UCONTROL INSTALLATION GUIDE
Step 1: Download the Zipped backup file of uControl.
Step 2: Extract the uControl Zipped folder in your local system.
Step 3: Open the vSphere web client in the browser and log in.
Step 4: Select the location of the Virtual Machine and RIGHT CLICK for the menu drop-down and choose the option
Deploy OVF Template.
Step 5: After Clicking on the Deploy OVF template, it is required to give the OVF image for this there are 2 ways
which are URL and upload files
In our case we have extracted our files in our local system hence we will move forward with uploading files onto the
web client.
Select the OVF, VMDK, and NVRAM files from the extracted folder and click OPEN.
Step 6: Select the network where your uControl virtual machine is going to run.
Step 7: Select the destination to compute resources for this virtual machine.
Step 8: Select the storage for the virtual machine. To select virtual disk format, use the drop-down option “THICK
PROVISION LAZY ZEROED” and select storage with enough space for the virtual machine.
Step 9: Review your details and create.
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Large OVF images will require a browser that supports file upload of more than 4Gb or the upload file will
fail.
Select storage where the storage limit is enough and def less than 80%.
The provision disk format type should be Thick with Lazy Zeroed.
Step 10: Monitor your virtual machine creation.
Step 11: Review your launched virtual machine and log in