Deploy an On-Premises vCloud Availability Appliance by Using the vSphere Client

In the vSphere Client, you can deploy an on-premises vCloud Availability appliance by using a single OVA file.

Prerequisites

• Download the vCloud Availability 3.0 Appliance for Tenants (On-premise Sites) vCloud-Availability-OnPrem-release_number-xxx-build_number_OVF10.ova file, containing the binaries for the VMware vCloud Availability appliance.
• If your vSphere version is earlier than 6.5, install the Client Integration Plug-in to be able to use the Deploy OVF Template option in the vSphere Web Client.

Procedure

1. Log in to your vCenter Server by using the vSphere Client.
2. Navigate to a target object where you want to deploy the on-premises vCloud Availability appliance.
   As a target object you can use a data center, a folder, a cluster, a resource pool, or a host.
3. Right-click the target object and from the drop-down menu select Deploy OVF Template.
   The Deploy OVF Template wizard opens.
4. On the Select an OVF template page, browse to the VMware-vCloud-Availability-OnPrem-release_number-xxx-build_number_OVF10.ova file location and click Next.
5. On the Select a name and folder page, enter a name for the on-premises appliance, select a deployment location, and click Next.
6. On the Select a compute resource page, select a host, or cluster as a compute resource to run the appliance on, and click Next.
7. On the Review details page, verify the OVF template details and click Next.
8. On the License agreements page, select the I accept all license agreements check box and click Next.
9. On the Select storage page, select the virtual disk format and the storage policy for the appliance and click Next.
10. On the Select networks page, optionally configure the network settings, then click Next.
11. On the Customize template page, customize the deployment properties of the on-premises appliance and click Next.
    1. Enter and confirm the initial password for the appliance root user.
       You must change the initial root user password when you log in for the first time.
    2. (Required) Select the Enable SSH check box.
    3. In the NTP Server section, enter the NTP server address for the appliance to use.
       Important: Ensure that vCenter Server, ESXi, vCloud Director, Platform Services Controller, and the vCloud Availability appliance all use the same NTP server.
12. On the Ready to complete page, review the settings, optionally select Power on after deployment and to begin the OVA installation process, click Finish.

Results

The Recent Tasks pane shows a new task for initializing the OVA deployment. After the task is complete, the new appliance is created on the selected resource.