Deploying the VSP One File management software operating system on VMware vSphere ESXi

Virtual Storage Platform One File Management Software Installation and Configuration Guide
Version
1.7.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-24VSP1F004-10
ft:lastEdition
2026-07-13

Deploy and map the pre-configured VSP One File management software operating system (OS) template.

Download the VSP One File installation file for the latest release to a local system. For instructions about how to download the file, see Downloading the VSP One File management software.

  1. From a Firmware vSphere client, log in to the Firmware ESXi host server.
  2. Right-click a Firmware ESXi host and select Deploy OVF template.
  3. Browse to the location of the VSP One File management software installation file that you downloaded, and then click Next.
  4. Enter a name of the virtual machine and the target location where you want to create the virtual machine, and then click Next.
  5. Select the destination computer resource (host), and then click Next.
  6. Review the details of the virtual machine, and then click Next.
  7. Select the storage for the configuration and disk files, and then click Next.
    Note: Make sure to check that Thin Provision is selected as the virtual disk format.
  8. Select the destination network for each source network and then click Next.
  9. Customize the VSP One File management software OS template by setting User Name, User Login Password, Hostname, IP Address, Netmask, Gateway, DNS, NTP server, and Time Zone, and then click Next.
    Note:

    Valid hostnames consist of letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), and hyphens (-). Examples of valid host names are smu-vm1, 123-valid-vm1, smu-integration, smuvm.

    Users are promted to change their password upon first login to ensure compliance with the password policy. Only the following special characters are allowed in the password string: @,!, #, $, %,^, and ?.

    If no NTP servers are added, the VSP One File management software OS inherits the date and time from the virtual machine.

    After deployment, you cannot change the time zone for VSP One File management software. Make sure to select the correct time zone during deployment.

  10. Click Finish to deploy the VSP One File OS template.