Post-Imaging Configuration Using the VMware
Imaging Appliance
After you image your servers with ESXi and VIBs, you must perform
some post-imaging tasks, depending on whether you use an untagged or a tagged
management VLAN.
For imaging servers, the
VMware Imaging
Appliance service
requires
an untagged VLAN. You can continue to use an untagged VLAN for management, or
you can use a tagged VLAN.
Untagged Management
VLAN
In this scenario, you use the same network for provisioning and
management.
- Ensure that the Management Network and VM Network port groups on each host use the untagged VLAN (VLAN ID 0)
- Verify that your DNS and NTP server are routable to the management network and ESXi hosts can reach them. To configure a default gateway or static routes on your ESXi hosts, see https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2001426.
Tagged Management
VLAN
In this scenario, you use an untagged VLAN for provisioning and a
tagged VLAN for management.
- Modify the Management Network and VM Network port groups on each host to use the tagged VLAN
- Migrate the hosts from the provisioning network to the management network on the TOR switches
- Verify that your DNS and NTP server are routable to the management network and ESXi hosts can reach them. To configure a default gateway or static routes on your ESXi hosts, see https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2001426.