To install the NSX Intelligence appliance, download the NSX Intelligence installer bundle file to a local Web server and unpack it. The bundle file contains the OVF and other supporting files that are used for installing the NSX Intelligence appliance.

Prerequisites

  • Verify that you are entitled to use NSX Intelligence. You can use NSX Intelligence if you have an NSX-T Data Center Enterprise Plus license or during the evaluation period if you have an NSX-T Data Center evaluation license.
  • You must have an enterprise administrator role to install, configure, and use NSX Intelligence.
  • Verify that the user performing the download has proper permission to download and extract the .tar file contents to a local Web server.
  • Ensure that the local Web server that you plan to use to download the NSX Intelligence installer bundle file is using the default port 80 for HTTP.

Procedure

  1. Locate the NSX Intelligence installer TAR file on the VMware download portal .
  2. Download and save the NSX Intelligence installer bundle file to a local Web server location that is accessible from the NSX Manager user interface.
    Note: The currently supported Web server is IIS for Windows and Apache for Linux or Mac OS. You can use another Web server of your choice, but IIS and Apache are the Web servers tested and supported for these operating systems.
    The installer bundle filename has the following format VMware-NSX-Intelligence-appliance-<release-number>.<build-number>.tar. For example, VMware-NSX-Intelligence-appliance-1.0.0.0.0.14303803.tar.
  3. Unpack the contents of the TAR file in the same local Web server location.
    1. To unpack the TAR file contents on one of the supported Web servers, use the following info.
      Operating System Web Server Unpacking Tool to Use
      Windows IIS 7-Zip application
      Use the 7-Zip File Manager user interface or use a command prompt window. For example, to use a command prompt window to unpack the example TAR file, navigate to where the downloaded NSX Intelligence TAR file is located and enter the following command. 
      7z x VMware-NSX-Intelligence-appliance-1.0.0.0.0.14303803.tar
      Linux Apache tar command-line utility
      For example, to unpack the example TAR file, enter the following from a command prompt. 
      tar -xvf VMware-NSX-Intelligence-appliance-1.0.0.0.0.14303803.tar
      Mac OS Apache tar command-line utility
      For example, to unpack the example TAR file, enter the following from a Terminal command line. 
      tar -xvf VMware-NSX-Intelligence-appliance-1.0.0.0.0.14303803.tar
      Using the example bundle filename in the previous step, the unpacked contents include the following files:
      • nsx-intelligence-appliance-1.0.0.0.0.14303803.cert
      • nsx-intelligence-appliance-1.0.0.0.0.14303803.mf
      • nsx-intelligence-appliance-1.0.0.0.0.14303803.ovf
      • nsx-intelligence-appliance.vmdk
    2. Before continuing with the installation, ensure that the checksums of the unpacked files are the same as stated in the manifest file.
  4. Use the following info to verify that the Web server you are using is set up for the MIME type to use for each NSX Intelligence installer file type. If necessary, manually update your Web server.
    NSX Intelligence Installer File Type MIME Type
    .ovf application/vmware
    .vmdk application/octet-stream
    .mf text/cache-manifest
    .cert application/x-x509-user-cert
  5. Copy the file path of the NSX Intelligence OVF file. For example, http://local-web-server/nsx-intelligence-appliance-1.0.0.0.0.14303803.ovf. You provide this path during the NSX Intelligence appliance installation process.

What to do next

Proceed with installing the NSX Intelligence appliance. See Install the NSX Intelligence Appliance.