vCenter Lifecycle Manager - the Computer Services Centre
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1. Virtual Machine Requests vCenter Lifecycle Man fh Ey amp eb Page Safety Toolky INDIAN gelled oc pio aa DELHI test test Technical Requester Help About Logout Catalog Requests Virtual Machine Requests Done Local intranet Protected Mode Off jv 15 F Sona Viecnine cd E https iitd vcenter acad windows iitd ac in 8281 vmo lifecycle requests default html she Favorites 4 Suggested Sites j Get More Add ons x My Yahoo ys Yahoo Answers x Yahoo Downloads xe Yahoo Mail x Yahoo Virtual Machine Requests vCenter Lifecycle Man INDIAN ge gig lf ay T DELHI test test Technical Requester Help About Logout Catalog Requests Virtual Machine Requests oe 13010 en 3 133 a All Except End of Life v This defines when the VM will be provisioned and decomissioned Set commissioning date C Yes No Set decommissioning date C Yes No These groups users define who can control or who can connect to the virtual machine These are optional settings Virtual machine control by Select v Virtual machine view by Select v a are 3 Optional To specify a commissioning date select Yes for Set commissioning date and select a date If you do not specify a commissioning date the virtual machine is created at the first available opportunity after approval 4 Optional To spec2. Performance Requester email address Re enter requester email address a a M Type the requester email and click Next 9 When you click Next the following screen appears on the screen Virtual N Mea laca x Fe E https iitd vcenter acad windows iitd ac in 8281 vmo lifecycle requests default html B x Googie 2s she Favorites 4 Suggested Sites j Get More Add ons x My Yahoo ys Yahoo Answers x Yahoo Downloads xe Yahoo Mail x Yahoo Virtual Machine Requests vCenter Lifecycle Man A Bl E ah y Pager Safetyy Toos INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI COMPUTER SERVICES CENTRE test test Technical Requester Help About Logout Catalog Requests Virtual Machine Requests ey 120 Seton 22155 Malls mis 6 All Except End of Life This defines the type of server that is installed if the server is started after being provisioned Server type RE Start virtual machine C Yes No This defines the customization template that is used Customization template RES Would you like to customize the C Yes No 10 Select the Server type aly Favorites 33 Suggested Sites Get More Add ons ye My Yahoo yz Yahoo Answers Yahoo Downloads yz Yahoo Mail x Yahoo Virtual Machine Requests vCenter Lifecycle Man a fh z mp v Pagey Safetyy Toos test test Technical Requester
3. Help About Logout INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI COMPUTER SERVICES CENTRE Catalog Requests Virtual Machine Requests Virtual Machines 7 7 EP Request Virtual Machine REQUEST C REFRESH jaja All Except End of Life Request Virtual Machine date date date Provisioning amp Decommissioning Requester Information Virtual Machine Parameters Additional Information Virtual Machine Information is This defines the type of server that is installed if the server is started after being provisioned a Server type Win Srv 2008 R2x64 RAY Start virtual machine Yes C No Customization Information This defines the customization template that is used Customization template Services ily x Would you like to customize the C Yes No attributes of this template i a ce f 4 Local intranet Protected Mode Off pv Q15 v 11 Optional To start the virtual machine as soon as it is provisioned select Yes for Start virtual machine 12 Select the customization template from the drop down list as shown in the following screen At present only Services is being provided as the Customization template On selecting the customization template as Services the following values for the Memory CPU and the Disk are considered automatically Memory reservation MB Guaranty 8192 Memory Limit size MB desired 8192 Memory Shares gt
4. Click Next The following screen appears on the screen Select settings for the Server Environment Service Level and Performance options from the drop down list EEN EE G T E https itd veenteracad windows itd ac in 8281 vmo lifecycle requests default html g x ISB Googie py oy Favorites Suggested Sites Get More Add ons v x My Yahoo yz Yahoo Answers x Yahoo Downloads xy Yahoo Mail x Yahoo gt fey By amp wm Pager Safety v Tools Catalog Requests Virtual Machine Requests ee 20 3 A 233 les es All Except End of Life Fields marked with a are required nation These are the logical criteria that determine the availability of your virtual infrastructure resources Location Computer Center RAE Organization IT Dethi India E Server Environment C O Service Level eg Performance a Virtual Ma she Favorites 4 Suggested Sites Get More Add ons x My Yahoo W Yahoo Answers x Yahoo Downloads xe Yahoo Mail x Yahoo gt lt Fe m E https ittd veenter acad windows iitd ac in 8281 vmo lifecycle requests default html B x PTSD Googie Ps Machine Requests vCenter Litecycle Mar fal O INDIAN a cates e eni DELHI a a eiiadeeadaietauetiGel tees Catalog Requests Virtual Machine Requests Py 120 ee 22155 Males mes All Except End of Life Location Organization Server Environment Service Level
