Install TZM Server Using OVA
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This section explains how to install the Tranzman Server from an OVA. OVA will be shared with Customers though a fileshare from where Customers can download and follow the below steps to install the Tranzman Appliance.
VMware admins or System admins shoule be efficiently able to deploy the OVA. Below is just an example of deploying OVA using vSphere client.
Step 1.1
Login to host using vSphere client and click on File->Deploy OVF to deploy the Deploy OVF Template wizard and select the downloaded OVA.
Step 1.2
The installer will scan the system for available hard drives.
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Available Devices Name Size sda 16G sdb 100G Any existing data on the disk will be lost type "exit" to exit Please enter name of the disk to use > |
Tranzman Server needs to be installed to the device "sda", so we type this on the selection. Type "exit" to abort the process if unsure, as all data will be lost on this device.
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-!!!WARNING!!! ALL DATA ON sda WILL BE LOST Do you want to continue with sda? (Y/N) >y Installing Bootloader to sda [====================================================================>] 100% Bootloader installed to sda with status <0> sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through Setting up boot partition on sda sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through Completed with status <0> Transfering data to boot partition on sda [========================================================> ] 75% ETA 0:00:02 |
Step 1.3
Once the install process is finished, disconnect the install media and restart machine.
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Tranzman was installed to sda Unmounting install media completed with status <0> ....system will reboot in 30 seconds please eject / disconnect the boot media |
Step 1.4
The machine will look on the network for an available NTP and DHCP server. If you have a DHCP enabled environment and machine is able to get an IP from DHCP Server it will be displayed like in below image. Please login to the web using that IP and proceed with Configuration otherwise go to Step 5 to manually set an appliance IP.
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Tranzman V1.0 (c) Stone Ram Ltd 2014 - 2017 The network was configured with DHCP, this is not recommended!! you can connect to the web interface using the following URL in your browser You can connect to the console using "admin" to configure the network. All other access is denied tzm_appliance login: _ |
Step 1.5
The appliance comes with a default account of "admin" and has a password of "P@ssw0rd". Change this default password as soon as possible for security reasons.
Log in to the CLI command and continue with the configuration of the server. If at any point, help with the commands is needed, press the "?" character on the keyboard to bring up suggestions on the screen.
Follow the commands shown in the below picture to manually set an appliance IP.And then use show-settings command to verify the IP has been set.
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\Last login: Wed Jul 15 13:41:10 2020 from 192.168.5.171 \********************************************** \* TranZman Appliance 2.0[beta] * \* * \* WARNING: Authorised Access Only * \********************************************** Welcome admin it is Wed Jul 15 13:43:08 UTC 2020 > config > network > configure eth0 tzm_appliance.localdomain 192.168.50.97 255.255.255.0 192.168.50.254 55555 > show-settings interface=eth0 dhcp=0 port=55555 fqdn=tzm_appliance.localdomain ip=192.168.50.97 mask=255.255.255.0 gw=192.168.50.254 dns=192.168.50.254 dnsb=UNDEFINED ntpserver=0.ntp.localdomain timezone=UTC |
After the successfull completion of the above steps you should be able to login to the web console with a default account of "admin" and a password of "P@ssw0rd"