VPMA-49P

Introduction

The VPMA-49P appliance is solely made to host nGeniusPULSE version 3.13 and onwards. In opposite to the VPMA-49 this appliance can't be updated using DNF. Please apply the security/vulnerability patches from Netscout. ESXi 8.0 compatibility (VM 20) to assure maximum compatibility with customers’s VM infrastructure. ESXi 8.0 is the first version that is compatible with Oracle Linux 9.

This virtual machine meets all necessary requirements to run the nGeniusPULSE 3.13 software installer successfully. VPMA-49 is available as an OVF template. It is stored at CRT-SRV-A-NAS

The template VPMA-49P uses UEK. The template is based on Oracle Linux 9.4.

Previous versions of VPMA came with a dedicated datadisk. The VPMA-49P is equipped with 2 small datadisks. Depending on its purpose the disks can be resized easily after deployment.

Solution

Virtual Machine

Resources
CPU	8
Memory	64GB
Disk 1	128GB
Disk 2	12GB
Disk 3	96GB

Note: nGeniusPULSE installation requires a minimum of 8 CPU, 64GB RAM and a system disk of 128GB. After installation the resources can be re-configured. The disks are provisioned as Thick Provision.

ISO

Start from the Oracle Linux 9.4 ISO (OracleLinux-R9-U4-x86_64-boot-uek.iso).

Installing operating system

General

Power on the VM and open Remote Console in vCenter Web Client. No need to check the installation media on a VM. The graphical installer is launched. Navigate using the mouse.

• Language Support: English (United States)
• Keyboard: English (US)
• Network & Host Name: ens33, vpma-49, no domain, DHCP enabled
• Time & Date: Etc, Greenwich Mean Time, Network Time on
• Installation destination: Select all virtual disks to install to and click the Custom Storage Configuration radio button. Click Done
• Security Policy: No profile selected
• KDUMP: Kdump is enabled
• Installation Source: https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL9/4/baseos/base/x86_64.
• Software Selection: Minimal Install

LVM System

Add the following mount points:

Mount Point	Size	Volume Group
/boot/efi	50MB	Standard Partition
/boot	1000MB	Standard Partition
swap	16GB	appliancesys
/home	12GB	appliancesys
/tmp	12GB	appliancesys
/var	12GB	appliancesys
/	<rest = leave size blank>	appliancesys
/opt	42GB	appliancesys
/commitlog	12GB	appliancelog
/data	96GB	appliancedata

Name of the Volume Groups:

1. appliancesys (/dev/sda, 128GB)
2. appliancelog (/dev/sdb, 12GB)
3. appliancedata (/dev/sdc, 96GB)

Select Size Policy "Automatic".

Accept the changes to the partition table.

Users

Add root password <BJAhigh> and create administrator with full name Comcert BV (comcert/<BJAhigh>). Do not disable the root user, we need this account to administrate nGeniusONE.

Installation

Start the installation process.

Reboot the server when the installation has finished.

First boot

Log in using the VMware console, run "ip a" and record the appliance's IP address.

Connect to the server with ssh.

This is what df -h should output:

Filesystem	Size	Mounted on
/dev/mapper/appliancesys-root	33G	/
/dev/sda2	1000M	/boot
/dev/sda1	50M	/boot/efi
/dev/mapper/appliancesys-tmp	12G	/tmp
/dev/mapper/appliancesys-home	12G	/home
/dev/mapper/appliancesys-opt	42G	/opt
/dev/mapper/appliancesys-var	12G	/var
/dev/mapper/appliancelog-commitlog	12G	/commitlog
/dev/mapper/appliancedata-data	96G	/data

Update OS packages

Install Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel

$ sudo dnf install --disablerepo=* kernel-uek-5.15.0-205.149.5.1.el9uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-core-5.15.0-205.149.5.1.el9uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-modules-5.15.0-205.149.5.1.el9uek.x86_64.rpm

--STOP, THIS IS THE VPMA-49 APPLIANCE. THIS SERVER CAN BE USED TO ACCOMODATE NGENIUSONE.--