Users Guide

Installing the MD vCenter Plug-in for

VMware vCenter web client

Downloading the MD vCenter Plug-in for VMware

vCenter

Download the latest version of the MD vCenter Plug-in from the Dell website. See the support matrix

available at the Dell website for the most current web client versions. Copy the file to the host that you

are going to use as an application server.

NOTE: After downloading the Linux binary, add the execute attribute to the binary file to enable

execution of the installer (chmod +x vCenterInstaller-xx.xx.xxxx.xxxx.bin).

Installing the application server

Install the application server on a different Windows server than the VMware vCenter Server is installed

on.

NOTE: When adequate resources are available on the VMware vCenter Server system, you can

install the application server on the same host that the VMware vCenter Server is installed on, but

this is not recommended.

After you have downloaded the MD vCenter Plug-in software, copy the file to the system that is the

application server. Run the MD vCenter Plug-in installer to open the installation wizard. The installation

wizard installs an application server and the associated .jar files. After the installation is complete, the

installation wizard registers the MD vCenter Plug-in with the VMware vCenter Server.

Upgrading from previous versions

If upgrading from a previous version of the MD vCenter Plug-in and you want to use the same host for

the application server, copy the new installation file to the existing application server, and then run the

installer executable. This process automatically upgrades the previous MD vCenter Plug-in version to this

release.

NOTE: This version of the MD vCenter Plug-in supports only the VMware Web Client and does not

function with the VMware vSphere Client. If you still use the vSphere Client, you must use the

previous version of the MD vCenter Plug-in, release 2.7, to manage MD Storage Arrays in the

vSphere Client.

During the installation process, you must provide information about the system components, such as the

storage array names, the IP addresses, and the DNS names that are used during the installation. Table 1