vRanger 7.8.1 - User Guide

Adding Hyper-V System Center VMM, cluster, and host information

Adding Hyper-V System Center VMM, cluster, and host information

The Hyper-V Cluster and Host Information page of the Startup Wizard appears. Before vRanger can add source objects to the My Inventory pane, you must configure a connection to a Hyper-V® System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM), cluster, or host.

To add a Hyper-V System Center VMM, cluster, or host, complete the following tasks as necessary:

•	Adding a Hyper-V System Center VMM

•	Adding a Hyper-V cluster

•	Adding hosts

Adding a Hyper-V System Center VMM

Adding a Hyper-V System Center VMM

Complete the steps in the following procedure to add a Hyper-V® System Center VMM.

 

IMPORTANT: Before adding the System Center VMM connection, you must install the System Center VMM Administrator Console on the vRanger machine. IMPORTANT: Only one version of the SCVMM Console may be installed on the vRanger machine. vRanger does not support simultaneous operations against two different versions of SCVMM from the same vRanger machine.

To add a Hyper-V System Center VMM:

1	In the Hyper-V System Center Virtual Machine Managers section, click Add.

2	In the DNS Name or IP field, enter the FQDN or IP address of the Hyper-V System Center VMM.

3	In the User Name field, enter the name of an account with domain administrator privileges on the System Center VMM.

4	In the User Password field, enter the password for the preceding account.

5	If this VMM is a new System Center VMM, or if you have removed the vRanger Hyper-V agent, select Install agent on host.

6	Configure the ports as follows:

▪	In the Agent Port Number field, enter the port you want vRanger to use to communicate with the vRanger agent installed on each Hyper-V host. This port must be open between vRanger and each Hyper-V server — the default is 8081.

▪	In the SCVMM Port Number field, enter the port you want vRanger to use to communicate with the System Center VMM server — the default is 8100. Click Connect.

 

IMPORTANT: This port is configured during System Center VMM installation. If you chose a port number different from the default, enter that value here.

7	Click Next.

The Hyper-V System Center VMM appears in the Hyper-V System Center Virtual Machine Managers section. The hosts managed by that VMM appear in the Hosts section.

Adding a Hyper-V cluster

Adding a Hyper-V cluster

Complete the steps in the following procedure to add a Hyper-V® cluster.

To add a Hyper-V cluster:

1	In the Hyper-V Cluster section, click Add.

2	In the DNS Name or IP field, enter the FQDN or IP address of the Hyper-V cluster.

3	In the User Name field, enter the name of an account with domain administrator privileges on the cluster.

4	In the User Password field, enter the password for the preceding account.

5	If this cluster is new, or if you have removed the vRanger Hyper-V agent, select Install agent on host.

6	In the Port Number field, enter the preferred port you want vRanger to use to communicate with the Hyper-V cluster on the source server.

This port must be open between vRanger and each Hyper-V server — the default is 8081.

7	Click Connect.

8	Click Next.

The Hyper-V cluster appears in the Hyper-V Clusters section. The hosts managed by that cluster appear in the Hosts section.

Adding hosts

Adding hosts

If you have hosts that are not part of a cluster, you can add them individually.

To add hosts:

1	In the Hosts section, click Add.

2	In the DNS Name or IP field, enter the FQDN or IP address of the Host.

3	In the User Name field, enter an account for the host.

4	In the User Password field, enter the password for the preceding account.

5	If this host is new, or if you have removed the vRanger Hyper-V® agent, select Install agent on host.

6	In the Port Number field, enter the preferred port you want vRanger to use to communicate with the Hyper-V host on the source server.

This port must be open between vRanger and each Hyper-V server — the default is 8081.

7	Click Connect.

The host appears in the Hosts section.