5. Revert to a Snapshot You can use the snapshot to return to the saved state Snapshot commands are available to the users and groups who were given control when the virtual machine was requested You can access only one snapshot at a time If you need to revert to a snapshot earlier than the most recent one contact your LCM Administrator Procedure Log in to LCM Click the Catalog view In the catalog list click a virtual machine name In the right pane click Commands Click Revert to snapshot PE a O haa The virtual machine returns to the state it was in when the snapshot was taken Request to Extend the Life of a Virtual Machine If you want to continue using a virtual machine beyond its scheduled decommissioning date you can request an extension An LCM Approver must approve the extension request if the LCM Administrator has configured LCM to require an approval Procedure 1 Log in to LCM 2 Click the Catalog view 3 Inthe catalog list click a virtual machine name 4 Inthe right pane click Extension 5 Inthe Extend Until field select the new date for the virtual machine to be decommissioned 6 Inthe Comment text box type the reason for your request 7 Inthe Requester E mail Address text box type your email address 8 Click Submit Decommission a Virtual Machine Immediately You can decommission a virtual machine that you have requested before its scheduled date or if the virtual machine has no schedul
6. So is not advisable to give control to group of large base c Type the email address of the user 6 Optional Specify who can connect to and view the virtual machine when it is running If you do not specify a user or group only you and the LCM Administrator can view the virtual machine a From the Virtual machine view by drop down menu select Group or User b Type the name of the user or group as explained in point II 5 above c Type the email address for the user or group Virtual Mi lec x OD ey m ttps itd vcenter acad windows itd ac in 8221 vmo lifecycle requests default htm 9 47 x PTLD Googie pr f y va mh v Pager Safety v Tools ha H Favorites sas Suggested Sites Get More Add ons xe My Yahoo ye Yahoo Answers ye Yahoo Downloads x Yahoo Mail x Yahoo Virtual Machine Requests vCenter Lifecycle Man INDIAN god pall lena gta DELHI test test Technical Requester Help About Logout Catalog Requests Virtual Machine Requests ry 20 t lt 9 21 es se All Except End of Life v These groups users define who can control or who can connect to the virtual machine These are optional settings Virtual machine control by User Control user skak DEA Control user group email address Re enter control user group email address vv Virtual machine view by User View user ama EES TEE Re enter view group user email address 7
7. high CPU Reservation MHz guaranty 1000 CPU limit MHz desired 2000 CPU Count 2 0 CPU Shares high 13 Optional To modify the customization template select Yes for Would you like to customize the attributes of this template The following screen gets displayed where you can scroll down and change the values of the attributes as per your computing needs You may refer to Table III below for the Customization Template Attributes 14 However if you select No for Would you like to customize the attributes of this template then directly go to step 14 Scroll down to get the following screen Virtual Machin Mo x OD C amp https iitd vcenter acad windows iitd ac in 8281 vmo lifecycle requests default html B 4 x IPE Googie pr sie Favorites 4 Suggested Sites Get More Add ons x My Yahoo ys Yahoo Answers x Yahoo Downloads x Yahoo Mail xy Yahoo Virtual Machine Requests vCenter Lifecycle Man 2 gt Bl amp wy Pager Safetyy Toos y test test Technical Requester Help About Logout INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI COMPUTER SERVICES CENTRE Catalog Requests Virtual Machine Requests oy 13011 en 2 133 a All Except End of Life v Customization template Would you like to customize the attributes of this template Memory reservation MB Guaranty Memory limit size MB desired Memory shares CPU
