Virtual appliance - ESXΒΆ

To deploy the Plixer Replicator virtual appliance for ESX environments, note the following system requirements and proceed with the instructions that follow:

Note

The Plixer Replicator virtual appliance for ESX is provided as an all-in-one OVF template to streamline the deployment process.

System requirements for ESX deployments:

  • RAM: 4 GB

  • Storage: 100 GB

  • Processor: 2 CPU, 2 cores, 2 GHz+

  • OS: ESX/ESXi5+

  • VMware Tools (to shut down the machine via the VMware vSphere client)

Deploying the OVF template

  1. Contact Plixer Technical Support and use the link (e.g., https://files.plixer.com/PACKAGE_PATH/PACKAGE_FILENAME.tar.gz) they provide to download the latest ESX virtual appliance package.

  2. Extract the contents of the package to a location on the ESX server.

  3. After connecting to the ESX host via VMware vSphere or vCenter, select File > Deploy OVF Template.

  4. Select Deploy from File, navigate to the OVF Template, and click Next.

  5. Review the OVF template details and click Next.

  6. Provide a name for the virtual appliance and follow the deployment wizard that follows.

  7. Review the virtual settings provided and click Finish to complete importing the OVF Template.

  8. Right-click on the Plixer Replicator virtual machine to boot it up.

  9. Navigate to the Console tab and log in with the username replicator and password replicator.

  10. After the machine performs a quick setup, follow the prompts to configure the appliance.

  11. After the appliance reboots, log in to the web interface and follow the setup wizard to prepare Plixer Replicator for use.

Note

VMware Tools is installed as part of the the Plixer Replicator package by default. For more information, refer to the VMware Tools documentation.

Upgrading the virtual machine hardware version

The Plixer Replicator virtual appliance for ESX is built on virtual machine hardware version 7 to maintain backwards compatibility with ESXi 5 hypervisors.

To upgrade the hardware version:

  1. Shut down the virtual machine.

  2. Right-click on the virtual machine in vSphere (or vCenter) and select Upgrade Virtual Hardware.