Swarm 15 VMware Bundle Package
- Anjali Tyagi
- Bala Harish A(AC)
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.
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 6.7 U3 and above.
If using vCenter, use the VMware vAPP OVF datacore-swarm-15.0-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.
Important
Swarm 15.0 - ESXi-7.0 - can be deployed on ESXi 6.7 and above. See https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/83223 for end-of-life (EOL) statement regarding VMware ESX 6.x.
This is an installation-only bundle, so don’t use this bundle for upgrades.
A field engineer needs to modify /usr/lib/system.d/system/elasticsearch_exporter.service if the ES node IP is different.
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 |
|---|---|
SwarmClusterServices.ovf | datacore-swarm-15.0.0-ESX-disk7.vmdk |
SwarmContentGateway.ovf | datacore-swarm-15.0.0-ESX-disk6.vmdk |
SwarmNFS.ovf | datacore-swarm-15.0.0-ESX-disk1.vmdk |
SwarmSearch1.ovf
| datacore-swarm-15.0.0-ESX-disk4.vmdk |
datacore-swarm-15.0.0-ESX-disk5.vmdk | |
SwarmTelemetry.ovf
| datacore-swarm-15.0.0-ESX-disk2.vmdk |
datacore-swarm-15.0.0-ESX-disk3.vmdk |
Info
All access credentials use the default password ‘datacore’.
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 the Swarm 15.0 VMware bundle:
VM | Application | Version | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
All | Centos | 7.9 | Centos |
SCS | Swarm Cluster Services | 1.4.0 | DataCore Software, Inc |
GW | Content Gateway Web UI | 7.7.0 | DataCore Software, Inc |
GW | Content Gateway | 7.10.1 | DataCore Software, Inc |
SCS | Swarm | 15.0.0 | 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 | |
ES | Elasticsearch | 7.5.2 | Elasticsearch |
TM | Prometheus | 2.36.1 | |
TM | AlertManager | 0.16.1 | |
GW | Node Exporter | 0.18.1 | |
TM | Grafana | 8.5.6 | Grafana: The open and composable observability platform | Grafana Labs |
TM | Elasticsearch Exporter | 15.0 |
References
Abbreviation | Full Form |
|---|---|
SCS | Swarm Cluster Services |
GW | Swarm Content Gateway |
NFS | SwarmNFS |
ES | SwarmSearch |
TM | SwarmTelemetry |
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