11.0 HP StoreVirtual Storage VSA Installation and Configuration Guide (TA688-96141, September 2013)

• On Windows Server 2008 R2, ensure the following hotfixes are applied before beginning
the installation: KB 979711, KB 975530, KB 981836. See the following Microsoft
KnowledgeBase articles:
◦ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979711
◦ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975530
◦ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981836
• If using physical disks for the VSA for Hyper-V, ensure that:
The disks are completely clean of any partitions or any other remnants prior to running
the VSA for Hyper-V installer.
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◦ The disks are connected, but offline in Windows Disk Manager before starting the installer.
Best practices for VSA for Hyper-V
• Configure the VSA for Hyper-V to start automatically and first, and before any other virtual
machines. The default installation configuration for the VSA for Hyper-V is set to automatically
start if it was running when the server shut down.
• For the VSA for Hyper-V, dedicate a virtual network for iSCSI traffic.
• HP recommends installing Hyper-V Server on top of a redundant RAID configuration with a
RAID controller that has battery-backed cache enabled. Do not use RAID 0.
Unsupported configurations for VSA for Hyper-V
• Use of Microsoft Live Migration, Quick Migration, or snapshots on the StoreVirtual VSA itself.
• Use of any Hyper-V Server configuration that Microsoft does not support.
• Extending the data virtual disk(s), the first SCSI Controller in Hyper-V, of the StoreVirtual VSA
while in a cluster. Create additional disks and hot-add them instead. See “Create additional
disks” (page 24).
• Co-location of a StoreVirtual VSA and other virtual machines on the same NTFS partition.
• Running VSA for Hyper-Vs on top of existing HP StoreVirtual Storage is not recommended.
Installing the HP StoreVirtual VSA for Microsoft Hyper-V
Download and install the HP StoreVirtual VSA for Microsoft Hyper-V from the HP website:
www.hp.com/go/StoreVirtualDownloads
You can download the individual VSA for Hyper-V installer software, or you can download the HP
StoreVirtual VSA Software .iso components that you can mount or burn to a DVD.
The installer for the VSA for Hyper-V includes a wizard that guides you through configuring the
virtual machine on the network, configuring virtual or physical hard drives, and powering on the
VSA for Hyper-V. After finishing the installation, install the CMC and find the StoreVirtual VSAs as
storage systems in the CMC. You can then set up the clustered storage for the SAN, as described
in “Getting started with HP StoreVirtual Storage” (page 21).
NOTE: One or more Microsoft hotfixes may be required on your system before you can install
the VSA for Hyper-V. If this is the case, before the installer actually begins, a window opens that
notifies you of the required hotfixes and provides links to the appropriate site to download the
hotfix.
18 Installing the HP StoreVirtual VSA for Microsoft Hyper-V