Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition Version 5.4 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 Core Machine
- Install HIT on a Windows Server 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
AD user group on the group if the SCVMM service account is part of that AD user group. See the Dell EqualLogic Auto-
Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition User’s Guide for more information. SCVMM does not allow configuring a separate
Run As account to manage SMP. Refer to the Microsoft SCVMM documentation regarding correct setup of the service
login account.
2. In the SCVMM server GUI, configure PowerShell/SMP access (PS Authentication).
3. Use the SCVMM Command Shell (SCVMM PowerShell environment) and run the Import-SCStorageProvider
command. Alternatively, import SMP using the SCVMM Console GUI. See Import the SMP through the SCVMM GUI.
Create a Classification for Dell EqualLogic Storage
Resources
1. In the SCVMM Console GUI, click Storage → Classification and Pools, then right-click and select Create Classification.
2. Specify a unique classification name (for example, EqualLogic) and optionally provide a description. Click Add.
3. Confirm that the new classification is displayed in the Classification view.
4. Continue with Configure PS Series Groups.
Import the SMP Through the SCVMM GUI
1. Open the VMM Console GUI and switch to the Fabric workspace view in the bottom-left workspace selection pane.
2. Select Providers under the Storage subtree. Right-click to select Add Storage Devices.
3. On the Select Provider Type screen, select Add a storage device that is managed by an SMP provider, then click
Next.
4. On the Specify Discovery Scope screen (see the following figure), select Dell EqualLogic Storage Management
Provider from the Provider drop-down list, click Import, then click Next.
Figure 5. Specify Discovery Scope Screen
5. Verify that the configured PS Series groups (in this example, WinDev74Grp) are discovered, then click Next. (See the
following figure.)
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