Image Servers Using the VMware Imaging Appliance

Once you have uploaded the required ESXi and VIB packages to the

VMware Imaging Appliance service

, you can begin imaging servers. You can image an individual server, or multiple servers at the same time.

You can use the

VMware Imaging Appliance service

to image servers for use in the management domain and VI workload domains. The management domain requires a minimum of four servers. See the

Planning and Preparation Workbook

for more information about requirements.

When you image servers, the

VMware Imaging Appliance service

uses the ESXi ISO that you activated and the VIB(s) that you marked as

In use

In a web browser on the Windows machine that is connected to the

VMware Cloud Builder appliance

, navigate to

https://Cloud_Builder_VM_IP:8445/via

Enter the admin credentials you provided when you deployed the

VMware Cloud Builder appliance

and click Log in.

In the navigation pane, click

Imaging

Enter a name and description for the imaging job.

Enter the requirements for the imaging job

Option	Description
NTP Server	Enter the FQDN/IP address for the NTP server
Number	Enter the number of servers you want to image as part of the job using the selected ISO and VIBs.
IP	Enter the IP address that will be allocated to the server.
MAC	Enter the MAC address of the server. This is used by the imaging service to identify the physical host.
Host FQDN	Enter the FQDN to allocate to the server.