Swarm 16.0 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
SwarmSearch OVF file
What’s New:
Swarm Storage 16.0.0 Swarm Storage 16.0 Release
Swarm Cluster Services (SCS) 1.6 Swarm Cluster Services 1.6 Release Notes
Swarm Content Gateway 8.0.0 Content Gateway 8.0.0 Release
Elasticsearch 7.17.14
All VMs upgraded to the latest CentOS 7.9 distribution packages
OEM-95: VM hardware set to 19 on all VMs (needed for vmotion)
OEM-96: DirectPath I/O is now disabled for all vmxnet3 adapters (needed for vmotion)
OEM-97: IPv6 disabled on all templates
SwarmTelemetry: nic adapter changed to vmxnet3 to keep consistency
SwarmTelemetry: Switched SCSI controller to VMware ParaVirtual
SwarmTelemetry: Branding of dashboards modified for v16
SwarmTelemetry: OEM-89 fix wrong default ES ip
SwarmTelemetry: OEM-99 add grafana image rendered plugin
SwarmContentGateway: Switched SCSI controller to VMware ParaVirtual
SwarmContentGateway: OEM-94 set docker storage device explicitely
SwarmContentGateway: OEM-91 disabled haproxy service
SwarmContentGateway: OEM-90 removed 3DES cyphers from haproxy.cfg
SwarmContentGateway: OEM-98 disable docker service on gateway
SwarmContentGateway: OEM-83 indexSocketTimeout too high
SwarmSearch: OEM-93 remove syslog config elasticsearch
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 created on VMware ESX 7.0 must be loaded into 6.7 U3 and 7.x (8.x is not supported, but has been tested in our labs)
If using vCenter, use the VMware vAPP OVF datacore-swarm-16.0.0-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 16.0.0 - ESXi-8.0 - can be deployed on ESX 7.0U2 and ESX 8.0U2 See Announcing End of Support Life for vSphere 6.5.x and vSphere 6.7.x 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 7.0U2 and above is required.
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-16.0.0-ESX-disk6.vmdk |
datacore-swarm-16.0.0-ESX-disk7.vmdk | |
SwarmContentGateway.ovf | datacore-swarm-16.0.0-ESX-disk5.vmdk |
SwarmSearch1.ovf
| datacore-swarm-16.0.0-ESX-disk3.vmdk |
datacore-swarm-16.0.0-ESX-disk4.vmdk | |
SwarmTelemetry.ovf
| datacore-swarm-16.0.0-ESX-disk1.vmdk |
datacore-swarm-16.0.0-ESX-disk2.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 | 100 GB |
SwarmContentGateway | swarmcontentgateway | 4 | 8 GB | 50 GB | -- |
SwarmSearch | swarmsearch1 | 4 | 24 GB | 30 GB | 0.45 TB |
SwarmTelemetry | swarmtelemetry | 1 | 2GB | 20 GB | 100 GB |
Software Versions
The following software versions are required for the Swarm 15.1 VMware bundle:
VM | Application | Version | Vendor |
---|---|---|---|
All | Centos | 7.9 | Centos |
SCS | Swarm Cluster Services | 1.6.0 | DataCore Software, Inc |
GW | Content Gateway Web UI | 7.10.0 | DataCore Software, Inc |
GW | Content Gateway | 8.0.0 | DataCore Software, Inc |
SCS | Swarm | 16.0.0 | DataCore Software, Inc |
GW | Storage Management UI | 3.5.0-1 | DataCore Software, Inc |
GW | Haproxy | 1.8.17 | |
ES | Elasticsearch | 7.17.14 | Elasticsearch |
TM | Prometheus | 2.45.0 | |
TM | AlertManager | 0.25.0 | |
GW | Node Exporter | 1.6.0 | |
TM | Grafana | 9.3.2 | |
TM | Elasticsearch Exporter | 15.0 |
References
Abbreviation | Full Form |
---|---|
SCS | Swarm Cluster Services |
GW | Swarm Content Gateway |
ES | SwarmSearch |
TM | SwarmTelemetry |
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