Deploying the vMA appliance
The vMA appliance will be deployed as an appliance VM on an ESXi server. Download the vMA appliance from the following website:
The vMA appliance can be deployed on an ESXi server by using vSphere Client or by using the vCenter Server.
vMA 5.1 can be deployed on the following systems:
vSphere 4.1 or later
vCenter 5.0 or later
vMA 5.1 can be used to target operations on vSphere 5.0 and later, and vSphere 4.1 and later systems.
How to do it…
The following procedure will help you deploy the vMA appliance using the vSphere Web Client interface.
Download and extract the appliance ZIP bundle to a location accessible to the vSphere Web Client.
At the vSphere Web Client interface's inventory home, navigate to Hosts and Clusters.
Right-click on the ESXi cluster and then click on Deploy OVF Template.
At the Deploy OVF Template wizard, select the Local File option and then click...
