Advanced¶

There are several advanced features provided within HPE Morpheus Software that can leverage some cool aspects of VMware. One of these features is Remote Console support directly to the hypervisor. To enable this feature a few prerequisites must be met. First, the HPE Morpheus Software appliance must have network access to the ESXi hosts within VCenter. Secondly, firewall settings need to be adjusted on each ESXi host. This can be done in VSphere under firewall configuration on the host. Simply check the gdbserver option, which will open up the necessary ports (starting at 5900 range).

Now that the ESXi hosts are ready to utilize remote console, simply edit the cloud in HPE Morpheus Software via Infrastructure > Clouds. Check the option that says Enable Hypervisor Console. It is important to note that currently this functionality only works for newly provisioned vm’s provisioned directly via HPE Morpheus Software. This should change soon however.

It is also possible to import vm snapshots for backup or conversion purposes from VCenter and also an ESXi host. However, this does require that the ESXi host license has an enterprise level license as it will not allow the appliance to download a virtual image if it is not a paid VMware license.

Device Type Selection¶

The VMware Cloud advanced configuration contains separate Enable Storage Type Selection and Enable Network Type Selection settings. Enable the applicable setting when users must choose from the storage or network interface types exposed by the VMware provisioning provider. When disabled, the corresponding selector is not presented and the configured/default type is used. These settings are verified for VMware Clouds only; do not infer the same controls for HVM or another Cloud type.