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Taking Snapshots and Reverting to Snapshots, Library, Make Shared, LiveLink, Copy URL

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VMware® Lab Manager User's Guide To create a LiveLink 1 In the left pane, click Library. 2 If the configuration is not yet shared, move the pointer over the configuration name and choose Make Shared from the menu. 3 Move the pointer over the configuration name and choose LiveLink from the menu. The URL to the library configuration appears. 4 Set up the LiveLink: a Click Copy URL to copy the URL to your Windows clipboard. b Email this link to another tester or developer. c (Optional) Type a note in the Attach a comment field. This note appears when a user invokes the URL of the configuration LiveLink. To restore a configuration LiveLink 1 Invoke a LiveLink URL in a browser. If you are not logged in, the Lab Manager login page appears. 2 Enter your user name and password. The Restore Lab Manager LiveLink page appears. Thumbnails of the virtual machines are available. 3 Click Deploy to deploy the configuration in the Workspace. The configuration name is the name of the Library configuration with "LiveLink" prefixed to it. For example, "Oracle Linux Bob" becomes "LiveLink - Oracle Linux Bob (n)," where "n" indicates the number of times the LiveLink has been restored. Taking Snapshots and Reverting to Snapshots After deploying a configuration, you have the option to take a snapshot and revert to the snapshot at a later time. Review these points: „ A snapshot is a complete configuration (including all its virtual machines) at a specific point in time. „ Once set, Lab Manager stores the snapshot with the configuration. „ Only one snapshot for a configuration is active at a time. The most recent snapshot replaces the previous one. 96 VMware, Inc.

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To create a LiveLink
1
In the left pane, click
Library
.
2
If the configuration is not yet shared, move the pointer over the configuration
name and choose
Make Shared
from the menu.
3
Move the pointer over the configuration name and choose
LiveLink
from the
menu.
The URL to the library configuration appears.
4
Set up the LiveLink:
a
Click
Copy URL
to copy the URL to your Windows clipboard.
b
Email this link to another tester or developer.
c
(Optional) Type a note in the
Attach a comment
field. This note appears when
a user invokes the URL of the configuration LiveLink.
To restore a configuration LiveLink
1
Invoke a LiveLink URL in a browser.
If you are not logged in, the Lab Manager login page appears.
2
Enter your user name and password.
The Restore Lab Manager LiveLink page appears. Thumbnails of the virtual
machines are available.
3
Click
Deploy
to deploy the configuration in the Workspace.
The configuration name is the name of the Library configuration with “LiveLink”
prefixed to it. For example, “Oracle Linux Bob” becomes “LiveLink – Oracle Linux
Bob (n),” where “n” indicates the number of times the LiveLink has been restored.
Taking Snapshots and Reverting to Snapshots
After deploying a configuration, you have the option to take a snapshot and revert to
the snapshot at a later time. Review these points:
A snapshot is a complete configuration (including all its virtual machines) at a
specific point in time.
Once set, Lab Manager stores the snapshot with the configuration.
Only one snapshot for a configuration is active at a time. The most recent snapshot
replaces the previous one.