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This is the installation guide for creating your own bootable USB for TZM install on to physical servers.
 
This is the installation guide for creating your own bootable USB for TZM install on to physical servers.
 
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==='''Step 1'''===
 
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Launch the vSphere client, select create '''New Machine under Menu => New Virtual Machine''' and choose to create a '''Custom''' virtual machine.  
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Launch Rufus with administrator privileges.
  
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[[File:Create_VA_01.JPG]]
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[[ File: Picture_Step_1.JPG |border|600px ]]
  
 
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Give the machine a unique name that will make it easy to identify. i.e. Tranzman
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Click the select button and select the TZM ISO image to use.
  
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[[File:Create_VA_02.JPG]]
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Choose in which '''DataStore''' the machine and all its files will reside. In our example we are using DS1.
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Rufus will automatically modify the settings to best match it. Click the Start button to begin the process. You'll be prompted with a warning that all data on the device will be destroyed. Click OK to proceed with the creation process.
  
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[[File:Create_VA_03.JPG]]
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Select the Virtual Machine Version for the VA. Which version you require depends on your environment; your own Systems Administrator may advise you on this.  
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Wait for the Rufus operations to complete.
  
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Now we select the type of the Guest Operating System. We have chosen '''CentOS 4/5/6/7 (64-bit)''' for higher compatibility.
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Verify the files were copied over to the USB drive.
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[[File:Create_VA_05.JPG]]
 
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Configure the machine's CPU. The number of '''Virtual Socket''' and '''Cores per Virtual Socket''' will have been determined [[Planning|during the planning phase]].
 
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Configure memory.  The amount of RAM should have been determined [[Planning|during the planning phase]].
 
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[[File:Create_VA_07.JPG]]
 
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For the network type, one adapter type of E1000 is recommended for better compatibility. Do not forget to tick the option '''"Connect at Power On"'''.
 
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Storage controller can be left on the default of '''"LSI Logic Parallel'''.
 
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Please select to use a new disk and give it a '''3GB''' size for OS installation.
 
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When '''Advanced Options''' has been reached, the default settings can be left in place for the '''Virtual Device Node'''.
 
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Before we complete the deployment of the machine, we need to tick '''"Edit the Virtual Machine Settings Before Completion"''' as extra hard drives need to be added.
 
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Add a new Hardware, select Hard Disk, and then '''"Create a new virtual disk"'''.
 
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[[File:Create_VA_12.JPG]]
 
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Repeat the process in '''Step 13''' to add all of the required disks. Recommended values are as follows.
 
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: '''SWAP''' = Twice the value of RAM assigned to the machine. (8GB RAM = 16GB of SWAP Partition)
 
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: '''LOG''' = A minimum of 5GB is recommended
 
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: '''DATA''' = A minimum of 25GB is recommended
 
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: '''DATABASE''' = A minimum of 20GB is recommended
 
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: '''DATASTORE''' = See [[Planning]]
 
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If in doubt please get in contact with one of our consultants for optimal sizes depending on the size of the environment that would be migrated with Tranzman.
 
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While still under the Hardware options, add a new CD/DVD and point it to the location of the ISO file provided by Stone Ram Ltd, and ensure that the option or "Connect at power on" is enabled. In our case this has been copied to a "software" folder on the VMWare host itself.
 
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Force the machine to launch the Bios Setup on first use, so that the option to boot from DVD can be changed.
 
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[[Installation|Back to installation]].
 
[[Installation|Back to installation]].

Latest revision as of 10:37, 15 July 2020

This is the installation guide for creating your own bootable USB for TZM install on to physical servers.


Step 1

Launch Rufus with administrator privileges.

Picture Step 1.JPG

Step 2

Click the select button and select the TZM ISO image to use.

Picture Step 2.JPG

Step 3

Rufus will automatically modify the settings to best match it. Click the Start button to begin the process. You'll be prompted with a warning that all data on the device will be destroyed. Click OK to proceed with the creation process.

Picture Step 3.JPG

Step 4

Wait for the Rufus operations to complete.

Picture Step 4.JPG

Step 5

Verify the files were copied over to the USB drive.

Picture Step 5.JPG


Back to installation.

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