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Users Guide to Deploying vApps andVirtual Appliances

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Users Guide to Deploying vApps and Virtual Appliances

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Contents

About

This

Book 5

1 OverviewofAppliancesCreatedwithVMwareStudio 7AboutvAppsandVirtualAppliances 7

ComponentsofVirtualAppliancesCreatedwithVMwareStudio 8

2 DeployingYourVirtualAppliance 9SystemRequirements 9

DistributionFormats 9

DeployingaVirtualApplianceinVMwarevSphere 10

DeployingaVirtualAppliancefromZIP 10

Deploying

a

Virtual

Appliance

in

VMware

vCloud

Director 11FirstStartoftheVirtualAppliance 11

ChoosingBetweenDHCPandStaticIP 12

ConfiguringaStaticIPAddress 12

SettingtheDefaultGateway 12

SettingtheHostName 13

SettingtheDNSServers 13

ConfiguringtheNetworkProxy 13

ConfiguringDHCP 13

ConfiguringanIPv6Network 14

SettingtheTimeZone 14

VirtualAppliancesBasedonWindows 14

3 ManagingaVirtualAppliance 15ExploringaVirtualAppliance 15

UsingtheCommandLine 16

ExploringvAppsinthevSphereClient 16

ShuttingDownorRebootingtheVirtualAppliance 16

SettingtheTimeZone 17

NetworkConfiguration 17

SettingaProxyServer 18

ChoosingBetweenDHCPandStaticNetworkAddresses 18

ConfiguringIPv6Networks 18

NameService 19

Firewall

Security 19Troubleshooting 19

4 UpdatingaVirtualAppliance 21TypesofUpdates 21

UpdateTabStatusandSettings 21

CheckingVersionStatus 21

InstallingAvailableUpdates 22

SettingUpdatePolicies 22

SettingUpdateSource 22

UsingtheCommandLineforUpdates 22

SpecifyingUpdateRepository 23

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5 ManagingVirtualApplianceswithvCenterServer 25RequirementsforUpdateManager 25

VirtualApplianceBaselines 26

CreatingVirtualApplianceUpgradeBaselines 26

AttachingVirtualApplianceUpgradeBaselines 26

ScanningVirtualAppliances 27

DoingaManualScan 27

SchedulingaScan 27

ViewingScanResults 28

ReviewingScanResultsforVirtualAppliancesContainedinavSphereObject 28

ReviewingScanResultsforanIndividualVirtualAppliance 29

RemediatingVirtualAppliances 29

VirtualApplianceRecognition 30

Appendix 31VMwarePlatformProductsforOVFandOVA 31

CompatibilityforVirtualAppliancesandvApps 31

Index 33

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Thisbook,theUsersGuidetoDeployingvAppsandVirtualAppliances,describeshowtodeployandmanagevAppsandvirtualappliancesbuiltwithVMwareStudio.ThisguideisintendedforVMwareuserswhoare

installing,running,andupdatingvAppsandvirtualappliancescreatedbyVMwareStudio.

Revision History

Thisbookisrevisedwitheachreleaseoftheproductorwhennecessary.Arevisedversioncancontainminor

ormajorchanges.Table 1summarizesthesignificantchangesineachversionofthisbook.

VMwareprovidesseveralSDKproductsthattargetdifferentdevelopercommunitiesandplatformproducts.

FordocumentationaboutthevariousVMwareSDKproductsandthelatestversionofthisguide,goto

http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/sdk_pubs.html.

VMware Studio Forum

IfyouhavequestionsaboutVMwareStudioorwanttointeractwithotherusersanddevelopers,visitthe

communityforum

at

http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/vam/studio?view=discussions.

ForinformationaboutusingOVFandvApps,gototheVMwareblogathttp://blogs.vmware.com/vapp/.

Intended Audience

ThismanualisintendedforendusersofvirtualappliancescreatedusingVMwareStudio.Itdescribeshow

appliancesbuiltwithVMwareStudiocanbedeployed,managed,andupdated.Forinformationaboutcreating

vAppsandvirtualapplianceswithVMwareStudio,seetheDevelopersGuidetoBuildingvAppsandVirtualAppliances.

About This Book

Table 1. Revision History

Revision Description

20120302 RevisionfortheVMwareStudio2.6Faradayrelease.

20110415 MajorrevisionfortheVMwareStudio2.5Edisonrelease.

20101117 InternalversionfortheVMwareStudio2.1.1update.

20100713 MajorrevisionfortheVMwareStudio2.1release.

20090831 FinalversionfortheVMwareStudio2.0release

20090629 RetitledUsersGuidetoDeployingvAppsandVirtualAppliancesforStudio2.0Beta.20081216 Correctionsmadetofirstversion,butnonewmaterial.

20080905 FirstversionoftheGuidetoDeployingVirtualAppliancesforVMwareStudio1.0.
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1

Thischapterprovidesanoverviewofvirtualappliances,andincludesthefollowingtopics:

AboutvAppsandVirtualAppliancesonpage 7

ComponentsofVirtualAppliancesCreatedwithVMwareStudioonpage 8

VMwareStudioisanintegrateddevelopmenttoolthattransformsexistingsoftwareapplicationsintovApps

andvirtual

appliances

that

are

ready

to

run

on

VMware

platform

products.

With

VMware

Studio,

software

developerscaneasilypackageapplicationsthatareoptimizedforvirtualenvironments.Userscanquickly

deploythesevirtualappliances,anddatacenteradministratorscanmanagethemwithinvSphere.

About vApps and Virtual Appliances

Avirtualapplianceisaprebuiltsoftwaresolutioncontainingvirtualmachinesandsoftwareapplicationsthat

areintegrated,managed,andupdatedasapackage.Unlikeconventionalhardwareappliances,virtual

appliancesareeasyforuserstoacquireanddeployasasolution.Virtualappliancessimplifythedevelopment

anddistributionofsoftwareapplications,andshortenimplementationtime.

In2009VMwareintroducedthevApp,asoftwaresolutionoptimizedforcloudcomputing.AvAppcan

containmultipleinteroperatingvirtualmachinesandsoftwareapplicationsthatyoucaninstallandmanage

asaunit.AvAppusestheindustrystandardOpenVirtualizationFormat(OVF)1.0toencapsulatethe

componentsofamultitierapplication,alongwiththeoperationalpoliciesassociatedwithit.AvAppgives

applicationownersawaytodescribepoliciesthattheirdatacenterorvirtualcloudcaninterpretandrun.

VMwareStudiohelpsdevelopersbuildandmaintainproductionreadyvAppsandvirtualapplianceswith

applicationsthatarenottiedtoparticularhardware.LinuxbasedvirtualappliancesbuiltwithStudiocontain

aninguestmanagementcomponentcalledtheVirtualApplianceManagementInfrastructure(VAMI).VAMI

providesaWebconsoleandcommandlineinterfacetoperformthefollowingtasks:

Configurenetworksettingsandreviewsysteminformationforthevirtualappliance

Stoporrestartthevirtualappliance

CheckforupdatesandinstallthemoverthenetworkorfromCDROM,immediatelyoronaschedule

Anindependentsoftwarevendor(ISV)cancustomizetheWebconsoletoprovideanimmediatelinktothe

applicationsWebinterface.ForavApp,VAMIcanenforcebootorderandrunpriority.VAMIalsointegrates

seamlesslyintovCenterServerandVMwarevCenterUpdateManager.

VMwareStudiocanalsobuildWindowsbasedvirtualappliances,buttheydonotcontaintheVAMIagent.

VMwareStudiobuildsvirtualappliancesthatareportableacrossVMwareplatformproducts,andwhichcan

beupdatedorpatchedremotely,iftheappliancedeveloperenabledtheupdaterepository.Thisupdatefacility

doesnotrequireuseofUpdateManager.

VMwareStudioproducesvirtualappliancesinOpenVirtualizationFormat(OVF),OVA(archiveOVF),orZIP.

GeneratedOVFfilesconformtotheOVF0.9draftspecificationortheOVF1.0standard.OVF1.0isrequired

forvApps.ForinformationaboutOVF,seehttp://www.vmware.com/appliances/learn/ovf.html.

Overview of Appliances Created withVMware Studio 1
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Components of Virtual Appliances Created with VMware Studio

Figure 11showsthecomponentsofavirtualappliancecreatedwithVMwareStudio.

Figure 1-1. Virtual Appliance Created by VMware Studio

VirtualappliancescreatedwithVMwareStudiocontainthefollowingcomponents:

JeOSJustenoughOperatingSystem.VirtualappliancesbuiltwithVMwareStudiousestheminimal

requiredpackages,ensuringthatvirtualapplianceshaveasmallfootprintandarerelativelysecure.

VMwareToolsVMwareStudioinstallsVMwareToolsduringthebuildofvirtualappliancestoenhance

communicationbetweenVMwarevirtualizationplatformsandthevirtualappliance.

VAMITheinguestmanagementcomponentprovidesaWebconsoletomanagethevirtualappliance.

VAMI(VirtualApplianceManagementInfrastructure)allowsyoutochangenetworksettings,updatethe

virtualappliance,andcontrolthestateofthesystembyshutdownandreboot,inadditiontoother

managementservicesthatanISVadds.AllthedefaultmanagementservicesprovidedbyVAMIareimplementedasCommonInformationModel(CIM)ProvidersusingSmallFootprintCIMBroker(SFCB)

asaCIMManager.CIMisastandardfromDistributedManagementTaskForce(DMTF).Formore

informationonCIMandotherDMTFstandards,seehttp://www.dmtf.org.

TheWebconsoleinterfacebasedonVAMI,ifincludedinavirtualappliance,isusuallyavailableatthe

secureHTTPport5480,https://hostname.or.ip.address :5480forexample.

ApplicationTheISVorhardwareappliancevendor(HAV)createstheapplication.Theapplication

performstheintendedtaskforwhichtheapplianceiscreated.

Youcanmanagevirtualappliancesusingoneormoreofthefollowingmethods:

VirtualApplianceWebconsoleThisconnectionprovidesaWebconsoletoperformconfigurationand

maintenancetasks.

A

command

line

interface

might

be

available

on

adifferent

connection.

VMwarevCenterServerACIMconnectionenablesmanagementbyVMwarevCenterServer(formerly

VirtualCenter)andUpdateManager.

ThirdpartymanagementsoftwareThisconnectionmaysupportthirdpartymanagementsoftwareto

controlthevirtualappliance.

NOTE Someoftheinterfaceslistedabovearenotincludedincertainappliances.
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Thischapterprovidesinformationabouthowtodeployavirtualappliance,andincludesthefollowingtopics:

SystemRequirementsonpage 9

DistributionFormatsonpage 9

DeployingaVirtualApplianceinVMwarevSphereonpage 10

DeployingaVirtualAppliancefromZIPonpage 10

DeployingaVirtualApplianceinVMwarevCloudDirectoronpage 11

FirstStartoftheVirtualApplianceonpage 11

System Requirements

VirtualappliancescreatedbyVMwareStudiocanbedeployedonthefollowingVMwareplatformproducts:

VMwareESX/ESXi5.0,4.1,4.0,or3.5throughvCenterServer5.0,4.1,or4.0

VMwareESX/ESXi3.5throughVMwareVirtualCenter2.5

VMwareESX/ESXi

5.0,

4.1,

4.0,

or

3.5

VMwareWorkstation7.1,7.0.1,or6.5.2andVMwarePlayer3.1,3.0,and2.5

VMwareCloudDirector1.0

ForWebconsolemanagement,VMwareStudiovirtualappliancessupportthefollowingWebbrowsers:

InternetExplorer

MozillaFirefox

GoogleChrome

Distribution Formats

Yourvirtualappliancemaybedistributedinoneormoreofthefollowingformats:

AZIParchivecontainingaVMXvirtualmachinefileandoneormoreVMDKfiles

AnOVF0.9fileandoneormoreVMDKfiles(OVF0.9package)

AnOVF1.0fileandoneormoreVMDKfiles(OVF1.0package)

AnOVAarchive(anOVF1.0packageinTARformat)exceptonvCloudDirector

Yourdeploymentmethoddependsonthedistributionformat.ForVMwareWorkstation,useZIPasdescribed

inDeployingaVirtualAppliancefromZIPonpage 10.

FordeploymentinVMwarevSphere(ESX/ESXiandvCenterServer),useOVForOVAformatasdiscussedin

thefollowingsection.FordeploymentonvCloudDirector,useOVF1.0format.

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Deploying a Virtual Appliance in VMware vSphere

IfyoureceiveavirtualapplianceinOVF0.9format,youcandeployitonVMwareInfrastructure3orlater.

IfyougetavApporvirtualapplianceinOVF1.0orOVAformat,youmustdeployitonVMwarevSphere4.

YoucandeployanOVForOVAeitherbyspecifyingitsURLinvSphere,orafterdownloadingtheOVFand

VMDKfiles(ortheOVAarchive)toyourlocaldisk.

To deploy a virtual appliance or vApp from OVF or OVA

1 IntheVMwareInfrastructureClient,selectmenuFile>VirtualAppliance>Import.

IntheVMwarevSphereClient,selectFile>DeployOVFTemplate.

2 ChooseeitherDeployfromURLorDeployfromfile,basedonwheretheOVForOVAislocated.

3 Toinstalltheappliance,supplytherequestedinformationintheImportVirtualApplianceWizard,and

accepttheEndUserLicenseAgreement(EULA).

OnvSphere4whenyoudeployanOVF1.0orOVAproducedbyVMwareStudio,youarepromptedfor

OVFnetworkingproperties,whichconfigurenetworkingforthevApp.Youmightbepromptedforother

OVFpropertiesthattheISVhasdefinedtoconfiguretheapplication.FortheOVFnetworkingproperties

towork,anIPPoolmustbeconfiguredonthevCenterServer,andthisconfigurationmustbecomplete

beforeyoupoweronthevirtualappliance.

OnplatformproductsotherthanvSphere,appliancestrytoacquireanIPaddressfromaDHCPserverby

default.IfyoupreferastaticIPaddress,seeConfiguringaStaticIPAddressonpage 12.

4 Poweronthevirtualmachine.InthecaseofavApp,youcanpowerontheentirevApp.

5 ContinuewithFirstStartoftheVirtualApplianceonpage 11.

IfyoureceiveyourvirtualapplianceasaZIPfilecontainingaVMXfileandoneormoreVMDKfiles,thenyou

mustfirstconvertthevirtualappliance.VMwarevCenterConverterStandaloneToolconvertsandimportsthe

virtualappliancedirectlyintothevSphereinventorysothatyoucanrunitimmediately.Converterisfreeand

availablefromtheVMwareWebsiteathttp://vmware.com/products/converter/.

Deploying a Virtual Appliance from ZIP

AZIPdistributionfilecontainsaVMXfileandoneormoreVMDKfiles.IfyoureceiveadistributioninZIP

format,firstunzipthefileandthenopentheVMXfileusingeitherVMwareWorkstationorVMwarePlayer.

To deploy a virtual appl iance from ZIP

1 OntheVMwareplatformproductwherethevirtualappliancewillrun,extracttheZIPfileintoafolder.

Forexample,theextractionfoldermightbe/var/lib/vmware/VirtualMachinesonaLinuxhost,or

C:\MyVirtualMachinesonaWindowshost.

2 IntheVMwareWorkstationapplicationmenu,selectFile>Open.

3 ClickBrowseandnavigatetothefolderwhereyouextractedthevirtualappliancesoftware.Select

.vmxandclickOpen.

TheapplianceappearsasanentryintheInventory.

4 IntheCommandssection,clickStart.

5 ContinuewithFirstStartoftheVirtualApplianceonpage 11.

IfyoureceivethevirtualapplianceasanOVFfile,youcanimportitwiththeovftool,whichconvertstheOVF

andVMDKfilesintoVMXandVMDKfileswhicharecompatiblewithVMwarehostedproducts.The

ovftoolisfreeandavailableontheVMwareWebsiteathttp://vmware.com/appliances/learn/ovf.html.
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Deploying a Virtual Appl iance in VMware vCloud Director

IfyoureceiveavirtualapplianceinOVFformat,youcandeployitonVMwarevCloudDirector1.0.However,

vCloudDirectordoesnotsupportOVAdeployment.

To deploy a virtual appliance or vApp from OVF

1 InVMwarevCloudDirectorHomepage,clicktheCatalogtab.

2 Selectthe

catalog

from

which

you

want

to

deploy

the

OVF.

3 OnthevAppTemplatestabintheselectedcatalog,clickUpload.

TheUploadOVFPackageasavAppTemplatedialogappears.

4 ClickBrowsetospecifytheOVFlocation.

5 SpecifyNameandDescriptionfortheOVFandselectthevDC.

6 ClickUpload.

To initialize the virtual appliance from the catalog

1 OntheVMwarevCloudDirectorHomepage,clickAddvAppfromCatalog.

TheAdd

vApp

from

Catalog

dialog

appears.

2 SelectthevApptemplatefromtheCatalogdropdownmenu.

3 YoumustcompletethestepsinvCloudDirectorwizardtofinishtheinitialization.

First Start of the Virtual Appliance

Thissectiondescribeshowtopoweronavirtualapplianceandacceptormodifynetworksettings.

To run the virtual appliance

1 OnaVMwareplatformproduct,startthevirtualappliancewiththevirtualmachinePowerOncommand.

Astheappliancestarts(exceptinvCenterServer4)itmaydisplaytheEULA.Ifitdoes,pressspacebarto

continuedisplaying

more

pages;

at

the

end

enter

yes

to

accept

the

EULA.

If

the

virtual

appliance

requests

otherinformation,suchasaloginpassword,provideit.

