CA API Gateway 9.1

9.4 9.1

Reimage a Virtual Appliance

This topic describes how to return a Virtual Appliance back to the "factory state" by reimaging it. This process is recommended if deploying a new ESX image at the ESX host level is problematic in your environment. The reimage process uses your existing ESX settings, whereas redeploying the OVA requires changes to the ESX host settings.
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This topic describes how to return a Virtual Appliance back to the "factory state" by reimaging it. This process is recommended if deploying a new ESX image at the ESX host level is problematic in your environment. The reimage process uses your existing ESX settings, whereas redeploying the OVA requires changes to the ESX host settings.
If you have an appliance Gateway (hardware form factor), see Reimage a Physical Appliance instead.
Prerequisites:
  • Ensure you have downloaded the correct .OVA file from the "VMware Appliance Image" section of the CA Support site.
  • Ensure you have the VMware vSphere Client installed.
To reimage a virtual appliance
:
  1. Log in to the virtual appliance with VMware vSphere Client, using an administrator account. 
  2. From the File menu, select
    Deploy OVF Template
     and then browse to the downloaded .OVA file within the local environment or machine. 
  3. Click [
    Next
    ] to display the OVF Template Details. 
  4. Click [
    Next
    ] and then enter a name that will be displayed in the vSphere Console.
  5. Click [
    Next
    ] and then select the destination storage for the image.
    The default OVA image requires 50GB of disk space.
  6. Click [
    Next
    ] and then choose the
    Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed
     option. 
  7. Click [
    Next
    ] and the review your settings. If you are satisfied they are correct, click [
    Finish
    ].
When the reimage is complete, reconfigure your Gateway.
 
 
 

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