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Let’s provide a virtual machine name and the folder location.Īt this point in the wizard let’s specify the VMware vSphere Host associated to the VM.

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Linux CentOS 7 install on VMwareįrom the vSphere Client let’s create a new virtual machine to start with the Linux CentOS 7 install. Should more or new packages be required it is possible to automatically install them using “Yum” an excellent package manager included in the main install. The first one is sufficient to complete the Linux CentOS 7 install with a full desktop environment along with the most popular applications. There is also an “ Everything ISO” which also includes all the sources for the binaries. First ones will be PostgreSQL, pgAdmin, Apache and more.Īll the required binaries for the installation are included in “ DVD ISO“. Never seen the VM using more than 800 MB of RAM which it makes a good candidate for additional applications as well. Actually Linux CentOS 7 VM is running with just 2 CPUs and 4 GB RAM Memory. Pleasantly surprised about the speed of the installation, the look and feel and the overall experience seems to have improved a lot and the desktop GUI is very responsive. For this purpose a VM with a single disk will be used which is enough for the initial OS installation and software updates and the latest versions of PostgreSQL 11 and pgAdmin 4. The overall Linux CentOS 7 install process is very easy and straight forward.

The idea is to reproduce in a homelab possible enterprise scenarios with the intent to test and tweak the production environments when ready.

More articles and configurations specific to Linux CentOS will follow. The idea is to provide protection by leveraging the Veeam Agent for Linux and also create additional rules for custom SureBackup jobs.

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The purpose is to create a sandbox environment and learn how to deploy and protect this popular database server and operating system as well. Same virtual machine will also be used for a PostgreSQL and pgAdmin deployment. This article covers the main steps for a Linux CentOS 7 install in a VMware vSphere environment together with the open-vm-tools.

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