
For Connect to gateway, enter the IP address that you noted in step 10 of From the vSphere Web Client, prepare the file gateway VM for activation.You should be on the Select host platform page. Go back to the Storage Gateway console.You'll go back to the web client in a later step.įrom the Storage Gateway console, complete the steps to create the file gateway Note: Don't close the window or tab with the vSphere Web Client. After your VM starts, note the IP Addresses listed on the VM details page.On the main details page of your VM, choose the play button next to the name of your VM.

Then, for Time, select the check box for Synchronize guest time with host. For New Hard disk, enter 150 GB at minimum.This adds a new hard drive for your file gateway cache. From the Edit Settings dialog box, choose ADD NEW DEVICE, and then choose Hard Disk.Confirm that the VM is using SCSI controller 0 and that Change Type is VMware Paravirtual.Note: For more information on the minimum memory requirements, see Storage requirements. Select the check box for Reserve all guest memory (All locked). Then, for Reservation, enter 16 GB at minimum. In the Edit Settings dialog box, expand Memory.On the left navigation pane, right-click on the VM that you created.Wait for the Status of the Deploy OVF template and Import OVF package tasks to change to Completed.įrom the vSphere Web Client, prepare the file gateway VM for activation.Review the details of your configuration, and then choose Finish.For Select networks, select the network that you want to assign to the gateway.For Select storage, select the VMware shared datastore where you want to store the VM.Review the details of your template, and then choose Next.For Select a compute resource, select the VMware cluster node where you want to deploy your gateway.For Virtual machine name, enter a name for your virtual machine (VM).
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Choose Browse, and then select the file that you downloaded in step 4 of From the Storage Gateway console, download the VMware ESXi image.


On the left navigation pane, right-click on Datacenter, and then choose Deploy OVF Template.For more information, see Log in to vCenter Server using the vSphere Web Client on the VMware vSphere Documentation Center. In a new browser window or tab, log in to the vSphere Web Client.You'll go back to the console in a later step.įrom the vSphere Web Client, deploy the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) template Note: Don't close the window or tab with the Storage Gateway console. For Select host platform, select VMware ESXi.For Select gateway type, select File gateway.From the Storage Gateway console, download the VMware ESXi image
