#Vsphere client 5.5 console tab install
#Vsphere client 5.5 console tab update
#Vsphere client 5.5 console tab manual

Once youвЂ™ve configured the additional settings required for the replication appliance, proceed by shutting down the vSphere Web Client and re-launching as you will not see the vSphere Replication icon in the Home screen until you do:

#Vsphere client 5.5 console tab update

One of the settings I always configure after the deployment is the Network вЂ“> Address where you could update the host name and add another DNS server entry: Most of the settings configuration pertains to the appliance itself (i.e. Once the appliance has successfully booted up, you can then browse to it via and log in with the root account: вЂ¦ and ensure that the appliance successfully powers on: Once the deployment is complete, you should then see the new appliance under the cluster: Note the status of the OVF deployment on the right hand Recent Tasks pane: Review the details to the configuration settings that were entered and click Finish to begin the OVF deployment:

#Vsphere client 5.5 console tab manual

IвЂ™m going to use static so IвЂ™ve selected Static - Manual for the IP allocation option which will then allow me to set the DNS servers, Gateway, and Netmask:Д¬ontinue by entering a password for the applianceвЂ™s root account and configure a Management Network IP address:Д«e aware of the vService bindings information: Select the datastore that you would like to store the appliance:Дepending on your environment, you can choose either to use DHCP or statically assign an IP address to the appliance: Provide a name for the appliance in the Name field and select the folder you would like to place the appliance: Proceed with downloading and installing the plug in, close the browser and log back into vCenter and repeat the steps above to deploy the OVF:

#Vsphere client 5.5 console tab install

You will then be prompted to download and install the Client Integration Plug-in: With this confirmed, navigate back out to the vCenter Home view and click on Hosts and Clusters:Д®xpand the Datacenter containing the cluster that you would like to deploy the appliance then right click on the cluster and select Deploy OVF TemplateвЂ¦: Under Settings then Advanced Settings, scroll down to confirm that the VirtualCenter.FQDN is set properly: Then click on the vCenter Servers node selecting the vCenter that you will be deploying the appliance:

Once logged into vCenter, click on the vCenter node on the left hand pane: вЂ¦ clearly indicates on page 27 that you need to use the VMware vSphere Web Client to deploy the appliance: Note that the VMware vSphere Replication Administration deployment guide found here: For the purpose of this demonstration, IвЂ™ll be deploying a standalone appliance without SRM so the ovf IвЂ™ll be using is vSphere_Replication_OVF10.ovf. The ovf file with AddOn in the name is used in an SRM deployment and the one without is for standalone deployments. The folder weвЂ™re interested in is the bin folder which contains 2 ovf files: The contents of the ISO whether extracted or mounted contains the following files and folders: I recently had to deploy a VMware vSphere Replication Appliance version 5.5 and since I had to screenshot the process for documentation purposes, I thought IвЂ™d write a blog post in case anyone is interested in seeing what the process looks like.Д«egin by downloading either the ZIP or ISO from the VMware download section and be aware that the ISO is not bootable as the appliance is deployed via an OVF file.