Downloading VM Templates
InstallAnywhere 2021 SP1
You can download several VM templates as part of the InstallAnywhere installation, or you can download VM templates at any time from the Revenera Web site.
Downloading VM Templates During Installation
You can download several VM templates as part of the InstallAnywhere installation. If you select the Download VM Templates option on the Download VM Templates panel of the InstallAnywhere installer, the VM templates required for creating appliances will be automatically downloaded during installation. By default, this option is not selected.
Downloading VM Templates from the Revenera Web Site
You can download VM templates for both Amazon EC2 and VMware vSphere from the Revenera Web site:
https://www.revenera.com/install/products/installanywhere/installanywhere-files-utilities.html
The following table lists the files that comprise an InstallAnywhere VM template for VMware vSphere and Amazon EC2 hypervisors.
|
Hypervisor |
VM Template Files |
|
Amazon EC2 |
Ubuntu_11.10_Oneiric_Ocelot.ami Ubuntu_11.10_Oneiric_Ocelot_bvi.xml Copy these files to the $IA_HOME$/resource/baseline_vms/amazon_ec2/ directory. |
|
VMware vSphere |
Ubuntu12.04_i386_BVM_2007.zip Ubuntu12.04_i386_BVM_2007_bvi.xml Extract these files to the $IA_HOME$/resource/baseline_vms/vmware_esxi/ directory. |
Important:Be sure to copy both the Amazon .ami file or VMware .zip file and its associated .xml file to the specified directory. If you fail to copy the .xml file, the VM template will not be listed in the Select InstallAnywhere VM Template list on the VM Configuration tab in the Build Appliances view.