2 ThevirtualappliancesIPaddress(fromDHCP,anIPPool,orOVFnetworkingproperties)mayappear

onthewelcomescreen,andintheSummarytabofthevSphereClient.Thewelcomescreenmaydisplay

theURLwhereyoucanaccesstheWebconsoleforappliancemanagement.Thesemenuselectionsappear:

Login

Set Timezone (Current:UTC)

TheConfigureNetworkmenuitemnolongerappearsinvirtualappliancesbuiltbyVMwareStudio2.6

andlater.

3 Dependingonhowthedevelopersetitup,thevirtualappliancetriestoacquireanIPaddressfroma

DHCPserver,thevSphereIPPool,orwithOVFnetworkingproperties.

(Optional)IfyouneedastaticIPaddressoraproxy,seeConfiguringaStaticIPAddressonpage 12.

4 Youcanchangethetimezone,ifthedefaultUTCisunacceptable.SeeSettingtheTimeZoneonpage 14.

5 IftheURLoftheWebconsoleforappliancemanagementappearsonthewelcomescreen,youcanpoint

yourWebbrowsertothisURL.

6 LogintothemanagementWebconsoleusingthesamecredentialsthatyouwoulduseforlogintothe

virtualappliance.YoumightbeaskedtoconfigureatrustrelationshipfortheselfsignedHTTPcertificate.

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Choosing Between DHCP and Static IP

DHCPallowsavirtualappliancetobeginrunningassoonaspossible.However,becausetheDHCPaddress

istemporary,itmightbedifferentifthevirtualapplianceispoweredoffforalongtimebeforeyoupowerit

onagain.ThetimeperioddependsonDHCPleaseexpiration.

YoumayconfigureyourVMwareStudioappliancetouseastaticaddress,whichremainsthesameafter

restart.AstaticIPaddressallowsallusersoftheappliancetobecertainofitsnetworkaddress(andassociated

host

name)

so

they

can

connect

to

it

predictably.

Configuring a Static IP Address

Bydefault,VMwareStudio(andvirtualappliancesitgenerates)retrievenetworksettingsfromaDHCPserver.

ToconfigureastaticIPaddressforavirtualappliance,followthisprocedure.

To configure a static IP address

1 OntheWelcomescreenofthevirtualappliancestextconsole,loginandtypethefollowingcommand:

# /opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_config_net

Amenuappearswithsixchoices(ormore,iftheapplianceisconfiguredformultiplenetworkinterfaces).

2 Type

the

menu

number

for

the

network

interface

you

want

to

configure.3 IftheappliancehasbeenconfiguredwithIPv6,itasksifyouwanttoconfigureanIPv6address.

a Ifsopressy,otherwiseacceptthedefaultn.

b TheapplianceasksifyouwanttouseaDHCPv6server.ToconfigureastaticIPv6addressinstead,

acceptthedefaultn,ratherthantypingy.

Onsubsequentlines,enterthestaticIPv6addressandprefix.ForIPv6addressesyoucantypetwo

colonsinarow(::)asshorthandforrepeatedzeros.Theprefixdesignatesthenumberofbitsinthe

routablenetworkportionoftheaddress.

Ifyouansweredy,theIPv6addressandprefixassignmentareautomatic.

c PressEnterifcorrect.

4 TheappliancepromptsyouaskingifyouwanttoconfigureanIPv4address.

a EnterytoconfigureanIPv4address,otherwiseacceptthedefaultn.

b TheapplianceasksifyouwanttouseaDHCPv4server.ToconfigureastaticIPv4addressinstead,

typen,ratherthanacceptingthedefaulty.

Onsubsequentlines,enterthestaticIPv4addressandnetmaskindotteddecimalnotation.

Ifyouansweredy,theIPv4addressandnetmaskassignmentareautomatic.


5 ForastaticIPaddress,youprobablyneedtosetthedefaultgateway,hostname,andDNSservers,as

described

in

sections

below.6 Toconfigureadditionalnetworkinterfaces,repeatStep 2throughStep 5.

Setting the Default Gateway

Thegateway,orrouter,mediatesbetweenthelocalsubnetandothernetworks.WhenyouuseaDHCPserver,

thegatewayaddressisprovidedautomatically.WithstaticIP,youhavetosetthedefaultgateway.

To configure the gateway for static IP

1 Loginandrunthe/opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_config_netcommand.

2 Whenamenuappears,enterthenumberforsettingtheDefaultGateway.

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3 Enterthenetworkinterfacetoassociatewithaparticulargatewayaddress.

4 EntertheIPv4addressandIPv6addressorIPv4addressofthedefaultgatewayforthenetworkinterface.

5 Formultiplenetworkinterfaces,repeatStep 2throughStep 4.

NOTE Ifanyentryisincorrect,youmustrepeattheprocedure.

Setting the Host Name

WhenusingaDHCPserver,thehostnameissetautomatically.WithstaticIP,youcansetthehostname.Ifyou

donot,theappliancedoesareverselookupontheIPaddressandifsuccessful,setsthehostnameonreboot.

To conf igure the host name for static IP


2 Whenamenuappears,enterthenumberforsettingthehostname.

3 Enterthehostnameanddomainnameforthevirtualappliance.

4 Ifyourentryisincorrect,youmustrepeattheprocedure.

Setting the DNS Servers

WhenusingaDHCPserver,DNSserversaresetautomatically. WithstaticIP,youshouldsettheDNSservers.

To con figure DNS servers for static IP


2 Whenamenuappears,enterthenumberforsettingDNS.

3 EntertheIPv4addressoftheprimaryDNSserver.AsecondaryDNSserverisoptionalbutrecommended.

4 Ifyourentryisincorrect,youmustrepeattheprocedure.

Configuring the Network Proxy

Bydefault,

VMware

Studio

assumes

that

it

has

adirect

connection

to

the

Internet.

If

HTTP

and

other

protocols

gothroughanetworkproxyserver,takethefollowingsteps.

To configure a network proxy


2 Whenamenuappears,enterthenumberforsettingtheProxyServer.

3 EnteryaftertheIsanIPv4 proxy server necessary to reach the Internet?prompt.

4 Next,enterthenetworkaddress(eitheranIPaddressorhostnamewithdotteddomain)andportnumber

oftheproxyserver.

5 Ifyourentrywasincorrect,repeattheprocedure.

Configuring DHCP

IfyouconfiguredavirtualappliancewithastaticIPaddress,youcanreconfigureittouseDHCPinstead

To configure use of DHCP service


2 PressEnter.Amenuappearswithsixchoices(ormore,iftheapplianceisconfiguredformultiplenetwork

interfaces).

3 Typethemenunumberforthenetworkinterfaceyouwanttoconfigure.

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4 IftheappliancehasbeenconfiguredwithIPv6,itasksifyouwanttoconfigureanIPv6address.

a Ifsoentery,otherwiseacceptthedefaultn.

b TouseaDHCPv6server,entery.TheIPv6addressandprefixassignmentareautomatic.


5 Studiopromptsyouwiththemessage,doyouwanttoconfigureanIPv4address.

a Enteryto

configure

an

IPv4

address,

otherwise

accept

the

default

n.

b TouseaDHCPv4server,entery.TheIPv4addressandnetmaskassignmentareautomatic.


Configuring an IPv6 Network

To configure an IPv6 network interface


2 Typethemenunumberforthenetworkinterfaceyouwanttoconfigure.

3 IftheappliancehasbeenconfiguredwithIPv6,itasksifyouwanttoconfigureanIPv6address.

a Typey,insteadofacceptingthedefaultn.

b TheapplianceasksifyouwanttouseaDHCPv6server.Ifso,typey.

ToconfigureastaticIPv6addressinstead,acceptthedefaultn.Onsubsequentlines,enterthestatic

IPv6addressandprefix.ForIPv6addressesyoucantypetwocolonsinarow(::)asshorthandfor

repeatedzeros.Prefixdesignatesthenumberofbitsintheroutablenetworkportionoftheaddress.

Ifyouansweredy,theIPv6addressandprefixassignmentareautomatic.


4 ContinuewithIPv4settings.

Setting the Time Zone

ThevirtualhardwareclockisalwaysmaintainedinUTC,whichthevirtualapplianceconvertstolocaltime.

CorrectlocaltimeisimportantfortheupdaterepositoryandVMwarevCenterUpdateManager.

Ifthevirtualappliancedeveloperincorporatedthevami.timezoneOVFproperty,andsetitcorrectly,this

propertyisusedtochangethetimezone.Youcansettimezonefromthewelcomescreenasdescribedhere,

orfromthevirtualapplianceWebconsoleasdescribedinSettingtheTimeZoneonpage 14.

To set the time zone from the welcome screen

1 Onthevirtualappliancewelcomescreen,selectSetTimezoneandpressEnter.

2 IntheGeographicareascreen,selectyourcontinentorregionandpressEnter.

3 Inthe

Time

zone

screen,

select

acity

or

area

in

your

time

zone

and

press

Enter.

