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Creating a Windows Jump VM

Create a jump VM that connects to the hb-mgmt network and VPC. Configure VMware components manually or enable automatic configuration.

  1. Create a Windows VM as a jump server and connect the VM to the hb-mgmt network.

    1. On the vSwitch page, click Add Standard vSwitch. In the displayed dialog box, enter vSwitch1for vSwitch Name and add uplinks vmnic2 and vmnic3.

    2. Click Add Port Group. In the displayed dialog box, select vSwitch1 for vSwitch, add port group hb-mgmt, and set VLAN ID to 0.

    3. Create a VM and configure a network adapter to connect the VM to the hb-mgmt port group.
    4. Start the VM and install Windows on the VM. After the installation is complete, configure IP address 11.11.11.2 for the VM.
    5. Use the remote desktop to log in to the Windows jump VM and enable the remote desktop service (set the gateway address to 11.11.11.1 and disable the firewall of the jump VM).
    6. Upload the downloaded software such as the vCenter ISO and NSX-manager ovf templates to the jump VM.

  2. On the VMkernel NIC page, click Add VMkernel NIC. In the displayed dialog box, select vSwitch1 for vSwitch, create VMkernel port group and NIC, and set VLAN ID to 0 and Address to 11.11.11.101.

    The configurations of vSwitch and port groups on the ESXi host are as follows.

    Table 1 vSwitch and port group configurations

    Port Group

    vSwitch

    Uplink

    VMkernel NIC

    management network

    vSwitch0

    vmnic0/vmnic1

    vmk0

    hb-mgmt

    vSwitch1

    vmnic2

    vmnic3

    -

    vmk-hb-mgmt

    vmk1

Parent topic: VMware on BMS