VMware/ESXi 6.0

Release Date

March 2015

Download

Download VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi)

• Free - https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere_hypervisor_esxi/6_0
• Licensed - https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/6_0

VCSA

Example login:

site: https://vc60.oeey.com/vsphere-client/
user: administrator@vsphere.local

Download spport bundle from:

https://vc60/appliance/support-bundle

Installation

1. Mount the VCSA ISO
2. Install the Windows Client Integration Plugin
3. Load "vcsa-setup.html" into browser
4. Select "Install"
5. Accept terms
6. Specify target ESXi server (doesn't have to be a 6.0 server, I am using a 5.1 server)
7. Setup appliance name, and OS 'root' user password (eg. Password1@)
8. Install with Embedded Platform Services Controller, unless you know what you are doing
9. Create a new SSO domain, specify password for 'administrator' user (eg. Password1@), specify a SSO Domain name (eg. vsphere.local), and SSO Site name (eg. Default-First-Site).
10. Specify Appliance Size (eg. Tiny)
11. Specify target datastore (eg. ds-myesx), and decide if you wish to use Thin Disk Mode
12. Configure database, use embedded database (vPostgress), unless you know what you are doing
13. Configure network settings, configure FQDN (eg vc60.oeey.com), and enable SSH (if you wish)
14. Summary
15. Finish, which will deploy the VCSA

Sizes:

• Tiny (up to 10 hosts, 100 VMs): This will deploy a Tiny VM configured with 2 vCPUs and 8 GB of memory and requires 120 GB of disk space. This option contains vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller.
• Small (up to 100 hosts, 1,000 VMs): This will deploy a Small VM configured with 4 vCPUs and 16 GB of memory and requires 150 GB of disk space. This option contains vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller.
• Medium (up to 400 hosts, 4,000 VMs): This will deploy a Medium VM configured with 8 vCPUs and 24 GB of memory and requires 300 GB of disk space. This option contains vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller.
• Large (up to 1,000 hosts, 10,000 VMs): This will deploy a Large VM configured with 16 vCPUs and 32 GB of memory and requires 450 GB of disk space. This option contains vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller.

Your vCenter Server is successfully installed - Post install steps:

1. vCenter Server is installed in evaluation mode. Activate vCenter Server by using the vSphere Web Client within 60 days. When the evaluation period of this vCenter Server expires, all hosts will be disconnected from this vCenter Server.
2. Use the vSphere Web Client to manage vCenter Server. Log in with the Single Sign-On administrator account administrator@oeey.lab

You can now login to vSphere Web Client: https://vc60.oeey.com/vsphere-client as administrator@oeey.lab

VCSA CLI

Welcome to the interactive CLI.

If you want to run unix commands, you can break out to BASH as follows.
  - To enable BASH access, run "shell.set --enabled True"
  - To launch BASH, run "pi shell"

To get a list of apis, run "help api list"

To get a list of plugins, run "help pi list"

Command>

VCSA Shell

Enable shell:

shell.set --enabled True

Start shell:

pi shell

This logs you in as user 'nobody', and I haven't figured out how to gain root access, yet...

VCSA 6.0

See VMware/vCenter Server 6.0