Install Guide

ManualsBrandsDell ManualsActive System ManagerActive System Manager Release 8.3

Contents

1 Overview......................................................................................................................... 5

About this Document......................................................................................................................................................... 5

What’s New in this Release................................................................................................................................................5

Accessing Online Help........................................................................................................................................................ 5

Other Documents You May Need.......................................................................................................................................6

Contacting Dell Technical Support............................................................................................................................... 6

Licensing............................................................................................................................................................................ 6

Important Note...................................................................................................................................................................7

ASM Port and Protocol Information....................................................................................................................................7

2 Installation and Quick Start.............................................................................................9

Information Pre-requisites..................................................................................................................................................9

Installing Active System Manager.......................................................................................................................................9

Deployment pre-requisites ...........................................................................................................................................9

Pre-requisites for System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)......................................................................14

Deploying ASM on VMware vSphere.......................................................................................................................... 14

Deploying ASM using SCVMM....................................................................................................................................15

Deploying ASM on Hyper-V host................................................................................................................................ 16

Rectifying mounting errors during Hyper–V deployment............................................................................................ 16

Deploying the ASM appliance as Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM).......................................................................17

3 Configuring ASM Virtual Appliance................................................................................ 18

Changing Dell Administrator Password............................................................................................................................. 18

Accessing the Initial Appliance Configuration ............................................................................................................. 18

Configuring Static IP Address in the Virtual Appliance...................................................................................................... 18

Configuring Virtual Appliance with Two NICS................................................................................................................... 19

Configuring ASM Virtual Appliance as PXE Boot Responder.............................................................................................19

4 Customizing Virtual Machine Templates for VMware and Hyper-V............................... 20

Customizing Virtual Machine Templates or Virtual Machines for VMware or Hyper-V.....................................................20

Customizing Linux Template............................................................................................................................................ 22

Customizing Windows Template...................................................................................................................................... 23

Preparing a vCenter Image for Cloning.............................................................................................................................24

Customizing the vCenter Windows Template ........................................................................................................... 24

Setting up the Windows Task Scheduler ...................................................................................................................25

5 Configuring ASM Virtual Appliance for NetApp Storage Support.................................. 27

Adding NetApp Ruby SDK to ASM Virtual Appliance........................................................................................................27

Enabling HTTP or HTTPs for NFS share.......................................................................................................................... 28

Configuring NetApp Storage Component.........................................................................................................................28

6 Installing Plug-ins for EMC to Support Volume Provisioning......................................... 29