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Deploying a Junos Space Virtual Appliance

Deploying a Junos Space Virtual Appliance

You use the VMware vCenter Converter to deploy one or more Junos Space virtual appliances on a VMware ESX server.

The Junos Space Virtual Appliance requires a VMware ESX server, version 3.5 or later, that can support a virtual machine with the following configuration:

64-bit quad processor with at least 2.66 GHz

8 GB memory

Note: The ESX host server must be configured to support the creation/operation of a virtual machine allocated with 8 GB memory. If the ESX server does not support the 8 GB memory requirement for creating and running a virtual machine, you will not be able to successfully deploy the Junos Space Virtual Appliance. The Junos Space OVF file is initially configured with 4 GB memory; however, during the configuration of the Virtual Appliance you must increase memory to 8 GB.

One RJ-45 10/100/1000 Network Interface Connector
45 GB hard disk (5 GB initial disk resources + 40 GB disk resources to be added)

Note: The ESX host server must include an Enterprise edition license, which might not be installed on ESX server by default. The Enterprise edition license provides the privileges that are required for adding disk resources to the Junos Space Virtual Appliance.

This topic includes the following tasks:

Installing the VMware ESX Server

To download the installation package for the VMware ESX server, go to http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/.

To view installation instructions for the VMware ESX server, go to http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vi_pubs.html.

Note: You install the VMware Infrastructure client when you install the VMware ESX server.

Extracting Files from the Junos Space Virtual Appliance Package

The Junos Space Virtual Appliance is created in the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) 1.0. The Junos Space package, named *.tar.gz, contains the OVF file and corresponding disk files.

To extract files from the Junos Space Virtual Appliance package:

Create a directory for the extracted Junos Space package files; for example, from a Linux computer, use the following command:
mkdir Space
Use an extraction utility to extract all compressed files from the space-1.2R1.x.tar.gz package into the directory you created, for example:
tar xvzf space-1.2R1.x.tar.gz /Space
A new directory named space-1.2R1.x is created.

Verify that the Junos Space package files have been extracted to the new directory, for example:

cd Space/space-1.2R1.xls

The space-1.2R1.x directory includes the files described in Table 1.

Table 1: Files in the space-1.2R1.x Directory

File Name	Description
`space-1.2R1.x.mf`	The manifest file.
`space-1.2R1.x.ovf`	The virtual appliance source file that is required to convert the virtual appliance to a virtual machine.
`space-1.2R1.x-disk1.vmdk`	The virtual disk file— a virtual partition with data and installed operating system (Micosoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and so forth) that VMware uses to run as a virtual machine under the host operating system.

Converting a Virtual Appliance to a Virtual Machine by Using the VMware Converter

To deploy a Junos Space Virtual Appliance to an ESX server, you use the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone application, version 4.01. You convert the Junos Space Virtual Appliance (source) to a VMware Infrastructure virtual machine (destination) to deploy the Junos Space Virtual Appliance on a VMware ESX Server.

Note: Refer to the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User’s Guide at http://www.vmware.com/pdf/converter_standalone_guide401.pdf for complete information on converting your Junos Space Virtual Appliance. For instructions on installing the VMware Converter Standalone, see Chapter 3, “Installing and Uninstalling VMware vCenter Converter Standalone” in the User’s Guide. For complete information about converting a Junos Space Virtual Appliance to a VMware Infrastructure virtual machine, see Chapter 4, “Converting Machines” in the User’s Guide.

The following procedure describes the basic steps required to convert a Junos Space Virtual Appliance to a virtual machine.

To convert a Junos Space Virtual Appliance to a virtual machine:

Start the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone application.
The Conversion wizard is displayed.
Click Convert Machine from the application menu.
The Specify Source page is displayed.
Select Virtual appliance from the Select source type drop-down menu.
From the Location drop-down menu, select the location of the source space-1.2R1.x.ovf file.
- If the file is on your hard drive or a network location, select File System.
- If the file is on a Web server, select URL and enter the URL in the Enter the web location field.
Browse to the space-1.2R1.x.ovf file.
The following illustration shows the Specify Source/Machine Type page.
Click Next.
The Appliance details page displays the download size.
Click Next.
The Specify Destination/Destination Type page is displayed.
Select VMware Infrastructure virtual machine in the Select destination type drop-down menu.
Select the VMware server from the Server drop-down menu, or enter the IP address or host name for the server.
Enter the User name and Password for the VMware server.
The following illustration shows the Specify Destination/Destination Type page.
Click Next.
The Host/Resource page is displayed.
Enter a name for the virtual machine.
Select a datastore from the drop-down menu.
The datastore capacity appears under the drop-down menu. Choose a datastore that can accommodate all files of the source virtual machine. The source size is displayed above the selected datastore.
The following illustration shows the Specify Destination/Host/ Resource page.
Click Next to create a virtual machine to run on an ESX server host that vCenter Server or a standalone ESX host manages.
The View/Edit Options page is displayed.
Optional: You can make more precise settings to the virtual machine conversion task from the View/Edit Options page. The following illustration shows the configuration options that are available from the View/Edit Options page.
Click Next.
The Ready to Complete page is displayed, as shown in the following example.
Verify that the virtual machine conversion configuration shown in the Ready to Complete page is complete and accurate. Then click Finish to convert the Junos Space Virtual Appliance to a virtual machine.
When the virtual machine conversion finishes, the VMware Converter Standalone displays the status. In the following illustration, the Status column displays “Completed”, which indicates the conversion was successful.

