Deploy a Netreo Virtual Appliance in VMware vSphere

All Netreo virtual appliances (core tool, HA nodes, service engines, etc.) are deployed the same way from the same base file. If you already have a downloaded copy of the Netreo VA file appropriate for your virtualization environment, there is no need to download additional copies for other types of deployments. You will, however, need to download a different version of the VA if you wish to deploy in a different virtualization environment than that for which your current downloaded copy is intended.

See Virtualization Options for On-premise Netreo Deployment

Deployment Options

You have two options for deploying Netreo with vSphere:

• Deploy with a vSphere Windows client directly into your vSphere infrastructure.
• Deploy with a vSphere web client into a datacenter.

Netreo is supplied as an OVA file intended to be imported as an OVF Template into vCenter vSphere. Downloading and extracting the OVA is not necessary, as vSphere will handle these operations for you. Deploying the Netreo virtual machine is incredibly simple, just be sure to follow the instructions for your vSphere client. Use the table of contents at right to jump directly to the instructions that apply to you.

To Deploy with a vSphere Windows Client

These instructions are for the Windows client of vSphere only, and are not intended for use with the web client. It's expected that you are familiar with the operation of your client.

1. From the vSphere client main menu, select File > Deploy OVF Template.
2. Copy the URL from the email you received and paste it into the source field of the deployment dialog and click Next.
3. The vSphere client will download the OVA, extract the OVF template and deploy it automatically.

Deploying an OVF template in the vSphere Windows client.

It's as simple as that. 

Your new Netreo VM will now appear in vSphere ready to be started.

If you would like to change the IP address of the Netreo VM before running the setup wizard,see "How to Change the Default IP Address of Netreo Through the VM Console" below.

(DO NOT run the setup wizard if your are deploying the appliance as a service engine. Return to the service engine instructions that brought you here and continue from where you left off.)

Otherwise, start the VM and run the Netreo setup wizard.

To Deploy with a vSphere Web Client

These instructions are for the web client of vSphere only, and are not intended for use with the Windows client. It's expected that you are familiar with the operation of your client.

1. In the web client, select the “VMs and Templates” tab.
2. Select the datacenter where you wish to deploy Netreo.
3. From the Actions dropdown menu, select Actions > Deploy OVF Template…
4. Copy the URL from the email you received and paste it into the source field of the deployment dialog and click Next.
5. The vSphere client will acquire the OVA, extract the OVF template and deploy it automatically.

Deploying an OVF template in the vSphere web client.

It's as simple as that. Your new Netreo VM will now appear in vSphere ready to be started.

If you would like to change the IP address of the Netreo VM before running the setup wizard,see "How to Change the Default IP Address of Netreo Through the VM Console" below.

(DO NOT run the setup wizard if your are deploying the appliance as a service engine. Return to the service engine instructions that brought you here and continue from where you left off.)

Otherwise, start the VM and run the Netreo setup wizard.