Building Your Own Private Cloud - Home Lab: Prepared by

Building Your Own Private Cloud Home Lab
Prepared by
Manish Dhall
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Building Your Own Private Cloud Home Lab, Version 1
Prepared by madhall@microsoft.com
"Building your Private Cloud - Home Lab - TechnetEdition"
Table of Contents
1
Introduction .......................................................................................................... 1
Background ........................................................................................................... 1
Flow of the Step-by-Step Guide ............................................................................. 1
Terminology Used ................................................................................................. 3
Prerequisites ......................................................................................................... 3
5.1
Infrastructure Components.............................................................................................. 3
5.1.1
Physical Servers / Hardware ...................................................................................................... 3
5.1.2
Software .................................................................................................................................... 4
5.2
Active Directory Forest .................................................................................................... 4
5.3
Hyper-V Host with no VMs workload ............................................................................... 4
5.4
Hyper-V Host with VMs workload .................................................................................... 4
Architectural Design .............................................................................................. 1
6.1
Home Lab Overview......................................................................................................... 1
6.2
Hyper-V Virtual Switch Architecture - Before & After ....................................................... 2
6.3
Hyper-V Virtual Switch Components - Before & After....................................................... 3
6.4
VMM Networking Creation Process Flow ......................................................................... 1
Planning ................................................................................................................ 2
7.1
IP, Subnet & VLAN ........................................................................................................... 2
7.2
Managed Switch Configurations ...................................................................................... 2
7.3
Security Groups Mapping to VMM Roles.......................................................................... 2

Administrators................................................................................................................. 2
Fabric Administrators ...................................................................................................... 2
Read Only Administrators ................................................................................................ 2
Tenant Administrators ..................................................................................................... 2
Application Administrators .............................................................................................. 3
Creating iSCSI Target Storage ................................................................................. 3
8.1
Storage Space Workflow .................................................................................................. 3
8.2
Creating a LUN................................................................................................................. 3
Creating a Storage Pool.................................................................................................... 3
Creating Storage Space (Virtual Disk) ............................................................................... 4
Create a Volume .............................................................................................................. 6
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8.3
Presenting the LUN to another Host over iSCSI ................................................................ 8
8.4
Creating Volume on the Host ......................................................................................... 10
SCVMM SP1 Installation ...................................................................................... 12
9.1
Systems Requirements .................................................................................................. 12
9.2
Software Requirements ................................................................................................. 12
9.3
SQL Server Installation ................................................................................................... 13
9.4
Installing VMM SP1........................................................................................................ 17
10
Installing Highly Available VMM Management Server ..................................... 19
10.1
Prerequisites ................................................................................................................. 19
10.2
Installation Process High Available VMM ....................................................................... 19
11
Configuring Storage in VMM ........................................................................... 20
11.1
Prerequisites / Supported types ..................................................................................... 20

Block Storage................................................................................................................. 20
File Storage.................................................................................................................... 20
Windows Storage Management API (SMAPI) ................................................................. 20
SMB 3.0 File Shares........................................................................................................ 20
Dos & Donts................................................................................................................. 20
11.2
Adding A File share to VMM for VMs deployment in Private Cloud ................................ 21
Provision an iSCSI LUN ................................................................................................... 21
Add a Storage Device thru Providers .............................................................................. 21
Add a File Share ............................................................................................................. 22
Present the VMM Managed Share to the Hyper-V Clustered Host Group ....................... 23
12
Configuring VMM Library ................................................................................ 24

Library Resource Types .................................................................................................. 24
12.1
Creating A VMM Library Share ....................................................................................... 25

Associate the new share with the Host Group................................................................ 26
Add Resources to the VMM Library Share ...................................................................... 27
13
Creating Virtual NICs on Hyper-V Hosts ........................................................... 27

