Veritas NetBackup™ Virtual Appliance Getting Started Guide

To deploy a media server appliance using the VMware OVF Tool

1. Log on to the vCenter Server where you want to deploy your appliance.

   Note:

   Your vCenter Server user account must have at least the minimum privileges required to deploy an OVF template. Refer to the VMware documentation for more information.

2. Use the VMware OVF Tool to run the following command, substituting the environment information that you gathered for the parameters that are marked with angular brackets (<>) and in italics:

   ovftool
   --name=<nbva_name>
   --acceptAllEulas
   --net:"VM Network=<vm_network>"
   --allowAllExtraConfig
   --datastore=<vm_datastore>
   --powerOn
   <nbva_ova>
   vi://<vCenter_username>:<vCenter_password>/?ip=<hostIPaddress>
   

   For more information about the OVF Tool, refer to the VMware OVF Tool documentation.

3. A newly deployed virtual appliance with the media role does not contain virtual disks for appliance storage. Once the deployment is complete, create new virtual disks to the virtual machine configuration. You can create a new virtual disk from the VMware vSphere Client.

   Note:

   Veritas recommends that you create virtual disks with sizes that are multiples of 512 GB, or 0.5 TB for the appliance to use as storage disks.

4. After you have added disks to the appliance from the VMware vSphere (Web) Client, proceed to perform the initial configuration steps in the following topic.

   See Performing the initial configuration on a NetBackup Virtual Appliance media server.