VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.8

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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.
Verify that you have downloaded and installed
VMware OVF Tool
 4.2 or later.
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.
  1. 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.

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