Instructions for New VMware* Installations
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Video Installation Demo: Installing vOPS in a VMware ESX Environment
Installation Steps
Step 1: Download the VKernel appliance.
Note: the appliance comes in the form of a self-extracting EXE that contains the necessary OVF and VMDK files. Double click on the downloaded EXE to extract the required files.
Step 2: Open the VMware vSphere Client and select File > Deploy OVF Template.
Step 3: Select Deploy from file: and browse to the location of the OVF file extracted above. Click Next.
Step 4: The OVF Template Details will be shown. Click Next. The End User License Agreement will be shown. Click Accept and then click Next. Select a name and destination folder for the virtual machine. Click Next.
Step 5: Select a location within the infrastructure hierarchy and click Next. If the virtual machine is being deployed on a cluster, select the specific host for the virtual machine and click Next. Select the datastore that the VM will reside within and click Next. Review the deployment settings and click Finish.
Step 6: Power on the VKernel virtual machine. By default, the virtual machine will use DHCP for the IP address. To set a static address, go to the console in the vSphere Client, log is as root with password password and run the script /usr/local/vkernel/scripts/changeIp.sh. Follow the prompts to set the network address.
Step 7: After the IP address for the virtual machine appears in the Summary tab, wait approximately five minutes for the server to initialize. Open a web browser and enter the IP address of the virtual machine. Login with user name vkernel and password vkernel and follow the prompts.
