Installed vConverter 5.x
Need to install vConverter vMA 4.1
Initial Setup:
1. Deploy the vMA 4.1 ovf.
2. create a CD/DVD and attach the CentOS 5.x ISO (The LiveCD ISO will not work)
3. Power on the vMA
4. Through the VMware console setup your networking and assign the vi-admin password
Configure the vMA:
** Open a putty session and login as vi-admin.**
** You can then copy and paste in the following text below in putty**
sudo passwd root
sudo chsh -s /bin/bash root
** Before going any further, use WinScp login as root and Upload the va-release-esx-1.8.0-11.x86_64.sh script to /tmp. Note: This must be transferred in Binary. Once uploaded to /tmp. You can now continue copying and pasting in the rest of the commands below**
sudo mkdir /mnt/cdrom
sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
su -
echo '[centos-dvd]' >/etc/yum.repos.d/centos-dvd.repo
echo 'name=CentOS 5.x DVD' >>/etc/yum.repos.d/centos-dvd.repo
echo 'baseurl=file:///mnt/cdrom' >>/etc/yum.repos.d/centos-dvd.repo
echo 'gpgcheck=0' >>/etc/yum.repos.d/centos-dvd.repo
exit
su -
cd /tmp
chmod +x ./va-release-esx-1.8.0-11.x86_64.sh
./va-release-esx-1.8.0-11.x86_64.sh --install
sudo mv /etc/sysconfig/iptables.rpmnew /etc/sysconfig/iptables
sudo service ppsd start
sudo umount /dev/cdrom
sudo rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/{centos,rhel}-dvd.repo
Final Steps:
1. Reboot the vMA
2. Add the ESXi host with the vMA using root
