Access the deployment wizard

After creating all of your instances, you need to go to the service deployment wizard in the Admin App.

Important: You cannot change networking or volume settings for System services at this point.

Alternatively, if you configured the System services networking incorrectly, the Admin App may fail to appear. This can happen, for example, if the network.config file is not identical on all instances. For error information, view the file /<path>/hci/config/cluster.config or the output information logged by the run script.

To fix this issue, do the following:

If you are using the Hitachi Content Intelligence-OVF-EXAMPLE-<version-number>.tgz file provided by Hitachi Vantara, extract it to a directory that's accessible by your virtual machine host.
If you've created your own HCI OVF template, store it and its associated files in a directory that's accessible by your virtual machine host.

To access the service deployment wizard:

Open a web browser and go to: https://instance_ip_address:8000
On the Welcome page, set a password for the admin user account. Then click on the Set Admin Password button.

Important: Do not lose or forget this password.
On the Licensing page:
- If you have your purchased license file, drag and drop it into the Upload License section.
- If you've purchased a license but have not yet received it, make note of the value in the System ID section on the Licensing page and contact your sales representative.
- To use the system for a limited amount of time with the pre-installed trial license, click on the Next button.
  If for some reason the trial license failed to install, there is a copy included in the HCI-<version-number>.tgz installation package that you can upload to the Licensing page. The trial license is located in the installation package at:
  /product/<version>/trial-<version>.plk
On the Set Cluster Hostname/IP page, specify the hostname for your system. Omitting this can cause links in the Admin App to function incorrectly.
On the Choose Deployment page, select the HCI deployment type that you purchased, either Hitachi Content Search or HCM. Then click on the Continue button.
The Confirm Cluster Topology page shows all detected instances.
If your system includes multiple instances, make sure that all instances that you expect to see are listed. Select Instances and review the Instances page. If instances are not displayed, click the Click here link in the Instance Discovery panel until they appear.
If you want to change networking settings for the HCI services, see (Optional) Configure service networking.

Important: If you want to reconfigure networking for the HCI services, you must do this now, before deploying the system. For information on configuration, see Networking.