2.2 Deploying Filr Appliances

After you have obtained and extracted the appliance software, you need to deploy it on your VMware host server, as illustrated in Figure 2-2 and Figure 2-3 and as explained in the tables that follow them. For more specific information about the different deployment models, see Small Installation Vs. Large Installation in the Novell Filr 1.0.1 Administration Guide.

2.2.1 Small Filr Deployment Overview

Figure 2-2 A Small Deployment of Filr

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Using the vSphere client, access the VMware host server and deploy the .ovf template file.

Specify the hostname and IP address. If possible, the system determines the mask and gateway, and automatically populates those fields.

The network interface is bridged by default. Make sure this setting matches the network configuration in your VMware environment.

A second disk is needed for the following reasons:

  • Adequate personal storage disk space—personal files are stored here.

  • Separation of system and data files to facilitate appliance updates—data files are stored here.

You might want to also change the RAM allocation and the number of CPUs.

Start the appliance.

Specify the appliance’s basic configuration, which includes administrative users’ passwords, IP address settings, and the time zone and NTP time source.

These settings are common to all Novell appliances.

2.2.2 Large Filr Deployment Overview

Figure 2-3 A Large Deployment of Filr

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Using the vSphere client, access the VMware host server and deploy the .ovf template file.

Specify the hostname and IP address. If possible, the system determines the mask and gateway, and automatically populates those fields.

The network interface is bridged by default. Make sure this setting matches the network configuration in your VMware environment.

A second disk is needed for the following reasons:

  • Adequate personal storage disk space

  • Separation of system and data files to facilitate appliance updates

You might want to also change the RAM allocation and the number of CPUs.

If you are clustering the Filr VA, add a shared disk for all members of the cluster to use.

This only applies to the Filr VA, not to the Search or MySQL appliances.

Start the appliance.

Specify the appliance’s basic configuration, which includes administrative users’ passwords, IP address settings, and the time zone and NTP time source.

These settings are common to all Novell appliances.

If you are installing separate appliances, you need to deploy a search appliance as well. The process is very similar to a Filr VA deployment, except that the search appliance doesn’t use shared storage.

Installing separate appliances also requires configuring a MySQL database. Deploying the MySQL appliance that comes with Filr is very similar to the process for Filr and the search appliance.

If you already have a MySQL database in your organization, you can use it instead of the MySQL appliance that comes with Filr.