Deploying the Director OVAs¶

Deploy Director OVAs in this order:

1. Fabric Server OVA

2. API Server OVA

3. LPSM OVA

Prerequisites

1. You must deploy Fabric Server OVA and install Fabric Server before deploying the API Server OVA.

2. Director OVA must only be deployed in Virtual Machines that are booted in BIOS mode.

Steps to Deploy Director OVAs

1. Go to the Logpoint Help Center and download the OVA file for Fabric Server, API Server or LPSM.

2. Log in to your vSphere client.

3. Click the Host and Cluster icon.

4. Right-click the appropriate resource pool, and select Deploy OVF Template.

   

   Deploying an OVF Template¶

5. Select Local file and click UPLOAD FILES.

6. Browse the downloaded OVA file and click Open.

7. Click NEXT.

   

   Selecting a Name and a Folder¶

8. Enter a Virtual machine name and select a location for the virtual machine.

9. Click NEXT.

   

   Selecting the Compute Resource¶

10. Select a compute resource for the virtual machine and click NEXT.

11. Review the configuration details and click NEXT.

12. Select virtual disk format:

    1. Select the Eager Zeroed Thick Provision format to allocate the storage and clear all the data inside the disk array immediately.

    2. Select the Lazy Zeroed Thick Provision format

    3. Select the Thin Provision format to allocate the storage and clear the data of the disk array only on demand.

    Minimum requirements for the Fabric Server and API Server OVAs¶

    CPU Cores	Memory	Disk
    4	8 GB	100 GB

    Minimum requirements for an LPSM OVA¶

    CPU Cores	Memory	Disk
    2	8 GB	80 GB

    

    Selecting the Storage¶

13. Select a VM Storage Policy.

14. Select a datastore from the list to deploy the virtual machine and click NEXT.

15. Select Destination Network and click NEXT.

    

    Selecting the Network¶

16. Review your configuration and click FINISH.

    Click BACK to make changes or CANCEL the operation.

    

    Reviewing the Selections¶

If you have any issues, contact the Logpoint support team. They will need your Director support connection details to fix the issue.