Deployment Guide

System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) Prerequisites
ASM manages resource on Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager through Windows Remote
Management (WinRM). Windows RM must be enabled on the SCVMM server. ASM requires Windows RM
to utilize default port and basic authentication. To enable these settings, on the SCVMM server, open a
Windows PowerShell interface with administrator permissions and run the following commands:
winrm set winrm/config/client/auth '@{Basic="true"}'
winrm set winrm/config/service/auth '@{Basic="true"}'
winrm set winrm/config/service '@{AllowUnencrypted="true"}'
The default amount of memory allocated for WinRM processes is limited to 150 MB. To avoid out of
memory errors, increase the memory size to 1024:
winrm set winrm/config/winrs '@{MaxMemoryPerShellMB="1024"}'
NOTE
: There is a known issue with WMF 3.0. The MaxMemoryPerShellMB configuration may be
ignored. For more information, see
KB2842230. The fix for Windows 8/Windows 2012 x64 (non R2)
is available at the following link. The fix is not necessary for Windows 2012 R2.
Make sure SCVMM has time synchronized with a time server. If SCVMM time is off from deployed Hyper-
V hosts then you may not be able to add hosts and create clusters in SCVMM.
Deploying ASM from VMware vSphere Client
1. Extract the .zip file to a location accessible by VMware vSphere Client. It is recommended to use a
local drive or CD/DVD, because installing from a network location can take up to 30 minutes.
2. In vSphere Client, select File → Deploy OVF Template. The Deploy OVF Template wizard displays.
3. On the Source page, click Browse, and then select the OVF package. Click Next to continue.
4. On the OVF Template Details page, review the information that is displayed. Click Next to continue.
5. On the End User License Agreement page, read the license agreement and click Accept. To
continue, click Next.
6. On the Name and Location page, enter a name with up to 80 characters and then, select an
Inventory Location
where the template will be stored. Click Next to continue.
7. Depending on the vCenter configuration, one of the following options display:
• If resource pools are configured — On the Resource Pool page, select the pool of virtual servers
to deploy the appliance virtual machine.
• If resource pools are NOT configured
— On the Hosts/Clusters page, select the host or cluster
on which you want to deploy the appliance virtual machine.
Click Next to continue.
8. If there is more than one datastore available on the host, the Datastore page displays. Select the
location to store virtual machine (VM) files, and then click Next to continue.
9. On the
Disk Format page, choose one of the following options:
• To allocate storage space to virtual machines. as required, click thin provisioned format.
• To pre-allocate physical storage space to virtual machines at the time a disk is created, click thick
provisioned format.
Click
Next to continue.
10. On the Ready to Complete page, review the options you selected on previous pages and click Finish
to run the deployment job. A completion status window displays where you can track job progress.
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