6.1 Deploying a VMware VM

Complete the steps in Table 6-1 for each appliance that you planned in the following worksheets:

  • Worksheet 21—Filr Appliances

  • Worksheet 22—Filrsearch Appliances

  • Worksheet 23—SQL Database (if applicable)

Table 6-1 Deploying a VMware VM

Page, Dialog, or Option

Do This

 

1 - Identifying the appliance.

 

  1. Referring to the worksheets listed in the introduction, choose an appliance to deploy.

    IMPORTANT:Your Filr deployment must be set up in the order specified in Section 8.0, Creating an Expandable Filr Deployment.

  2. It is recommended to deploy the MySQL appliance behind the firewall.

  3. The Search appliance runs Memcached service to enable clustering. To secure Memcached, it is strongly recommended to deploy the Search appliance behind the firewall. Port 11211 is used by the Memcached service.

    For more information on securing Memcached, see Securing Memcached in the Filr 3.4.1: Administrative UI Reference.

 

2 - Launching the vSphere Client, naming the VM, and choosing the datastore.

vSphere Client

  1. On your management workstation, start the vSphere Client.

  2. Click File > Deploy OVF Template.

Deploy OVF Template

  1. Click Browse.

Open

  1. For the appliance type you are deploying, navigate to the contents of the appropriate folder extracted in Step 2.

    HINT:Check to be sure that the appliance type matches the worksheet you are following.

  2. Select the .ovf file.

  3. Click Open.

Deploy OVF Template

  1. Click Next > Next.

  2. In the Name field, type the name of the appliance as planned on the worksheet you are following. For example filr-30-192.168.1.61.

  3. Click Next.

  4. Choose the datastore you identified as the Location on VM Host Server on Worksheet 25—Storage Planning Summary.

  5. Click Next to accept the default for the disk format.

  6. Do not select Power on after deployment.

  7. Click Finish.

    The boot disk is created and the appliance is deployed as specified to this point.

3 - Editing the VM settings.

vSphere Client

  1. In the vSphere Client, right-click the VM you just deployed and select Edit Settings.

    The Virtual Machine Properties dialog displays.

Virtual Machine Properties

  1. The Filr VMware VMs ship with Memory and CPU settings that are appliance-type appropriate in most circumstances.

    You can adjust them at this point if desired, or you can adjust them later if required for performance tuning purposes.

    If you increase or decrease server memory for a Filr or Filrsearch appliance, you should also modify the Java heap size, as described in Changing JVM Configuration Settings in the Filr 3.4.1: Administrative UI Reference.

 

4 - Adding and configuring disk 2 (/vastorage)

Virtual Machine Properties

  1. Click Add.

Add Hardware

  1. Select Hard Disk.

  2. Click Next.

  3. Click Next (create a new virtual disk).

  4. Adjust the Disk Size field value specified for disk 2 on this appliance in the Worksheet 25—Storage Planning Summary.

  5. Under Disk Provisioning, select either:

    • Thick Provision Eager Zeroed

      or

    • Support clustering features such as Fault Tolerance

    Depending on the VMware version that you are running.

  6. Under Location, select Specify a datastore or Datastore cluster

  7. Click Browse.

  8. Select a datastore

  9. Click OK.

  10. Click Next.

  11. Under Virtual Device Node section, select SCSI (1:0).

  12. Under Mode, select Independent and Persistent.

  13. Click Next.

  14. Click Finish.

 

5 - Adding and Configuring disk 3 (/var)

Virtual Machine Properties

  1. Click Add.

Add Hardware

  1. Select Hard Disk.

  2. Click Next.

  3. Click Next (create a new virtual disk).

  4. Adjust the Disk Size field value specified for disk 3 on this appliance in the Worksheet 25—Storage Planning Summary.

  5. Under Disk Provisioning, select either:

    • Thick Provision Eager Zeroed

      or

    • Support clustering features such as Fault Tolerance

    Depending on the VMware version that you are running.

  6. Under Location, select Specify a datastore or Datastore cluster

  7. Click Browse.

  8. Select a datastore

  9. Click OK.

  10. Click Next.

  11. Under Virtual Device Node section, select SCSI (2:0).

  12. Click Next.

  13. Click Finish.

  14. If you need to add network adapters, continue with 6 - (Optional) Adding a Network Adapter.

    Otherwise, click OK, return to the top of Table 6-1, and deploy the next appliance you have planned for.

 

6 - (Optional) Adding a Network Adapter

You can add a network adapter if your Filr deployment accesses a separate network for one or more of the following reasons:

  • Appliance administration.

  • NFS mount or CIFS access to the /vashare mount point.

  • Security of Memcached.

    IMPORTANT:Bonding or teaming NICs is not supported with Filr.

Virtual Machine Properties

  1. Click Add.

Add Hardware

  1. Select Ethernet Adapter.

  2. Click Next.

  3. Under Network Connection, select the secondary network associated with the Filr installation.

  4. Click Next > Finish > OK.

vSphere Client

  1. Repeat the steps in this table until all of your planned appliances have been deployed, then continue with Section 7.0, Starting and Configuring the Appliances.