Hyper-V Configurations with Teaming............................................................................ 27
Hyper-V Host before creating Converged Teamed Logical Switch ................................... 27
Virtual Switch Manager view on Host ............................................................................ 27
Change the Global Settings on VMM.............................................................................. 28
Add Host/s in VMM under the designated Host Group.................................................. 28
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Create Logical Networks & Associate a Network Site for each Logical Network .............. 28
Create IP Pool ................................................................................................................ 29
Crate Port Profile ........................................................................................................... 31
Native Profile................................................................................................................. 32
Port Profile for Management ......................................................................................... 32
Create Logical Switch, to be applied to the Host ............................................................ 34
Add Converged Uplink Port Profile created in the previous step .................................... 35
Create VM Networks & assign them to Logical Networks created earlier ....................... 37
Host view for Logical Switches, before changes.............................................................. 38
Create Logical Converged Teamed Switch on the Host ................................................... 39
Create Virtual Network Adapter with the linked Port Profiles & VM Networks ............... 39
Adding multiple Physical NICS in the Team..................................................................... 40
Moving the VMs to new Converged Logical Switch ........................................................ 40
Moving the Management Network to the new Converged Logical Switch ...................... 40
DNS Cache refresh ......................................................................................................... 41
14
Configuring second Hyper-V Host with Converged Teamed Logical Switch ....... 42
Create Logical Converged Teamed Switch on the Host ................................................... 42
Adding multiple Physical NICS in the Team..................................................................... 43
15
Configuring File Servers with Converged Teamed Logical ................................. 44

Create Logical Networks ................................................................................................ 44
Create Converged Team Uplink Port Profile ................................................................... 44
Create Logical Switch ..................................................................................................... 45
Create VM Networks ..................................................................................................... 47
Create Logical Converged Teamed Switch on the File Servers ........................................ 48
16
Building High Available File Server (Storage) Cluster ........................................ 49

SCVMM view of Converged Logical Switch on File Servers.............................................. 49
Network Connections view of FS1 .................................................................................. 49
Network Connections view of FS2 .................................................................................. 50
IPs & VLANs to be used for FS-Cluster ............................................................................ 50
Disk Management view of FS1 before creating Cluster................................................... 50
Disk Management view of FS2 before creating Cluster................................................... 50
Creating High Available FS Hyper-V Cluster .................................................................... 50
Rename the Cluster Network names to be more descriptive .......................................... 51
Disk Management view of FS1 after creating Cluster...................................................... 51
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Disk Management view of FS2 after creating Cluster...................................................... 51
17
Building High Available Compute Cluster......................................................... 52

SCVMM view of Converged Logical Switch on Hyper-V Hosts ......................................... 52
Network Connections view of Hyper-V Host1................................................................. 52
Network Connections view of Hyper-V Host2................................................................. 53
IPs & VLANs to be used for FS-Cluster ............................................................................ 53
Creating High Available Compute Hyper-V Cluster ......................................................... 53
Disk Management view of Host1 after creating Cluster .................................................. 54
Disk Management view of Host2 after creating Cluster .................................................. 54
18
Managing Fabric Updates ............................................................................... 55
18.1
Prerequisites ................................................................................................................. 55
18.2
Adding WSUS Server to VMM ........................................................................................ 56

Configure Update Baseline............................................................................................. 56
Scan for Update Compliance .......................................................................................... 57
Performing Update Remediation ................................................................................... 57
Remediate Updates on Stand-Alone Hyper-V Host......................................................... 58
Perform Rolling updates on a Hyper-V Host Cluster ....................................................... 58
Update Exemptions ....................................................................................................... 59
On Demand WSUS Synchronizations .............................................................................. 60
19
Creating a Private Cloud.................................................................................. 61
19.1
Requirements & Prerequisites ....................................................................................... 61

VM Library Share Structure for Private Cloud (PvtCloud1) .............................................. 62
19.2
Creating A Private Cloud (PvtCloud1) ............................................................................. 62

Creating Private Cloud from Host Groups....................................................................... 62
Capacity of the Private Cloud ......................................................................................... 65
Deleting the Private Cloud ............................................................................................. 65
20
Calculating Host Ratings.................................................................................. 65
21
Creating & Deploying Virtual Machine ............................................................ 66
21.1
Creating & Preparing a Gold Image Master VM for future Deployments ........................ 66
Create a new VM ........................................................................................................... 66
Create a copy of the VHDX file of the VM....................................................................... 70
Create a clone of the VM with a new name.................................................................... 70
21.2
Create and deploy a new VM manually from Master Gold Image VHDX without VMM... 71
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Start the Cloned VM ...................................................................................................... 71

Sysprep Process ............................................................................................................. 71
21.3
Create and deploy a new VM using a virtual machine template in VMM ........................ 72
Creating VM Template ................................................................................................... 72
Deploy VM using Template ............................................................................................ 74
22
Deploying App Controller ................................................................................ 76
22.1
Requirements ................................................................................................................ 76
22.1.1
Hardware & Software Requirements...................................................................................... 76
22.1.2
App Controller Deployment Checklist ..................................................................................... 77
22.1.3
App Controller Maintenance Checklist .................................................................................... 77
22.2
Installing APP Controller ................................................................................................ 78

Installing SQL Server ...................................................................................................... 78
Installing VMM Console ................................................................................................. 83
Run & Complete Windows Updates ............................................................................... 85
Installing APP Controller ................................................................................................ 85
How to Enable SSO for App Controller ........................................................................... 88
To turn On Constrained Delegation ................................................................................ 89
Installing PowerShell Module for APP Controller............................................................ 89
Opening the APP Controller Console .............................................................................. 89
22.3
Administering App Controller ........................................................................................ 89

User Roles ..................................................................................................................... 90
Library Resources .......................................................................................................... 90
Permissions on File Shares ............................................................................................. 90
Adding a High Available Network File Share ................................................................... 90
Copy Files & VMM Templates between File Shares & Private Clouds ............................. 91
Setting Up Public & Private Clouds ................................................................................. 91
Connecting VMM to App Controller ............................................................................... 91
Remove Connection to a Private Cloud .......................................................................... 92
Change or View Run As Accounts ................................................................................... 93
Configuring VMM Connection Properties ....................................................................... 93
View the Status of a Job ................................................................................................. 93
23
References...................................................................................................... 95
23.1
Configuring Networking in VMM Overview .................................................................... 95
23.2
Common Scenarios for Networking in Virtual Machine Manager ................................... 95
23.3
Configuring Ports and Switches ...................................................................................... 95

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23.4
VMM2012 Host and VM Networking ............................................................................. 95
23.5
Object Model for Logical Switch..................................................................................... 95
25
Annex-A Misc. Commands ............................................................................ 97
25.1
Domain Time Sync ......................................................................................................... 97
27
Annex-B SC2012 SP1 Configuration Analyzer Setup....................................... 98

Downloads .................................................................................................................... 98
Installation .................................................................................................................... 98
Configuring Server & Client ............................................................................................ 98
Enable CredSSP.............................................................................................................. 98
29
Annex-C - Deleting the Converged Switch........................................................ 99