(Thesestepsmayvary.)Thetimezoneissetandthewelcomescreenappearsagain.

Virtual Appliances Based on Windows

Usually,virtualappliancesbasedonMicrosoftWindowsdonothavetheautomatedfirststartcapabilities

describedabove.

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ThischapterdescribessoftwarediscoveryandnetworksettingsforyourvApporvirtualappliance,including

thefollowingtopics:

ExploringaVirtualApplianceonpage 15

ShuttingDownorRebootingtheVirtualApplianceonpage 16

Settingthe

Time

Zone

on

page 17

NetworkConfigurationonpage 17

YoucanperformmanagementoperationsfromtheWebconsolebyusingabrowsertoreachtheIPaddressor

hostnameofthevApporvirtualapplianceatitsdesignatedportnumber,https://vapp.example.com:5480for

example.Tologin,typetheusernameandpasswordyouset,ordocumentedbyyourapplianceprovider.

Exploring a Virtual Appliance

Whenyouloginwithabrowsertoavirtualapplianceonport5480,orthesamemanagementinterfaceonan

alternateport,aWebinterfacewithtabsappears.Thissectiondiscussesthetabs,righttoleft.

TheUpdatetab,ifyourvirtualappliancehasone,performsminorupdates,andisdiscussedinChapter 4,

UpdatingaVirtualAppliance,onpage 21.

TheSystemtabprovidesthefollowinginformation:

VendorThenameofthecompanythatcreatedyourvirtualappliance.

ApplianceNameThenameofyourappliance.

ApplianceVersionTheversionnumberofyourappliance.

HostnameThefullyqualifiedhostnameofyourappliance.IfastaticIPisconfiguredforthevirtual

machine,thenyoucanspecifyahostname.IftheOVFvami.hostnamepropertyispresent,thehostname

issetaccording.OtherwiseDNSservicemapstheIPaddressintoahostname(PTRrecord).

OSNameThenameoftheoperatingsystemonwhichyourapplianceruns.

OSVersionTheversionnumberoftheoperatingsystem.

OVFEnvironmentIfdeployedinvSphere,showstheOVFpropertiesdefinedandconfiguredforthis

virtualmachineorvApp.

TheSystemtabalsohasatimezoneinterface.SeeSettingtheTimeZoneonpage 17.

TheNetworktabshowsnetworkstatus,changesnetworkaddresssettings,andconfiguresaproxyserviceto

accesstheInternetoutsideafirewall.SeeNetworkConfigurationonpage 17.

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Using the Command Line

Toaccessthecommandline,selectLoginattheVMwareplatformproductconsole,supplytheloginnameand

passwordthatthevendorprovidedwithyourappliance.Typethevamiclicommandatthesystemprompt

forausagesummary.

Thefollowingcommandshowstheversioninformationforthevirtualappliance:

vamicli version --appliance

ThefollowingcommandshowstheversionofVMwareStudiousedtobuildthevirtualappliance:

vamicli version --studio

Exploring vApps in the vSphere Client

YoucanalsofindinformationaboutvirtualappliancesandvAppsbyexaminingthemwiththevSphereClient.

Figure 31showsseveralvApps.AvApplookssimilartoafoldercontainingvirtualmachines,exceptthatthe

vAppiconshowsfoursmallbluesquaresinsteadofayellowfolder.AvAppbehaveslikeavirtualmachine,

withunifiedpoweroperations,networksettings,datastores,andconfigurableresourceuse.

Figure 3-1. Three vApps in a Datacenter

TheSummarytabofvSphereClientshowstheproductnameofthevApporvirtualappliance,itsversion

number,andthesoftwarevendor.Storageandresourceuseappearontheright.Youcanseetheresources

consumedby

aconstituent

virtual

machine

by

selecting

it

instead

of

the

vApp.

Theremainderofthischapterdescribesmaintenanceoperationsandnetworksettings.

Shutting Down or Rebooting the Virtual Appliance

ToShutdownorRebootthevirtualappliance,clicktheSystemtabinthevirtualapplianceWebconsolethen

clickInformation.OntheSystemInformationpageyouseethevirtualappliancevendor,appliancename,

applianceversion,hostname,operatingsystem,andoperatingsystemversion.Thepowerbuttonsareunder

Actionsontherightsideofthewindow.

Torestartthevirtualappliance,clickReboot.

Toshutdownthevirtualappliance,clickShutdown.

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Setting the Time Zone

ThevirtualhardwareclockisalwaysmaintainedinUTC,whichavirtualapplianceconvertstothelocaltime

zone,ifset.CorrecttimeisimportantfortheupdaterepositoryandVMwarevCenterUpdateManager.

Ifthevirtualappliancedeveloperincorporatedthevami.timezoneOVFproperty,andsetitcorrectly,this

propertyisusedtochangethetimezone.

YoucansettimezonefromthevirtualapplianceWebconsoleasdescribedhere,orfromthewelcomescreen

asdescribed

in

Setting

the

Time

Zone

on

page 14.

To set the time zone from the Web console

1 ClicktheSystemtabthenclicktheTimeZonepagebutton.

2 OntheTimeZoneSettingspage,inthedropdownmenushowingtimezonesoftheworld,selectyours.

3 ClicktheSaveSettingsbuttontomakeachange.

Network Configuration

TheNetworktaballowsyoutoconfigurenetworks.Toviewthenetworkconfigurationoperationsclickthe

NetworktabintheWebconsole.

StatusShowsnetworkinformationformultiplenetworkinterfacecards,suchastheinterfacename,

whetherDHCPwasusedforIPv4,whetherstatelessaddressautoconfiguration(SLAAC)issetforIPv6,

theIPv4address,netmask,gatewayIPaddress,DNSservers,hostname,andIPv6information(ifany).

AftermakingachangeyoucanclicktheRefreshbuttonundertheActionsheadingtoobtaincurrent

information.

ForinformationaboutDHCP,seeChoosingBetweenDHCPandStaticNetworkAddressesonpage 18.

AddressSpecifiesIPnetworkinformationandenablesDHCPservicesorSLAAC.Ifyouchangeany

networkaddresssettings,youmustclickSaveSettingstoapplyyourchanges,clickCancelChangesto

discardanychanges.YoucanconfigureDHCPandSLAACfromthisinterface,orfromtheWebConsole

asdescribedinFirstStartoftheVirtualApplianceonpage 11.

Whenthe

IPv4

address

type

is

set

to

DHCP,

the

virtual

appliance

gets

its

network

settings

from

your

DHCPv4server.IfyousettheIPv4addresstypetoStatic,youmusttypevaluesinthefollowingfields:

IPv4AddressIPv4addressofvirtualappliance.

NetmaskNetworkmaskforthevirtualappliance.

GatewayIPv4addressofthegateway(networkrouter).

HostnameHostnameofthevirtualappliance

PreferredDNSServerIPv4addressoftheprimaryDNSserver.

AlternateDNSServerIPv4addressofthesecondaryDNSserver.

IfIPv6issupportedbytheunderlyingoperatingsystem,itisavailableinvirtualappliancesbuiltfromit.

Whenthe

IPv6

address

type

is

set

to

SLAAC,

the

virtual

appliance

is

assigned

an

IPv6

address

automaticallyiftheconnectednetworkisconfiguredtoprovideSLAACaddresses.Whenyouconfigure

astaticIPv6orDHCPv6address,thevirtualappliancealsodisplaysanIPv6address.IfyousettheIPv6

addresstypetoStatic,youmustentervaluesinthefollowingfields:

IPv6AddressIPv6addressofthevirtualappliance.

PrefixIPv6prefix,whichspecifiesaddresslength.

GatewayOptionalIPv6addressofthegateway(networkrouter).

HostnameHostnameofthevirtualappliance.


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ProxySpecifiesproxyserverandportforaccessingexternalnetworks(forexample,wideareaInternet).

ClickSaveSettingstoacceptchangesthatyoumaketotheproxysettings.ClickCancelChangesto

discardchanges.SelectthecheckboxforUseaProxyServertoentervaluesinthefollowingfields:

ProxyServerHostnameorIPaddressfortheproxyserver.

ProxyPortProxyservercommunicationsport.

ProxyUsernameAvalidusername,iftheproxyserverrequiresauthentication.

ProxyPasswordThevalidpassword,iftheproxyserverrequiresauthentication.

Setting a Proxy Server

DeveloperscanconfigureavirtualappliancetocheckarepositoryWebsiteforsoftwareupdates.Usuallythis

siteisontheexternalInternet.Ifyourorganizationhasconfiguredthenetworktodisallowaccessoutsideof

yourlocalareanetwork,youmightneedtospecifyaproxyserver.Thisisaserverthroughwhichallexternal

networktrafficflows,preventingcertaintypesofconnections.YourITdepartmentcanprovideyouwiththe

proxyservernameandportnumbertoaccessexternalnetworks.

