Active System Manager Release 8.1.1 User’s Guide

Template – deploy Hyper-V host with iSCSI storage

The Deploy Hyper-V Host with iSCSI Storage template deploys two iSCSI storage volumes and installs Hyper-V on a physical host.

To deploy Hyper-V host with iSCSI storage using this template, perform the following steps:

On the Templates page, select the Deploy Hyper-V Host with iSCSI Storage template, and click Clone.
In the Create Template dialog box, enter a name and description for the template, and click Save.
In the Template Builder, select a storage component, click Edit in the dialog box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Storage Component dialog box.
1. Modify the Component Name with a unique name, if required.
2. Under EqualLogic Storage Settings, configure the following:
  1. From the Target EqualLogic drop-down list, select the Target EqualLogic iSCSI array.
  2. In the Storage Volume Name box, enter a unique name for the storage volume, if required.
    - NOTE: Make sure that you enter the storage size for the first volume is large enough to support your Hyper-V host storage. However, the storage size for the second volume can be small because it is configured as a quorum volume if this host will be used for a Hyper-V cluster. The recommended second volume size is 512 MB.
  3. Verify the values for Storage Pool, Thin Provisioning, Snapshot Reserve %, Thin Min Reserve %, Thin growth Warning % , Thin growth Maximum %, Thin warning on threshold % , Thin warning on hard threshold %, and Multi-Host access of volume .
Click Save.
In the Template Builder, select a server component, click Edit in the box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Server Component dialog box. Repeat this step for each server component.
1. Modify the server Component Name with a unique name, if required.
2. Retain the default selection of Local Hard Drive for Target Boot Device.
3. Select a Server Pool that contains a target server from the drop-down list.
4. Enter the Windows Product Key for the Hyper-V server.
5. Select the Timezone and enter the IP address of the NTP Server for time synchronization.
6. Select the Language and Keyboard inputs if you do not want to retain default values.
7. Enter the Domain Name and FQ Domain Name to which you want to add the Hyper-V host.
8. Enter the Domain Admin Username and Domain Admin Password to add the Hyper-V host to the domain and enter the password to confirm.
9. Enter the Administrator password that you want to configure on the deployed OS. Reenter the administrator password to confirm.
  - NOTE: It is critical to update the password within this template. There is a masked value present in the template, but there is no actual password set. If you do not set this password, you will not be able to log in to the deployed server.
10. Select the OS Image configured for Hyper-V to deploy within your ASM managed environment.
11. Under Network Settings, update the network settings based on the hypervisor that you want to deploy and the networks you have configured in your environment.
12. Click Save.
Click Publish Template.
This template is now ready to be deployed.