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This bundle contains a collection of supported VMware templates for use in proof-of concepts and -concept and production field deployments. Each VM contains all the necessary DataCore Swarm software as well as dependencies. The software packages are pre-installed and unconfigured.

This package contains:

  • SwarmTelemetry OVF file

  • SwarmClusterServices OVF file

  • SwarmContentGateway OVF file

  • SwarmNFS OVF file

  • SwarmSearch OVF file

  • Corrected guest OS labels for all VMs

  • VMware Hardware Level is set to 11 across all VMs

  • SwarmTelemetry: DataCore-branded email alert templates added

The bundle package can be found at DataCore Downloads

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Example contents of the bundle package:

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-rwxr--r--@  1 root  root   1.2G Apr 21 06:55 datacore-swarm-14.1.0-ESX-disk1.vmdk
-rwxr--r--@  1 root  root   851M Apr 21 06:56 datacore-swarm-14.1.0-ESX-disk2.vmdk
-rwxr--r--@  1 root  root    85M Apr 21 06:56 datacore-swarm-14.1.0-ESX-disk3.vmdk
-rwxr--r--@  1 root  root   1.4G Apr 21 06:58 datacore-swarm-14.1.0-ESX-disk4.vmdk
-rwxr--r--@  1 root  root   1.7M Apr 21 06:58 datacore-swarm-14.1.0-ESX-disk5.vmdk
-rwxr--r--@  1 root  root   726M Apr 21 07:00 datacore-swarm-14.1.0-ESX-disk6.vmdk
-rwxr--r--@  1 root  root   1.7G Apr 21 07:02 datacore-swarm-14.1.0-ESX-disk7.vmdk
-rw-r--r--@  1 root  root    73K Apr 21 07:03 datacore-swarm-14.1.0-ESX.ovf
-rwxr-xr-x@  1 root  root   148K Apr 21 07:03 centos-7-licenses.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--@  1 root  root    35K Apr 21 07:03 SwarmTelemetry.ovf
-rw-r--r--@  1 root  root    34K Apr 21 07:03 SwarmSearch1.ovf
-rw-r--r--@  1 root  root    33K Apr 21 07:03 SwarmNFS.ovf
-rw-r--r--@  1 root  root    34K Apr 21 07:03 SwarmContentGateway.ovf
-rw-r--r--@  1 root  root    34K Apr 21 07:03 SwarmClusterServices.ovf

Prerequisites

  • A dedicated vSwitch for the Swarm Storage Network before importing VMs with the dual virtual network card.

  • VMs are created on VMware ESX 7.0 and must be loaded into 6.7U3 and above.

  • If using vCenter, use the VMware vAPP OVF datacore-swarm-14.1.2-ESX.ovf to load the entire set of VMs in one command. Must include the nvram files as well.

  • If not using vCenter, use an individual OVF for each template. This requires specifying the associated disk for each VM.

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Deployment Requirement

Swarm 14.1 - ESXi-7.0 - Update 3 can be deployed on ESXi 6.7 and above. See https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/83223 for the end-of-life (EOL) statement regarding ESX 6.x.

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  • All VMs have dual virtual network cards, one for the public client network and another for the Swarm Storage Network.

  • For SwarmSearch 1, the public-facing network card is not connected for security reasons.

  • VMware ESX 6.7U3 is required if using vCenter 6.7.

  • All access credentials use the default password “datacore”.

Disk-to-VM Mapping

The following is a sample mapping example of OVF with the associated disks:

OVF

Associated Disks

SwarmClusterServices.ovf

datacore-swarm-14.1.2-ESX-disk7.vmdk

SwarmContentGateway.ovf

datacore-swarm-14.1.2-ESX-disk6.vmdk

SwarmNFS.ovf

datacore-swarm-14.1.2-ESX-disk1.vmdk

SwarmSearch1.ovf

 

datacore-swarm-14.1.2-ESX-disk4.vmdk

datacore-swarm-14.1.2-ESX-disk5.vmdk

SwarmTelemetry.ovf

 

datacore-swarm-14.1.2-ESX-disk2.vmdk

datacore-swarm-14.1.2-ESX-disk3.vmdk

VM Template Overview

The following is a sample example of the VM template:

VM

Hostname

vCPU

RAM

System Disk

Data Disk

SwarmClusterServices 

swarmclusterservices 

2 

4 GB 

50 GB 

-- 

SwarmContentGateway 

swarmcontentgateway 

4 

8 GB 

50 GB 

-- 

SwarmSearch 

swarmsearch1 

4 

24 GB 

30 GB 

0.45 TB 

SwarmNFS 

swarmnfs 

2 

8 GB 

16 GB 

-- 

SwarmTelemetry 

swarmtelemetry 

1 

1GB 

20 GB 

100 GB 

Software Versions

The following software versions are required for Swarm 14.1.2 VMware bundle:

VM

Application

Version

Vendor

All 

Centos 

7.9 

Centos 

SCS 

Swarm Cluster Services 

1.3.0 

DataCore Software, Inc 

GW 

Content Gateway Web UI 

7.7.0 

DataCore Software, Inc 

GW 

Content Gateway 

7.10.0 

DataCore Software, Inc 

SCS 

Swarm 

14.1.2 

DataCore Software, Inc 

GW 

Storage Management UI 

3.4.0-3 

DataCore Software, Inc  

NFS 

Swarm NFS 

3.2.0 

DataCore Software, Inc 

GW 

Haproxy 

1.8.17 

https://www.haproxy.org/  

ES 

Elasticsearch 

7.5.2 

Elasticsearch 

TM 

Prometheus 

2.36.1 

https://prometheus.io/  

TM 

AlertManager 

0.16.1 

https://prometheus.io/  

GW 

Node Exporter 

0.18.1 

https://prometheus.io/  

TM 

Grafana 

8.5.6 

https://grafana.com/  

References

Abbreviation

Full Form

SCS

Swarm Cluster Services

GW

Swarm Content Gateway

NFS

SwarmNFS

ES

SwarmSearch

TM

SwarmTelemetry

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