Delete Logical Sites from Logical Networks .................................................................... 99
Un-associate all VMs on Hyper-V from using the Converged Switch components ........... 99
Delete the vNICs ............................................................................................................ 99
Remove the Converged Switch from Hyper-V Host ........................................................ 99
Remove VM Networks ................................................................................................... 99
Remove Uplink Port Profile ............................................................................................ 99
Remove Logical Switch................................................................................................... 99
Remove Port Profile....................................................................................................... 99
Remove IP Pool Cluster .................................................................................................. 99
Remove Network Site .................................................................................................... 99
Remove Logical Network ............................................................................................... 99
Entire Converged Switch has been collapsed.................................................................. 99
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Introduction
This guide helps in setting up the Private Cloud Fabric Layer in Home Lab.
Private/Home labs are vital to everyone in IT, providing isolated test environments of learning and
testing. These environments can be challenging to put together and simulate what we may see at
our customers and this topic is the purpose of this presentation.
The guide contains step by step instructions for standing up the LAB components, setup the
Converged Teamed Switch, and then migrate the existing VMs workload from traditional Hyper-V
switch to the newly created Converged Teamed Network Switch, with no downtime for Hyper-V
Host & VMs.
Background
This Step-by-Step Guide is developed as an extracted contents from several Datacentre
Optimization, Private Cloud Trainings and TechNet Guides. For deeper dive with recommended
best practices, it is highly recommended to refer the appropriate guides, as mentioned.
This document has strength of cutting the chase, and standing up the Home lab environments
Private Cloud Fabric layer in a speedier & recommended way.
Flow of the Step-by-Step Guide

Steps
Details
Terminology Used
Section contains List of Acronyms with the

descriptions, used in this guide
Prerequisites
Section contains various pre-requisites including

Hardware, Software, Logical infrastructure for
completing the Home Lab build.
Architectural Design
Section contains architecture figures including Home

Lab Overview, Hyper-V Switch Architecture &
Components with the comparison of Windows 2008
with Windows 2012, VMM Networking creation
processes.
Planning
Section contains Planning part of IPs, Subnet, VLAN

schemes, Managed Switch Configurations projecting
VLANs, & Security Groups mapping for VMM Roles in
Home building Lab
Creating iSCSI Target Storage
Section contains step by step instructions in setting

up an iSCSI Target, to be used as carving out &
presenting the required LUNs for VMM Server, High
Available Compute & Storage Clusters.
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SCVMM SP1 Installation
Section Contains step by step instructions for

complete installations of System Center Virtual
Machine Manager SP1
Installing Highly Available VMM Management Server
Section contains Prerequisite, Facts, Limitations, Dos

& DONTs in setting up the High Available SCVMM
SP1.
Configuring Storage in VMM
Section contains supported Storage types with Dos &

DONTs, followed with setting up a High Available
Network File Share in VMM Library, to be used for
Files, VMs, ISOs and other Library components
transfer between Private Cloud & Local Network
space.
Configuring VMM Library
Section contains types of VMM Library resources &

step by step instructions to setup VMM library share
Creating Virtual NICs on Hyper-V Hosts
Section contains step by step instructions for creating

a converged Virtual Network Switch on Hyper-V Hosts
using SCVMM 2012 SP1
Configuring second Hyper-V Host with Converged

Teamed Logical Switch

Configuring File Servers with Converged Teamed

Logical

Building High Available File Server (Storage) Cluster
Section contains step by step instructions in building

High Available Hyper-V Clusters to be served as High
Available Storage Cluster
Building High Available Compute Cluster
Section Contains step by step instructions in building

High Available Hyper-V Clusters to be served as High
Available Compute Cluster
Managing Fabric Updates
Section contains step by step instructions in

configuring SCVMM to use WSUS Server for deploying
the Windows updates on Fabric Components
Creating a Private Cloud
Section contains step by step instructions to setup a

Private Cloud (For this lab I used the name PvtCloud1)
on the Fabric Layer.
Calculating Host Ratings
Section contains the explanations of rating

mechanisms of Hyper-V Hosts in placement process
of VMs
Creating & Deploying Virtual Machine
Section contains step by step instructions in creating

a Gold Image Master VM to be used in deploying
future VMs using VMMs Template feature & manual
process without using VMMs Template feature
Deploying App Controller
Section contains step by step instructions in

deployment of App Controller
References
Section contains additional references for deep dive

Section contains additional useful commnads
Annex-A Misc. Commands

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Annex-B SC2012 SP1 Configuration Analyzer Setup
Section contains steps to setup System Center 2012

