You can deploy vMA by using a file or from a URL. If you want to deploy from a file, download and unzip the vMA ZIP file before you start the deployment process.

Important

The vMA 6.5 release is the last release of vSphere Management Assistant. No future updates to vMA are expected. As alternatives to vMA, you can use PowerCLI or vCLI. For information, see vSphere Management Assistant Deprecation.

Note

You cannot upgrade an earlier version of vMA to vMA 6.0. You must install a new vMA 6.0 instance.

Procedure
1

Use a vSphere Web Client to connect to a system that is running the supported version of ESXi or vCenter Server.

2

If connected to a vCenter Server instance, select the host to which you want to deploy vMA in the inventory pane.

3

Select File > Deploy OVF Template.

The Deploy OVF Template wizard appears.

4

Select Deploy from a file or URL if you have already downloaded and unzipped the vMA virtual appliance package.

5

Click Browse, select the OVF, and click Next.

6

Click Next when the OVF template details are displayed.

7

Accept the license agreement and click Next.

8

Enter a name for the virtual machine. You can also accept the default virtual machine name.

9

Select an inventory location for the virtual machine when prompted. If you are connected to a VMware vCenter Server system, you can select a folder.

10

If connected to a VMware vCenter Server system, select the resource pool for the virtual machine.

By default, the top-level root resource pool is selected.

11

When prompted select the datastore to store the virtual machine on and click Next.

12

Select the disk format option and click Next.

13

Select the network mapping and click Next.

Note

Ensure that vMA is connected to the management network on which the VMware vCenter Server system and the VMware ESXi hosts that are intended vMA targets are located.

14

Review the information and click Finish.

The wizard deploys the vMA virtual machine to the selected host. The deployment process can take several minutes.

Next you configure your vMA virtual machine. You perform this task when you log in to vMA the first time.