What is the local on hard drive where Simplivity expects the extracted files to be

[jdheltne]

I am installing a new Simplivity install using 4.01U1, once I extract the files, where does it expect them to be?  Am asking because I downloaded them to a different location than users/<myid>/downloads?  Am asking because when I go into the installer, when I pick the version of ESXi I want to install, it doesnt not have any options.

[Mahesh202]

Hi jdheltne
Thank you for coming to HPE Community Forums

I request you check and see whether you had tried installation with the following steps.

Copy the following files from the deployment package you download to the Windows user's Downloads folder:
• hypervisorImage-15177306.1-hp.tar (ESXi 6.5)
• hypervisorImage-15160138.1-hp.tar (ESXi 6.7)
• SimpliVity-OmniCube-Image-n.n.n.n-release.ova

NOTE: These installation packages, which can total up to approximately 2 GBs of data, are automatically uploaded from the Deployment Manager system to the HPE SimpliVity Installer host as part of this process. Network connectivity between the Deployment Manager system and the HPE SimpliVity Installer must be robust enough to support it.

Hope this helps.!

Regards
Mahesh

[MikeSeden]

Place your files for deployment in a folder on the windows VM that runs the Arbiter. This is where you will deploy or upgrade from.