Trial Prerequisites
The ESXi or Hyper-V server where the 4 virtual machines will be deployed requires:
- Minimum of 12 GB of free memory
- Minimum of 170 GB of free disk space
The PowerShell script downloaded after registration must run on a Windows Server or Windows 10 host with:
- For Hyper-V: Hyper-V enabled and Windows PowerShell
- For ESXi: Network access to the ESXi server and VMware PowerCLI
- Internet access to download the VM templates
- Local administrator privileges
- Minimum of 40 GB of free disk space
Figure 1: Trial configuration
Deployment Instructions
From a vSphere or Hyper-V host,
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Download the corresponding ESXi or Hyper-V Installer script to a Windows Server or Windows 10 machine. It will appear as “deploy-datacore<esx or hyperv>.ps1”
- “Run it with PowerShell” from the Local Administrator account and follow the prompts. For a preview, see the videos below:
- [2:13]
- [1:33]
The script takes about 30 minutes to download the virtual machine images and pre-configure them. It may take longer on machines with slower Internet connections.
Get Acquainted
Once the script finishes creating and configuring the four VMs,
- Connect to the winclient VM and login with the credentials displayed in the last step of the script.
User: administrator
Password: Pass@word1! - Follow the steps suggested in the videos below to get acquainted with operations from the perspective of the consumer of storage as well as the storage administrator:
- [6:13]
- [6:09]
Download the Trial
Next Steps
You may expand the scope of your evaluation to include integration with vCenter, Hyper-V, bare metal servers, and container orchestration platforms. To do so, please contact us to schedule assistance from one of our solution architects.
Tips for conducting a more extensive technical evaluation are included below: