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enter the ESXi host IP address to access the web page. Users can v
isit
VMware
website for
vSphere
Management Assistant Guide document
about vMA deployment on VMware ESXi.
The installer will guide users in completing the installation.
R
efer to Installation on Text Mode section to follow
the same steps to complete installation. The installer requires root permission to initiate the installation
procedure. Mount CD by running
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
as a root user.(
/dev/cdrom
is
the CD drive and
/mnt/cdrom
will be the mount point.). Browse the CD drive and find the installer in the
/Software/Linux
folder. Initiate an installation procedure by running the
./ppbe-linux-x86_64.sh
command.
Note:
In order to allow the interactions between physical and virtual machines, VMware tools have to be
installed on each virtual machine. Refer to VMware ESX/ESXi Server documentation for further information
about VMware Tools.
Installation on ESX
Installation must be launched in the
Service Console
(aka
Console Operation System
). To initiate the
installation procedure on VMware ESX also requires root permission. Use the same command to mount CD
and initiate the installation procedure. Refer to Installation on Text Mode section to complete the installation.
Virtual Appliance Deployment on ESXi
A virtual appliance (VA) is a prebuilt software solution, comprised of one or more virtual machines that is
packaged, maintained, updated and managed as a unit. It is fundamentally changing how software is
developed, distributed, deployed and managed.
Download the PPBE virtual appliance which is pre-installed Client from
CyberPower
.
In order to deploy the
PPBE virtual appliance on VMware ESXi host, users must install
vSphere Client
tool first on another remote
computer. To download the
vSphere Client
installer, users can enter the ESXi host IP address to access web
page of ESXi host.
The deployment procedure will be initiated as below steps:
Launch the vShpere Client. Open the
Deploy OVF Template
window from
File > Deploy OVF
Template
…
item.
