Step-by-Step Guide: Deploying Vembu BDR Virtual Appliance for Efficient Data Backup and Recovery

Step-by-Step Guide: Deploying Vembu BDR Virtual Appliance for Efficient Data Backup and Recovery

KB ID : 37
Purpose
To deploy Vembu BDR server virtual appliance in VMware virtual environment.
Solution
To import OVF file to VMware ESXi host, follow below steps
  1. Login ESXi server from the vSphere client
vSphere client
  1. Go to File ­> Deploy OVF template, browse and select the OVF file.
Deploy OVF template
  1. Select the required options to launch virtual machine.
launch virtual machine
  1. Then click next.
  2. OVF template details are shown this page. Click the next button.
OVF Template details
  1. Give the virtual appliance name to create an EXSi host machine.
create an EXSi host machine
  1. Here select the hard disk type as thin or thick.
select the hard disk type as thin or thick
  1. Click finish and check if the deployment has started in the ESXi server
started in the ESXi server
  1. Once the deployment is completed successfully, try logging in the virtual machine with the given username and password.
                            Default User details: User name: root Password: password Login with Username and Password
  1. Open terminal to verify if Mysql, Mongo and Vembu BDR services have started.
Mysql, Mongo, Vembu BDR
  1. Then open any web browser(FireFox or Chrome) and browse (`https://localhost:6061`) open any web browser(FireFox or Chrome) and browse
  2. Login Vembu BDR Backup Server web console with the given username and password
User name: admin Password: admin
  1. Then select the time zone setting for this machine.
  2. Then enter the Vembu BDR ID
Vembu BDR Suite
Vembu BDR ID
  1. Once Vembu BDR ID configuration successfully done after selecting the repository
Once Vembu BDR ID configuration successfully done after selecting the repository
  1. Once update the Repository
Once update the Repository
  1. From now on, configure a backup from the client end.
Limitation:
KVM installation has some permission issues.
Supported:
This template can be deployed to ESXi server 6.0,5.5, and 5.1

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