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Running vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 in Fusion

Duncan Epping · Oct 22, 2015 ·

I am doing some simple tests at home and I am running the vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 in Fusion. In order to get it working there are a couple of tricks I have to perform, I find myself resorting to the same blogs over and over again so I figured I would just put it all on my own blog in a single location so I can simply copy/past where needed and don’t need to hit multiple sources.

First, deployment of vCenter Server in Fusion:

  • Download the vCenter Server Appliance ISO
  • Mount the appliance in OSX
  • Copy the file “vmware-vcsa” from the folder “vcsa”
  • Add “.ova” to the file by renaming it
  • Open fusion go to “File” and “Import” the OVA but don’t start it
  • Edit the “vmx” file of the VM you just created
    • Typically stored under Documents –> Virtual Machines
    • I edit them using vi through the terminal as that is what I’ve used for the last decade or so. The path for me looks something like this:
    • /Users/depping/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/vmware-vcsa-2800571.vmwarevm
  • You will need to add a bunch of entries, I lifted these from William’s site of course… Thanks William
    guestinfo.cis.deployment.node.type = “embedded”
    guestinfo.cis.vmdir.domain-name = “vsphere.local”
    guestinfo.cis.vmdir.site-name = “vsphere”
    guestinfo.cis.vmdir.password = “VMware1!”
    guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.addr.family = “ipv4”
    guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.addr = “192.168.1.5”
    guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.pnid = “192.168.1.5”
    guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.prefix = “24”
    guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.mode = “static”
    guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.dns.servers = “192.168.1.1”
    guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.gateway = “192.168.1.1”
    guestinfo.cis.appliance.root.passwd = “VMware1!”
    guestinfo.cis.appliance.ssh.enabled = “true”

Now I want to update vCenter Server, 6.0 in this instance, was described by Ryan Johnson recently, I tweaked it to meet my own needs

  • Download the patch: https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/patch#search
    • Note that this isn’t the regular ISO file, the filename should look something like this: VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-6.0.0.10000-3018521-patch-FP.iso (6.0U1)
  • Mount the ISO through Fusion
  • SSH in to the vCenter Server:
    • ssh [email protected]
  • Now from the command run the “software-packages” command and let it use the ISO you just mounted
    • software-packages install –iso  –acceptEulas
  • This upgrade  will take a couple of minutes usually, in my case it took about 7 minutes to complete, next you will need to reboot the vCenter Server:
    • shutdown reboot -r updates

That’s it… easy right.

Lego VSAN EVO:RACK

Duncan Epping · Jan 24, 2015 ·

I know a lot of you guys have home labs and are always looking for that next cool thing. Every once in a while you see something cool floating by on twitter and in this case it was so cool I needed to share it with you guys. Someone posted a picture of his version of “EVO:RACK” leveraging Intel NUC, a small switch and Lego… How awesome is a Lego VSAN EVO:RACK?! Difficult to see indeed in the pics below, but if you look at this picture then you will see how the top of rack switch was included.

Lego VSAN EVO Rack NUC style… Version 2.. Note top of rack switch!! @pdxvmug @vmwarevsan @IntelNUC @vExpert pic.twitter.com/SYFa6leLxX

— Nicholas Farmer (@vmnick0) January 9, 2015

Besides the awesome tweet, Nick also shared how he has build his lab in a couple of blog posts which are worth reading for sure!

  • VSAN Cluster Running On Three Intel NUCs – Part 1 (The Build)
  • VSAN Cluster Running On Three Intel NUCs – Part 2 (vCenter Deploy)

Enjoy,

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Duncan Epping is a Chief Technologist in the Office of CTO of the Cloud Platform BU at VMware. He is a VCDX (# 007), the author of the "vSAN Deep Dive", the “vSphere Clustering Technical Deep Dive” series, and the host of the "Unexplored Territory" podcast.

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