# Installation overview

To install HPE Morpheus VM Essentials, you must install the HVM OS on all hosts and deploy the VM Essentials manager as a virtual appliance on one of them. The overview of the installation process is outlined below.

- Install the HVM OS Install ISO provided by HPE.

  - Go to [My HPE Software Center](https://myenterpriselicense.hpe.com/cwp-ui/product-details/HPE_VME_EVAL/-/sw360_hpe_internal).
  - Click **Go to Download Page**.
  - Download the ISO: **HVM\_Install\_\*\*\*\*\*\*.iso**

  This ISO will get the base system up and running including all the required packages to create and run virtual machines.

  See [Installing HVM OS on host servers](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007332en_us/render?page=GUID-28F18596-4902-4CD1-83F3-1411430C5534.html).
- Patch the HVM host to make sure it’s running the latest package versions

  See Step 8 in [Installing HVM OS on host servers](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007332en_us/render?page=GUID-28F18596-4902-4CD1-83F3-1411430C5534.html).
- Configure the HVM hosts’ networks

  See [Configuring the HVM host using the hpe-vm console](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007332en_us/render?page=GUID-ADC37453-056E-43C8-8177-8211A44790FD.html).
- Deploy the VM Essentials manager using the VM Essentials Console on one of the hosts

  See [Installing the VM Essentials manager](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007332en_us/render?page=GUID-D8A861D9-D9B6-4D63-8AE7-AD84BCE14289.html).
- Launch the VM Essentials manager UI, apply the license and configure go through the initial configuration process. Note that a short-term evaluation license will automatically be applied for testing purposes if a permanent license is not immediately available

  See [Configuring the VM Essentials manager for initial setup](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007332en_us/render?page=GUID-456E190C-E912-4079-A691-8D2368D63748.html).

![HVM OS installation](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007332en_us/GUID-D5A7A8B6-F5A2-463F-A7B1-A201B30BEDD0-high.png)
