Deployment package for VMware ESXi

Firmware images on the Customer Service & Support site include FortiAnalyzer-VM deployment packages. The following table lists the available VM deployment package:

VM platform	Deployment file
VMware ESXi	ESX/ESXi server: FAZ_VM64-vX-buildxxxx-FORTINET.out.ovf.zip VMware Player: FAZ_VM64-vX-buildxxxx-FORTINET.out.vmware.zip

For the latest information on virtualization software support, see the corresponding FortiAnalyzer Release Notes on the Fortinet Docs Library.

The .out.ovf.zip file contains:

File	Description
DATADRIVE.vmdk	The FortiAnalyzer-VM log disk in VMDK format.
FAZ.vmdk	The FortiAnalyzer system hard disk in Virtual Machine Disk (VMDK) format.
FortiAnalyzer-VM64.hw14.ovf	OVF template file for VMware ESXi 6.7 and later versions. Only available in 6.4.2 and later.
FortiAnalyzer-VM64.hw14.vapp.ovf	OVF template file for VMware vSphere, vCenter, and vCloud (ESXi 6.7 and later). Only available in 6.4.2 and later.
FortiAnalyzer-VM64.ovf	OVF template based on Intel e1000 NIC driver.
FortiAnalyzer-VM64.vapp.ovf	OVF template file for VMware vSphere, vCenter, and vCloud (earlier than ESXi 6.7).

The .out.vmware.zip file, for use with VMware Player, contains:

• FAZ.vmdk: The FortiAnalyzer system hard disk in VMDK format.
• FortiAnalyzer-VM64.ovf: The VMware virtual hardware configuration file.
• DATADRIVE.vmdk: The FortiAnalyzer log disk in VMDK format.
• DATADRIVE-S0XX.vmdk: 41 VMDK files used during deployment.

For more information about FortiAnalyzer, see the FortiAnalyzer datasheet.