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Installing and Conguring the Storage Manager
Virtual Appliance
This section includes instructions for installing and conguring 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 congured 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, congure 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.
• 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 le.
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 eld 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.
11 Conrm the details for the Virtual Appliance and click Next.
The License agreements page is displayed.
12 Select the I accept all license agreements checkbox and click Next.
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