8. rights reserved This product is protected by U S and international copyright and intellectual property laws VMware products are covered by one or more patents listed at http www vmware com go patents VMware is a registered trademark or trademark of VMware Inc in the United States and or other jurisdictions All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies VMware products may contain individual open source software components each of which has its own copyright and applicable license conditions Please visit http www vmware com info id 402 for more information POWERED BY VMWARE VCENTER ORCHESTRATOA g t Ji wmwore Done Local intranet Protected Mode Off gv Q5 2 Click the following link under the Webview List e vCenter Lifecycle Manager The following login screen appears on the browser window ly Favorites 4 Suggested Sites Get More Add ons v xe My Yahoo x Yahoo Answers x Yahoo Downloads x Yahoo Mail x Yahoo fo gt oO Ee vCenter Lifecycle Manager Ee vCenter Lifecycle Mana X a v o m v Page v Safety v Tools v ig vCenter Lifecycle Manager Login to your account using the form below o Username 6 o kad Password Sign In vmware Copyright 1998 2010 VMware Inc All rights reserved This product is protected by U S and international copyright and intellectual prop
9. Template The template that determines the resources that the requested virtual machine uses such aS memory reservation memory limit CPU shares and disk shares Only the LCM IT Staff LCM Tech Requester and LCM Administrator can modify the customization template Placing The requested virtual machine is created or moved into the infrastructure based on the selected criteria and infrastructure Life Cycle Manager Process The following describes the step by step procedure involved in creation and decommissioning of a virtual machine STEPS Is 2 Log In to vCenter Lifecycle Manager LCM Submit a Request for Virtual Machine After the request for a virtual machine is submitted an email notification is sent to the LCM Administrator and the request is shown as Waiting for Approval in the Request tab Once the LCM Administrator approves it the virtual machine is created After a virtual machine is created it can be used until the decommissioning date Five days before the decommissioning date an email notice is sent to the user who requested the virtual machine The user can perform one of the following actions Request to extend the life of the machine If the extension is not approved the virtual machine is decommissioned and is archived or deleted The LCM Administrator determines whether decommissioned virtual machines are archived e Manually decommission the virtual machine The virtual machine is de
10. ed decommissioning date Procedure 1 Log in to LCM 2 Click the Catalog view 3 Inthe catalog list click a virtual machine name 4 Inthe right pane click Decommission 5 6 In the Comment text box type the reason why you want to decommission the virtual machine Click Submit Request to Change the Virtual Machine Customization Attributes If you are an LCM Tech Requester you can request to change the customization template attributes for a virtual machine that has been placed Procedure 1 Log in to LCM 2 Click the Catalog view 3 Inthe catalog list click a virtual machine name 4 Inthe right pane click Change Request 5 Inthe Comment text box type the reason for your request 6 Inthe Contact E mail Address text box type your email address 7 Click Next 8 Change the attribute values as needed 9 Click Submit XIII Catalog View and Request View Filters You can use filters to view only virtual machines that meet a certain criteria a Inthe Catalog view you can use filters given in Table 1 below to view only virtual machines that meet the criteria as shown in the following screen gly Favorites 533 Suggested Sites v Get More Add ons we My Yahoo wz Yahoo Answers x Yahoo Downloads x Yahoo Mail x Yahoo Virtual Machine Catalog vCenter Lifecycle Mana fh mp v Pager Safetyy Toolky ji test test Technical Requester Help About Lo
11. erty laws This product is covered by one or more patents listed at http www vmware com go patents Done amp Local intranet Protected Mode Off f vy Q125 v 3 Enter your Username and Password and then click Sign In Username and Password are the one you have registered with the LDAP Active Directory In case your password does not work then Change your Kerberos password using the following URL https www cc iitd ernet in usermanage index html 4 After successful login the following screen appears ex Cea E https iitd vcenter acad windows iitd ac in 8281 vmo lifecycle catalog default htm 9 Google per SS sly Favorites 33 Suggested Sites Get More Add ons W My Yahoo ys Yahoo Answers x Yahoo Downloads x Yahoo Mail x Yahoo Virtual Machine Catalog vCenter Lifecycle Mana Peal A Bl y amp am amp Pager Safetyy Toos INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI COMP R SERVICES C test test Technical Requester Help About Logout Catalog Requests Virtual Machine Catalog Virtual Machines E Aa N ag All Except End of Life v Name Step gt Local intranet Protected Mode Off gv Q125 v 5 On the left side pane you can see two tabs Catalog and Requests a The Catalog tab when clicked displays Virtual Machines Catalog b The Request