SP1 Configuration Analyzer
Annex-C - Deleting the Converged Switch
Section contains steps to delete the converged virtual

network switch on Hyper-V Hosts
Terminology Used
Acronym
Details
Notes
VM
Virtual Machine
A guest operating system running on Hyper-V Host
vSwitch
Virtual Switch
How a guest VM connects to a network.
vNIC
Virtual NIC
A software NIC created in VM guest & Host Operating System
P-NIC
Physical NIC
Physical NIC on the Physical Server as a member of the

Teamed NIC
tNIC
Teamed NIC
A software NIC created with LBFO NIC Teaming. It contains

one or more Physical NICs as its team members.
VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network
A single layer-2 network may be partitioned to create

multiple distinct broadcast domains, which are mutually
isolated so that packets can only pass between them via one
or more routers; such a domain is referred to as a Virtual
Local Area Network, Virtual LAN or VLAN.
LNet
Logical Network
Logical Networks created using VMM Console
HV-HB
Hyper-V Heartbeat
Dedicated network subnet on a dedicated VLAN for Hyper-V

Heartbeat communications
HV-LM
Hyper-V Live Migration
Dedicated network subnet on a dedicated VLAN for Hyper-V

VMs Live Migrations
Prerequisites
The following Prerequisites must be met to complete the process outlined in the document.
5.1
Infrastructure Components
To produce the step by step guide, a Lab environment has been created with the following
components.
5.1.1
Physical Servers / Hardware
Server Name
Server Role
OS with Roles
Host1
Compute Layer
Windows 2012 w/ Hyper-V Role
Host1
Compute Layer

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FS1
Storage Layer
FS2
Storage Layer
iSCSI-Tgt
Windows 2012 w/ iSCSI Target Role

System Center Virtual Machine Manager SP1
Managed Switch
VLAN & QoS
5.1.2
iSCSI Target presenting LUNs

SCVMM SP1
Software
Type
Details
Operating System
Windows 2012 x64 Datacentre Edition
System Center 2012 SP1
System Center Virtual Machine Manager SP1

System Center App Controller SP1
SQL
SQL Server 2012 x64 Standard or Datacentre Edition
Dependent Components
Various dependent components are listed under the

product installation process
5.2
Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service

Microsoft .NIT Framework 4 / 4.5
Windows deployment and installation kit
Active Directory Forest

A fictitious functional AD Forest is created in the lab environment with the name ADIT.COM. All of
the Physical Servers used in this guide are member servers of the domain ADIT.COM
5.3
Hyper-V Host with no VMs workload

The installation of Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V must be completed per suggested best
practices, prior to attempting this scenario.
5.4
Hyper-V Host with VMs workload

A production Hyper-V Host with teamed NICs supporting traditional configured vSwitch/s for VMs
workload must exist.
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Home Lab Overview

Converged Private Cloud Architecture - Home Lab
AppController
Tools
Hyper-V
Cluster
AdminPC-MD
VMs SMB Share
Quorum-Hyper-V
HA FS
Clustered
Roles
Teamed NICs
Team-LAN-VMs
LAN-HostMgmt
LAN-Cluster
iSCSI Target
& VMM
Teamed NICs
Team-LAN-VMs
LAN-Cluster
VMs CSV
LAN-HostMgmt
6.1
Architectural Design
Teamed NICs
3 TB
1 TB
950 MB
500 GB
Quorum-FS
VMM Library
HA SMB Share
1 GB
1 TB
Quorum-Hyper-V
VMs CSV
600 GB
DC1
DC2
DC3 DC4
ADIT.com Default Site
VMs HA SMB Share
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Hyper-V Virtual Switch Architecture - Before & After

