Installation Guide

Prerequisites
• You have a Linux workstation to stage the KVM kit and run installation tools. Required disk
storage is approximately 35 GB.
• You have administrator privileges to log in to the KVM management hypervisor.
Procedure 2 Downloading .zip files and extracting KVM contents
1. Log on to the Linux workstation.
NOTE: If you prefer, you can use the KVM management host for staging instead of the Linux
workstation. Make sure you have at least 3 GB of extra space to stage the kits.
2. Open a browser and navigate to the HP Software Depot at http://software.hp.com.
3. In the Search field, type CloudSystem.
4. Select the HP CloudSystem 8.0 offering.
5. Sign in with your HP Passport or create a new passport account.
6. Fill in the required form details and accept the license agreement.
7. Follow the HP Software Depot instructions for downloading the release files.
8. Move HP CloudSystem Foundation KVM 8.0 Mar 2014, HP CloudSystem Enterprise KVM 8.0
Mar 2014 and HP CloudSystem Tools 8.0 Mar 2014 files to your Linux workstation or KVM
management host.
9. Log in to the management hypervisor and run:
gunzip
This command unpacks the .zip files.
10. Move the qcow2 image files and the checksum (.sh1) files to the /CloudSystem/images
directory.
11. In the HP CloudSystem Tools 8.0 Mar 2014 file there is a csstart-linux.tar file. Unpack
the .tar file.
12. Copy csstart.exe to any directory on the Linux workstation or KVM management host.
Next step: Installing CloudSystem on a KVM hypervisor (page 33)
Preparing to install on KVM 25