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Dell Storage Compellent Integration Tools for VMware Administrator’s Guide Version 3.1

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Copy Updates to the Virtual Appliance

  1. Contact Dell Technical Support to obtain the latest DellCitvUpdate.zip file.
  2. Using a computer with Internet access, download an unzip tool for CentOS release 5.11, which is the operating system of the virtual appliance.
  3. Use Secure Copy (SCP) to copy the DellCitvUpdate.zip file and unzip the RPM file from a local computer to the virtual appliance.
  4. Log in to CITV.
  5. Type 99 and press Enter to access the interactive shell.
  6. Install the unzip tool: 
    rpm -ivh [
                                    unzip_package_name].rpm
  7. Create a directory named citvupdate in the root directory: 
    mkdir citvupdate
  8. Extract the update files to the citvupdate directory: 
    unzip DellCitvUpdate.zip -d citvupdate
  9. Open the /opt/vmware/var/lib/vami/update/provider/provider-deploy.xml file.
  10. Find the string http://citv.compellent.com/citvupdate and change it to file://root/citvupdate.
  11. Save changes to the provider-deploy.xml file and type exit to return to the CLI.
  12. Install the updates as described in Updating CITV.
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Logging on to CITV

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