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VMware Lab Manager
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Building on VMware Infrastructure, VMware Lab Manager enables software developers and QA engineers to suspend, then capture to a shared storage library, a complete state of "configurations" - or collections of running, interdependent computer systems that span multiple machines. Over time, organisations can build up a library of configurations, including test scenarios, production environments and customer system configurations.
When a configuration in the library is needed later for development or test purposes, for example to test a new software build in the context of a customer production environment, VMware Lab Manager can instantly deploy the entire configuration to the best available resources in a pool of managed servers - exactly as it was captured, running and ready for use.
Further, the network fencing technology of VMware Lab Manager lets multiple users deploy copies of the same library configuration simultaneously, without having to change machine characteristics such as IP addresses, MAC addresses, or security IDs - and yet still have full network access.
Gathering machines, installing operating systems, installing and configuring applications, establishing inter-machine connections used to be a painstaking, multi-hour exercise. VMware Lab Manager reduces this process to a simple self-service provisioning task, accomplished with a single click of the mouse that literally takes only seconds. Although software developers and QA engineers can now fulfill their own provisioning needs, IT still remains in control of user management, storage quotas and server deployment policies -- achieving the best of both worlds. |
Multi-Machine Configurations
- Create multi-machine configurations in seconds using machine Templates - no limit on machine count, no manual adjustments
- View configurations in use with thumbnail console views, public-private scoping and list filtering
- Act on machines in a configuration as a unit: suspend, multi-snapshot, revert to, shutdown, turn on, turn off, suspend, reset, deploy, undeploy, clone, capture to library, and modify properties
- Share templates and multi-machine configurations between users
- Share captured, live configurations via URL-based "LiveLink" capability
- Interact with all configuration consoles side-by-side on a single browser page
- Setup machines in a configuration to boot in controlled sequence
Configuration Library
- Near-instantaneous check out of configurations with memory and CPU state preserved
- Simultaneous use of library configurations by multiple users without changing MAC and IP addresses or SID, using VMware network fencing
- Efficient storage compression algorithms maximize library entries per storage server
- Public and private library entries
- Public-private scoping and list filtering of library
Media Library
- Central repository for all development and test media
- Tag media with descriptive attributes
- Upload media from the browser or directly to the file share
- Easily make media available to VMware-managed virtual machines
- Public-private scoping and list filtering of media library
Deployment
- Browser- or Web service-initiated deployment
- Copy from or execute from storage server
- Configuration or machine deployment granularity
- Automatic load balancing of machines deployed on host servers
- Side-by-side execution of cloned configurations across physical server boundaries, even when IP addresses are duplicated on a subnet
- Selectable provisioning heuristic - enabling rapid startup and maximum
performance when deploying configurations
Machine Templates
- Instant creation of new machines from templates with distinct personalizationautomated assignment of MAC and IP addresses, and SID (for Windows systems)
- New template creation via cloning and modification of existing templates
- Import pre-existing virtual machine images for use as templates
- Automated installation of mouse and keyboard enhancements for virtual machines
- Optional physical-to-virtual (P2V) capability for storage and management of existing machines
- Public-private scoping and list filtering of templates
Resource Management
- Automated tracking and issuance of IP addresses
- Storage server management: add, delete, refresh and modify properties
- Managed server management: add, delete, refresh, agent upgrade, remove from service and modify properties
Monitoring
- Active unified "in motion" view of server pool and virtual machine operations
- Drill-down on server, configuration and machine details
- All deployed machines view
- Comprehensive event and job log viewer
Web Services and Command Line Interface (Automation API)
- Full programmatic control of capture-and-restore operations
- Out-of-the-box automation with leading test automation tools
- Standards-based interface (SOAP, WSDL, HTTP)
- Sample .NET and Java code illustrating use of APIs
Administration and Security
- User, permission and quota management
- Out-of-the-box support for LDAP
- Administrator role assignment to multiple users
- User self-managed preferences
- Context-sensitive on-screen help
Installation
- Standard Windows setup.exe installer for all components
- Automated addition of managed servers to deployment pool
Supported Managed Server Environments
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