
Build the Lab
These steps use the full set of automation to build a complete lab environment. The steps
should be completed in order with each step completing before starting the next step. The
build steps are the same irrespective of the outer virtualization platform, i.e. Workstation,
ESXi or Fusion.
You may choose not to use all of the vSphere build automation; I suggest you start with a
complete fully automated build to make sure that all of the parts are in the right place. Once
your first lab build is complete it’s a fairly simple matter to rebuild with less automation so
you can manually complete the tasks that you wish to learn, there is a section later about
rebuilding.
Task 1 – Prepare the prebuilt VMs
Extract the vSphere AutoLab archive to a folder and open all the VMs with VMware
Workstation or Fusion.
When you power on each VM you may be asked whether you moved or copied the VM.
Always answer “I copied it” for these VMs, this way a new UUID and MAC address is
assigned for each VM and makes running multiple isolated copies of the lab possible.
If you are using VMware Workstation or Fusion then you may not need the Router VM, it is
used to allow outbound connectivity from the AutoLab network and inbound management. If
your PC has an IP address on the AutoLab network then you can safely leave the Router
powered off and move on to the NAS VM. If you are building the lab on ESXi then you will
need the router to allow access to the lab. Power on the Router VM, wait for it to boot to the
logon prompt. The router published the windows share “Build” from the NAS through its
external interface; this is the IP address at the end of the line “Waiting for DHCPOFFER on
eth0”. This is useful if you don’t have a PC connected to the Lab network such as deploying a
lab on ESX.
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