VMWare Hypervisor

Learn how to deploy a Hardware Management Console (HMC) virtual appliance by using VMware ESXi.
Deploy the HMC virtual appliance on VMware ESXi by using the graphical user interface on the vSphere Client by using the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) template.

Note:    HMC virtual appliance supports VMware ESXi version 5.5 or later.

Virtual HMC OVA container

Extract OVA from Tar container
ExtractOVAImage

Connect to ESXi Server

Start vSphere Client and connect to ESXi Host.
vSphereClientImage

Deploy Virtual HMC OVF template

Import HMC OVF template

Click File and Select Deploy Virtual HMC OVF template
OVFTemplate

Select Virtual HMC OVA

Click Browse and select vHMC.ova
SelectOVAImage

Name Virtual HMC

Assign a Name to your deployment
NameOVAImage

Disk Provisioning

Select Disk Format provisioning
ThinProvisionedImage

Select Network

Select VM Network mapping
NetworkOVAImage

Verify Settings

Verify deployment settings
VerifyDeploymentImage

Custimize Virtual HMC Deployment

Click Edit virtual machine settings
VMwareEdit

Edit Virtual HMC configuration

Editing the VM configuration will allow you to configure the following options:

  • CPU Settings
  • Memory Settings
  • Configure Network adapters
  • Configure Floppy/CD Interfaces
  • I/O Settings

EditOVFImage