Installing Openfiler on Vmware Workstation 8

EG3784 Lab for Week 4 This is a continuation from last week’s lab to use ESXi on VMware Workstation. (E)

Installing Openfiler 2.99 on Vmware Workstation

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Start up VMware Workstation, and within it click File->New Virtual Machine

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Select Custom (advanced), Click Next

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Note from here onwards not every graphical screenshot is accompanied by descriptive text since it is self-explanatory.

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Browse for the Openfiler 2.99.1 iso file located in E:\Lab File\EG3784

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Give the Openfiler virtual Machine a name such as OPF and save it in drive F or your own personal thumb drive.

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The VM OPF is created. The next thing is to install the Openfiler iso onto this VM.

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We need to add one more hard disk to store data file.

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Power on the VM.

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Openfiler installer screen appears.

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Uncheck sdb.

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Enter IP address as shown.

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Since Openfiler VM is host-only connection. It is not necessary to have Default Gateway and DNS settings.

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Password is simply password.

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Configuring Openfiler 2.99

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If you use Internet Explorer to access Openfiler as shown below, you may be advised to use other web browser such as Chrome or Firefox.

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Start up Google Chrome web browser.

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Enter the web link as shown.

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User name is openfiler and password is password

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Click on System menu bar

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Scroll further down

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Click Update

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The Network is updated.

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Click Clock Setting

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Click on Volumes on the menu bar

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Click on create new physical volumes

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Select Physical Volume

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Click Create

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The partition is created as shown.

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Click Add Volume.

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Enter as shown to create Volume Group

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Volume Group is created as shown below

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Click Add Volume

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Add the volume (partition) you created to this Volume Group in next few screens.

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Click Create

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Finally it is confirmed that the volume (partition) is added to this Volume Group.

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Click the Services Menu item

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Enable iSCSI Target

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Start the iSCSI Target Service

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Ensure iSCSI Target service is running

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Click Volumes

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Click iSCSI Targets

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Click Add

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It will show the added iSCSI Target

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Click LUN Mapping

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Click Map

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Click Network ACL

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Enable Allow for your Network ACL

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Click Update

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Configure ESXi to connect to the Openfiler iSCSI

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Power up ESXi host and chamhe your host IP address to 10.10.0.10

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Change the IP address to 10.10.0.10 if it is different from this number.

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Restart Management Network

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Start up VMware vSphere Client

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Enter IP address as 10.10.0.10 (not properly shown in the figure below)

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Create a Linux virtual machine on the ESXi host

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