Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition Version 5.3 Installation and User's Guide
- About This Guide
- Introduction to Host Integration Tools
- Installation
- Obtain the Installation Kit
- Installation Considerations
- Install Host Integration Tools for Microsoft
- Install HIT/Microsoft on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Core Machine
- Install HIT on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Core Cluster
- About Remote Host Installations
- Install HIT on a Failover Cluster
- About Silent Installations
- Using HIT With a SharePoint Farm
- Remote Setup Wizard
- Remote Setup Command Line Utility
- Using the Multipath I/O Component
- Use the VDS Provider
- Use SCVMM With the Dell EqualLogic SMP
- Install the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Provider
- Configure the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Provider
- Create a Classification for Dell EqualLogic Storage Resources
- Import the SMP Through the SCVMM GUI
- Configure PS Series Groups
- Configure Group Access on Managed Hosts and Clusters
- Configure Storage for VM Rapid Provisioning
- Create a VM Template From a VHD
- Migrate the Rapid-Provisioned VMs
- Migrate Storage of a Deployed VM to Another Location
- Troubleshoot SCVMM Issues
- Supported SMP PowerShell Cmdlets
- Use the HPC iSCSI Provider
- Tools and Utilities
- Index
Figure 14. Storage Array Settings Screen
The other setting—Clone logical units—will result in creating regular (fully provisioned) clones of the template volume, and is not
recommended for rapid provisioning using SMP in SCVMM because it will not scale.
The Storage Array Settings apply to individual PS Series groups and are not a global configuration for SMP.
4. Click OK to close the Properties panel.
Create a VM Template for the Library Share
1. On the PS Series group, create a regular volume allocating enough space to store the VHD for the VM. The template volume must
have a VHD to provision VMs.
2. Copy the VHD file to the volume.
3. Use the Group Manager GUI, CLI, or PowerShell cmdlet ConvertTo-EqlTemplateVolume to convert the volume to a template.
When a regular volume is converted to a template it is set to read-only and the data on it cannot be changed unless the template is
converted back to a regular volume. See the Dell EqualLogic Group Manager Online Help or the Dell EqualLogic PowerShell Tools
Reference Guide for more information.
4. Set the volume online, then log in to the volume from the library host.
5. Mount the template volume to a library share configured on one of the SCVMM library hosts.
For example, in the following figure, the library share is visible on one of the library hosts, where the LibShare folder is a configured
share on the library server VMM-TEST-237, which has a template volume mounted under VMM-2008R2.
Figure 15. Library Share on Library Host Screen
Your library host might be configured to be separate from your SCVMM management host, depending on your particular SCVMM
deployment. If your library server is different from the SCVMM management host, the library server must be configured to access the
template volumes used for provisioning. Configuring the SCVMM library server is outside the scope of this document.
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