Increasing RAM and Virtual Processors (CPU) for a Junos Space Virtual Appliance

The distributed Junos Space Virtual Appliance files are created with 4 GB of RAM and one virtual processor (CPU). To support Junos Space functionality, after deploying the Junos Space Virtual Appliance to the VMware ESX server, you must increase RAM and add virtual processors for the Junos Space Virtual Appliance.

To increase RAM and add virtual processors for the Junos Space Virtual Appliance:

Launch the VMware Infrastructure client that is connected to the ESX Server where the Junos Space Virtual Appliance is deployed.
Select the Junos Space Virtual Appliance from the inventory view.
If the Junos Space Virtual Appliance is powered on, you must power off the appliance to configure RAM and increase the number of virtual processors (CPUs). To power off the Virtual Appliance, right-click on the Junos Space Virtual Appliance icon, and select Power Off, as shown in the following illustration.
Select the Summary tab to view the Junos Space virtual machine settings for CPU and memory.
The default CPU setting is 1. The default memory setting is 4096 MB.
Right–click on the Junos Space Virtual Appliance icon, and select Edit Settings from the drop down menu, as shown in the following illustration.

The Virtual Machine Properties dialog box is displayed.
Select the Hardware tab.
Select Memory.
Drag the slider to increase memory to 8192 MB, as shown in the following illustration.
Click OK.
Right–click on the Junos Space Virtual Appliance icon, and select Edit Settings from the drop down menu.
From the Hardware tab, and select CPUs.
Set the value for Number of virtual processors field to 4, as shown in the following illustration.
Click OK.
The number of virtual processors (CPU) for your Junos Space Virtual Appliance is increased to 4.

Adding Disk Resources for a Junos Space Virtual Appliance

The distributed Junos Space Virtual Appliance files are created with 5 GB of disk space. To support Junos Space functionality, after deploying the Junos Space Virtual Appliance to the VMware ESX server, you must add disk resources for the Junos Space Virtual Appliance.

Note: You must add a disk resource to increase disk space for a Junos Space Virtual Appliance. You cannot resize the existing disk by assigning a new size.

To add disk resources for the Junos Space Virtual Appliance:

In the VMware Infrastructure client, right-click on the Junos Space Virtual Appliance icon, and select Power On, as shown in the illustration. The Junos Space Virtual Appliance must be powered on to add disk resources.
In the VMware Infrastructure client, right-click on the Junos Space Virtual Appliance icon, and select Edit Settings from the drop down menu.
The Virtual Machine Properties window is displayed.
Select the Hardware tab, and click Add, as shown in the following illustration.

The Select Device Type window is displayed.
Select Hard Disk, as shown in the following illustration.
Click Next.
The Select a Disk window is displayed.
Select Create a new Virtual disk, as shown in the following illustration.
Click Next.
The Specify Disk Capacity and Location window is displayed.
Set the Disk Size field to 40 GB, as shown in the following illustration. The Location option should remain at the default setting “Store with the virtual machine.”
Click Next.
The Specify Advanced Options window is displayed.
Leave the default settings unchanged, and click Next.
The Ready to Complete window is displayed.
Review your selected options, and click Finish.
The Virtual Machine Properties window displays the new virtual disk is displayed in the Hardware list.

Click OK to create the new virtual disk.

A status bar shows progress at the bottom of the window, as shown in the following illustration.

Note: After the new virtual disk is created, the Junos Space node must be scanned to detect the additional disk space that you added. To start the scan for additional disk space, you select the “Expand VM Drive Size” option in the Junos Space Settings Menu, immediately after you configure basic settings for your Junos Space Virtual Appliance.

The next step is to configure basic settings for your deployed Junos Space Virtual Appliance. To configure basic settings for the appliance, you access the console in the VMware Infrastructure Client.

To deploy another Junos Space Virtual Appliance, you complete the all the preceding steps (and configure basic settings) for each Junos Space Virtual Appliance that you want to create.