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VUM based installation steps (fixes #555) [SKIP CI] (#1206)
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The installation has two parts – installation of the vSphere Installation Bundle (VIB) on ESXi and installation of Docker plugin on the hosts where you plan to run containers with storage needs.

## Installation on ESXi

ESXi component for vDVS is available in the form of a [VIB](https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2011/09/whats-in-a-vib.html). VIB stands for vSphere Installation Bundle. At a conceptual level a VIB is somewhat similar to a tarball or ZIP archive in that it is a collection of files packaged into a single archive to facilitate distribution.
## Installation on ESXi

[VIB](http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2011/09/whats-in-a-vib.html) and [Offline Depot](https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60/index.jsp#com.vmware.vsphere.install.doc/GUID-29491174-238E-4708-A78F-8FE95156D6A3.html?resultof=%2522%256f%2566%2566%256c%2569%256e%2565%2522%2520%2522%256f%2566%2566%256c%2569%256e%2522%2520%2522%2564%2565%2570%256f%2574%2522%2520) are the packages built to install the backend for the service on ESX. The backend can be installed using esxcli or vmware tools such as [VUM](http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-update-manager-601-install-administration-guide.pdf)

### VUM based VIB installation
ESXi component for vDVS is available in the form of an [Offline Depot](http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60/index.jsp#com.vmware.vsphere.install.doc/GUID-29491174-238E-4708-A78F-8FE95156D6A3.html) and available to download latest release as [ZIP archive](https://bintray.com/vmware/vDVS/VIB/_latestVersion).

After downloading VIB bundle as zip format, installation is performed using VUM using the following steps.

1. Go to *admin view* in update manager tab.
2. Import zip bundle using *import zip* option.
3. Create a baseline and include zip bundle.
4. Scan your host against baseline.
5. *Remediate* host.

More information can be found at [VUM User guide](https://featurewalkthrough.vmware.com/#!/vsphere-6-5/vsphere-update-manager-overview-cluster-upgrade/1).

### VIB installation through esxcli/localcli

ESXi component for vDVS is available in the form of a [VIB](https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2011/09/whats-in-a-vib.html). VIB stands for vSphere Installation Bundle. At a conceptual level a VIB is similar to a tarball or ZIP archive in that it is a collection of files packaged into a single archive to facilitate distribution.

Log into ESXi host and download the [latest release](https://bintray.com/vmware/vDVS/VIB/_latestVersion) of vDVS driver VIB on the ESXi. Assuming that you have downloaded the VIB at /tmp location you can run the below command to install it on ESXi

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## Installation on Docker Hosts

vDVS plugin can be installed on Docker hosts like any docker plugin installation. You will need docker version **1.13/17.03 or above** on the VM. In a large pool of nodes, you can push the plugin installation to multiple VM through a configuration management tool such as Ansible/Salt or using a remote shell session. The installation of plugin is really simple and we will walk through the steps to install/uninstall, enable and verify the plugin installation.
vDVS plugin can be installed on Docker hosts like any docker plugin installation. You will need docker version **1.13/17.03 or above** on the VM. In a large pool of nodes, you can push the plugin installation to multiple VM through a configuration management tool such as Ansible/Salt or using a remote shell session. The installation of plugin is really simple and we will walk through the steps to install/uninstall, enable and verify the plugin installation.

The plugin is available as a docker image on the public docker registry but if you are using a private registry, you will have to point to the appropriate URL of the image.

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