Deploying the virtual appliance through VMware vSphere Client
To know about virtual appliance deployment in Veritas Resiliency Platform:
See About deploying the Resiliency Platform virtual appliances.
You can deploy Veritas Resiliency Platform virtual appliance through VMware vSphere Desktop Client or VMware vSphere Web Client using the Open Virtualization Archive (OVA) file that you have downloaded.
To deploy Resiliency Platform through VMware vSphere Desktop Client
- Download the VMware supported OVA file for the Resiliency Platform virtual appliance on a system where VMware vSphere Desktop Client is installed.
See Downloading the Veritas Resiliency Platform virtual appliances.
- In the VMware vSphere Desktop Client, click File and select Deploy OVF Template.
- Select the source location of the Resiliency Platform virtual appliance OVA file.
- Specify a name for the virtual machine and location for the deployed template.
- Select the host or cluster on which you want to deploy the template.
- Select a destination where you want to store the virtual machine files.
- Select the format in which you want to store the virtual disks.
- If you have multiple networks configured, select the appropriate destination network.
- Review the virtual machine configuration and click Finish.
- If you want to use DHCP as your network, enter the MAC address of the appliance in the DHCP server. For information on obtaining the MAC address of the appliance, see the documentation of VMware vSphere client.
- Power on the virtual machine.
To deploy Resiliency Platform through VMware vSphere Web Client
- Download the VMware supported OVA file for the Resiliency Platform virtual appliance on a system where VMware vSphere Web Client is installed.
See Downloading the Veritas Resiliency Platform virtual appliances.
- In the VMware vSphere Web Client, click vCenter Servers and select a vCenter Server. Click Actions > Deploy OVF template.
- Select the source location of the Resiliency Platform virtual appliance OVA file.
- Specify a name and location for the deployed template.
- Select a cluster, host, vApp, or resource pool in which to run the deployed template.
- Select a location to store the files for the deployed template.
- Configure the networks the deployed template should use.
- Review the virtual machine configuration and click Finish.
- If you want to use DHCP as your network, enter the MAC address of the appliance in the DHCP server. For information on obtaining the MAC address of the appliance, see the documentation of VMware vSphere client.
- Power on the virtual machine.
You can now configure the Resiliency Platform component.
Note:
When you deploy the Resiliency Platform Data Mover appliance from vCenter Server 6.5, a warning related to advanced configuration may be displayed. You can ignore the warning and click next to accept the advanced configuration options.
For more information on VMware vSphere Desktop Client or VMware vSphere Web Client, refer to VMware documentation.
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