• On-Premises Analytics 2.5.5 for ESXi
• About this Guide
  • Guide Conventions
• System Requirements
  • Supported Firewalls
  • Additional Firewall Requirements
  • Supported Platforms
  • Hardware Compatibility
  • Minimum Requirements
  • IPFIX Based Licensing Model
  • IPFIX Based Capacity Planning
  • Backup and Recovery Information
  • Importing Firewall Configurations
  • Creating a MySonicWall Account
• Installing On-Premises Analytics on ESXi
  • Obtaining the Installation Image
  • Installing On-Premises Analytics on ESXi
  • Configuring On-Premises Analytics on ESXi
  • Adding Firewalls to On-Premises Analytics
• Licensing and Registering Your On-Premises Analytics Instance
  • Registering the On-Premises Analytics Instance
  • Activating Firewall Licensing for Syslog-Based On-Premises Analytics
  • Deregistering Your On-Premises Analytics Instance
• Upgrading On-Premises Analytics
  • Upgrading Analytics 2.5.5
    • Upgrading Analytics with data in external disk
    • Upgrading Analytics with data in internal disk
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    • Unmounting the Hard Disk from older Analytics Version
    • Mounting the Hard Disk on new Analytics
  • Upgrading Analytics using SWI file
• Migrating Data From Internal to External Disk
  • Preparing the Analytics to Add External Disk
  • Adding External Disk
  • Migrating the Data To External Disk
• Using the Management Console
  • Connecting to the Console
  • Management Console Operations
    • System Info
    • Storage
    • Network Interfaces
    • Diagnostics
    • NTP Server
    • Reboot | Shutdown
    • About
    • Logs
  • Using SafeMode on the Management Console
    • Enabling SafeMode
    • Disabling SafeMode
    • Configuring the Network Interfaces in SafeMode
      • Configuring Interface Settings
      • Disabling an Interface
    • Installing a Software Upgrade in SafeMode
    • Downloading Logs in SafeMode
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

Configuring On-Premises Analytics on ESXi

To configure On-Premises Analytics on ESXi

1. Launch the Management Console.

2. Navigate to Storage.

   

3. Select Add Storage, select Yes and press enter to confirm.

   

4. Enter a key for the additional storage. The key is set when the Mount operation is performed for the first time on an additional storage disk. This key is required to re-mount the additional storage after upgrade or redeployment.

   

   Be sure to securely store/note down your additional storage key. This key cannot be modified or reset once it has been set. Should the key be lost, misplaced or forgotten, it will be impossible to access or recover the data stored in the additional storage media.

5. Click enter to start disk encryption.

   

6. Click enter to reboot. You will have to enter the encryption key.

   

7. Navigate to the Network Interface setting, press Enter and select ens160. The system will use DHCP, if available, to assign an IP address.

   Take note of the IP address. This will be the access point for the On-Premises Analytics instance.

   Without DHCP, you will enter a static IP address along with associated Netmask, Mac address, Gateway entries.

   

8. Set DNS for your network environment.

9. Enter the IPv4 address in a web browser. The login screen will appear.

   

10. For initial access, use admin and password.

11. The first time up, the instance presents an initialization wizard. Use the Serial Number and Authorization Code. For this information, refer to Registering the On-Premises Analytics Instance.

12. The initialization wizard will be displayed. Click Next.

    

13. In Network Settings screen, you may choose to change the settings. Then click Next.

    

14. In Time Settings screen, make adjustments, if necessary, and click Next.

    

15. In Summary screen, review the configurations. Click Back to adjust else click Apply.

    

16. Click OK, when prompted to confirm.

    

17. Success message will be displayed. Click Finish.

    The On-Premises Analytics instance will restart on clicking Finish.

    

18. When the login screen reappears, enter admin in Username, click Next and enter password in Password to login.

19. When the installation wizard appears, click Next.

20. Choose Flow based or Syslog based to depending the use case for your deployment and click Next.

    

21. The system will then ask for confirmation, click Apply.

    

22. When the system indicates that the configuration is complete, click Finish.

    

23. You will be prompted to link to your MySonicWall account.

    

24. To complete licensing for a Syslog-based Analytics instance, go to Activating Firewall Licensing for Syslog-Based On-Premises Analytics.

25. After linking to MySonicWall, you will provide the Serial Number and Authorization Code from Step 10. Use a Friendly Name to distinguish from other instances of On-Premises Analytics.

    

26. Click Submit.

    

27. On completion of the registration process, click Continue.

    

28. Navigate to System > Administration and set new login credentials.