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Launching a TDV Windows Image on Azure
Follow these steps to launch a Windows image of TDV:
1. Login to the Microsoft Azure portal https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace
Note: You will need a valid Azure account to access TDV in this marketplace.
2. Go to the “Search Marketplace” area at the top of the page and search for “Tibco Data Virtualization” to find the latest version of the product.
3. Select the appropriate TDV offering, based on the license type and operating system.
4. Click on “Create” to create a virtual machine.
5. Select an existing resource group or create a new one.
6. Enter the virtual machine name.
7. Choose an appropriate Region where you want to run TDV.
8. The Size defaults to a TDV medium resource configuration value. Choose another one if you are running a larger TDV workload. Refer to Sizing Guidelines for TDV for more details.
9. The user name defaults to “AzureUser”. Do not change this.
10. Select an existing key pair or create a new one. You may also choose to secure your instance with a password instead.
11. In order to set the Inbound Port Rules, Click on the “Networking” tab or use the wizard to navigate to the Networking tab.
12. In the Networking section, choose the Network settings appropriate for your Azure account (i.e. Virtual Network and Subnet).
13. Choose the recommended Network Security Group Settings:
a. Change “NIC network security group” to “Advanced”
b. Click on “Create New” in the “Configure network security group” section. It is recommended to create a new security group based on the Seller Settings.
14. Click Create to create the virtual machine.
Connecting to the TDV Windows Instance
Connecting to the virtual machine using Remote Desktop is an essential step of launching the TDV Windows server on Azure. Follow these steps to connect to the virtual machine:
1. Login to the Azure portal.
2. Click on the “portal menu” icon in the upper left corner.
3. Select “Virtual Machines”.
4. Click on the link for your TDV instance.
5. In the vertical menu for your TDV instance, click “Connect”.
6. Select “RDP”.
7. Click on “Download RDP file”.
8. Open the downloaded RDP file with the “Microsoft Remote Desktop” or equivalent client.
9. Connect to the virtual machine using the user “AzureUser” and the credentials you set at the creation step for this virtual machine.
Note: Once connected to the virtual machine, a command window opens and the TDV installation starts. Wait for the installation to complete before closing the window. It takes approximately 15-20 minutes for the installation to complete.
Connecting to the TDV Server Application
Follow these steps to connect to the TDV server using the Windows image:
1. Login to the Azure portal.
2. Click on the “portal menu” icon.
3. Select “Virtual Machines”.
4. Click on the link for your TDV instance.
5. Click on “Networking” under “Settings” area.
6. Copy the “NIC Public IP”.
7. Copy the Public IP address.
8. Now you can access your TDV Server in the Azure environment via the TDV service ports defined in your TDV Security group (Refer to Default TDV Security Group Configuration for more information.)
Examples:
1. Browser client: http://<PUBLIC_IP>:9400 to access the TDV Web Manager client.
2. TDV Studio client:
host=<PUBLIC_IP>
port=9400
3. JDBC client: host=<PUBLIC_IP>, port=9401
Refer TDV Admin Password for more information.