Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Installing Citrix NetScaler VPX into VMware Workstation



Netscaler ( NSVPX-ESX-10.1-118.7) on VMware Workstation (7.1.1.1)

Downloaded Citrix Netscaler VPX from mycitrix.com

Right click  NSVPX-ESX-10.1-118.7_nc and open with VMware workstation.












You will get an error message.








Convert the OVF to VMX and change Guest OS type.

Download and Install OVFTOOL

OVF tool location depending upon 32bit or 64bit.

I installed 32 bit OVF tool.

OVF tool Location: C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\OVFTool

Open Command prompt and Browse to OVF tool location.
Netscaler OVF Location: C:\vm\NSVPX-ESX-10.1-118.7_nc\NSVPX-ESX-10.1-118.7_nc.ovf

Run the command to convert OVF to VMX

ovftool "C:\vm\NSVPX-ESX-10.1-118.7_nc\NSVPX-ESX-10.1-118.7_nc.ovf" "C:\vm\NSVPX-ESX-10.1-118.7_nc\netscaler.vmx"










New vmx file will be at C:\vm\NSVPX-ESX-10.1-118.7_nc\netscaler.vmx location

Open Netscaler VMX file in Notepad






















Change guestos = "solaris10-64" to guestos = "other-64”

Save and close the file

 
Right Click on VMX file and open with VMware Workstation.












Power ON the VM, 

Enter Netscaler IP address , Subnet Mask and Default Gateway

 










Press  4  and Enter to Save and quit.













Once the configuration is done , it will look like below machine.













Open Browser and enter Netscaler IP.

Username: - nsroot

Password: - nsroot

Development type: - Netscaler Gateway

Click on Login


1 comment:

  1. It's 2018 now. I get the following message:
    VMware Workstation and Device/Credential Guard are not compatible. VMware Workstation can be run after disabling Device/Credential Guard. Please visit http://www.vmware.com/go/turnoff_CG_DG for more details.

    Still trying to figure out how to resolve this issue. Great write up though.

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