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20 IBM Systems Director Management Console: Introduction and Overview
A graphical interface on the VMWare Virtual Infrastructure Client
To use the CLI method of deployment for VMware, customers must install the
VMware OVF Tool on a Windows or Linux machine. Download the VMware OVF
Tool from the following address:
http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/vsphere/automationtools/ovf
After performing either of the above steps to deploy the OVA file and create the
SDMC appliance, the user needs to configure the public and private network
interfaces on the VM client within VMware. The user can then map the logical
adapters in the SDMC image to the VMnetworks defined in VMware as part of
the Setup Wizard process. Refer to 2.4, “Setup wizard” on page 28 for more
information.
Steps for using VMware vSphere Client with OVA (web
download)
The SDMC software appliance installation can be performed from the vSphere
client GUI using the OVA downloaded from the IBM website by performing the
following steps.
1. Obtain the OVA file that contains the SDMC Virtual Machine.
Note: In the below examples for the CLI installation, the thin provisioned
format is selected as the format to store the virtual machines virtual disks. In
this format, the storage is allocated on demand as data is written to the virtual
disks. This is only supported on VMFS3 and newer datastores. Otherwise, the
thick format, in which the storage is allocated immediately, can also be used.
Note: If using thin provisioning as in the below examples, ensure that you
have the space needed to contain the SDMC data. Using thick provisioning
would guarantee that you have the required storage.
Note: vSphere Client is only available for Windows and can be downloaded
from the web address for the ESX or ESXi Server.