Open Virtualization Format (OVF) is an open standard for various virtualization platforms, and is used to package and distribute the software that runs on virtual machines. A virtual appliance is packaged as an OVA image, which is a compressed file containing the contents of an OVF folder. The OVF folder contains the appliance software image as well as virtual machine files. You install a virtual appliance in a VMware ESXi host.
This section describes how to install a virtual NDR Console appliance.
Important
The navigation instructions and user interface may vary based on your version of the ESXi, vSphere Web Client, and vCenter Server products from VMware.
Note
This document provides the basic steps and covers the required settings for creating and deploying NDR Console virtual appliances. This document assumes familiarity with deploying virtual machines and administering ESXi hosts. For comprehensive information about deploying virtual machines, see the documentation provided by VMware, Inc.
Log in to vSphere Web Client.
Select the host in the Navigator pane and then select Actions > Deploy OVF template to start the wizard.
On the Select template screen, paste the URL that Trellix provided that points to the OVA file containing the NDR Console image, or click Browse and navigate to the OVA file stored in your file system. Click Next.
On the Select name and location screen, enter the name of the virtual appliance, and then select its location on the Browse tab.
On the Select a resource screen, select the host or other resource where you want to run the virtual appliance.
On the Review details screen, review the information. If the information is correct, click Next. Otherwise, click Back and enter the correct information.
On the Select storage screen, select Thick provision eager zeroed from the Select virtual disk format drop-down menu. This is the recommended format to accommodate the capture data.
On the Select networks screen, select a destination network for the management traffic and the capture data, and then click Next.
On the Ready to complete screen, verify the information and then click Finish. When the installation completes, the arrow to the right of the instance name at the top of the center pane turns green.
Proceed to Configuring a virtual NDR Console network.