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

Swarm 14.1-VM Bundle

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.

Deployment Requirement

Swarm 14.1 - ESXi-7.0 - Update 3 can be deployed on ESXi 6.7 and above. See End of General Support for vSAN 6.5/6.6/6.7 for the end-of-life (EOL) statement regarding ESX 6.x.

Info

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

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
SwarmSearch1.ovf	datacore-swarm-14.1.2-ESX-disk5.vmdk
SwarmTelemetry.ovf	datacore-swarm-14.1.2-ESX-disk2.vmdk
SwarmTelemetry.ovf	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

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

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	HAProxy - The Reliable, High Perf. TCP/HTTP Load Balancer
ES	Elasticsearch	7.5.2	Elasticsearch
TM	Prometheus	2.36.1	Prometheus - Monitoring system & time series database
TM	AlertManager	0.16.1	Prometheus - Monitoring system & time series database
GW	Node Exporter	0.18.1	Prometheus - Monitoring system & time series database
TM	Grafana	8.5.6	Grafana: The open and composable observability platform \| Grafana Labs

References

Abbreviation	Full Form

Abbreviation	Full Form
SCS	Swarm Cluster Services
GW	Swarm Content Gateway
NFS	SwarmNFS
ES	SwarmSearch
TM	SwarmTelemetry

Swarm Documentation

Swarm 14 VMware Bundle Package