Hi Folks,
i am studying towards my VCP 5.5 so please forgive me if i am ignorant even to some of the basics.
I would like to experiment a bit with vSphere replication in my home lab and i am struck because I can not download/deploy the right thing.
The study material says that it should be deployed as a virtual appliance fron an OVA/OVF file.
so I have tried to locate the newest 5.5 subversion of vSphere Replication and I come this one:
https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=VR5121_OSS&productId=285
That one didnt work since I could not unpack the tar.gz file on Windows (tried with both 7zip and Total Commander). So I downloaded some
5.5 version which I could successfully unpack but it contains a bunch of RPM files and I can not get further.
I also tried to look up the vSphere Replication Administration guide regarding the deployment process
1 Log in to the vSphere Web Client on the source site.
2Select vCenter > Hosts and Clusters.
3 Right-click a host and select Deploy OVF template.
4 Provide the location of the OVF file from which to deploy the vSphere Replication appliance, and click Next.
-Select URL and provide the URL to deploy the appliance from an online URL.
-Select Local file: Browse to locate the .ovf file if you downloaded the zip file to a local machine.
so what now?