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Active System Manager Release 8.1.1 Installation Guide

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Deploying ASM using SCVMM

To deploy ASM using SCVMM:
  1. Extract the .zip file for ASM build to a local folder on your SCVMM appliance <ASM_INSTALLER_ROOT_DIR>.
  2. To add ASM to the Library of Physical Library Objects in SCVMM, do the following:

    1. In the left pane, click Library.

    2. In the Home tab, click Import Physical Resource.

    3. Click the Add Resource button. Browse to the location of ASM .vhd file: <ASM_INSTALLER_ROOT_DIR>\Virtual Hard Disks\Dell-ActiveSystemManager-8.1.1-.vhd

    4. Under the Select library server and destination for imported resources section, click the Browse button. Select the destination folder in which ASM install VHD is located (for example, My_SCVMM -> MSCVMMLibrary -> VHDs), and then click OK.

    5. Click the Import button.

  3. To deploy ASM virtual appliance:

    1. In the left pane, click VMs and Services.

    2. Click the Create Virtual Machine button.

    3. Select Use an existing virtual machine, VM template, or virtual hard disk , and then click the Browse button

    4. From the list of sources, select VHD -> Dell-ActiveSystemManager-8.1.1- <bulid>.vhd, and then click OK.

    5. Click Next.

    6. In the Virtual machine name text box, type the virtual machine name for your appliance, and then click Next.

    7. On the Configure Hardware page, do the following:

      1. In the Compatibility section, set Cloud Capability Profile to Hyper-V.

      2. In the Processors section, change the processor value to 2, and then in the Memory section, change the memory value to 8 GB.

      3. In the Network Adapter 1 section, assign the adapter to your PXE VM Network.

      4. Click Next.

    8. On the Select Destination page, select the destination host group that contains the Hyper-V server where you want to deploy ASM VM. Click Next.

    9. On the Select Host page, select the host on which you want to deploy ASM, and then click Next.

    10. On the Configuration Settings page, make the changes for your environment, if required.

    11. On the Select networks page, select your PXE network and configure it appropriately.

    12. On the Add Properties page, set to Always turn on the Virtual Machine and the OS as CentOS Linux (64 bit), and then click Next.

    13. Review the summary, select the Start Virtual machine after deploying it option, and then click the Create button.
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