Virtual appliance tasks
You must correctly configure the virtual environment before you install the appliance. Connect to the local management interface or the virtual console to configure the initial appliance settings.
- Setting up the virtual network
The administrator who is installing the appliance must be familiar with virtual networking concepts. - Installing the virtual appliance by using VMware
Use the provided .iso image to install the virtual appliance. - Installing the virtual appliance by using the OVA file
Use the provided Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) file to install the virtual appliance with VMware. - Installing the virtual appliance by using the vSphere API
The virtual appliance can be installed by using the vSphere API. - Installing the virtual appliance by using KVM
The use of Kernel-based virtual machine or KVM is supported. You can use KVM with the provided .iso image so that you can run the virtual appliance. - Installing the virtual appliance by using Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV)
Use the provided .iso image to install the virtual appliance in a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) environment. - Installing the virtual appliance by using Microsoft Hyper-V
Use the provided .iso image to install the virtual appliance. - XenServer support
The Security Access Manager appliance can be installed on a XenServer hypervisor (version 6.2 and later). - Amazon EC2 support
You can deploy Security Access Manager to the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) environment. - Microsoft Azure support
You can deploy Security Access Manager to Microsoft Azure environments. - Calculating license usage
The IBM® Security Access Manager virtual appliance is not detected by IBM License Metric Tool. To calculate license usage, create a Processor Value Unit (PVU) report. - Setting up Cloud Orchestrator support
The virtual appliance has basic support for Cloud Orchestrator as imported KVM virtual images. It is possible to run the appliance within a Cloud Orchestrator environment and use it to perform basic virtual image management tasks. - USB support on virtual appliances
Administrators of virtual appliances can use a physical USB drive for tasks such as uploading a new firmware, uploading or downloading a snapshot file, and downloading a support file.
Parent topic: Getting Started