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Table Of Contents
- VMware vFabric Data Director Installation Guide
- Contents
- About VMware vFabric Data Director
- Installation Prerequisites and vSphere Setup
- Planning the Network Configuration
- Deploy the vFabric Data Director vApp
- Perform vFabric Data Director Express Setup
- Perform vFabric Data Director Advanced Setup
- Start the Data Director Setup Wizard
- Accept the License Agreement
- Choose Advanced Setup
- Create the Initial Data Director System Administrator Account
- Set User Management Mode
- Configure the Branding Settings
- Configure SMTP Settings
- Configure the vCenter Network and Its Network Adapters
- Configure Network Mapping
- Configure Networks and Network Adapters
- Enter License Information
- Review Data Director Setup
- vFabric Data Director Upgrade
- Index
4 Finish Data Director vApp Deployment on page 26
The Data Director vApp can register as a vCenter extension at runtime only if it is bound to a service. To
finish Data Director vApp deployment, you select a service binding for the Data Director vApp, and
confirm the deployment settings.
Start the Wizard and Specify vApp Properties
To begin Data Director OVA deployment, you specify basic information about your deployment including its
name, location, and storage.
Prerequisites
You will select the disk format for the vApp virtual disks as part of deployment. For information about the
supported disk formats and their trade-offs, see the vSphere Storage documentation or the VMware Knowledge
Base article Using thin provisioned disks with virtual machines.
Procedure
1 In vSphere Client, right-click the cluster in which to deploy the Data Director vApp.
2 Select File > Deploy OVF Template.
3 Answer the wizard prompts.
Wizard Screen Action
Source
Enter or browse to the location of your Data Director vApp OVA file.
OVF Template Details
Confirm the product information.
Name and Location
Specify a name and select the target datacenter for your deployment.
Resource Pool
Select the cluster to which you want to deploy this vApp. If you select a
cluster, the vApp is deployed to the cluster's root resource pool. If the cluster
has child resource pools, you can choose one of the child resource pools.
Storage
Select the storage for the Data Director files.
Disk Format
Select the disk format for the vApp virtual disks.
What to do next
Click Next to specify network mappings and network properties.
Specify Network Mappings
As part of vApp deployment, choose the vSphere Networks that Data Director uses for its vCenter Network
and its Web Console Network.
Prerequisites
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Specify vApp properties in the Deploy OVF Template wizard. See “Start the Wizard and Specify vApp
Properties,” on page 24.
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Prepare your network setup worksheets. See the vFabric Data Director Worksheets.
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