HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.3 and 7.3 Update 1 Infrastructure Orchestration User Guide

Setting up a Hyper-V virtual machine network
To add a network for use by the virtual machines provisioned through infrastructure orchestration,
perform the following steps for each Hyper-V VM Host.
For more information, see “Configuring trunk and VLAN networks to enable support for Hyper-V
VLAN tagging” (page 78) .
1. Connect to the Hyper-V host using Remote Desktop.
2. Open Hyper-V Manager and choose the server to be connected.
1. In the Actions list on the right side of the panel, select Virtual Network Manager....
2. Select New Virtual Network.
3. Under Connection Type, select External to configure a physical network.
4. Click Add.
5. In the Name field, enter the name of the network.
6. Under Connection Type, select the network interface from the External drop-down list.
NOTE: To use this network on the management system, select Allow management
operation system to share the network adapter.
7. Select OK.
Insight Control virtual machine management templates
Matrix infrastructure orchestration uses VMware templates as deployment targets for ESX. For
information about creating VMware templates, see the VMware documentation at http://
www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vs_pages/vsp_pubs_esxi41_i_vc41.html.
NOTE: VM template-based provisioning is not available for Integrity VM.
NOTE: This procedure applies for both ESX and Hyper-V VMs.
Matrix infrastructure orchestration supports VMware native templates, which allows users to convert
ESX VMs into a template using vSphere or vCenter. This operation causes the converted ESX VM
to display in the Software tab. In this case, the following procedure for creating a VM management
template is not needed.
To create virtual machine management templates from virtual machines, use Systems Insight Manager
to do the following:
1. Power off the virtual machine to be used in the virtual machine management template. It is
good practice to cleanly power off the virtual machine by accessing the virtual machine and
performing an operating system shutdown rather than using a hypervisor power off command.
If the virtual machine is in a suspended state when used to create the template, provisioning
will fail during customization with the error message VM must be powered off for
customization.
2. Click Deploy→Virtual Machine→Templates→Create Virtual Machine Template. The Step 1:
Select Source Virtual Machine screen appears.
3. Select a virtual machine from the list, and then click Next. The Step 2: Select VM Template
Repository Host screen appears.
4. Select the host for the new virtual machine management template, and then click Next. The
Step 3: Specify the Template Name and select VM Template Repository Folder screen appears.
5. In Template Name, enter a name for the template and specify a location for the template.
6. To store the virtual machine management template, in the target folder, select Browse and
select a virtual machine host datastore folder, or click Next to select the default choice.
7. Click Next. The Step 4: Confirm Details screen appears.
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