# PMM deployment in VMware vSphere

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-deployment-in-vmware-vsphere/37721>\
**Category:** PMM 3.x\
**Tags:** pmm\
**Created:** [April 24, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-deployment-in-vmware-vsphere/37721 "2025-04-24T12:34:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![raku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@raku](https://forums.percona.com/u/raku)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-deployment-in-vmware-vsphere/37721/1 "2025-04-24T12:34:06Z")

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Hi All,

Has anyone successfully deployed PMM 3 in VMware vSphere using OVA installation as described in

> **[Percona Monitoring and Management - VMware - Import OVA file](https://docs.percona.com/percona-monitoring-and-management/3/install-pmm/install-pmm-server/deployment-options/virtual/vmware.html)**
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> To import downloaded file from UI:

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Sincerely,  
Ra

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**Author:** ![Vadim\_Yalovets](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/vadim_yalovets/32/43_2.png) [@Vadim\_Yalovets](https://forums.percona.com/u/Vadim_Yalovets)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-deployment-in-vmware-vsphere/37721/2 "2025-04-24T13:27:48Z")

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Hi Ra,

Could you provide the error that you faced during an installation?

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**Author:** ![raku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@raku](https://forums.percona.com/u/raku)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-deployment-in-vmware-vsphere/37721/3 "2025-04-24T15:12:39Z")

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When trying to import PMM v3.1.0 virtual appliance into VMware vSphere v7, there is this error:

> Issues detected with selected template. Details: - -1:-1:VALUE\_ILLEGAL: No supported hardware versions among [virtualbox-2.2]; supported: [vmx-04, vmx-07, vmx-08, vmx-09, vmx-10, vmx-11, vmx-12, vmx-13, vmx-14, vmx-15, vmx-16, vmx-17, vmx-18, vmx-19].

 ![ova_import_error](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/percona1/original/3X/7/6/76799f1e7e268acd5f8c3bd71b62928f48dc5a33.png)

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**Author:** ![Vadim\_Yalovets](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/vadim_yalovets/32/43_2.png) [@Vadim\_Yalovets](https://forums.percona.com/u/Vadim_Yalovets)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-deployment-in-vmware-vsphere/37721/4 "2025-04-30T07:29:56Z")

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Hi Raku,  
Please check steps for resolving the issue in the next comment.

> **[Jira](https://perconadev.atlassian.net/browse/PMM-13672?focusedCommentId=420409)**

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**Author:** ![raku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@raku](https://forums.percona.com/u/raku)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-deployment-in-vmware-vsphere/37721/5 "2025-05-13T11:29:05Z")

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Hi Vadim,

We followed the steps described in the link you shared.

```auto
root@xxxxx:/mnt/c/distr/PMM# tar -xvf pmm-server-3.1.0.ova
PMM3-Server-2025-03-26-1734.ovf
PMM3-Server-2025-03-26-1734.mf
PMM3-Server-2025-03-26-1734-disk001.vmdk
PMM3-Server-2025-03-26-1734-disk002.vmdk

---- Updated "virtualbox-2.2" to "vmx-19" in `<vssd:VirtualSystemType>virtualbox-2.2</vssd:VirtualSystemType>`
root@xxxxx:/mnt/c/distr/PMM# vi PMM3-Server-2025-03-26-1734.ovf
 
--- Generated new checksum
root@xxxxx:/mnt/c/distr/PMM# sha1sum PMM3-Server-2025-03-26-1734.ovf
86e58711eddfbd55a135b1b3bff4f2adf012e0ff PMM3-Server-2025-03-26-1734.ovf
 
---- Updated the new checksum in .mf file
root@xxxxx:/mnt/c/distr/PMM# vi PMM3-Server-2025-03-26-1734.mf

--- Repackaged the *.ova file
tar -cvf pmm-server-3.1.0.ova \
 PMM3-Server-2025-03-26-1734.ovf \
 PMM3-Server-2025-03-26-1734.mf \
 PMM3-Server-2025-03-26-1734-disk001.vmdk \
 PMM3-Server-2025-03-26-1734-disk002.vmdk

```

When trying to import, it is showing an error:  
`"The provided manifest file is invalid: Invalid OVF checksum algorithm: SHA1"`

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/percona1/original/3X/5/b/5b1c27ac5f31249e11e34274aa5114351db1bfe6.png)

We tried the same steps both on Linux and Windows, on several servers.

Do you have a Virtual Appliance (.ova) file that can be deployed without modification in VMware vSphere?

Sincerely,  
Ra

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**Author:** ![ademidoff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/ademidoff/32/14234_2.png) [@ademidoff](https://forums.percona.com/u/ademidoff)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-deployment-in-vmware-vsphere/37721/6 "2025-05-15T07:46:26Z")

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Hi,

Unfortunately, we do not have a Virtual Appliance file that can be deployed without modification to vSpere.