SAP LVM 2.0 Provisioned/Cloned Virtual Hosts

Hi All,
Could you please let me know how to define a virtual host in SAP LVM 2.0.
I have configured Virtualization Manager in SAP LVM 2.0 and added the virtual host to SAP LVM 2.0, But I am not able to see configured virtual host cloning screen.
Kindly suggest me on this.
Thanks and Regards,
Prasad

Hi Michael,
Thank you, we have configured virtualization Manager in LVM and host agent is also installed on virtual host.
Thanks and Regards,
Prasad

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