Install Guide
Table Of Contents
- About This Guide
- Storage Manager 2018 R1 Installation Guide
- Contents
- Introduction to Storage Manager
- Planning and Preparation
- Installing and Configuring the Data Collector
- Installing and Configuring the Storage Manager Virtual Appliance
- Installing and Configuring the Storage Manager Client
- Updating Storage Manager Software
Installing and Configuring the Storage
Manager Virtual Appliance
This section includes instructions for installing and configuring the Storage Manager Virtual Appliance.
Topics:
• Virtual Appliance Requirements for vSphere
• Deploying the Storage Manager Virtual Appliance
• Configuring the Storage Manager Virtual Appliance
• Migrating an Existing Data Collector to the Storage Manager Virtual Appliance
Virtual Appliance Requirements for vSphere
The Storage Manager Virtual Appliance requires the following conditions from the vSphere server.
● The Virtual Appliance must be deployed on a standard datastore. Do not deploy the Virtual Appliance on a VVols datastore.
● The vSphere server must be configured to take regular snapshots of the datastore.
Deploying the Storage Manager Virtual Appliance
Use the VMware vSphere Web Client to deploy the Storage Manager Virtual Appliance as a virtual machine on an ESXi server.
After deploying the Virtual Appliance, configure the Data Collector settings.
Deploy the Virtual Appliance
Deploy the Storage Manager Virtual Appliance on a VMware vCenter server.
Prerequisites
● The VMware ESXi host and VMware vCenter Server must meet the requirements in Storage Manager Virtual Appliance
Requirements on page 10.
● The local computer used to deploy the Virtual Appliance must have the VMware Client Integration plug-in installed.
Steps
1. Log on to the VMware vCenter server with the vSphere Web Client.
2. In the right pane, click Host and Clusters.
3. Right-click on ESXi and select Deploy OVF Template.
The Deploy OVF Template wizard opens.
4. Select the Local File radio button.
5. Click Choose Files and select the Virtual Appliance .ova template file.
6. Click Next.
The Select a name and folder page is displayed.
7. Type a name for the virtual machine in the Virtual machine name field and select a location for the Virtual Appliance.
8. Click Next.
The Select a compute resource page is displayed.
9. Select a the destination compute resource on which to deploy the Virtual Appliance.
10. Click Next.
The Review details page is displayed.
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