12. gout INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI COMPUTER SERVICES CENTRE Catalog Requests Virtual Machine Catalog Virtual Machines E e EES All Except End of Life v All Except End of Life Step All Icm 0018 Creating proval Available VM Rejected Decommissionned Canceled Errors Waiting For Approval Waiting For Placement End of Life Done G Local intranet Protected Mode Off f vy 125 z Table 1 Catalog View Filters Filter o O Creating Displays the virtual machines that you requested that are being created Available VM Displays the available virtual machines that you created Rejected Displays the virtual machines that you requested that were rejected Decommissioned Displays the virtual machines that you created that have been decommissioned b Inthe Requests view you can use the filters given in Table 2 below to view only virtual machines that meet the criteria as shown in the following screen Virtual Machine Requests vCenter Lifecycle Manager Windows Internet Explore https iitd vcenter acad windows iitd ac in 3281 vmo lifecycle requests default htm o x eD Googe ly Favorites 33 Suggested Sites Get More Add ons x My Yahoo yz Yahoo Answers y Yahoo Downloads yz Yahoo Mail y Yahoo a E amp v Pager Safetyy Toos G Virtual Machine Requests vCenter Lifecyc
13. ied through an email from the LCM Administrator sie Favorites 3 Suggested Sites Get More Add ons W My Yahoo W Yahoo Answers x Yahoo Downloads x Yahoo Mail x Yahoo Ee Virtual Machine Requests vCenter Lifecycle Man on INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI test test Technical Requester Help About Logout COMPUTER SERVICES CENTRE Catalog Requests Virtual Machine Requests Virtual Machines 7 l E icmo018 E a ee mse All Except End of Life CANCEL REFRESH Hame Request Provision Decommission Step date date date Z V Icm 0018 Icm Waiting For 03 08 2010 03 08 2010 04 08 2010 a 0018 Approval Lifecycle Information Request Date 03 08 2010 Provision Date 03 08 2010 Decommission Date 04 08 2010 Extension Date Time Left 0 days Archive Yes State Provision Provision Approval Waiting For Approval Requester test Viewer Group Operators Group gt Virtual Machine Information __ E gt Request Criteria v gt amp Local intranet Protected Mode Off gv Q125 v Done The virtual machine is deleted on the decommissioning date You cannot retrieve it unless the LCM Administrator has configured LCM to archive the virtual machine If virtual machines are archived contact your LCM Administrator lil Customization Template Attributes If you are an LCM Tech Requester you can assign c
14. ify a decommissioning date select Yes for Set decommissioning date and select a date If you do not specify a decommissioning date the virtual machine remains in service until it is decommissioned manually foe x a i 5 1 hittps iitd vcenter acad windows iitd ac in 8281 vmo lifecycle requests default htm 9 x PS Google sie Favorites 4 Suggested Sites j Get More Add ons xp My Yahoo ye Yahoo Answers x Yahoo Downloads xe Yahoo Mail x Yahoo Virtual Machine Requests vCenter Lifecycle Man fh gt Bl Gl dh Pager Safetyy Toos y INDIAN gall hee a DELHI test test Technical Requester Help About Logout Catalog Requests Virtual Machine Requests en 20 9 A 22133 Ms All Except End of Life v Set commissioning date Yes No Provisioning date E Set decommissioning date Yes C No Decomission date 5 Specify Group User Authorizations in the following screen Optional Specify who can control the virtual machine request If you do not specify a user or group only requestor and the LCM Administrator have control a From the Virtual machine control by drop down menu select User b Type the name of the User Ldap User e Type in User id in the square box You can also enter the first letter of User id in the square box and the system will provide you a drop down list of all the matching User ids that begin with the
15. le Man INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI COMPUTER SERVICES CENTRE Catalog Requests Virtual Machine Requests test test Technical Requester Help About Logout Vil Machine E mons m eA EEN All Except End of Life f CANCEL REFRESH date Waiting For Creation 2 vf Icm 0018 Icm bii an Sasa i Waiting For 001 Creating Approval Y Lifecycle Information SLi Request Date 03 08 2010 Provision Date 03 08 2010 Decommission Date 04 08 2010 Extension Date Time Left 0 days Archive Yes State Provision Provision Approval Waiting For Approval Requester test Viewer Group Operators Group gt Virtual Machine Information gt Request Criteria v gt Done i Local intranet Protected Mode Off gv Q15 v Table 2 Request View Filters All Requests Waiting For Creation Waiting For Approval Waiting For Placement End Of Life All Except End Of Life Displays the virtual machines that you requested Displays the virtual machines that you requested that are waiting to be created Displays the virtual machines that you requested that are waiting for approval Displays the virtual machines that you requested that are waiting to be correctly placed Displays the virtual machines that you requested that are being created Displays the requested virtual machines that you requested that are decommissioned archived rejected or cancel
