Swarm 15 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.

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

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-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

VM

Hostname

vCPU

RAM

System Disk

Data Disk

SwarmClusterServices 

swarmclusterservices 

4 GB 

50 GB 

-- 

SwarmContentGateway 

swarmcontentgateway 

8 GB 

50 GB 

-- 

SwarmSearch 

swarmsearch1 

24 GB 

30 GB 

0.45 TB 

SwarmNFS 

swarmnfs 

8 GB 

16 GB 

-- 

SwarmTelemetry 

swarmtelemetry 

1GB 

20 GB 

100 GB 

Software Versions

The following software versions are required for the Swarm 15.0 VMware bundle:

References

Abbreviation

Full Form

Abbreviation

Full Form

SCS

Swarm Cluster Services

GW

Swarm Content Gateway

NFS

SwarmNFS

ES

SwarmSearch

TM

SwarmTelemetry

 

© DataCore Software Corporation. · https://www.datacore.com · All rights reserved.