PowerPanel
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z Installation procedure starts and once finished. It will end automatically.
Installation on VMware ESXi and ESX
Installation on ESXi
Installation must be launched in the vMA (vSphere Management Assistant) which is also a virtual machine
on the ESXi host. In order to deploy vMA on the ESXi host and install PPBE in the vMA, users must install the
vSphere Client tool on another remote computer first. To download the vSphere Client installer, users can
enter the ESXi host IP address to access the web page. Users can visit VMware
website for vSphere
Management Assistant Guide document about vMA deployment on VMware ESXi.
The installer will guide users in completing the installation. Refer to Installation on Text Mode
section to follow
the same steps to complete installation. The installer requires root permission to initiate the installation
procedure. Mount CD by running mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom as a root user.(/dev/cdrom is
the CD drive and /mnt/cdrom will be the mount point.). Browse the CD drive and find the installer in the
/Software/Linux folder. Initiate an installation procedure by running the ./ppbe-linux-x86_64.sh command.
Note: In order to allow the interactions between physical and virtual machines, VMware tools have to be
installed on each virtual machine. Refer to VMware ESX/ESXi Server documentation for further information
about VMware Tools.
Installation on ESX
Installation must be launched in the Service Console (aka Console Operation System).
To initiate the installation procedure on VMware ESX also requires root permission.
Use the same command to mount CD and initiate the installation procedure. Refer
to Installation on Text Mode
section to complete the installation.Virtual Appliance
Deployment on ESXi
A virtual appliance (VA) is a prebuilt software solution, comprised of one or more virtual machines that is
packaged, maintained, updated and managed as a unit. It is fundamentally changing how software is
developed, distributed, deployed and managed.
Download the PPBE virtual appliance which is pre-installed Client from CyberPower
. In order to deploy the
PPBE virtual appliance on VMware ESXi host, users must install vSphere Client tool first on another remote
computer. To download the vSphere Client installer, users can enter the ESXi host IP address to access web
page of ESXi host.