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VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide

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Preparing and Unpreparing ESX Server Hosts

Stage ManagerpromptsadministratorstostartthePrepareHostswizardafter

attachingaresourcepoolwithhoststhatarenotyetpreparedbyStage Manager.This

preparationinvolvestaskssuchasinstallinganagentonthehosts.

YoucanalsostartthewizardfromtheHoststabforanyhoststhatareunprepared.

UnpreparedhostsincludenewhostsaddedtoaclusterinVirtualCenterandhoststhat

arenotpreparedrightafteryouattacharesourcepool.

UnprepareahosttoremoveitfromuseintheStage Managerenvironment.

To prepare a host

1ClickResourcesintheleftpane,clicktheHoststab,movethepointeroverthe

unpreparedhostname,andchoosePrepareHostfromthemenu.

IfStage Managerinsteadpromptsyoutolaunchthewizardafterattachinga

resourcepool,clicktheOKbutton.

2Provideconnectiondetails:

a Selectordeselectthecheckboxthatspecifieswhethertousethesameuser

nameandpasswordforallhosts.

bIfyou

usethesameusernameandpasswordforallhosts,entertheusername

andpassword.

c Selectthecheckboxesforhoststoprepareandenterindividualusernames

andpasswordsifnecessary.

Ifyoustartthewizardafterattachingaresourcepool,allunpreparedhosts

appearinthelist,regardless

ofwhatclustertheybelongto.

Clickahostnametodisplayadialogboxwithsummaryinformationonthe

host.

3Fromthelistofnetworks,selectavirtualswitchforeachhost.

4 Selectthecheckboxesfordatastorestoenableforvirtualmachineuse.

To unprepare a host

1ClickResourcesintheleftpane.

2Inthe

Hoststab,movethepointeroverthehostnameandchooseUnpreparefrom

themenu.

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