HP StoreOnce VSA Deployment and Configuration Guide (TC458-96024)

3 Deployment on VMware vSphere
Introduction
This deployment option is available for VMware administrators using vSphere client or vSphere
web client.
Before you start
This deployment method requires you to ensure that all deployment pre-requisites have been met;
there are no in-built checks within the deployment process. For more details, refer to StoreOnce
VSA system requirements (page 7) and make sure you have downloaded the latest StoreOnceVSA
OVF package to a network location where it can be accessed by the vSphere client. (For optimum
performance, download the StoreOnce OVF package to the vSphere client machine.)
Before starting the process make sure you that you have available a datastore with a minimum of
1 TB free space and that you know the name of the virtual network on which the StoreOnce VSA
is to be deployed.
NOTE: Deployment is allowed only through a vCenter connection and not directly through an
ESX host connection.
Deployment process
1. Login to the vSphere client and select VMs and Templates from the Inventory section of the
Home page.
2. Select the appropriate vCenter server/ESXi host in the Navigation pane and display the Virtual
Machines tab.
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