As you have completed the Pre-Deployment Planning and are ready for the Virtual Appliance deployment, the article will take you through the details of the procedure.
The following instructions will show how to deploy a CloudSphere virtual appliance OVA on a VMware vSphere Web client.
Appliance Download
You can download the VMware virtual appliance image through the CloudSphere UI, under the Discovery, appliances menu.
Once you have downloaded the zip file containing the virtual appliance (OVA) you will need to save it to a known location accessible from your vCenter console and unzip it.
Appliance Install
To install the virtual appliance you will need to log into the VMware vSphere. You will also need to make sure that the account has the required permissions to be able to create new VMs.
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Log in to the VMware vSphere Web client.
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Go to the identified inventory object that is a valid parent object of a virtual machine, such as a data center, folder, cluster, resource pool, or host, and select Deploy OVF Template.
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Select the downloaded OVA File → “Deploy OVF Template“ and click 'Next'.
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Enter a name for your appliance and select the location within your network to deploy to and select “Next”.
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Continue through the steps, until step 7: Ready to Complete.
- Review and verify the deployment settings and click “Finish”.
Once the appliance is deployed, In the deployed virtual machines list, right-click the Appliance VM and select “Power” → “Power On”.
Note: Optionally, you can refer to the VMware documentation to
Deploy an OVF or OVA Template.
Note: Ensure the selected datastore has the required minimum disk space available.Select an appropriate disk format according to your policies.