You can deploy the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics using a pre-configured OVA image.

Prerequisites

  • Download the OVA image for the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics from VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics product download.

  • Verify that you can access vSphere Infrastructure with privileges required for creating and interacting with virtual machines.

  • Verify that you have host, storage, and network configuration details for the virtual appliance being deployed, refer to the Installation Requirements section for the appliance deployment requirements.

Procedure

  1. In the vSphere Client connected to the VMware vCenter Server, right-click the datacenter or cluster or host on which you want to deploy the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics virtual appliance.
  2. Click Deploy OVF Template to start the deployment process.
  3. Perform the followings steps:
    1. On the Select an OVF template page, select Local file, and click Upload files.
    2. On the Open dialog page, select the OVA file, click Open, and click Next.
  4. On the Select a name and folder page, in the Virtual machine name text box, enter the name for the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics virtual appliance. Select the preferred datacenter, or cluster, or host for the virtual machine and click Next.
  5. On the Select a compute resource page, select the preferred VMware ESXi host as the compute resource, and click Next.
  6. On the Review details page, review the settings, and click Next.
  7. On the License agreements page, accept the license agreement, and click Next.
  8. On the Select storage page, select the destination storage and optionally the preferred format and the storage policy, and click Next.
  9. On the Select networks page, select the port group to which you want the appliance to connect and click Next.
  10. On the Customize template page, configure following settings, and click Next.

    1. Settings

      Value

      Initial/Current root password

      The password of the root user of VMware Photon operating system as per the security compliance policy of your organization or Password Policy.

      The password must be a minimum of 8 characters and include at least one uppercase, one lowercase, one digit, and one special character.

      Initial/Current shd-admin user password

      The password for the shd-admin user account as per the security compliance policy of your organization or Password Policy.

      The password must be a minimum of 8 characters and include at least one uppercase, one lowercase, one digit, and one special character.

      Note:

      VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics by default creates a user shd-admin with Administrator Role. This user account must not be deleted and the only account available post deployment. You can use this account to login and create further user acounts.

      Host Name

      Enter the hostname or FQDN for the appliance (leave blank in case DHCP is desired).

      Network IP Address

      Enter the IP address for the appliance (leave blank in case DHCP is desired).

      Network Prefix

      Enter the network prefix for the appliance (leave blank in case DHCP is desired).

      Default IPv4 Gateway

      Enter the default gateway for the appliance (leave blank in case DHCP is desired).

      Domain Name Servers

      Enter the IP address of the primary and secondary DNS servers, comma or space separated values are accepted (leave blank in case DHCP is desired).

      NTP Servers

      Enter the NTP server or servers. Enter comma or space separated values if entering multiple NTP servers. NTP servers can be entered using FQDNs or IP addresses.
  11. On the Ready to complete page, click Finish, and wait for the completion of the task.

    Power on newly deployed virtual machine. The OS boots up and the appliance is ready to use in approximately five minutes.

Results

The VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics virtual appliance is deployed and configured.