Experion PKS with PMD Controller Virtualization User's Guide PMDOC-X303-en-900B October 2017 Document Issue Date PMDOC-X303-en-900B 0 October 2017 Disclaimer This document contains Honeywell proprietary information. Information contained herein is to be used solely for the purpose submitted, and no part of this document or its contents shall be reproduced, published, or disclosed to a third party without the express permission of Honeywell Oy. While this information is presented in good faith and believed to be accurate, Honeywell disclaims the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a purpose and makes no express warranties except as may be stated in its written agreement with and for its customer. In no event is Honeywell liable to anyone for any direct, special, or consequential damages. The information and specifications in this document are subject to change without notice. Copyright 2017 - Honeywell Oy 2 www.honeywell.com Contents 1 About this document ............................................................................................................................. 7 2 Getting started with PMD virtualization ............................................................................................... 9 2.1 Virtualization components ................................................................................................................................ 10 2.1.1 vSphere components .......................................................................................................................... 10 2.1.2 ESXi ................................................................................................................................................... 10 2.1.3 vCenter ............................................................................................................................................... 10 2.1.4 vSphere Client interfaces ................................................................................................................... 10 2.1.5 Storage ............................................................................................................................................... 10 2.2 Task overview for preparing an PMD virtualization environment ................................................................... 12 3 Planning for PMD DCS architecture ................................................................................................... 13 3.1 PMD DCS architecture options in a virtualized environment .......................................................................... 14 3.1.1 Example DCS architecture in a virtualized environment with non-redundant management network .................................................................................................................................................. 14 3.2 Overview of distributing workload across ESXi hosts for PMD DCS architecture ......................................... 16 4 Planning the virtualization environment ............................................................................................ 17 4.1 Determining the number of ESXi hosts and hardware requirements ............................................................... 18 4.2 Identifying virtualization hardware and software requirements ....................................................................... 21 4.2.1 Hardware requirements ...................................................................................................................... 21 4.2.2 Software requirements ....................................................................................................................... 21 4.2.3 VMware software and licenses .......................................................................................................... 22 4.2.4 Other requirements ............................................................................................................................ 22 4.3 Planning for the management ESXi host and management network ............................................................... 23 4.3.1 Supported management workloads .................................................................................................... 24 4.4 Planning for the production ESXi host and production network ...................................................................... 25 4.5 Planning how to organize the vCenter Server .................................................................................................. 26 4.6 Planning for time synchronization .................................................................................................................... 27 4.7 Planning to maintain the VMware environment ............................................................................................... 28 4.8 Planning to backup the virtual infrastructure and virtual machines ................................................................. 33 5 Implementing networks for a PMD DCS architecture ....................................................................... 35 5.1 Implementing a non-redundant management network for a DCS architecture ................................................ 36 5.2 Implementing production network and other layers ......................................................................................... 38 6 Implementing a management ESXi host ............................................................................................ 39 6.1 Configure the ESXi host local disk array ......................................................................................................... 40 6.2 Configure the ESXi host BIOS settings ............................................................................................................ 41 6.3 Install and configure ESXi server ..................................................................................................................... 42 6.3.1 Install ESXi Operating System .......................................................................................................... 42 6.3.2 Configure ESXi Server ...................................................................................................................... 47 6.4 Install and configure vSphere Client ................................................................................................................ 50 6.4.1 Install VMware vSphere Client ......................................................................................................... 50 6.4.2 License the ESXi Server .................................................................................................................... 54 6.5 Network configuration for a management host in a DCS architecture ............................................................. 58 6.5.1 Configure the virtual switch for the management network ............................................................... 58 6.5.2 Enable 1 Gbps network ...................................................................................................................... 59 6.5.3 Configure the Virtual Switch port security settings ........................................................................... 60 3 CONTENTS 6.5.4 Connect physical network switches ................................................................................................... 61 6.6 Create management virtual switch .................................................................................................................... 62 6.7 Configure ESXi host time synchronization ...................................................................................................... 64 6.8 Install and configure Domain Controller .......................................................................................................... 65 6.9 Install and configure vCenter Server ................................................................................................................ 66 6.9.1 Considerations for vCenter Server ..................................................................................................... 66 6.9.2 Create a vCenter Server virtual machine ........................................................................................... 67 6.9.3 Setup and configure web client .......................................................................................................... 86 6.9.4 Configure the vCenter Server ............................................................................................................ 91 6.10 Install VMware vSphere Update Manager ..................................................................................................... 99 6.11 Install the VMware vSphere Update Manager plug-in ................................................................................. 104 6.12 Configure VMware vSphere Update Manager ............................................................................................. 107 6.13 Upgrade virtual hardware version ................................................................................................................ 109 6.14 Install the Experion virtual machine utility .................................................................................................. 111 6.15 Organizing VMware inventory objects ......................................................................................................... 112 6.16 VM auto startup and shutdown settings .......................................................................................................