Hyper-V Switch
After
iSCSI Target
LBFO Teamed NIC
Teamed NIC
P-NIC2
P-NIC1
192.168.2.0/24
Internal
vSwitch
P-NIC6
P-NIC4
P-NIC5
LNet
LBFO Teamed NIC
VM
P-NIC3
P-NIC5
VM
LNet
vNICLM
vNICLM
vNICMgmt
Site
VM
Internal
vSwitch
VM
Internal
vSwitch
P-NIC2
Hyper-V Host
P-NIC1
Internal
vSwitch
Teamed NIC
Hyper-V Host
VM
192.168.2.0/24
Site
VM
P-NIC6
192.168.2.0/24
VM
VM
10.10.13.0/24
P-NIC1
VM
VM
Management OS
P-NIC3
P-NIC2
192.168.2.0/24
Site
172.16.13.0/24
P-NIC4
vNIC-LM
10.10.13.0/24
vNIC-Mgmt
V-NIC-HB
172.16.13.0/24
External
vSwitch
P-NIC2
192.168.2.0/24
LNet
P-NIC1
iSCSI Target
Hyper-V Converged Teamed vSwitch
Hyper-V Switch
Before
Management OS
6.2
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6.3
Hyper-V Virtual Switch Components - Before & After

Windows 2008 R2 SP1
Windows 2012 / SCVMM SP1

Physical NICs
Physical NICs
Host
Teamed NIC
Teamed NIC
Host
Logical Switch
(vSwitch)
vSwitch
VMM
Fabric
Uplink Port Profile
Virtual Adapter Port

Profile
Logical Network
Logical Network
VMM
Fabric
Logical Network Site

Definition
Logical Network Site

Definition
VM vNIC
VM vNIC
VM
vSwitch
VLAN ID
VM
VM Network
Connection

Profile
VLAN ID
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6.4
VMM Networking Creation Process Flow
Physical NICs
Host
VMM
Fabric
Logical Network
Site / IP Pool
/ VLAN
Uplink Port Profile

Profile
Logical Switch
(vSwitch)
Virtual Ports
VM Network
Logical Network
Converged Switch
VM
Physical NIC
Uplink Port Profile
VM s vNIC
VM Network w/
VLAN ID
Legend

Profile
Objects Association
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7.1
Planning
IP, Subnet & VLAN
Server Name
Network
Subnet
VLAN ID
IP Address
iSCSI-Tgt
Management
192.168.2.0/24
Default
192.168.2.33
Host1 / 2
Management
192.168.2.0/24
Default
192.168.2.101/102
Host1 / 2
Cluster Heartbeat
172.16.13.0/24
1713
172.16.13.11/12
Host1 / 2
Cluster Live Migration
10.10.13.0/24
1013
10.10.13.11/12
FS1 / 2
Management
192.168.2.0/24
Default
192.168.2.103/104
FS1 / 2
Cluster Heartbeat
172.16.14.0/24
1714
172.16.14.11/12
FS1 / 2
Cluster Live Migration
10.10.14.0/24
1014
10.10.14.11/12
Note VMs will be using the Hosts Management Network
7.2
Managed Switch Configurations
7.3
Security Groups Mapping to VMM Roles

VMM User Role
AD Security Groups Profile Type - Details
Administrators
Admins
Members of the Administrators user role can perform all

administrative actions on all objects that VMM manages.
Fabric Administrators
F-Admins
Delegated Fabric Administrator

Members of the Delegated Administrator user role can
perform all administrative tasks within their assigned host
groups, clouds, and library servers, except for adding
XenServer and adding WSUS servers
Read Only Administrators RO-Admins
Readonly Administrator
Read-only administrators can view properties, status, and
job status of objects within their assigned host groups,
clouds, and library servers, but they cannot modify the
objects.
Tenant Administrators
T-Admins
Tenant Administrator
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Members of the Tenant Administrator user role can

manage self-service users and VM networks.
Application
Administrators
App-Admins
Reference
For more details
Self Service User

