Users Guide

2. Connect to the computer running Windows Server Core and open the Windows command-line terminal.
3. Type the following command and press Enter: run pathname Setup64.exe
The Host Installation Tools graphical installer launches.
4. Follow the procedure described in Install Host Integration Tools for Microsoft on page 13. Only supported components are
installed.
To uninstall Host Integration Tools from a computer running Windows Server Core, run the installation package a second
time and select the option to remove the current installation.
Install HIT on a Windows Server Core Cluster
Because Windows Server Core does not provide a user interface, you can use a non-clustered Windows host with a regular GUI
to help you easily and efficiently push parallel installations out to every cluster node.
1. Using the manual installation procedure described in Install Host Integration Tools for Microsoft on page 13, install the Host
Integration Tools on a non-clustered Windows host with a regular user interface. This installation will allow you to use
ASM/ME to perform parallel installations on all of the cluster nodes.
2. Open ASM/ME on the non-clustered host.
3. Use the remote installation procedure described in Install HIT on Remote Hosts With the Add Hosts Wizard on page 15 to
push an installation out to each cluster node.
To uninstall Host Integration Tools from a computer running Windows Server Core, run the installation package a second
time and select the option to remove the current installation.
About Remote Host Installations
If you are managing a large number of hosts, you can easily install the Host Integration Tools on each host by using a PowerShell
script or by using the Add Hosts Wizard in ASM/ME.
This streamlined process improves performance and saves the amount of time typically required for large-scale installations.
Updating the version of Host Integration Tools on each host is also easily accomplished through these methods.
Install HIT on Remote Hosts With the Add Hosts Wizard
After ASM/ME is installed on a host, you can perform new installations or updates on other hosts through that instance of
ASM/ME. If multiple hosts are specified, the installations will be performed in parallel. After the installation on another host is
complete, the host is added to the ASM/ME console as a new member of the HIT Group, and it can be viewed or managed from
there. See the Dell EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition User’s Guide for more information about HIT Groups.
If you have already created a HIT Group, ASM/ME will display a message if any of the hosts are not running a version of Host
Integration Tools greater than or equal to the version running on the local host. You can then use the Add Hosts Wizard to
remotely update the Host Integration Tools on the other hosts.
After the installation, if a remote system reboot is required, it can be initiated through the Add Hosts Wizard. If any users are
logged in to the host that you are rebooting, a message will be displayed on the remote host, notifying them of the impending
reboot.
The prerequisites for remote host installation are as follows:
● For new installations to run successfully on remote hosts, ensure that you allow incoming ping requests through the remote
host’s firewall to the remote host. Use Windows Server Manager to create new inbound rules for your firewall. Select
ICMPv4 or ICMPv6 protocol types for IPv4 and IPv6 pings, respectively. If both the local and remote hosts are in the same
domain, allow the connections over the domain profile type.
If you prefer not to edit firewall rules, you can perform a manual installation on the host that you are adding, and then use
the Add Hosts wizard on the local host to add the host to the HIT Group.
● You will be prompted for user name and password credentials in order to install Host Integration Tools on remote hosts
added to the HIT Group. These credentials are never stored; they are only used for the installation. The following
requirements must be met:
○ If you are installing on a cluster, you must provide the appropriate credentials (domain user with local administrator
rights) across all cluster nodes.
○ If adding or installing on multiple hosts:
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