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48 en-US/hyperv-agent-install.xml
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<section id="hyperv-agent-install">
<title>Installing the &PRODUCT; Agent on a Hyper-V Host</title>
<para>&PRODUCT; Agent helps &PRODUCT; perform operations on the Hyper-V hosts. Therefore, each
Hyper-V host must have the &PRODUCT; Agent installed on it. &PRODUCT; Agent runs as a Windows
service. This Agent communicates with the Management Server and controls all the instances on
the host. Install the &PRODUCT; Agent on each host using the following steps.</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Download the CloudStack Agent for Hyper-V from <ulink
url="
http://repo-ccp.citrix.com/releases/ASF/hyperv/4.3/CloudPlatform-4.3-01-hypervagent.msi"
>CloudStack Hyper-V Agent</ulink>.</para>
<para>You should have a file in the form of
“CloudPlatform-&lt;version&gt;-N-hypervagent.msi”.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Run the installer.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Provide the Hyper-V admin credentials when prompted.</para>
<para>When the agent installation is finished, the agent runs as a service on the host
machine.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</section>
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<section id="hyperv-checklist">
<title>Preparation Checklist for Hyper-V</title>
<para>For a smoother installation, gather the following information before you start:</para>
<informaltable frame="all">
<tgroup cols="3" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
<colspec colname="c1" colwidth="1.22*"/>
<colspec colname="c2" colwidth="1.0*"/>
<colspec colname="c3" colwidth="6.05*"/>
<thead>
<row>
<entry><para>Hyper-V Requirements</para></entry>
<entry><para>Value</para></entry>
<entry><para>Description</para></entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><para>Server Roles</para></entry>
<entry><para>Hyper-V</para></entry>
<entry><para>After the Windows Server 2012 R2 installation, ensure that Hyper-V is selected from Server
Roles. For more information, see <ulink
url="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj134187.aspx#BKMK_Step2">Installing
Hyper-V</ulink>.</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para>Server Roles</para></entry>
<entry><para>File and Storage Services</para></entry>
<entry><para>After the Windows Server 2012 R2 installation, ensure that File and Storage Services is
selected from Server Roles to create an SMB file share. For more information, see
<ulink url="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj134187.aspx#BKMK_Step3"
>Creating an SMB File Share Using Server Manager</ulink>.</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para>Share Location</para></entry>
<entry><para>New folders in the /Share directory</para></entry>
<entry><para>The location of the file share for the Hyper-V deployment will be the new folder created in
the \Shares on the selected volume. You can create sub-folders for both &PRODUCT;
Primary and Secondary storage within the share location.</para>
<para>When you select the profile for the file shares, ensure that you select SMB Share
-Applications. This creates the file shares with settings appropriate for
Hyper-V.</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para>Preferred DNS Server</para></entry>
<entry><para>The IP address of the Active Directory domain.</para></entry>
<entry><para>While adding an Hyper-V host to the domain, use the domain IP as the DNS
server.</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para>Domain and Hosts</para></entry>
<entry><para/></entry>
<entry><para>Hosts should be part of the Active Directory domain.</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para>Hyper-V Users</para></entry>
<entry><para>Full control</para></entry>
<entry><para>Full control on the SMB File share.</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para>Virtual Switch</para></entry>
<entry><para/></entry>
<entry><para>If you are using Hyper-V 2012 R2, manually create an external virtual switch
before adding the host to &PRODUCT;. If the Hyper-V host is added to the Hyper-V
manager, select the host, then click Virtual Switch Manager, then New Virtual Switch.
In the External Network, select the desired NIC adapter and click Apply. </para>
<para>If you are using Windows 2012 R2, virtual switch is created
automatically.</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para>Virtual Switch Name</para></entry>
<entry><para/></entry>
<entry><para>Take a note of the name of the virtual switch. You need to specify that when
configuring &PRODUCT; physical network labels.</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para>Hyper-V Admin User</para></entry>
<entry><para/></entry>
<entry><para>Add the Hyper-V administrator to the Hyper-V Administrators
group.</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para>Delegation</para></entry>
<entry><para/></entry>
<entry><para>Enable Delegation to the Microsoft Virtual System Migration
service.</para></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</section>
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<section id="hyperv-host-add">
<title>Adding a Hyper-V Host</title>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Before adding a host to the &PRODUCT; configuration, ensure that you install Hyper-V on
the host.</para>
<para/>
<warning>
<para>Be sure you have performed the additional &PRODUCT;-specific configuration steps
described in the Hyper-V installation section.</para>
</warning>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>If you have not already done so, install Hyper-V on the host. You will need to know
which version of the hypervisor software version is supported by &PRODUCT; and what
additional configuration is required to ensure the host will work with &PRODUCT;. For more
information, see the Prerequisites section in the Installation Guide.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Log in to the &PRODUCT; UI as administrator.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>In the left navigation, choose Infrastructure. In Zones, click View More, then click the
zone in which you want to add the host.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Click the Compute tab. In the Clusters node, click View All.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Click the cluster where you want to add the host.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Click View Hosts.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Click Add Host.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Provide the following information.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Host Name</emphasis>: The DNS name or IP address of the host.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Username</emphasis>: Usually root. Specify domain name in the
path. For example, domain 1/ admin.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Password</emphasis>: This is the password for the user named
above.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Host Tags</emphasis> (Optional). Any labels that you use to
categorize hosts for ease of maintenance. For example, you can set to the cloud's HA tag
(set in the ha.tag global configuration parameter) if you want this host to be used only
for VMs with the "high availability" feature enabled. For more information, see
HA-Enabled Virtual Machines as well as HA for Hosts.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>There may be a slight delay while the host is provisioned. It should automatically
display in the UI. </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Repeat for additional hosts. </para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</section>
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<section id="hyperv-install-network">
<title>Physical Network Configuration for Hyper-V</title>
<para>You should have a plan for how the hosts will be cabled and which physical NICs will carry
what types of traffic. By default, &PRODUCT; will use the device that is used for the default
route.</para>
</section>
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<section id="hyperv-install-storage">
<title>Storage Preparation for Hyper-V (Optional)</title>
<para>&PRODUCT; allows administrators to set up shared Primary Storage and Secondary Storage that
uses CIFS.</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Create a CIFS storage and expose it over smb3.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Add the storage to an Active Directory domain.</para>
<para>The CIFS storage and host need not be in the same domain. However, the storage should be
accessible from the Management Server with the domain user privileges. </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>While adding storage to &PRODUCT;, ensure that the correct domain, and credentials are
supplied. This user should be able to access the storage from the Management Server.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</section>
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<chapter id="hyperv-install">
<title>Installing Hyper-V for &PRODUCT;</title>
<para>If you want to use Hyper-V hypervisor to run guest virtual machines, install Hyper-V on the
hosts in your cloud. The instructions in this section doesn't duplicate Hyper-V Installation
documentation. It provides the &PRODUCT;-specific steps that are needed to prepare a Hyper-V
host to work with &PRODUCT;.</para>
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