Deploying the Virtual Appliance With a Static IP - VA Deployment Wizard (4032539)

vRanger uses a virtual appliance for replication to and from ESXi hosts, for file-level recovery from Linux machines, and optionally for backups and restores.The VA Deployment Wizard offers a simple method to deploy virtual appliances one at a time. You may, of course, run the wizard for each VA that you need to deploy.

To launch the VA Deployment Wizard, select one of the options below.

1. From the Tools menu, click Virtual Appliance Deployment Wizard.
   or
   From the My Inventory view, right-click on the host to which the VA should be deployed, and click Deploy Virtual Appliance.
   or
   In the Virtual Appliance Configuration node of the Configuration Options dialog, click Deploy Virtual Appliance.
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3. Click Next when, the Virtual Appliance Deployment Wizard appears.
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5. If you have downloaded the OVA file manually, select Use Local OVFand click Browse to browse to the downloaded OVA file.
   or
   Select Download OVA and browse to the location to which vRanger should save the OVA file.

   Note: If you have downloaded the OVA for a previous deployment, and still have it saved on your system, you do not need to download it again.

   Click Next.

6. Select Deploy VA on Cluster. Expand the desired cluster to select a host in the cluster to which the VA should be associated.
   or
   Select Deploy VA on specific host. Select the host to which the VA should be deployed.
   Click Next.

7. In the Virtual Appliance Properties section, confirm the VA Name. Edit as required.
   By default, vRanger will connect to the vRanger virtual appliance using the first IP address reported by the vSphere API. If you will have more than one NIC configured on the virtual appliance, and you want vRanger to connect to the second NIC, you may pre-set that NICs IP address by selecting Override IP Address and entering the IP in the IP Address field.
   
   In the Virtual Appliance Optionsection, configure the resources allocated to the virtual appliance. You may select one of two preconfigured options, or configure a custom setting.
   
   In the VA Datastore field, select the datastore for the VA’s primary disk.
   
   In the Network Assignment field, select the network for the VA’s primary NIC.
   
   If you want to be able to perform replication tasks on this virtual appliance, you will need to configure a scratch disk on the VA.
   
   Select Use this virtual appliance for replication and configure the scratch disk size and datastore location.
   
   In the VA Password and Conform password field, enter a new password for the virtual appliance. If you change the password, this becomes the default password for subsequent VA deployments performed during this session.
   or
   Leave the default password of “vzroot1”.
   
   If you wish to perform file-level recovery from backups of Linux virtual machines, you will need to configure a VA to use for Linux file-level recovery. Select Use virtual appliance for Linux File Level Restore. If you select this option for a different VA in the future, then that VA will be used for Linux file-level recovery.
   
   Click Next.

8. In the VA IP Address Configuration dialog, you will configure the network configuration for the
   virtual appliances primary NIC.

9. Select the method to obtain the IP address:
   • Use DHCP for IP assignment will automatically assign IP settings to the VA if a DHCP server is available.
   • Use Static IPwill allow you to deploy the VA with a manual IP configuration.
   
   Select your desired method for DNS resolution.
   • Obtain the DNS server address automatically will use the DNS settings provided by your DHCP server.
   • Use the following DNS server address allows you to specify DNS settings manually.
      
   Note: If you need to change your network configuration after the VA is deployed, you will need to do so from within the virtual appliance.

   Click Next.

10. Select the option to Power on the VA after deployment is complete.
    
    If the configuration options are correct, click Finish.
    
    Click Back to return to the dialog containing incorrect information to make changes.