Choosing Between DHCP and Static Network AddressesDynamicHostConfigurationProtocol(DHCP)isamethodofallocatingIPaddresses(andotherattributes

includinghostnameandDNSservers)tocomputersonalocalareanetwork.ThetermDHCPusuallymeans

DHCPv4forIPv4networks,butsimilarservicesareavailableforIPv6networks.

Whenstarted,yourvirtualapplianceattemptstofindaDHCPserver.Ifitdoes,itaskstheDHCPserverto

assignatemporarynetworkaddress.Thisallowsyoutorunthevirtualappliancewithminimalsetup.

Howeverthetemporaryaddressmightchangeifyouleavethevirtualappliancepoweredoffforawhile,and

poweritonagainaftertheDHCPleasehasexpired.

Mostserverappliancesshouldbeconfiguredtoastaticnetworkaddressthatremainsconstantwheneverthe

virtualapplianceisrestartedormovedtoadifferentsubnet.Thisallowsotherusersofthevirtualappliance

tobeawareofitsnetworkaddress(andassociatedhostname)whentheyconnecttoit.

Configuring IPv6 Networks

YoucanaddanadditionalStaticIPv6orDHCPv6addresstotheappliance.UnlikeIPv4,IPv6permitsmultiple

addressesassignedtoaninterface.VMwareStudiobuiltvirtualappliancesreport,butdonotmanage,SLAAC

addresses.SLAACisthemechanismthatcreatesanAutoIPv6address.TheStaticIPv6orDHCPv6address

maydifferfromtheAutoIPv6address.

To change the type of IP Address

1 LogintotheWebconsoleofthevirtualappliance.

2 ClickNetwork>Address.

3 Under

IPv4

Address

Type,

you

can

select

DHCP

or

Static.WhenyousettheIPv4addresstypetoDHCP,thevirtualappliancegetsitsnetworksettingsfromyour

DHCPv4server.WithDHCPv4orDHCPv6,youdonotneedtoconfiguretheDNSservers.Ifyousetthe

IPv4addresstypetoStatic,youmustentervaluesinthefollowingfields:


NetmaskNetworkmaskforthevirtualappliance.

GatewayIPv4addressofthegateway(networkrouter).



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4 UnderIPv6AddressType,selectSLAAC,DHCP,orStatic.FornetworkstransitioningfromIPv4toIPv6,

SLAACisthesimplestchoice.WhenyousettheIPv6addresstypetoSLAAC,thevirtualapplianceis

assignedanAutoIPv6address.IfyousettheIPv6addresstypetoStatic,youmustentervaluesinthe

followingfields:


PrefixIPv6

prefix,

which

specifies

address

length.

GatewayOptionalIPv6addressofthegateway(networkrouter).




ForDNSconfigurations,theaddressmustconformtoanavailableaddressfamily,IPv6andIPv4orIPv4.

WithDHCPv4orDHCPv6,DNSserverconfigurationisnotrequired.SeeNameServiceonpage 19.

WhenyouconfigureastaticIPv6orDHCPv6address,thevirtualappliancealsodisplaysanIPv6address.

5 ClickSaveSettings.Thevirtualappliancerespondssayingnetworksettingssaved.

Name Service

Whentheautoconfigurationprotocolisdefined,DNSserversarenotincludedaspartoftheinformation

providedtoentitiesonthenetwork.

WithSLAAC,anappliancereceivesdynamicaddressingandsubnetworkinformation,butreceivesno

informationaboutDNSnameservers.AdministratorsmustconfigurestaticDNSinthiscase,hencetheDHCP

isrequiredforIPv6dynamicconfigurationstoattainfamiliarIPv4behaviors.HoweverDHCPv6server

deploymentsarenotascommonasDHCPv4serverdeployments.

Recently,anRFCwasmadetoamendhowSLAACworkstoincludeDNSservers.Itisunknownhowthe

variousoperatingsystemvendorswilleventuallydecidetohandlethis.

Firewall Security

YoumightneedtorequestthatyourITdepartmentchangefirewallsettingsifyouhavereasontoaccessthe

WebconsoleofyourvApporvirtualappliancethroughthefirewall.

ThefollowingportsusedbyyourvApporvirtualapplianceshouldbeexemptedfromthefirewall:

5480/TCPincomingUsedforWebbrowseraccesstotheVAMIagent,whichservestheWebconsole.

Developerscanchangethisportinthebuildprofile.Iftheydidchangetheportnumber,theyshouldhave

documentedthechange,soyoucancustomizefirewallrulesforyourvApporvirtualappliance.

5488/TCPincomingand5489/TCPincomingUsedforcommunicationbetweenlighttpdandSFCBin

VAMI,andforUpdateManager.SFCBportsforVAMIservicesarerelocatedto5488/TCPand5489/TCP,

sothedefaultports(5988/TCPand5989/TCP)remainavailableforusebyindependentsoftwarevendors

andhardware

appliance

vendors.

Troubleshooting

Ifsomethinggoeswrongwithyourvirtualappliance,supportpersonnelmightaskforyourassistancein

diagnosingtheproblem.VMwareStudioprovidesthevamisupportscript,whichassembleslogfilesintoa

tarballfortroubleshooting.Thescriptisat/opt/vmware/bin/vamisupportonyourvirtualappliance.

Whenreportingaproblem,youcanrunthevamisupportscript,whichtellsyouwhereitiswritingoutput.

Thenscp(securecopy)thetarballtoacomputerwithemailservice,andsendittosupport.

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Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutupdatingavirtualappliance,andincludesthefollowingtopics:

TypesofUpdatesonpage 21

UpdateTabStatusandSettingsonpage 21

SettingUpdatePoliciesonpage 22

SpecifyingUpdateRepositoryonpage 23

Types of Updates

Adeployedvirtualappliancecanbeupdatedwithpackagespublishedbyitsdeveloper.Updatescanbedone

overtheexternalWeb,onyourlocalareanetwork,orfromCDROM.

Toconservenetworkbandwidth,virtualapplianceupdatesareappliedtopackagesthathavechanged.

Updatesmayapplytotheoperatingsystem,applicationswithinthevirtualappliance,VMwareTools,orthe

VMwareApplianceManagementInfrastructure(VAMI).

Ifthevendorhasdigitallysignedavirtualappliance,itsSSLsignatureisverifiedbeforeanupdateproceeds.

Update Tab Status and Sett ings

TheUpdatetabappearsintheWebconsoleifanupdaterepositorywasspecifiedduringthevirtualappliance

buildprocess.IftheUpdatetabismissing,contactyourISVforupdatesorpatchestoyourvirtualappliance.

YoucanaccessupdatestatusandsettingsforthevirtualapplianceontheUpdatetab,whichhastwosubtabs:

StatusProvidesinformationaboutthevirtualappliancevendor,name,andversion.

SettingsShowsthesettingofpoliciesforperiodicallycheckingandinstallingupdates.

Checking Version Status

OntheStatussubtabappearsvirtualapplianceinformation,suchasvendorandversion.Youcancheckfor

updatesand

install

available

updates

as

described

here,

with

the

CLI,

or

with

vCenter

Server,

as

described

in

Chapter 5,ManagingVirtualApplianceswithvCenterServer,onpage 25.

Toviewinformationaboutavirtualappliance,clicktheStatussubtabontheUpdatetab.

VendorThenameofthecompanythatcreatedthevirtualappliance.

ApplianceNameThenameofthevirtualappliance.

ApplianceVersionTheversioninformationofthevirtualappliance.

AvailableUpdatesIfanupdateisavailable,givesthenameandversionoftheproduct.

LastCheckIfacheckforupdatewasperformed,thedateandtimewhenthevirtualappliancewas

checked,inUTC(GMT)withlocaltimeoffset.

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LastInstallIfanupdatewasinstalled,thedateandtimewhenthevirtualappliancewasupdated.

Installing Available Updates

Tocheckforupdates,undertheActionssectionclickCheckUpdates.Thevirtualapplianceconnectstothe

updaterepositoryandchecksforavailableupdates.UpdatesappearintheAvailableUpdatespane.

Toinstallanupdate,clickInstallUpdates.

Setting Update Policies

Youcanspecifywhetherthevirtualappliancechecksforupdatesandhowoften.Tosetupdatepoliciesforthe

virtualappliancefromtheWebconsole,clickUpdate>Settings.Youcanselectoneofthefollowingpolicies

forupdatingthevirtualappliance:

NoautomaticupdatesThevirtualappliancedoesnotcheckforandinstallupdates.Thisisprobablythe

default,unlessthedeveloperchangedit.

AutomaticcheckforupdatesThevirtualappliancechecksforupdatesatthescheduledtime.Ifan

updateisavailable,itappearsontheUpdateStatuspage.

AutomaticcheckandinstallupdatesThevirtualappliancechecksforupdatesatthescheduledtime,

andif

one

is

available,

installs

it.

IfyouselecteitherAutomaticcheckforupdatesorAutomaticcheckandinstallupdates,youcanconfigure

thescheduling.Bydefault,thecheckoccursdailyat03:00localtime,asdeterminedbyyourtimezonesetting.

