VMware vCenter Lab Manager

Provision complex development and test environments in seconds, rather than days, with VMware Lab Manager.
Youll be able to shave man-months off software development cycles through rapid, automated setup and teardown of even the most complex multi-machine environments.
On-demand access to a shared library of complex system environments will give your developers and testers instant use of the resources they need, while leaving IT in administrative control.
You will also save money by pooling networking, storage, servers and other resources that can be shared across development and test teams.

Rapidly Set Up Multiple Test and Development Environments

Automate the setup, capture, storage and sharing of multi-machine software configurations with VMware Lab Manager. Development and test teams can access them on-demand through a self-service portal. With its shared library and shared pool of virtualized servers, VMware Lab Manager lets you efficiently move and share multi-machine configurations across software development and test teams and facilities.

Provision any Environment with a Single Click of the Mouse

With the single click of your mouse, you can provision new machines nearly instantly with VMware Lab Manager. Eliminate the painstaking multi-hour process of gathering machines, installing operating systems, installing and configuring applications and establishing inter-machine connections. Now software developers and QA engineers can fulfill their own provisioning needs, leaving IT in control of user management, storage quotas and server deployment policies-achieving the best of both worlds.

Reduce Test Lab Capital and Operating Costs

Allocate resources on an as-needed basis instead of maintaining multiple static systems that are only used sporadically. VMware Lab Manager lets you pool and share resources between development and test teams for maximum utilization-and increased cost savings.

Capture and Reproduce Software Defects-Every Time

Quickly reproduce software defects and resolve them earlier in the software lifecycle-and ensure higher quality software and systems. VMware Lab Manager enables "closed loop" defect reporting and resolution through its unique ability to "snapshot" complex multi-machine configurations in an error state, capture them to the library, and make them available for sharing-and troubleshooting-across development and test teams.

Ensure Secure, Flexible Outsourcing

Give your outsourced partners secure, remote access to your software lab and maintain your flexibility to rapidly add, remove or replace outsourced resources as your needs change. Your intellectual property remains securely in Lab Managers environment, and you eliminate time-consuming and costly replication of equipment in your partners labs.System requirementsPentium III, Pentium 4, Xeon, Opteron, or Athlon processor (1GHz or faster)
40GB minimum hard disk space (RAID 1 or RAID 5 for fault tolerance benefits, or RAID 0+1 for fault tolerance and performance benefits)
Minimum 512MB of RAM (2GB or more recommended)
At least one unbound Ethernet card Its NIC must be physically connected to the network (no wireless cards) and have a static IP address.
Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) Certain features of Lab Manager require an FQDN. This requirement does not mean that the Lab Manager server resides in a domain. An FQDN starts with the computer name followed by the Domain Name System (DNS) suffix (for
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