Installing a NetMRI virtual appliance involves various procedures, and you might need to skip instructions that do not apply. The following worksheet helps you navigate through the instructions. Infoblox strongly recommends that you use the worksheet while deploying a NetMRI virtual appliance.
| Step | Procedure | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Review best practices and verify that the VMware platform on which NetMRI will be deployed adheres to the recommendations. | Best Practices for configuring NetMRI Virtual Appliances |
| 2 | Review the recommended VMware server requirements and record the following information: Number of devices to be monitored: Number of interfaces to be monitored: VMware hypervisor: Number of vCPUs: Memory available: Size of local disk storage: | Benchmarking the VMware Infrastructure |
| 3 | Install and run the Infoblox Benchmark Tool on the VMware server. | Benchmarking the VMware Infrastructure |
| 4 | Confirm that the platform meets NetMRI virtual appliance requirements: MySQL Bench Alter Table Result: _____ seconds (should be less than 15 seconds) MySQL Bench Create Result: ________ seconds (should be less than 30 seconds) MySQL Bench Wisconsin Result: _____seconds (should be less than 7 seconds) | Benchmarking the VMware Infrastructure |
| 5 | Download and unpack the NetMRI virtual appliance zip archive. | Downloading and Unpacking the Virtual Appliance ZIP Archive |
| 6 | Import the NetMRI virtual appliance files. Follow the instructions in the subsection for the Appliance Distributable downloaded in a zip file. | Importing the Virtual Appliance Files |
| 7 | Configure the NetMRI virtual appliance. | Configuring NetMRI |
| 8 | Configure NetMRI network interface. NetMRI IP address is now __________________________ | Configuring Network Interfaces |
| 9 | Configure NetMRI using the Setup Wizard. | Configuring NetMRI Using the Setup Wizard |
| 10 | Monitor the initial discovery process. | Monitoring the Initial Discovery Process |
| 11 | Review additional considerations to determine whether additional security should be placed around the NetMRI installation. | Additional Considerations |