To change the frequency or time of update checking

1 ClickoneoftheAutomaticcheckbuttons.

2 Specifythefrequency(dailyorweekly),orselectthehouratwhichtocheck.

3 ClickSaveSettings.

Setting Update Source

Youcan

choose

to

update

from

aCDROM,

or

from

an

alternate

update

repository

URL.

The

default

is

the

URL

thattheISVconfigured,whichusuallydesignatesapublicWebsiteontheInternet.Youmightneedtochange

theupdatesourceorlocationifyouareinsidearestrictedlocalareanetwork.

To change the update repository location

1 Clickoneofthechoices,UseCDROMUpdatesorUseSpecifiedRepository.

IfyouselectUseCDROMUpdates,inserttheupdateCDROMintoadrivethatthevirtualappliance

canread.TheupdateagentscanstheCDdrivestofindthefirstupdateCDROM.

IfyouselectUseSpecifiedRepository,typetheURLoftheupdaterepositorythatyourappliance

shouldcheck.IftheURLrequiresauthentication,provideavalidusernameandpassword.

2 Click

Save

Settings.IfyouleaveUseDefaultRepositoryselected(thedefault),theupdateagentusuallychecksapublicURLon

theInternet,sobesuretosettheproxyserverifrequired.

Using the Command Line for Updates

Usethefollowingcommandtocheckforupdatestothevirtualappliance:

vamicli update --check

Usethefollowingcommandtodownloadandinstallthelatestupdatesforthevirtualappliance:

vamicli update --install latest

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Specifying Update Repository

To specify update repository fo r your virtual appliance

1 InStudiohomepage,clicktheSettingstabontheUpdatetab.

2 IntheSettingstab,selectoneofthefollowingoptionsforspecifyingtheupdaterepository:

UseDefaultRepository IfyouwantyourvirtualappliancetocheckforupdatesfromtheVMware

updaterepository,

select

this

option.

The

repository

URL

is

displayed

on

the

same

page.

UseCDROMUpdatesIfyouwantyourvirtualappliancetocheckforupdatesfromtheCDROM,use

thisoption

UseSpecifiedRepositoryIfyouwantyourvirtualappliancetocheckforupdatesfromaspecific

repositoryotherthanthedefaultrepository,usethisoption.

IfyouselecttheUseSpecifiedRepositoryyouhavetospecifytherepositoryURLandifyouwanttoallow

authorizedusers,youcanspecifyaUsernameandPasswordtologontothespecifiedrepository.

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Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

RequirementsforUpdateManageronpage 25

VirtualApplianceBaselinesonpage 26

ScanningVirtualAppliancesonpage 27

RemediatingVirtualAppliancesonpage 29

ItisnotnecessarytomanagevirtualapplianceswithvCenterServerandVMwarevCenterUpdateManager,

butdoingsoprovidescentralizedmanagementofmultiplevAppsandvirtualappliances.Forinformation

aboutbaselinesandcompliancechecks,seetheVMwarevCenterUpdateManagerAdministrationGuideontheVMwareWebsite.

TheUpdateManagermoduleconsistsofaplugincomponentthatrunsonthevSphereClient,andaserver

component,whichyoucaninstallonthesamecomputerasvCenterServeroronadifferentcomputer.

Requirements for Update Manager

UpdateManagerintegrateswithVMwareStudiosupdateservicetoenablecentralizedmanagementofvirtual

applianceupdates.BeginningwithUpdateManager1.0update2youcanmanagethevirtualappliancesthat

youimportinyourvCenterServer.UpdateManager4.0andlaterprovidedefaultvirtualapplianceupgrade

baselinestoscanandupgradeavirtualappliancetothelatestreleasedorcriticalupdateversion.

UpdateManageralsoletsyoucreatecustomvirtualapplianceupgradebaselines.IntheUpdateManager4.0

documentation,vAppsaretreatedascontainerobjectsholdingvirtualmachinesorvirtualappliances.For

informationaboutUpdateManager4.0andlater,seethedocumentationat

http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vum_pubs.html.

ThefollowingconditionsapplytoupdatingvirtualapplianceswithUpdateManager:

YoumustregisteranUpdateManagerserverinstancewiththevCenterServersystemintowhichyou

importthevirtualappliance.YoumustalsoinstalltheUpdateManagerpluginonthevSphereClient.For

more

information,

see

the

VMwarevCenter

Update

Manager

Administration

Guide.

AllvirtualappliancesmusthaveanInternetconnection(directorproxied)fordiscovery,scanning,and

remediationoperations.

IfvirtualappliancesaccesstheInternetthroughaproxy,theproxyservermustbesetonvirtualappliances

asdescribedinNetworkConfigurationonpage 17.

Offlineandsuspendedvirtualappliancescannotbescannedorremediated.

AfteryouimportaVMwareStudiovirtualapplianceusingthevSphereClientandpoweritonforthefirst

time,itisdiscoveredasavirtualappliance.Tosimplifymanagement,VMwarerecommendsthatyouimport

virtualappliancesintoaseparatefolderunderVirtualMachinesandTemplatesinvCenterServer.

Managing Virtual Appliances withvCenter Server 5
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Virtual Appl iance Baselines

UpdateManagerincludesdefaultvirtualappliancebaselinesthatyoucanusetoscanthevirtualappliancesto

determinewhethertheyareupgradedtothelatestreleasedorthelatestcriticalversion.Youcanalsoscanthe

virtualappliancesagainstcustomvirtualapplianceupgradebaselinesthatyoucancreatefromtheUpdate

ManagerAdministrationview.

Creating Virtual Appliance Upgrade BaselinesAvirtualapplianceupgradebaselinecontainsasetofpatchestotheoperatingsystemoftheapplianceandto

theapplicationsinstalledinthevirtualappliance.Thevirtualappliancevendorconsidersthesepatchesan

upgrade.Virtualappliancebaselinesthatyoucreateconsistofasetofuserdefinedrules.Ifyouaddrulesthat

conflict,UpdateManagerdisplaysanUpgradeRuleConflictwindowsothatyoucanresolvetheconflicts.

Tocreateavirtualapplianceupgradebaseline:

1 ConnectthevSphereClienttoavCenterServersystemwithwhichUpdateManagerisregistered,and

clickUpdateManagerunderSolutionsandApplicationsontheHomepage.

2 OntheBaselinesandGroupstab,clickCreateabovetheBaselinespane.

TheNewBaselinewizardopens.

3 UnderBaseline

Type,

select

VA

Upgrade

and

click

Next.

4 SelectVendorandApplianceoptionsfromthedropdownmenu.

Theoptionslistedinthesemenusdependonthevirtualappliancesinyourinventory.Ifthereareno

virtualappliancesinyourvSphereinventory,theoptionsareAllVendorsandAllProducts,respectively.

5 SelectanoptionfromtheUpgradeTodropdownmenu.Theoptionsare:

LatestUpgradesthevirtualappliancetothelatestversion.

DontUpgradeDoesnotupgradethevirtualappliance.

6 ClickAddRule.

7 (Optional)Addmultiplerules.

a OntheUpgradeOptionspageoftheNewBaselinewizard,clickAddMultipleRules.

b Selectoneormorevendors.

c Selectoneormoreappliances.

d SelectoneUpgradeTooptiontoapplytotheselectedappliances,andclickOK.

Ifyoucreatemultiplerulestoapplytothesamevirtualappliance,onlythefirstapplicableruleinthelist

isappliedforremediation.

8 (Optional)Resolveanyconflictswithintherulesyouapply.

a IntheUpgradeRuleConflictwindow,selectwhethertokeeptheexistingrules,tousethenewly

created

rules,

or

to

manually

resolve

the

conflict.b ClickOK.

9 ClickNext.

10 ReviewtheReadytoCompletepageandclickFinish.

ThevirtualapplianceupgradebaselineisdisplayedintheBaselinespaneoftheBaselinesandGroupstab.

At taching Virtual Appl iance Upgrade Basel ines

Toviewcomplianceinformationandremediatethevirtualappliancesintheinventoryagainstspecific

baselines,youmustfirstattachexistingbaselinestothesevirtualappliances.Youcanattachbaselinestoobjects

fromtheUpdateManagerClientComplianceview.

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Althoughyoucanattachbaselinestoindividualobjects,itismoreefficienttoattachthemtocontainerobjects,

suchasfolders,vApps,anddatacenters.Attachingabaselinetoacontainerobjecttransitivelyattachesthe

baselinetoallvirtualappliancesinthecontainer.

Toattachavirtualapplianceupgradebaseline:

1 ConnectthevSphereClienttoavCenterServersystemwithwhichUpdateManagerisregistered,and

selectHome>Inventory>VMsandTemplates.

2 Selectthe

object

containing

the

virtual

appliances,

and

click

the

Update

Manager

tab.

