Swarm 14 VMware Bundle Package

This bundle contains a collection of supported VMware templates for use in proof of concepts 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

Example contents of the bundle package:

-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.

Disk-to-VM Mapping

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

VM Template Overview

The following is a sample example of the VM template:

Software Versions

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

References