Overview

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. The VM templates have been created with Rocky Linux 8.10 OS.

Bundle Information

What’s New

• Swarm Storage 17.0 Swarm Storage 17.0 ReleasePreview

• Swarm Cluster Services (SCS) 1.7.3 Swarm Cluster Services 1.7.3 Release NotesPreview

• Content Gateway 8.2.1 Content Gateway 8.2.1 Release NotesPreview

• Content UI 7.10.1 Content UI 7.10.1 ReleasePreview

• Elasticsearch 8.15.1

• Grafana 11.4.0

• All VMs upgraded to latest Rocky Linux 8.10 distribution packages 

• All copyright info adjusted to 2025 

• TELE-26 changed integrity verified from stat to historical time series chart 

• OEM-127 added tcpdump, traceroute, mtr, bind-utils, nmap, ngrep, qrencode-libs, google-authenticate

• OEM-128 added listing cache thin provisioned disk with mountpoint /var/spool/caringo

• OEM-129 SwarmSearch is now running the Elasticsearch partition in its own Volume Group 

• OEM-93 log4j.properties reset to rpm supplied default

• TELE-27 generated v17 Dashboards 

  • Added Swarm Network Dashboard v2.0 [Support Only] 

  • Added Swarm Health Processor v2.1 [Support Only] 

  • Added Cache Listing v2.0 with XMD [Support Only] 

• OEM-139 upgraded prometheus / grafana stack 

• SwarmTelemetry: upgraded to prometheus 3.1.0 

• SwarmTelemetry: upgraded to alertmanager 0.28.0 

• SwarmTelemetry: upgraded to grafana 11.4.0 [version locked] 

• SwarmTelemetry: fixed broken motd update crond definition 

The bundle package can be found at DataCore Downloads.

Bundle Contents

This package contains:

• datacore-swarm-17.0-ESX-RL8.ovf – VMware vAPP OVF for vCenter 7.0 and above

• datacore-swarm-17.0-ESX-RL8-file*.nvram – VMware ESXi 8.0 and higher nvram files only needed for vAPP ovf import

• SwarmSearch1.ovf – Elasticsearch 8.15.1 VM image

• SwarmContentGateway.ovf – Gateway 8.2.1 VM image (UIS + UIC)

• SwarmClusterServices.ovf – Swarm Cluster Services 1.7.3 VM Image

• SwarmTelemetry.ovf – Swarm Telemetry 17.0.0 VM Image

• datacore-swarm-17.0-ESX-RL8-disk*.vmdk – VM disk images associated with the various VM images

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 7.0U2 or higher.

• If using vCenter, use the VMware vAPP OVF datacore-swarm-17.0.0-ESX-RL8.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 the Swarm 17.0 VMware bundle:

References