VMware VS4-ENT-PL-A - vSphere Enterprise Plus Setup Manual page 169

Procedure
1 Install the vSphere Auto Deploy server as part of a vCenter Server installation or standalone on a
Windows system, or deploy the vCenter Server Appliance to an ESXi system of your choice.
Location
vCenter Server system
Windows system
vCenter Server Appliance
2 Configure the TFTP server.
a In a vSphere Web Client connected to the vCenter Server system that Auto Deploy is registered
with, go to the inventory list and select the vCenter Server system.
b Click the Manage tab, select Settings, and click Auto Deploy.
c Click Download TFTP Boot Log to download the TFTP configuration file and unzip the file to the
directory in which your TFTP server stores files.
3 Set up your DHCP server to point to the TFTP server on which the TFTP ZIP file is located.
a Specify the TFTP Server's IP address in DHCP option 66 (frequently called
b Specify the boot file name, which is
(frequently called
4 Set each host you want to provision with Auto Deploy to network boot or PXE boot, following the
manufacturer's instructions.
5 Locate the image profile that you want to use and the depot in which it is located.
In most cases, you point to an image profile that VMware makes available in a public depot. If you
want to include custom VIBs with the base image, you can use the Image Builder PowerCLI to create an
image profile and use that image profile. See the Image Builder PowerCLI documentation.
6 Write a rule that assigns an image profile to hosts.
7 (Optional) You can use your own Certificate Authority (CA) by replacing the OpenSSL certificate (
) and the OpenSSL private key (
ca.crt
On Windows, the files are in the SSL subfolder of the Auto Deploy installation directory. For
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example, on Windows 7 the default is
On the vCenter Server Appliance, the files are in
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When you start a host that is set up for Auto Deploy, the host contacts the DHCP server and is directed to
the Auto Deploy server, which provisions the host with the image profile specified in the active rule set.
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Description
Use the vCenter Server installation media to install Auto Deploy on the
same host as the vCenter Server system itself. That vCenter Server system
manages all hosts that you provision with this Auto Deploy installation.
See "Install or Upgrade vSphere Auto Deploy,"
Use the vCenter Server installation media to install Auto Deploy on a
Microsoft Windows system that does not have a vCenter Server system
installed. The installer prompts you for a vCenter Server system to register
Auto Deploy with. That vCenter Server system manages all hosts that you
provision with this Auto Deploy installation.
See "Install or Upgrade vSphere Auto Deploy,"
Deploy the vCenter Server Appliance to the ESXi host of your choice. The
appliance includes an Auto Deploy server, which is disabled by default.
By default, the vCenter Server system on the appliance manages all hosts
you provision with the appliance Auto Deploy installation. Other
configurations are supported. See
vCenter Server Appliance,"
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rbd-ca.key
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on page 195.
in the DHCP option 67
) with your own certificate and key file.
/etc/vmware-rbd/ssl/
Chapter 7 Installing ESXi
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