Swarm 14 VMware Bundle Package

This bundle contains a collection of supported VMware templates for proof-of-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

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