ESXi Installation

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To add the new machine to your inventory, launch your VSphere client and log into Virtual Management Console. The image uses VM Version 8 hardware.

Highlight the resource pool, and select “Deploy OVF Template…” from the “File” menu as shown in the illustrations below.

In the “Deploy OVF Template” dialogue screen, you can directly input the path to the OVA you downloaded. If you have not already downloaded the OVA visit the URL linked below to download. Once you have the OVF file information correctly entered into the dialogue box, click “Next”.
SafeConnect Download Page (for over 1000 devices) SafeConnect Small Download Page (for under 1000 devices)

The following screen will allow you to verify your OVF template details. If everything is correct, click “Next”.

In the following screen, enter the name of the new virtual machine as shown in the illustration below. Click Next when complete.

The following screen allows you to select how the virtual disk will be formatted. It is recommended that you select “Thin Provision” as shown in the illustration below. Click Next when complete.

The next screen will allow you to review all of the details of the new Virtual Machine. Once you have verified the configuration, click “Finish” and the OVF file will be deployed into your virtual environment.

You will see the deployment progress in a pop-up dialogue window as illustrated below.

Once the deployment completes, the pop-up dialogue window will display a message indicating a successful completion as shown in the illustration below. You may then click: “Close” to close the pop-up dialogue window. The OPSWAT Policy Enforcer OVF Template is now successfully deployed within your Virtual environment.

Hyper-V Installation

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To add the new machine to your inventory, launch your Hyper-V Manager Console. The image uses Hyper-V Generation 2.

"Click New > Virtual Machine".

Specify Name and Location:

Enter a name for your SafeConnect virtual machine and a storage location, if applicable.

Specify Generation:

Select Generation 2 as the version

Assign Memory:

Assign Memory to 16000 MB.

Configure Network:

Select the Connection type from the Connection drop down

Connect Virtual Hard Disk:

Select Use an existing virtual hard disk and browse to your SafeConnect vhdx.

Click Next

When finished y ou may then click: “ Finish ” to cl ose the dialogue window.

Once VM is created you will need to verify 2 virtual processors are assigned to the VM. You can do this by right clicking on the virtual machine and selecting Processor. Under ‘Number of virtual processors’ ensure there are 2.

Once complete click OK and start the SafeConnect virtual machine.

The OPSWAT Policy Enforcer Hyper-V Template is now successfully deployed wi thin your v irtual environment.

Reset Admin Password

Configure Appliance Network Settings

Enter License Key

Network Test

This is the same network test performed when setting the IP address. It exists here to provide a convenient first troubleshooting step. A support engineer or a customer can get shell access and do any additional network testing they want if this doesn't suffice.

Port Check

Troubleshooting Shell

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Write down the Web Login URL. The console utility displays formats for the default hostname and the IP address of the appliance. If this is a brand new installation, the IP address format will likely need to be used as DNS may not yet be configured.