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You can use the deploy-vsphere-ovftool.sh Bash script and the deploy-vsphere-ovftool.ini configuration file you modified to automate the deployment of StorageGRID grid nodes in VMware vSphere.

What you'll need

  • You have created a deploy-vsphere-ovftool.ini configuration file for your environment.

You can use the help available with the Bash script by entering the help commands (-h/--help). For example:

./deploy-vsphere-ovftool.sh -h

or

./deploy-vsphere-ovftool.sh --help
Steps

  1. Log in to the Linux machine you are using to run the Bash script.

  2. Change to the directory where you extracted the installation archive.

    For example:

    cd StorageGRID-Webscale-version/vsphere

  3. To deploy all grid nodes, run the Bash script with the appropriate options for your environment.

    For example:

    ./deploy-vsphere-ovftool.sh --username=user --password=pwd ./deploy-vsphere-ovftool.ini

  4. If a grid node failed to deploy because of an error, resolve the error and rerun the Bash script for only that node.

    For example:

    ./deploy-vsphere-ovftool.sh --username=user --password=pwd --single-node="DC1-S3" ./deploy-vsphere-ovftool.ini

The deployment is complete when the status for each node is “Passed.”

Deployment Summary
+-----------------------------+----------+----------------------+
| node                        | attempts | status               |
+-----------------------------+----------+----------------------+
| DC1-ADM1                    |        1 | Passed               |
| DC1-G1                      |        1 | Passed               |
| DC1-S1                      |        1 | Passed               |
| DC1-S2                      |        1 | Passed               |
| DC1-S3                      |        1 | Passed               |
+-----------------------------+----------+----------------------+