3 ClickAttachintheupperrightcorner.

4 IntheAttachBaselineorGroupwindow,selectoneormorebaselinestoattachtotheobject.

5 (Optional)ClicktheCreateBaselinelinktocreateabaselinegrouporabaselineandfinishthewizard.

6 ClickAttach.

ThebaselinesandbaselinegroupsthatyouselectedtoattacharedisplayedintheAttachedBaselineGroups

andAttachedBaselinespanesoftheUpdateManagertab.

Scanning Virtual Appliances

Scanningis

the

process

in

which

attributes

of

aset

of

virtual

appliances

are

evaluated

against

the

upgrades

in

thebaselinesattachedtothevirtualappliances.Youcanscanvirtualappliancesagainstattachedbaselinesto

receivecomplianceinformationaboutvirtualappliancesbeforeupgradingthem.

YoucansetUpdateManagertoscanvirtualappliancesasascheduledtask,oryoucanmanuallybeginascan.

Doing a Manual Scan

Tomanuallyscanavirtualappliance:

1 ConnectthevSphereClienttothevCenterServersystemwhereyouimportedthevirtualappliance.

2 ClickInventoryandthenclickVMsandTemplates.

3 Click

the

folder

where

you

imported

the

virtual

appliance.4 Intheleftpane,rightclickthevirtualapplianceandthenclickScanforUpdates.

5 SelectVirtualApplianceupgrades.

6 ClickScan.

Scheduling a Scan

Youcanschedulescansforallvirtualappliancesinafolder.Toschedulescansforvirtualappliances:


2 ClickScheduledTasksontheHomepage.

3 ClickNew

in

the

toolbar

to

open

the

Schedule

Task

dialog

box.

4 Fromthedropdownmenu,selectScanforUpdatesandclickOK.

5 Choosetoscheduleascanforvirtualmachinesandvirtualappliances,andclickNext.

6 Intheinventorytree,selectthevirtualappliancestobescanned,andclickNext.

7 Choosetoscanforvirtualapplianceupgrades.

8 Enterthetasknameandthetaskdescription,scheduleatimetorunthetask,andclickNext.

9 (Optional)SpecifyoneormoreemailaddressestoreceivetheresultsandclickNext.Youmustconfigure

mailsettingsforthevCenterServersystemtoenablethisoption.

10 Reviewthesummaryinformationforthetasktobecompleted,andclickFinish.

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Viewing Scan Results

WithUpdateManager,youcanquicklycheckhowvirtualappliancescomplywithbaselines.Youcanreview

complianceeitherbyexaminingtheresultsforasinglevirtualapplianceorbyreviewingtheresultsfora

specificgroupingofvirtualappliances.SupportedgroupingsincludeVMwarevSpherecontainerobjectssuch

asfolders,clusters,anddatacenters.

ComplianceinformationisavailableontheUpdateManagertabinthevSphereClient.Forvirtualappliances,

you

can

view

compliance

in

the

Virtual

Machines

and

Templates

view.Baselinesinteractwithvirtualappliancesinthefollowingways:

Ifauserlackspermissionstoviewavirtualappliance,theresultsofthosescansarenotdisplayed.

Compliancewithbaselinesisassessedatthetimeofviewing.Toensurethatallinformationiscurrent,a

briefpausemightoccurwhileinformationisgatheredaboutavirtualappliancescompliance.

Onlyinformationaboutcompliancewithrelevantbaselinesisprovided.Forexample,ifabaselineisnot

attachedtothecontainerinquestion,complianceisnotassessed.

Compliancestatusisdisplayedbasedonpermissions.Userswithpermissiontoviewacontainer,butnot

allofthecontainerscontents,canseetheaggregatecomplianceofallentitiesunderthatcontainer.

However,theindividualcountsforcompliant,noncompliant,andunknownentitiesappearonlyasuser

permissionsallow.

To

view

the

compliance

status,

users

also

must

have

permission

to

view

the

baseline

orsoftwareupdatecompliancestatusforanobjectintheinventory.

Reviewing Scan Results for Virtual Appliances Contained in a vSphere Object

WhenscansarecompletedonallmachinescontainedwithinaVMwarevSphereobject,theresultsare

displayedinasummary.Informationthatisdisplayedexplainsthedegreeofconformancewithbaselines,

ratherthanthedetails.Thefollowinginformationisincluded:

Whenthelastscanwascompletedatthislevel

Totalnumberofcompliantandnoncompliantupdates

Foreachbaseline,thenumberofvirtualappliancesthatarecompliantornoncompliant

Foreachbaseline,thenumberofpatchesthatarenotapplicabletoaparticularvirtualappliance

Whenyouselectacontainerobject,youviewtheoverallcompliancestatusoftheattachedbaselines,aswell

asstatusforalltheindividualcompliances.Ifyouselectanindividualbaselineattachedtothecontainerobject,

youseethecompliancestatusofthebaseline.

Ifyouselectanindividualvirtualappliance,youseetheoverallcompliancestatusoftheselectedappliance

againstallattachedbaselinesandthenumberofupgrades.Ifyoufurtherselectanindividualbaselineattached

tothisobject,youseethenumberofupgradesgroupedbythecompliancestatusforthatbaseline.

Toview

scan

results

for

virtual

appliances:


2 ClickInventoryandclickVMsandTemplates.

3 Clicktheobjectforwhichyouwanttoviewthescanresults.

4 ClicktheUpdateManagertab.

Theresultsforscanscompletedonvirtualappliancesinthatcontainerappearontheright.

IMPORTANT Althoughyoucanattachbaselinesandbaselinegroupstoindividualobjects,itismoreefficient

toattachthemtocontainerobjects,suchasfoldersanddatacenters.Attachingabaselinetoacontainerobject

transitivelyattachesthebaselinetoallobjectsinthecontainer.

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Chapter 5 Managing Virtual Appliances with vCenter Server

Reviewing Scan Results for an Individual Virtual Appliance

Scanresultsprovideinformationaboutthedegreeofcompliancewiththeattachedbaselines.Youcanview

informationonindividualappliancesandreceivedetailedinformationabouttheupgradesthatareincluded

inabaseline.

Toviewtheresultsforanindividualvirtualappliance:


2 ClickInventoryandclickVMsandTemplates.

3 Selectanindividualvirtualappliance.

4 ClicktheUpdateManagertab.

5 Selectabaselinegrouporbaseline.Forexample,selectAllGroupsandIndependentBaselinesinthe

AttachedBaselineGroupspaneandAllintheAttachedBaselinespanetoviewtheoverallcomplianceof

allattachedbaselinesandbaselinegroups.

6 IntheCompliancepane,selecttheAllApplicablecompliancestatustoviewtheoverallcompliancestatus

oftheselectedappliance.Theselectedappliancetogetherwiththenumberofupgradesappearinthe

bottompaneoftheUpdateManagertab.

7 Click

the

link

in

the

Upgrades

column

in

the

bottom

pane

of

the

Update

Manager

tab.

The

link

indicates

thenumberofupgradesintheselectedcompliancestate.TheUpgradeDetailswindowappears,showing

theinformationinTable 51.

Remediating Virtual Appliances

Updatesforavirtualappliancearedownloadedbyautomaticupdates(seeSettingUpdatePolicieson

page 22),orbythevirtualapplianceduringtheremediationprocess.UpdateManagercontrolsonlywhenand

whattodownload.ThedownloadURLissetbytheISVprovidingthevirtualappliance.

Todownloadtheupdatesforvirtualappliances,UpdateManagerusesthefollowingapproach:

1 UpdateManagerscansthevirtualappliancestoreturnproductandvendorinformation,information

aboutthecurrentversion,andmissingupdates.

2 Update

Manager

directs

the

virtual

appliances

to

download

the

missing

updates.

Update

Manager

controlstheremediationprocessofwhenandhowtoremediate,butthevirtualappliancedownloadsand

installstheupdatesitself.

Afterremediation,youmustrebootthevirtualapplianceiftheupdatepackagesaysthatitrequiresreboot.

VirtualapplianceshavetheirownWebUIforselfmanagedupdatemode.Iftheautoinstallupdatesoptionis

turnedoninavirtualappliance,UpdateManagerrunsreportingmodeagainstit.ThismeansthatUpdate

Managerscansthevirtualappliance,butskipsremediation,soremediationfailswithaneventindicatingthe

reason.(SeetheTroubleshootingchapteroftheVMwarevCenterUpdateManagerAdministrationGuide.)Youcanremediatevirtualappliancesmanually,orschedulearemediationprocess.Thetwoaresimilar,except

thatyouspecifyatimeforscheduledremediation.

Table 5-1. Upgrade Details window

Option Description

Vendor Vendoroftheupgrade.

Product Productinstalledonthevirtualappliance,forexampleguestoperatingsystem.

Version Targetversionoftheproduct.

Compliance Compliancestatusofthevirtualappliance

Severity Severityoftheupgrade.

ReleaseDate Releasedateoftheupgrade.

