5.0
Table Of Contents
- vSphere Management Assistant Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction to vMA
- Getting Started with vMA
- Hardware Requirements
- Software Requirements
- Required Authentication Information
- Deploy vMA
- Configure vMA at First Boot
- vMA Console and Web UI
- Configure vMA for Active Directory Authentication
- Configure Unattended Authentication for Active Directory Targets
- Enable the vi-user Account
- vMA User Account Privileges
- Add Target Servers to vMA
- Running vSphere CLI for the Targets
- Reconfigure a Target Server
- Remove Target Servers from vMA
- Modifying Scripts
- Configure vMA to Use a Static IP Address
- Configure vMA to Use a DHCP Server
- Setting the Time Zone
- Shut Down vMA
- Delete vMA
- Troubleshooting vMA
- Update vMA
- Configure Automatic vMA Updates
- vMA Interfaces
- Index
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Chapter 2 Getting Started with vMA
Deploy vMA
YoucandeployvMAbyusingafileorfromaURL.Ifyouwanttodeployfromafile,downloadandunzipthe
vMAZIPfilebeforeyoustartthedeploymentprocess.
To deploy vMA
1UseavSphereClienttoconnecttoasystemthatisrunningthesupportedversionofESXiorvCenter
Server.
2IfconnectedtoavCenterServersystem,selectthehosttowhichyouwanttodeployvMAintheinventory
pane.
3 SelectFile>DeployOVFTemplate.
TheDeployOVFTemplatewizardappears.
4 SelectDeployfromafileorURLifyouhavealreadydownloadedandunzippedthe
vMAvirtual
appliancepackage.
5ClickBrowse,selecttheOVF,andclickNext.
6ClickNextwhentheOVFtemplatedetailsaredisplayed.
7AcceptthelicenseagreementandclickNext.
8Specifyanameforthevirtualmachine.
Youcanalsoacceptthedefaultvirtualmachinename.
9 Selectaninventorylocationforthevirtual
machinewhenprompted.
IfyouareconnectedtoavCenterServersystem,youcanselectafolder.
10 IfconnectedtoavCenterServersystem,selecttheresourcepoolforthevirtualmachine.
Bydefault,thetop‐levelrootresourcepoolisselected.
11 Ifprompted,selectthedatastoretostorethevirtualmachineonandclickNext.
12 SelecttherequireddiskformatoptionandclickNext.
13 SelectthenetworkmappingandclickNext.
14 ReviewtheinformationandclickFinish.
ThewizarddeploysthevMAvirtualmachinetothehostthatyouselected.The deployprocesscantake
severalminutes.
NextyouconfigureyourvMAvirtualmachine.YouperformthistaskwhenyoulogintovMAthefirsttime.
Configure vMA at First Boot
WhenyoustartthevMAvirtualmachinethefirsttime,youcanconfigureit.
To configure vMA
1InthevSphereClient,right‐clickthevirtualmachine,andclickPowerOn.
2 SelecttheConsoletab.
3Answerthenetworkconfigurationprompts.
I
MPORTANTYoucannotupgradeanearlierversionofvMAtovMA5.0.YoumustinstallafreshvMA5.0
instance.
I
MPORTANTEnurethatvMAisconnectedtothemanagementnetworkonwhichthevCenterServer
systemandtheESXihoststhatareintendedvMAtargetsarelocated.