Deploying Operations Director virtual appliance on VMware infrastructure
Operations Director
virtual appliance on VMware infrastructureOperations Director
appliance must be imported and deployed in the VMware virtual infrastructure. Before you import and deploy
Operations Director
appliance, make sure that the Unified Management Console
is deployed in your virtual infrastructure. Deploying and configuring the Unified Management ConsoleOperations Director
appliance can be deployed using either the VMware VMware vSphere
Client or the VMware VMware vSphere
web portal. Unified Management Console
is the console framework that hosts the pages of the Operations Director
appliance. Therefore, Operations Director
cannot work independent of Unified Management Console
.- To deploy theOperations Directorappliance using VMwareVMware vSphereclient
- In the VMwareVMware vSphereclient, navigate toFile>Deploy OVF Template...
- Provide a link to the location for the OVA file of theOperations Directorappliance, and clickNext.
- On theOVF Template Detailspane verify the details of the OVA. ClickNext.
- In theName and Locationpane provide a name for the appliance and specify the location for the deployment. ClickNext.
- FromStoragepane select location for the storage of the virtual machine files. ClickNext
- On theDisk Formatpane, selectThin Provisionand clickNext.
- For details that you must provide in thePropertiespane, see the topicRegistering.Operations Directorwith Unified Management Console
- In theReady to Completepane, review your selection and clickFinishto complete the setup.Select thePower on after deploymentoption to power on the appliance after deployment.
- To deploy theOperations Directorappliance using VMwareVMware vSphereweb portal
- Launch the VMwareVMware vSphereweb client and on the home page select the vCenter option from the left navigation.
- Click onVMs and Templatesand fromActionsmenu selectDeploy OVA Template.The plug-in for client integration ofVMware vSphereweb client must be installed to enable OVA functionality. The plug-in must be allowed to run on the browser.
- Provide a link to the location for the OVA file of theOperations Directorappliance, and clickNext.
- On theOVF Template Detailspane verify the details of the OVA. ClickNext.
- In theName and Locationpane provide a name for the appliance and specify the location for the deployment. ClickNext.
- FromStoragepane select location for the storage of the virtual machine files. ClickNext.
- Select aDisk Formatto store the virtual disks and clickNext.
- For details that you must provide in thePropertiespane, see the topicRegistering.Operations Directorwith Unified Management Console
- In theReady to Completepane, review your selection and clickFinishto complete the setup.Select thePower on after deploymentoption to power on the appliance after deployment.