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Toremediateavirtualappliance:

1 ConnectthevSphereClienttothevCenterServersystemwhereyouimportedthevirtualappliances.

2 OntheHomepageselectVMsandTemplatesandclicktheUpdateManagertab.

3 RightclickanobjectfromtheinventoryandselectRemediate.

Allvirtualappliancesundertheselectedobjectarealsoremediated.

4 Onthe

Remediation

Selection

page

of

the

Remediate

wizard,

select

the

baselines

to

apply.

5 SelectthevirtualappliancesthatyouwanttoremediateandclickNext.

6 OntheSchedulepage,enteraname,andoptionally,adescriptionforthetask.

7 SelectImmediatelytobegintheremediationprocessrightafteryoucompletethewizard,orenterspecific

timesforpoweredon,poweredoff,orsuspendedvirtualappliances.

8 (Optional)SpecifytherollbackoptionsandclickNext.

a OntheRollbackOptionspageoftheRemediatewizard,selectSnapshotthevirtualmachinesbefore

remediationtoenablerollback.

Asnapshotofthevirtualmachineorvirtualapplianceistakenbeforeremediation.Ifthevirtual

appliance

needs

to

roll

back,

you

can

revert

to

this

snapshot.b Specifywhenthesnapshotshouldbedeleted,orselectDontdeletesnapshots.

c Enteranameandoptionallyadescriptionforthesnapshot.

d (Optional)SelectthecheckboxSnapshotthememoryforthevirtualmachine.

9 ReviewtheReadytoCompletepage,andclickFinish.

Virtual Appliance Recognition

Whenacorrectlyinstalledorremediatedvirtualapplianceisfirstpoweredon,thevCenterServershould

discoverit(recognizeit)asavirtualappliance.Yourremediatedvirtualapplianceisthenreadytouse.

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Thisappendixcontainsthefollowingsections:

VMwarePlatformProductsforOVFandOVAonpage 31

CompatibilityforVirtualAppliancesandvAppsonpage 31.

VMware Platform Products for OVF and OVAThefollowingshortcodesrepresentvariousVMwareplatformproductsintablesTable A1andTable A2.

vSphereManagedVMwarevSphere4or5deployedasavCenterServer4or5managedenvironment

withESX/ESXi4.xorESXi5.x(andpossiblyESX/ESXi3.5)hosts.

vSphereStandaloneVMwarevSphere4or5deployedasastandaloneESX/ESXi4.xorESXi5.xhost.

VMwareInfrastructure3.5ManagedVMwareInfrastructure3.5deployedasaVirtualCenter2.5

managedenvironmentwithESX/ESXi3.5hosts.

VMwareInfrastructure3.5StandaloneVI3.5deployedasastandaloneESX/ESXi3.5host.

VMwareInfrastructure3AnypermutationofVMwareInfrastructure3.0.

Workstation6.5.1+VMwareWorkstation6.5.1andlater(whichaddssomeOVFsupport).

VHPVMwarehostedclassplatformproducts(Workstation,Player,Server,ACE,andFusion).

vCloudDirector1.0vCloudDirectorcoordinatingvSpheremanageddatacenters.

Compatibility for Virtual Appliances and vApps

Table A1showsplatformproductcompatibilityforvirtualapplianceswithonevirtualmachine.

YesNoaddedconversionstepsarenecessary;importsusingtheproductalone.

Yes*SimilartoYES,butconversionmaydiscardcertainOVFmetadatapostimport.

Convert

Not

directly,

but

end

consumers

can

convert

with

added

steps

and

sacrifice

of

certain

metadata.

Appendix

Table A-1. Compatibility of a Single-VM Virtual Appliance

Target ZIP OVF 0.9 Draft OVF 1.0 OVF 1.0 OVA

vSphereManaged Convert Yes Yes Yes

vSphereStandalone Convert Yes* Yes* Yes*

VMwareInfrastructure3.5Managed Convert Yes* Convert. Convert

VMwareInfrastructure3.5Standalone Convert Yes* Convert. Convert

VMwareInfrastructure3 Convert Conv. Convert Convert

Workstation6.5.1+ Yes Yes* Convert Convert

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Table A2showsplatformproductcompatibilityforavAppcontainingoneormorevirtualmachines.

YesNo

added

conversion

steps

are

necessary;

imports

using

the

product

alone.

Yes*SimilartoYES,butconversionmaydiscardcertainOVFmetadatapostimport.

ConvertNotdirectly,butendconsumerscanconvertwithaddedstepsandsacrificeofcertainmetadata.

N/AThisdeliverabletypeisnotcompatiblewiththedesiredconstruct(singleVMversusvApp).

NoNotpossible,orrequiredmetadataconstructscannotbeconverted.

VHP Yes Conv. Conv. Conv.

vCloudDirector1.0 No No Yes No

Table A-2. Compatibility of a Single-VM or Multiple-VM vApp


vSphere4Managed N/A N/A Yes Yes

vSphere4Standalone N/A N/A No No

VI3.5Managed N/A N/A No No

VI3/5Standalone N/A N/A No No

VI3 N/A N/A No No

Workstation6.5.1+ N/A N/A No No

VHP N/A N/A No No

vCloudDirector1.0 N/A N/A Yes No

Table A-1. Compatibility of a Single-VM Virtual Appliance


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Index

Aappliance vendor, ISV or HAV 8

B

browser support in VMware Studio 9

C

CIM standard and the DMTF 8

command-line interface, vamicli 16, 22

compatible platforms for a vApp 32

compatible platforms for a virtual appliance 31

Ddefinition of

application in a virtual appliance 8

VAMI 8

vApp 7

virtual appliance 7

VMware Studio 7

DHCP and IPv6 18

DHCP configuration of IP address and DNS 13

DHCP, host name and DNS 18

distribution format

OVA 9, 10

OVF 0.9 or 1.0 9, 10

ZIP 9, 10

DNS servers without DHCP 12, 17

dynamic IP address and DHCP 13

E

ESX/ESXi versions supported by VMware Studio 9

F

firewall security

exempted ports 19

incoming TCP port 5480 19incoming TCP ports 5488 and 5489 19

proxy server 18

G

gateway (router) for static IP address 17

Greenwich mean time (GMT) SeeUTC

H

host name for static IP address 17

IIP Pool and OVF networking properties 10, 12

IPv6 configuration 18

J

JeOS, just enough operating system 8

N

netmask for static IP address 17

network settings

DHCP lease expiration 12

proxy through firewall 13

static IP or DHCP 17, 18, 19Network tab

Address > Alternate DNS Server 17

Address > Gateway 17

Address > Hostname 17

Address > IP Address 17

Address > Netmask 17

Address > Preferred DNS Server 17

DHCP default, not static IP 18

Proxy > Proxy Port 18

Proxy > Proxy Server 18

Proxy > Proxy User 18Status 17

O

Open Virtualization Format (OVF) 7

OVA distribution format 9, 10

OVF 0.9 or 1.0 distribution format 9, 10

OVF versions and VMware platform products 31

P

powering on a virtual appliance 11

proxy server for external network access 18

R

Reboot button in System tab 16

S

security

firewall 19

login password 15

self-signed HTTP certificate 11

SSL digital signature 21

Shutdown button in System tab 16

SLAAC and IPv6 17

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SSL digital signature 21

static IP address and netmask 12

supported VMware platform products 9, 31

supported Web browsers 9

System tab

Appliance Name 15

Appliance Version 15

Hostname 15OS Name 15

OS Version 15

OVF Environment 15

Reboot button 16

Shutdown button 16

Time Zone page 17

Vendor 15

T

technical support resources 6

Time Zone page in System tab 17

time zone, setting or changing 14, 17

U

Update tab

Actions > Check Updates 22

Actions > Install Updates 22

Settings > Automatic check and install

updates 22

Settings > Automatic check for updates 22

Settings > No automatic updates 22

Status > Appliance Name 21

Status > Appliance Version 21Status > Available Updates 21

Status > Last Check 21

Status > Last Install 22

Status > Vendor 21

updates from local repository URL 22

updates from mounted CDROM 22

Use Default Repository update default 22

UTC, universal coordinated time 11, 14, 17, 21

V

VAMI, virtual appliance management

infrastructure 7, 8, 19, 21

vami.timezone OVF property 14, 17

vamicli command 16, 22

vamisupport script 19

vApp, definition 7

vApps in the vSphere Client, pictured 16

vCenter Server (formerly VirtualCenter) 8, 10, 21,

2530

VI Client, virtual appliance import 10

virtual appliance power-on 11

virtual appliance, definition 7

VMware platform products supported 9

VMware Tools 8

VMware vCenter Update Manager 7, 14, 17, 19, 25

baselines for virtual appliance updates 26

remediating a virtual appliance 29

scanning a virtual appliance 27

scheduling a virtual appliance scan 27

viewing a virtual appliance scan 28vSphere Client, deploy OVF template 10

W

Web browsers supported 9

Web console for VMware Studio 8

Z

ZIP distribution format 9, 10

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