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Installation on VMware ESXi and ESX
Installation on ESXi
Installation must be launched in the vMA (vSphere Management Assistant) which is also a virtual machine on the
ESXi host; Agent should be installed on the vMA of ESXi 4.1 or later versions. In order to deploy vMA on the ESXi
host and install PPBE in the vMA, users must install the vSphere Client tool on another remote computer first. To
download the vSphere Client installer, users can enter the ESXi host IP address to access the web page. Users can
visit VMware website for vSphere Management Assistant Guide document about vMA deployment on VMware
ESXi.
The installer will guide users in completing the installation. Refer 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.