Members of the Self-Service User role can create, deploy,
and manage their own virtual machines and services by
using the VMM console or a Web portal.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg696971.aspx
Creating iSCSI Target Storage
8.1
Storage Space Workflow
Windows Server 2012 enables you to virtualize

storage by grouping industry-standard physical
disks into storage pools, and then create virtual
disks called storage spaces from the available
capacity in the storage pools.
From a storage pool, you can create one or more
virtual disks.
These virtual disks are also referred to as storage
spaces. A storage space appears to the Windows
operating system as a regular disk from which
you can create formatted volumes.
Deploy Storage Spaces on a stand-Alone Server

For this lab guide walk thru a standalone server is
setup with Storage Spaces
8.2
Addditional Reference:
http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/library/jj822938.aspx
Creating a LUN
Creating a Storage Pool
You must first group available physical disks into one

or more storage pools.
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Under STORAGE POOLS, click the TASKS list, and then

click New Storage Pool and complete the wizard
Creating Storage Space (Virtual Disk)
Next, you must create one or more virtual disks from
the storage pool. When you create a virtual disk, you
can select how the data is laid out across the physical
disks. This affects both reliability and performance.
You can also select whether to create thin- or fixedprovisioned disks.
Under VIRTUAL DISKS, click the TASKS list, and then
click New Virtual Disk
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Create a Volume
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8.3
Presenting the LUN to another Host

over iSCSI
New iSCSI Virtual Disk wizard under TASKS menus of

iSCSI VIRUAL DISKS option of iSCSI tab of File and
Storage Services.
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8.4
Creating Volume on the Host
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SCVMM SP1 Installation
9.1
Systems Requirements
9.2
Software Requirements
http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/library/gg610562.aspx
A supported operating system
For more information, see Supported operating

systems in this topic.
Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service
WinRM is included in Windows Server 2012, and by

default, the Windows Remote Management (WSManagement) service is set to start automatically.
Microsoft .NET Framework
Microsoft .NET Framework 4 is included in Windows

Server 2012.
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 is available at the
Visual Studio 2012 Download page.
Windows deployment and installation kit
For VMM in System Center 2012 SP1: Windows

Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 8
Windows ADK is available at the Microsoft Download
Center. When you install Windows ADK, select the
Deployment Tools and the Windows Pre-installation
Environment features.
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When you install Windows ADK, select the

Deployment Tools and the Windows Pre-installation
Environment features.
9.3
SQL Server Installation
For more information about the supported versions

of SQL Server, see System Requirements: VMM
Database.
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When you install SQL Server, select the Database

Engine Services and the Management Tools Complete features.
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Run Windows Updates
Specifying a Service Account
Configuring Distribution Key Management
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9.4
Installing VMM SP1
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10 Installing Highly Available VMM Management Server

10.1 Prerequisites
Following pre-requisites are required for Installing High Available VMM Management Server
Tasks
Description
A Failover Cluster
Running Windows 2008 R2 or Windows 2008 R2/SP1

or Windows Server 2012
http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/library/hh831579.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc730692.aspx
System Requirements
You must use a domain account for a highly

available VMM management server.
You must use distributed key management for a

highly available VMM management server
You have a computer with a supported version of

Microsoft SQL Server installed and running before
you start the installation of VMM
IMPORTANT
Do not create highly available file shares for the VMM

library on the same cluster as a highly available VMM
management server installation. VMM does not
support this configuration.
10.2 Installation Process High Available VMM

This topic is out of scope of this guide.
Step by Step guide will be coming in Next version of

this Guide
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11 Configuring Storage in VMM

11.1 Prerequisites / Supported types
Storage Type
Explanation
Block Storage
VMM supports the use of block-level storage devices that expose logical
unit numbers (LUNs) for storage, using fiber channel, iSCSI, and SAS
connection mechanisms.
File Storage
VMM supports the use of network shares for storage. Network shares that
support the server message block (SMB) 3.0 protocol can reside on a
Windows Server 2012 file server or on a network-attached storage (NAS)
device from storage vendors such as EMC and NetApp.
Windows Storage Management For the management of directly attached storage, and external storage
API (SMAPI)
arrays.
SMAPI supersedes the Virtual Disk Service (VDS) application programming
interface (API) in Windows Server 2012.
SMB 3.0 File Shares
Dos & Donts
Additional Notes on this Lab

setup
It is recommended that you use a dedicated file server.

