PowerScale OneFS Simulator Installation Guide

Installing OneFS Simulator by importing the OVA file

Follow the steps in this procedure to install OneFS Simulator through the OVA file.

1. Download the ZIP file from the product download page and extract the OVA file from the archive by following the download process specific to your browser and save the file to your local drive.
2. Open VMware Workstation and click File > Open.
3. Browse to the folder where you have downloaded the OVA file, select the file, and then click Open.
   The Import Virtual Machine dialog box opens.

   

4. Specify a name for the virtual machine and a path to store it and then click Import.
   VMware Workstation imports the OVA virtual machine and the virtual machine appears in the virtual machine library.
5. To import more virtual machines, repeat the previous two steps by selecting the same OVA file but by specifying a different name and path for the imported virtual machines in the Import Virtual Machine dialog box.
6. Click VM > Power > Power on from the VMware console to power on the first virtual machine.

   

   A series of checks are performed as the virtual machine powers on.
7. Click anywhere inside the virtual machine console to obtain the control of the mouse and keyboard on the host system.
8. Configure the settings for the virtual cluster through the configuration wizard that appears in the virtual machine command console.
9. Power on the other virtual machines that you have imported and repeat the previous two steps individually for each of the virtual machines by selecting the Join an existing cluster option in the configuration wizard.
   The virtual machines are added as virtual nodes to the virtual cluster.