExportConfigs. Use English characters for the UNC path. b If necessary, enter a user name and password for the export directory. c Click Export. 4 Confirm to continue the export process. The configuration appears on the Workspace page with a status of Exporting. Importing Configurations You can import a configuration and all its virtual machine files from SMB storage. Importing can take up to 30 minutes for each virtual machine in the configuration, depending on the size of the virtual machine. NOTE Export and import operations require an open SMB port on the Managed Server systems. Though the installation of the Managed Server agent software takes care of opening that port, be aware of this requirement in case someone closes the port after the installation. To check the port status, use the esxcfg-firewall -q smbClient command on each Managed Server system. To import a configuration 1 In the left pane, click Workspace. 2 Click the Import Configuration button at the top of the page. 3 Enter the information for the configuration: a Enter the UNC (Universal Naming Convention) name of the directory (relative to the Lab Manager Server system) from where you want to import the configuration. A sample path is \\10.6.1.246\VMwareLM\ExportConfigs. Use English characters for the UNC path. b If necessary, enter a user name and password for the import directory. c Enter a name for the imported configuration. d (Optional) Enter a description. 94 VMware, Inc.

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VMware® Lab Manager User’s Guide
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a
Enter the UNC (Universal Naming Convention) name of the directory
(relative to the Lab Manager Server system) where you want your
configuration files stored. A sample path is
\\10.6.1.246\VMwareLM\ExportConfigs
.
Use English characters for the UNC path.
b
If necessary, enter a user name and password for the export directory.
c
Click
Export
.
4
Confirm to continue the export process.
The configuration appears on the Workspace page with a status of
Exporting
.
Importing Configurations
You can import a configuration and all its virtual machine files from SMB storage.
Importing can take up to 30 minutes for each virtual machine in the configuration,
depending on the size of the virtual machine.
To import a configuration
1
In the left pane, click
Workspace
.
2
Click the
Import Configuration
button at the top of the page.
3
Enter the information for the configuration:
a
Enter the UNC (Universal Naming Convention) name of the directory
(relative to the Lab Manager Server system) from where you want to import
the configuration. A sample path is
\\10.6.1.246\VMwareLM\ExportConfigs
.
Use English characters for the UNC path.
b
If necessary, enter a user name and password for the import directory.
c
Enter a name for the imported configuration.
d
(Optional) Enter a description.
N
OTE
Export and import operations require an open SMB port on the Managed
Server systems. Though the installation of the Managed Server agent software
takes care of opening that port, be aware of this requirement in case someone
closes the port after the installation. To check the port status, use the
esxcfg-firewall-qsmbClient
command on each Managed Server system.