Deploying the Director OVAs¶

Deploy in the following order:

1. Fabric Server OVA

2. API Server OVA

3. LPSM OVA

To deploy the Director OVAs:

1. Go to the LogPoint Help Center and download the required OVA file.

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.

    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	4 GB	80 GB

    Note

    To learn the minimum requirements for a LogPoint OVA, see the System Requirements for LogPoint section.

    

    Selecting the Storage¶

12. Select virtual disk format from the three available formats:

    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.

13. Select a VM Storage Policy.

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

    

    Selecting the Network¶

15. Select Destination Network and click NEXT.

16. Review your configuration and click FINISH.

    Click BACK to make changes or CANCEL the operation.

    

    Reviewing the Selections¶