VMware / Hyper-V image

XorMon NG Virtual Appliance is an image for fast product start up.
It contains installed and configured XorMon NG product with all its prerequisites.
Note: this is a different appliance than Xorux Virtual Appliance we use for the first generation of our tools (XorMon Original / LPAR2RRD / STOR2RRD).

  • Deploy Virtual Appliance as per technology below

  • Log to the XorMon NG UI: https://<machine hostname or IP>/
    Default login: xormon / xormon

  • Upgrade to the latest available XorMon NG version (just in case the appliance does not contain the latest one)
    Upgrade docu

  1. Download XorMon-NG-<ver>-OVF.zip and unzip it

  2. Deploy the image as OVF template

  3. Start up the VM

  4. Open the console, it will print out the IP acquired by DHCP once it is up

  5. When you want to set IP manually then log in as root (for password check attached pdf) and follow the Static IP setup

  6. Open: https://<appliance IP>/ (https is required)

  7. Use "xormon" user with "xormon" password to reach the product UI

  8. User credentials and further installation advices.

  9. Download the latest XorMon NG package (if there is a newer than the appliance version) and upgrade to it, it easy and fast

In case you need more disk space for XorMon NG application than default 200GB, increase it as per this procedure
  1. Download XorMon-NG-<ver>-OVF.zip

  2. Unzip downloaded ZIP archive

  3. Open Nutanix Prism UI
    • Find Image Configuration in Settings
    • Create image named xormon-vmdk with image type DISK and appropriate Storage Container
    • Upload *.vmdk file extracted from ZIP archive

  4. Wait until import operations are complete and create new VM using imported image as primary disk (Add Disk, select Operation Clone from Image Service and select xormon-vmdk as Image)

  5. Size it as per readme docu which contains also user access.

  6. Change Boot Configuration of created VM to use DISK instead of CD-ROM (you can remove CD-ROM safely, you don't need it), don't forget to add Network adapter

  7. When you want to set IP manually then log in as root (for password check attached pdf) and follow the Static IP setup

  8. Download the latest XorMon NG package (if there is a newer than the appliance version) and upgrade to it, it easy and fast
  1. Download XorMon-NG-<ver>-HyperV.zip and unzip it

  2. Deploy it in Microsoft Hyper-V.

    Microsoft Hyper-V deployment

  3. Start up the VM

  4. Open the console, it will print out the IP acquired by DHCP once it is up

  5. When you want to set IP manually then log in as root (for password check attached pdf) and follow the Static IP setup

  6. Open: https://<appliance IP>/ (https is required)

  7. Use "xormon" user with "xormon" password to reach the product UI

  8. User credentials and further installation advices.

  9. Download the latest XorMon NG package (if there is a newer than the appliance version) and upgrade to it, it easy and fast