2.1 Getting and Preparing Filr Software

The process of getting and preparing Filr software is straightforward, as illustrated in the following sections.

For more information, see Installing the Filr Appliance, Installing the Search Index Appliance, and Installing the MySQL Database Appliance in the Filr 2.0: Installation and Configuration Guide.

2.1.1 Hyper-V

Figure 2-1 Downloading and Preparing Novell Appliances for Hyper-V

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	You can download the .zip archive files for the Hyper-V build of the three Novell Filr appliances (Filr, Search, and MySQL) directly from the Novell Download Site, or you can obtain them through your Novell Authorized Reseller.
	Unzip the archive to expose the appliance system disk image. For more information, see Installing the Filr Appliance, Installing the Search Index Appliance, and Installing the MySQL Database Appliance in the Filr 2.0: Installation and Configuration Guide.
	The .vhd file is a Hyper-V disk image that contains all of the appliance’s system files. You connect to this file in Hyper-V Manager by selecting the Use an existing virtual hard disk option. Unlike VMware and Xen, no pre-configured settings file is supplied for the VM. Instead you specify the RAM, network card, additional disks, and so on as instructed in the Filr 2.0: Installation and Configuration Guide.

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You can download the .zip archive files for the Hyper-V build of the three Novell Filr appliances (Filr, Search, and MySQL) directly from the Novell Download Site, or you can obtain them through your Novell Authorized Reseller.

Unzip the archive to expose the appliance system disk image. For more information, see Installing the Filr Appliance, Installing the Search Index Appliance, and Installing the MySQL Database Appliance in the Filr 2.0: Installation and Configuration Guide.

The .vhd file is a Hyper-V disk image that contains all of the appliance’s system files.

You connect to this file in Hyper-V Manager by selecting the Use an existing virtual hard disk option.

Unlike VMware and Xen, no pre-configured settings file is supplied for the VM. Instead you specify the RAM, network card, additional disks, and so on as instructed in the Filr 2.0: Installation and Configuration Guide.

2.1.2 VMware

Figure 2-2 Downloading and Preparing Novell Appliances for VMware

Letter	Details
	You can download the .zip archive files for the VMware build of the three Novell Filr appliances (Filr, Search, and MySQL) directly from the Novell Download Site, or you can obtain them through your Novell Authorized Reseller.
	Unzip the archives to expose a folder that contains the three files needed for deployment. For more information, see Installing the Filr Appliance, Installing the Search Index Appliance, and Installing the MySQL Database Appliance in the Filr 2.0: Installation and Configuration Guide.
	The .mf file contains an SHA1 digest that VMware uses to verify the integrity of the other two files. The .ovf file contains the virtual appliance’s configuration settings. You open and deploy this file in VMware to create the Filr appliance. You modify its settings during the initial deployment phase. The .vmdk file is the virtual appliance’s (VA’s) system virtual disk and contains all VA system files. It comes ready for the initial start-up and configuration.

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Details

You can download the .zip archive files for the VMware build of the three Novell Filr appliances (Filr, Search, and MySQL) directly from the Novell Download Site, or you can obtain them through your Novell Authorized Reseller.

Unzip the archives to expose a folder that contains the three files needed for deployment. For more information, see Installing the Filr Appliance, Installing the Search Index Appliance, and Installing the MySQL Database Appliance in the Filr 2.0: Installation and Configuration Guide.

The .mf file contains an SHA1 digest that VMware uses to verify the integrity of the other two files.

The .ovf file contains the virtual appliance’s configuration settings. You open and deploy this file in VMware to create the Filr appliance. You modify its settings during the initial deployment phase.

The .vmdk file is the virtual appliance’s (VA’s) system virtual disk and contains all VA system files. It comes ready for the initial start-up and configuration.

2.1.3 Xen and Citrix Xen

Figure 2-3 Downloading and Preparing Novell Appliances for Xen

Letter	Details
	You can download the .zip archive files for the Xen build of the three Novell Filr appliances (Filr, Search, and MySQL) directly from the Novell Download Site, or you can obtain them through your Novell Authorized Reseller.
	Untar the archives to expose a folder that contains the two files needed for deployment. For more information, see Installing the Filr Appliance, Installing the Search Index Appliance, and Installing the MySQL Database Appliance in the Filr 2.0: Installation and Configuration Guide.
	The .raw file contains the system disk image. You open this file in Xen to begin the deployment process The .xenconfig file contains the virtual appliance’s configuration settings. You modify its settings during the initial deployment phase.

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You can download the .zip archive files for the Xen build of the three Novell Filr appliances (Filr, Search, and MySQL) directly from the Novell Download Site, or you can obtain them through your Novell Authorized Reseller.

Untar the archives to expose a folder that contains the two files needed for deployment. For more information, see Installing the Filr Appliance, Installing the Search Index Appliance, and Installing the MySQL Database Appliance in the Filr 2.0: Installation and Configuration Guide.

The .raw file contains the system disk image. You open this file in Xen to begin the deployment process

The .xenconfig file contains the virtual appliance’s configuration settings. You modify its settings during the initial deployment phase.