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How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion?

You can follow this guide:

Create a virtual machine for the head node

Install a Bright 7.0 head node

Install a Bright 7.0 compute node

Create a virtual machine for the head node

Open the “Virtual Machine Library” and click on “New…” to create a New Virtual Machine.

How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion?

Choose “Install from disc or image” and click the “Continue” button.

How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion?

Choose “Use another disc or disc image..”, navigate to the location of the Bright ISO image, then click the “Continue” button.

How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion?
How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion?

Choose “Other” as the guest operating system, and “Other (64-bit)” as the version.

How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion?

Click on “Customize Settings”.

How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion?

Write the VM name and location, according to your own preferences.

Click “Save” button and a new window with “VM Settings” will pop-up.

How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion?
How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion?

Click on “Processors & Memory” to increase the memory to 2GB, then click the “Show All” button.

Click on “Hard Disk (IDE)”, choose the appropriate disk size, and click on “Apply”.  Then click the “Show All” button.

How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion?

Click on “Network Adapter”, select “Custom -> Private to my Mac” and click “Show All”.

How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion?

Click on “Add Device..”, select “Network Adapter” and click “Add…”

How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion?
How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion?

Choose “Bridged Networking -> Autodetect” for this adapter and click on “Show All”.

How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion?

Close the window with “VM Settings” to create the VM.

Install A Bright 7.0 head node

Power on the “Bright 7.0” virtual machine and select the “Install Bright Cluster Manager”option.

How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion?

Once the installer starts, the installation of the head node can continue, as described in the Bright 7.0 Installation Manual (section 3.3).

How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion?

Install Bright 7.0 Compute Node

A new virtual machine can be created in the same way that the head node was created, except that:

No Bright ISO image needs to be connected to the CD/DVD Device.

only one network adapter needs to be connected, as “VM Internal Network”.

the boot order needs to be re-configured to start with Network (PXE).

In the “Installation Method Windows” select “More options…”, then choose “Create a custom Virtual machine” and click “Continue”. 

How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion?
How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion?

Click on “Network Adapter”, select “Custom -> Private to my Mac” and click “Show All” button.

How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion?

Click on “Startup Disk”, select “Network Adapter Host Only” and “Show All” button.

How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion?

Start the Virtual Machine. The node should start PXE booting from the head node.

How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion?
How do I install Bright under VMWare Fusion?
Updated on October 27, 2020

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