Deploying using VMware vSphere

Deploying

The following steps will walk you through the deployment:

1. Within your existing VMWare infrastructure, right-click an inventory object, and select Deploy OVF Template. The Deploy OVF Template wizard opens.

2. On the Select an OVF template page, specify the location of the downloaded EPM Server release OVA software package.

   

3. Click NEXT.

4. On the Select a name and folder page, enter a unique name for your virtual appliance and select a deployment folder location.

   

5. Click NEXT.

6. On the Select a compute resource page, select a resource on which to run the deployed virtual appliance template.

7. Click NEXT.

8. On the Review details page, verify the OVF template details.

   

   Info

   If the OVF signing certificate is not trusted against the VECS store, a certificate issue may be displayed. Instructions for how to remove the certificate issue can be found here.

9. Click NEXT.

10. On the License agreements page, read the Osirium End User License Agreement. Accept and click NEXT.

    

11. On the Select storage page, define where and how to store the virtual appliance files that will be deployed through the OVA template.

12. Click NEXT.

13. On the Select networks page, select a source network and map it to a destination.

14. Click NEXT.

15. On the Ready to complete page, review the settings and click FINISH. Wait while the virtual appliance is deployed.

Next steps

You are now ready to configure your EPM Server. See EPM Server Network Configuration.