Setting up the virtual appliance

You must create a virtual machine to host the IBM® Security Privileged Identity Manager.

1. Download the ispim_*.iso build.
2. Create a virtual machine on ESXi 5.x.
   1. Select Custom.
   2. Provide a name for the virtual machine.
   3. Choose the destination storage for this virtual machine.
   4. Set virtual machine version to 8.
   5. Set the guest operating system to Linux. Under Version, select Other 2.6.x Linux (64-bit).
   6. Enter the number of virtual sockets and cores per virtual sockets for the virtual machine. For example: 4 cores.
   7. Enter the memory size. For example: 16 GB.
   8. Set E1000 for the network adapter.
   9. Set the SCSI controller type to LSI Logic Parallel.
   10. Select the Create a new virtual disk option as the type of disk to use.
   11. Enter the disk size for virtual machine. For example: 60 GB.
   12. Accept the default settings in the Advanced Options page.
   13. Select Edit the virtual machine settings before completion.
   14. Click Add... in the Virtual Machine Properties page.
   15. Select USB Controller as the device type.
   16. Select EHCI+UHCI as the controller type.
       Note: Virtual appliance supports USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 only.
   17. Click Finish on the Add Hardware page.
   18. Click Finish on the Virtual Machine Properties page.
3. Mount the IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager media.
   1. Right-click on virtual machine that you created, and then select Edit Settings.
   2. Under Hardware, choose CD/DVD drive 1.
   3. Browse for the location of the .iso file that is uploaded in the data store.
   4. Select Connect at power on.
   5. Click OK
4. Click Power on the virtual machine.