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17. leted on the decommissioning date You cannot retrieve it unless the LCM Administrator has configured LCM to archive the virtual machine If virtual machines are archived contact your LCM Administrator to retrieve it The LCM Administrator can choose to delete the virtual machine request The LCM Administrator is the only role that can remove information about a virtual machine When a request is deleted no information about the virtual machine appears in reports but the virtual machine is not deleted If a virtual machine request is accidentally deleted the LCM Administrator can recover the associated virtual machine The following describes the above steps in detail I Log In to vCenter Lifecycle Manager LCM Procedure 1 In any browser such as Internet Explorer 7 or 8 Mozilla FireFox 3 0x where x is 8 or later enter the following URL hitps itd vcenter acad windows litd ac in 8281 vmo The following screen appears on the browser window VMware vCenter Orc eo aS nd r e hopem venter acad elon Ree SITY i x SB Googie a sly Favorites 3 Suggested Sites Get More Add ons My Yahoo we Yahoo Answers Yahoo Downloads xy Yahoo Mail x Yahoo 23 vCenter Lifecycle Manager VMware vCenter Orche X ia ic ied CI mh v Pager Safetyy Toos Webview List Back to vCO Home vCenter Lifecycle Manager Copyright 1998 2010 VMware Inc All
18. letter you just typed in the square box you can now choose from the drop down list of User ids sly Favorites 4 Suggested Sites Get More Add ons x My Yahoo yg Yahoo Answers x Yahoo Downloads yz Yahoo Mail w Yahoo Virtual Machine Requests vCenter Lifecycle Man Gaal fh E mp v Pagey Safety Toolky gt test test Technical Requester Help About Logout INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI COMPUTER SERVICES CENTRE Catalog Requests Virtual Machine Requests Virtual Machines Cy Request Virtual Machine 6 Ss ees ae All Except End of Life Request Virtual Machine date date date Provisioning amp Decommissioning Requester Information E Virtual Machine Parameters i Additional Information Set decommissioning date Yes C No la Decomission date 04 08 2010 EJ Group User Authorizations These groups users define who can control or who can connect to the virtual machine These are optional settings Virtual machine control by User v Control user skal x lt skak dn CN skak OU faculty DC acad skashyap DC windows DC iitd DC ac DC in Control user group email address Re enter control user group email address Virtual machine view by KI l 9 13 PM 8 3 2010 A e Fw wou amp For Group our Ldap has only eleven base groups i e faculty ohd mtech btech etc
19. llow bars indicate that the virtual machine is suspended VI Power a Virtual Machine On or Off Power commands are available to the users and groups that are given control when the virtual machine is requested The LCM Administrator also has rights to control any virtual machine Procedure 1 Log in to LCM 2 Click the Catalog view 3 Inthe catalog list click a virtual machine name 4 Inthe right pane click Commands 5 Click Power on or Shut down Vil Suspend a Virtual Machine Users and groups who were given control when the virtual machine was requested can suspend the virtual machine The LCM Administrator also has rights to suspend any virtual machine Procedure 1 Log into LCM 2 Click the Catalog view 3 Inthe catalog list click a virtual machine name 4 Inthe right pane click Commands 5 Click Suspend Vill Create a Snapshot A snapshot captures the states of a virtual machine s hard drives A snapshot does not capture the virtual machine s memory and power state Snapshot commands are available to the users and groups who were given control when the virtual machine was requested You can access only one snapshot at a time If you need to revert to a snapshot earlier than the most recent one contact your LCM Administrator xI XII Procedure Log in to LCM Click the Catalog view In the catalog list click a virtual machine name In the right pane click Commands Click Snapshot Ste I
