Customizing the OVF file to change the number of vCPUs and size for the FortiGate-VM

You can customize the OVF file for deployments where you require more than eight vCPUs.

To customize the OVF file to change the number of vCPUs and size for the FortiGate-VM:

1. Open one of the OFV files from NSX-T deployment package contents in a text editor.

2. Replace the value in lines 46 and 49 with the required core count.

   

3. Modifying the core count or any variable in the OVF file causes the OVF integrity check with the manifest (.mf) to fail. You must disable strict certificate manifest check from the NSX-T Manager CLI:

   1. Log in or SSH to NSX-T Manager as root.

   2. Run the following:

      sed -i 's/set.vm.deployment.strict.cert.manifest.check=true/set.vm.deployment.strict.cert.manifest.check=false/' /usr/tanuki/conf/cm-inventory-tomcat-wrapper.conf

   3. Restart the cm-inventory service:

      service cm-inventory restart

You can customize the OVF to change the number of vCPUs and RAM size for the FortiGate-VM, then apply the corresponding VM license as Models describes.