Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server: Managing and Monitoring the Solution Infrastructure Life Cycle Operations Guide
- Introduction
- Day 0 Operations
- Introduction
- Azure onboarding for Azure Stack HCI OS
- Licensing for Azure Stack HCI for Windows Server 2016 and 2019
- Creating virtual disks
- Managing and Monitoring Azure Stack HCI Cluster using Windows Admin Center
- Installing Windows Admin Center
- Adding the HCI cluster connection
- Accessing the HCI cluster
- Viewing server details
- Viewing drive details
- Managing and monitoring volumes
- Enabling data deduplication on Storage Spaces Direct
- Monitoring and managing VMs
- Managing virtual switches
- Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Windows Admin Center
- Firmware updates using Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center for System Center Virtual Machine Manager
- Firmware and driver updates using the manual method
- Expanding the Azure Stack HCI cluster
- Extending volumes
- Performing AX node recovery
- Operating system recovery
Figure 9. Volumes: Summary tab
The Inventory tab provides the volume inventory from the HCI cluster nodes. The volumes can be managed and monitored.
Figure 10. Volumes: Inventory tab
Creating volumes in Storage Spaces Direct
About this task
Create volumes in Storage Spaces Direct in Windows Admin Center as follows.
Steps
1. Go to Volumes > Inventory.
2. Click Create.
The Create volume window is displayed.
3. Enter the volume name, resiliency, and size of the volume, and then click Create.
The volume is created.
Day 0 Operations
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