20. reservation Mhz guaranty CPU limit Mhz desired CPU count 2 0 v CPU shares hion RE Disk shares frign RES 15 Click Next 16 The following screen gets displayed Type comments about the virtual machine which are viewed in the approval process ecje xX https iitd vcenter acad windows iitd ac in 8281 vmo lifecycle requests default htm 5 a 9 x g Google pu she Favorites 4 Suggested Sites j Get More Add ons x My Yahoo ys Yahoo Answers x Yahoo Downloads ye Yahoo Mail x Yahoo Virtual Machine Requests vCenter Lifecycle Man A GB ah Pager Safetyy Toos INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI test test Technical Requester Help About Logout COMPUTER SERVICES CENTRE Catalog Requests Virtual Machine Requests eet A 2133 a All Except End of Life v Provisioning amp Decommissioning Requester Information Virtual Machine Parameters Fields marked with a are required Comment 17 Click Submit On the left side pane you can see that your Request for the Virtual Machine has been queued up and is waiting for approval At this point an Email is automatically sent to the LCM Administrator notifying him her about your pending request for creation of a Virtual Machine After the LCM Administrator approves your request your virtual machine is created and you will also be notif
21. tab when clicked displays Virtual Machine Requests ll Request a Virtual Machine To obtain a virtual machine you must submit a request You can request a specific start date or accept the first available date You can modify virtual machine parameters like CPU memory and shares when you request the virtual machine The options available are determined by the LCM Administrator The modifications affect only the virtual machine that you are requesting at the time Procedure 1 Log in to LCM as described above and click the Requests view E E https iitd vcenter acad windows iitd ac in 8281 vmo lifecycle catalog default html ae ly Favorites sas Suggested Sites Get More Add ons x My Yahoo yz Yahoo Answers x Yahoo Downloads x Yahoo Mail x Yahoo G Virtual Machine Catalog vCenter Lifecycle Mana A Ely Gi db Pager Safety Took INDIAN pA A edly p aaa DELHI test test Technical Requester Help About Logout Catalog Requests oa Virtual Machine Catalog A aa aO 2 ars 6 All Except End of Life v Click Request The following screen appears on the right side eal af C eu E https iitd vcenter acad windows iitd ac in 8281 vmo lifecycle requests default html s x MI Googie pr Uy Favorites sas Suggested Sites Get More Add ons x My Yahoo ye Yahoo Answers y Yahoo Downloads y Yahoo Mail we Yahoo
22. ustom values for template attributes Table 1 Customization Template Attributes Memory reservation MB Minimum is 0 default is 256 Memory limit size MB Minimum is 1 must be a multiple of 4 default is 1024 must be greater than the Memory reservation value Selecting 1 maintains the same memory as the vCenter template Memory share low normal or high default is normal CPU reservation MHz Minimum is 0 default is 200 CPU limit MHz Minimum is 1 default is 2000 must be greater than the CPU reservation value Selecting 1 maintains the same CPU number as the vCenter template CPU count 1 2 3 or 4 default is 1 CPU shares low normal or high default is normal low normal or high default is normal IV Display Requested Virtual Machines You can use filters to view the status of virtual machines that you have requested Procedure Log in to LCM Click Catalog or Requests Select a filter Click a virtual machine request in the left pane to see a summary of the configuration and status a IS V Check the Power State of a Virtual Machine You can check whether a virtual machine is powered on or off or suspended Procedure 1 Log in to LCM 2 Click the Catalog view The icon to the left of the virtual machine indicates its power state e Agreen triangle indicates that the virtual machine is powered on e A red square indicates that the virtual machine is powered off e Two parallel ye
23. vCenter Lifecycle Manager USER MANUAL for LCM Tech Requester Computer Services Centre IIT Delhi OVERVIEW VMware vCenter Lifecycle Manager LCM automates the process of creating virtual machines and removing them from the service at the appropriate time The following provides an overview of the LCM and its operational guidelines Lifecycle Manager Terminology LCM uses specific terminology to describe lifecycle events and attributes Commission The creation of a requested virtual machine The commission time is submitted during the request process Decommission The requested machine reaches the end of its life A decommission date is submitted during the request process The decommissioned machine can be archived or deleted Extension Extending the life of a virtual machine that is to be decommissioned If approval is required the request for extension must be approved before the owner of the virtual machine can continue to use it Infrastructure Attributes such as the network domain and data store affect where the requested virtual machine is placed in VMware Infrastructure Criteria Attributes attached to a requested virtual machine that are selected during the request process such as location organization server environment service level and performance The LCM Administrator maps this information to the infrastructure Template Profile The profile that is used when a requested virtual machine is cloned Customization
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