As an alternative to installing vCenter Orchestrator on a Windows computer, you can download and deploy the Orchestrator Appliance.
The steps in the procedure might vary depending on the version of the vSphere Client that you use. You can also deploy the Orchestrator Appliance by using the vSphere Web Client. For instructions, see vSphere Virtual Machine Administration.
Prerequisites
Verify that your computing environment meets the following conditions:
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vCenter Server is installed and running.
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vSphere Client is installed.
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The host on which you are deploying the appliance has enough free disk space.
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In case that your system is isolated and without Internet access, you must download the .vmdk and .ovf files for the appliance from the download page on the VMware Web site, and save the files in the same folder.
Procedure
1 | Log in to the vSphere Client as an administrator. |
2 | In the vSphere Client, select . |
3 | Enter the path or the URL to the .ovf file and click Next. |
4 | Review the OVF details and click Next. |
5 | Accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next. |
6 | Specify a name and location for the deployed appliance and select a host or cluster on which to run the appliance. |
7 | Select a format in which to store the appliance's virtual disk.
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Thick provisioned Lazy Zeroed
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Creates a virtual disk in a default thick format. Space required
for the virtual disk is allocated when the virtual disk is created. Data remaining on the physical device is not erased during
creation, but is zeroed out on demand at a later time on first
write from the virtual machine.
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Thick Provisioned Eager Zeroed
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Supports clustering features such
as Fault Tolerance. Space required for the virtual disk is
allocated at creation time. In contrast to the flat format, the data
remaining on the physical device is zeroed out when the virtual
disk is created. It might take much longer to create disks in this
format than to create other types of disk formats.
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Thin provisioned format
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Saves storage space. For the thin disk, you
provision as much datastore space as the disk would require based
on the value that you enter for the disk size. However, the thin
disk starts small and at first, uses only as much datastore space
as the disk needs for its initial operations.
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8 | (Optional) Specify the network settings and IP address allocation, and click Next.
By default the Orchestrator Appliance uses DHCP. You can also change this setting manually and assign a fixed IP address from the appliance Web console.
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9 | Review the properties and the Ready to Complete Page and optionally select to power on the appliance after deployment. |
10 | Click Finish. |
The Orchestrator Appliance is successfully deployed.