Vma 5 installation guide

In this example i am using the following configuration:. AD IP address: After the vMA has restarted, login as vi-admin again and run the following command to register the vCenter as target:. Not sure if I missed an article but after setting up vMA I entered "resxtop --vihost esx If you are connected to your vCenter using fastpass you should not be prompted for any credentials.

Is your ESXi host added to the vCenter you are using? Another issue could be if you are using vSphere 5. The vCenter was previously added with: vifp addserver vc. Am I right? The installation of the vMA is similar to the installation of any other virtual appliance. The steps are as follows:. The vMA will now deploy and boot up. Once satisfied that name resolution is working as expected, add the vMA to AD by running the following command from the vMA console:.

Up to now we have been using the vi-admin account. There is another built in account on the vMA, the vi-user account. The vi-user account has limited privileges on the target ESXi hosts and cannot run any commands that require sudo execution. To set one, run:. Select desired storage placement. Select network setup. Click finish and wait for ovf deployment. Summary of appliance after deployment.

Hit 6 and set IP address and netmask. Hit 2 and enter default gateway according to your network setup. Hit 4 and provide DNS server. Hit 3 and enter desired hostname. Hit 1 to end configuration.

Now we need to enter new password for default vMA user vi-admin.