6.3 Connector Appliance Requirements

Before you deploy a Connector Appliance, review the PTM Appliance Requirements. You must configure the appliance as if it will be a PTM Appliance, even though you will later disable the PTM Server and database services.

Use the guidelines in Table 6-1 to deploy and configure each Connector Appliance.

Table 6-1 Connector Appliance Configuration Guidelines

Requirements per Connector Appliance

Guidelines

VM Requirements

VMware folder and datastore

In VMware, set up the VMware folder and datastore that you will use for the Connector Appliance VM and storage resources.

Disk 1 Boot

The boot disk contains the system files, appliance-specific software, and event logs.

Disk 2 (/vastorage)

Disk 2 will be used for the PTM Server and Connector software, configuration files, and log files.

The PTM database file will be created on this disk during deployment, but the database will not be used in practice for a Connector Appliance. After the PTM Server initial configuration is complete, you will disable the PTM Server service and PostgreSQL database service.

Appliance Configuration Requirements

Passwords and Time Zone page

  • vaadmin user password

    Set up the password to log in to the Appliance Management Console on this appliance.

  • root user password

    Set up the password to log in with root privileges to the appliance virtual machine.

  • NTP Server IP address or DNS name

  • Region

  • Time zone

Network Configuration page

The IP address and communications information will be set according to the network where you deploy the VM.

  • Static IP address for the VM

  • Network mask

  • Gateway IP address

  • DNS host name associated with the static IP address

  • DNS server IP address

  • Domain search

Disk 2 setup page

Select the Hard Disk 2 that you created for /vastorage, then accept the other defaults.

Initial PTM Server Configuration Requirements

PostgreSQL Database Connection

Use the Local (Default) settings in PTM Database.

  • Database host: localhost

  • Database port: 5432

  • Create New Database: Selected

  • Database name: transmgr

  • Database user name: tmadmin

You will disable the PostgreSQL service after the installation is complete. The PTM database will be created, but it will not be used for a Connector Appliance.

Initial User Configuration

Provide the full name, a valid email address, and a password for a trusted user who will be the System Administrator user of the PTM Server Web Interface.

You must create this user even though you will not use the PTM Web Interface for the Connector Appliance.

Web server Configuration

Recommended: secure port 8183