Use the VMware OVF Tool to Deploy the Site Recovery Manager Virtual Appliance Virtual Machine from a Client OVF Template

You can use the VMware OVF Tool to deploy the Site Recovery Manager Virtual Appliance virtual machine from a client OVF template.

VMware OVF Tool ( ovftool) is a flexible command-line utility that you can use to import and export OVF packages to and from a wide variety of VMware products. For more information about the ovftool, see the VMware OVF Tool documentation.

Prerequisites

Verify that you have downloaded and installed VMware OVF Tool 4.2 or later.

Procedure

• ♦ To deploy the Site Recovery Manager Virtual Appliance with the VMware OVF Tool, use one the following command lines.
  1. If you want to obtain network settings through DHCP:

     ovftool 
       --acceptAllEulas
       --ipAllocationPolicy=dhcpPolicy
       --ipProtocol=IPv4
       --deploymentOption=light | standard
       --name=SRM-VA-NAME
       --datastore=DATASTORE-NAME
       --network=NETWORK-NAME
       --net:"Network 1"=NETWORK-NAME
       --prop:varoot-password=ROOT-PASSWORD
       --prop:vaadmin-password=ADMIN-PASSWORD
       --prop:dbpassword=DB-PASSWORD
       --prop:ntpserver=NTP-SERVER
       --prop:network.netmode.VMware_Site_Recovery_Manager_Appliance='dhcp'
       --prop:network.addrfamily.VMware_Site_Recovery_Manager_Appliance='ipv4'
       http://HOST/PATH/srm-va_OVF10.ovf 
       vi://VC_USERNAME:VC_PASSWORD@VC_ADDRESS/DATACENTER-NAME/host/CLUSTER-NAME/Resources/RESOURCE-POOL-NAME

  2. If you want to obtain network settings through a static IP address:

     ovftool 
       --acceptAllEulas
       --ipAllocationPolicy=dhcpPolicy
       --ipProtocol=IPv4
       --deploymentOption=light | standard
       --name=SRM-VA-NAME
       --datastore=DATASTORE-NAME
       --network=NETWORK-NAME
       --net:"Network 1"=NETWORK-NAME
       --prop:varoot-password=ROOT-PASSWORD
       --prop:vaadmin-password=ADMIN-PASSWORD
       --prop:dbpassword=DB-PASSWORD
       --prop:ntpserver=NTP-SERVER
       --prop:"network.ip0.VMware_Site_Recovery_Manager_Appliance"="VA IP" 
       --prop:"network.netprefix0.VMware_Site_Recovery_Manager_Appliance"="NETWORK PREFIX"
       --prop:"network.gateway.VMware_Site_Recovery_Manager_Appliance"="GATEWAY IP"
       --prop:"network.DNS.VMware_Site_Recovery_Manager_Appliance"="DNS SERVER 1, DNS SERVER 2"
       --prop:"network.searchpath.VMware_Site_Recovery_Manager_Appliance"="DNS SEARCH PATH - DOMAIN"
       --prop:"network.netmode.VMware_Site_Recovery_Manager_Appliance"='static'
       --ipAllocationPolicy="fixedPolicy"
       --prop:network.addrfamily.VMware_Site_Recovery_Manager_Appliance='ipv4'
       http://HOST/PATH/srm-va_OVF10.ovf 
       vi://VC_USERNAME:VC_PASSWORD@VC_ADDRESS/DATACENTER-NAME/host/CLUSTER-NAME/Resources/RESOURCE-POOL-NAME

  You must replace the variables in the example with values from your environment.

  Variable	Description
  light | standard	The deployment type for the Site Recovery Manager Appliance virtual machine. Use the light deployment type for deployments that protect less than 1000 virtual machines. Use the standard deployment type for deployments that protect more than 1000 virtual machines.
  SRM-VA-NAME	The name of the Site Recovery Manager Appliance virtual machine.
  DATASTORE-NAME	The target datastore name.
  NETWORK-NAME	The name of the target network.
  ROOT-PASSWORD	The password for the root account, which you use to log in to the OS of the virtual appliance. The password must be at least eight characters long and must contain characters from four character classes: lowercase letters, uppercase letters, numbers, and special characters.
  ADMIN-PASSWORD	The password for the admin user account, which you use for access to the Site Recovery Manager Appliance Management Interface and for SSH access to the appliance OS. The password must be at least eight characters long and must contain characters from four character classes: lowercase letters, uppercase letters, numbers, and special characters.
  DB-PASSWORD	The password for the srmdb database account, which you use to connect to the embedded vPostgres database. The password must be at least eight characters long and must contain characters from four character classes: lowercase letters, uppercase letters, numbers, and special characters.
  NTP-SERVER	The NTP server host name.
  HOST	The host address of the source virtual machine.
  PATH	The path to the OVF package.
  NETWORK PREFIX	The network prefix of the Site Recovery Manager Appliance.
  DNS SEARCH PATH - DOMAIN	The domain search path for this virtual machine (use a comma or a space to separate the different names).
  GATEWAY IP ADDRESS	The Gateway address of the Site Recovery Manager Appliance.
  VA IP	The IP address of the Site Recovery Manager Appliance virtual machine.
  DNS IP ADDRESS	The DNS address of the Site Recovery Manager Appliance .
  VC_USERNAME	The user name for the target vCenter Server.
  VC_PASSWORD	The password for the target vCenter Server.
  VC_ADDRESS	The address of the target vCenter Server.
  DATACENTER-NAME	The name of the target data center.
  CLUSTER-NAME	The name of the target cluster.
  RESOURCE-POOL-NAME	The name of the target resource pool.

What to do next

Configure the Site Recovery Manager Appliance to Connect to a vCenter Server at both the protected and the recovery site.