HP TA688-96138 manual Installing the HP StoreVirtual VSA for Microsoft Hyper-V

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3 Installing the HP StoreVirtual VSA for Microsoft Hyper-V

The HP StoreVirtual VSA for Microsoft Hyper-V is pre-formatted for use with Microsoft® Windows® Server Hyper-V™. Install the VSA for Hyper-V on a Windows server configured with redundant RAID. If you are using an evaluation copy and want to continue using the VSA for Hyper-V after the trial period has ended, you must purchase a license key. After you apply the license key, your configuration can be used as is in a production environment, or reconfigured if necessary.

Supported versions of Microsoft Windows Server

All operating systems listed are 64–bit. HP StoreVirtual VSA for Microsoft Hyper-V is supported on 64–bit systems only.

•Windows Server 2012

•Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2

•Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard

•Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise

•Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter

•Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core

•Windows Server 2008 SP2, except for Core, which is not supported

Prerequisites

•Available drive space of up to 10 TB for Hyper-V Server. HP recommends installing Hyper-V Server on top of a redundant RAID configuration. Do not use RAID 0.

•Applicable memory reserved based on total disk capacity (Table 4 (page 11)). Table 4 Memory requirements for VSA for Hyper-V disks

Total capacity of all installed disks

Requires at least this much memory

5

GB to 500 GB

3 GB

500 GB to 5 TB

4 GB

5

TB to 10 TB

5 GB

•A Gigabit Ethernet or internal network environment, including the following:

◦A host name for the VSA for Hyper-V.

◦A network configuration plan, including reserved IP addresses, subnet mask, and gateway for the VSA for Hyper-V, or use DHCP (requires statically assigned IP addresses).

•Two virtual CPUs with at least 2000 MHz reserved.

•Define the install paths for the Hyper-V virtual machine and the virtual hard disks.

•Ensure the following hotfixes are applied before beginning the installation: KB 979711, KB 975530, KB 981836.

•If using physical disks for the VSA for Hyper-V:

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Ensure that the disks are completely clean of any partitions or any other remnants prior to running the VSA for Hyper-V installer

Ensure that the disks are connected, but offline in Windows Disk Manager before starting the installer

Supported versions of Microsoft Windows Server 11

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Contents Abstract Acknowledgements Contents Documentation feedback Support and other resourcesPlanning for the VSA Planning the virtual network configurationPlanning the clustered storage configuration Prerequisites Installing the HP StoreVirtual VSA for VMware vSphereInstalling the HP StoreVirtual VSA for VMware vSphere Supported versions of VMwareInstaller step Definition Host Setup Configuring the VSA for vSphere using the installer wizardRelationship of disk size to datastore block size Installing the VSA OVF versionConfiguring a data disk Finishing up with VI Client Installing the HP StoreVirtual VSA for VMware vSphere Supported versions of Microsoft Windows Server Installing the HP StoreVirtual VSA for Microsoft Hyper-VBest practices Unsupported configurationsInstalling the HP StoreVirtual VSA for Microsoft Hyper-V Configuring the VSA for Hyper-V using the installer wizardTroubleshooting the VSA for Hyper-V installation TroubleshootingGetting started with the CMC Installing the CMCGetting started with HP StoreVirtual Storage Editing Find Systems to control the systems displayed Verify the hardware configurationRAID and the VSA for Hyper-V Server Configuring the hardwareBest Practice Summary Creating the iSCSI SANRun CMCInstaller.bin again Documentation available Designing your virtual SAN Configuration requirementsDesigning a virtual SAN Best practices Unsupported configurationsControllers and hard drives Virtual switch or networkHardware design for VSA MemoryAdding storage capacity to a VSA Using VSAs with HP StoreVirtual StorageVirtual network design Memory requirements for VSA disks Create additional disksTwo-system configuration Sample configurationsSingle system configuration Two-system configuration Three-system-plus configurationRequirements for the demo Using the VMware VSA laptop demoPlanning the demo installation Installing the VSANAT Customer self repair Support and other resourcesContacting HP Rack stabilityHP websites Related informationDocumentation feedback

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