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Installing a Virtual Appliance
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Installing a Virtual Appliance

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Last updated: Dec 10, 2019 by Jyothi KP

After deploying the NIOS virtual appliance, you must create a VM in the Prism web console. To create a VM, complete the following steps: 

  1. Log on to the Prism web console.
  2. Click Home > VM > Create VM. The Create VM dialog box appears.
  3. Complete the following:
    • Name: Enter a name for the VM.
    • Description: Enter a description for the VM.

    • Timezone: Enter a local time zone at which the VM must operate.

      Note

      When setting up the NIOS virtual appliance, ensure that you do not select the Use this VM as an agent VM option.

    • vCPU(s): Enter the number of virtual CPUs to allocate to this VM.
    • Number of Cores per vCPU: Enter the number of cores that you want to assign to each virtual CPU.
    • Memory: Enter the amount of memory (in MiBs) to allocate to this VM.
    • Click the Add New Disk button to attach a disk to the VM. In the Add Disk screen, complete the following:
      1. From the Type drop-down list, select Disk.
      2. From the Operation drop-down list, select Clone from Image Service.
      3. From the Bus Type drop-down list, select SCSI.
      4. From the Image drop-down list, select the image that you uploaded when deploying the virtual appliance.
      5. Click Add.

    • Select Legacy BIOS to boot the VM with legacy BIOS firmware.

    • Click the Add New NIC button to create a network interface for the VM. You must add at least two network interfaces. It is mandatory that you add the MGMT and LAN1 interfaces. You can add a maximum of four network interfaces. Complete the following steps:
      1. From the VLAN Name drop-down list, select the required VLAN name.
      2. Ensure that the Network Connection State is Connected.
      3. Click Add.
    • (Optional) Enable Custom Script if you want to customize the VM by running a cloud-init script.
  4. Click Save.
  5. Start a command prompt and run the following commands from the Nutanix controller VM:
    1. Run the acli vm.list command and note the VM name and VM user ID.
    2. If you have enabled the custom script, create a serial port by using the following command:
      acli vm.serial_port_create <VM name> index=0 type=kServer
    3. For the VM to function properly, turn off the VM branding using the following command:
      acli vm.update <VM uuid> disable_branding=true
  6. In the Prism web console, select the new VM in the VM table, and then click the Power On button to start the VM.

Notes

  • As you install and start each VM, use the show hwid command to obtain the hardware ID for the new VM. Note the hardware ID for each VM.
  • NIOS virtual appliances will not operate without a license. To ensure that the VMs operate until you install the permanent license keys, run the set temp_license command in the NIOS command line for any VM. For information, see Managing Licenses in the Infoblox NIOS Documentation.

For detailed information about the procedure in this section, see the Nutanix documentation at https://portal.nutanix.com/.

Known Limitations

The known limitations of NIOS virtual appliance for Nutanix AHV are as follows:

  • vADP and vDCA are not supported by the virtual appliance.
  • vNIOS can be deployed only on Nutanix AHVs.