The Windows file server should be in the same Active Directory domain
as the virtual machine hosts.
Files shares that will be assigned to hosts and clusters should not be
added as VMM library shares.
For SMB 3.0 file shares to work correctly with VMM, the file server
must not be a Hyper-V host. This also applies to a highly available file
server. Do not add the file server (stand-alone or cluster) as a managed
host in VMM.
The VMM service account must have local administrative permissions
on the file server where the SMB 3.0 share resides. You must assign
these permissions outside of VMM.
Storage automation with VMM is only supported for Hyper-V hosts.
Do not install the SMI-S provider on the VMM management server. This
configuration is not supported.
WMI SMP providers from Dell EqualLogic and NexSan must be installed
on the VMM server.
Check the supported Storage Array List
If the SMI-S provider type for the storage array is a proxy provider
that needs to be installed on a separate server, obtain and install the
latest version of the SMI-S provider from your storage vendor on a
server that the VMM management server can access over the network
by IP address or by FQDN
Notify your storage administrator that by default, when VMM manages
the assignment of logical units, it creates one storage group (or
masking set) per host that can include the initiators for that host. In a
cluster configuration, VMM creates one storage group per cluster
node, with all the initiators from that cluster node.
I had to go for standalone File share for this Lab guide, due to limited
availability of the Physical servers.
o For SMB 3.0 file shares to work correctly with VMM, the file
server must not be a Hyper-V host.
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11.2 Adding A File share to VMM for VMs deployment in Private Cloud
Task
Details
Provision an iSCSI LUN
Deployed LUN will be used for the deployment of

VMs thru VMM
In this Lab walkthrough, it is presented to the Server
as M:
Add a Storage Device thru Providers
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Add a File Share
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Present the VMM Managed Share to the Hyper-V

Clustered Host Group
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12 Configuring VMM Library

The following table lists the file types that are automatically indexed and added as physical library resources
during library refreshes in VMM.
Library Resource Types
Filename Extension
Virtual Hard Disks
.vhd (Hyper-V and Citrix XenServer),

.vhdx (Hyper-V),
.vmdk (VMware)
ISO Image Files
.iso
PowerShell Scripts
.ps1
SQL Server Scripts
.sql
Web Deploy (MSDeploy) Packages

.zip
Note Appears in the library as the Web Application
Package type
SQL Server data-tier applications (DACs)
.dacpac
Server App Packages

Note - These appear in the library as the Virtual
Application Package type.
.osd
Driver Files
.inf
Important
If you add driver files, we strongly recommend

that you create a separate folder for each driver
package, and that you do not mix resources in
the driver folders.
If you include other library resources such as .iso
images, .vhd files or scripts with an .inf file name
extension in the same folder, the library will not
discover those resources.
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Answer Files
Also, realize that when you delete an .inf driver

package from the library, VMM deletes the
entire folder where the driver .inf file resides.
.inf
.xml
Custom Resources
Folders with .CR extension
Virtual Floppy Disk
.vfd (Hyper-V)
.flp (VMware)
12.1 Creating A VMM Library Share

To make the library server highly available, you can create highly available file shares on a clustered file server.
IMPORTANT Do not create highly available file shares for the VMM library on the same cluster as a highly
available VMM management server installation. VMM does not support this configuration.
Task
Details
Create a standard Share folder
Assign appropriate file share & NTFS permissions
Start the wizard Add File Shares
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OPTIONAL
Delete the default VMM Library Share, as newly
added share is set as default share for the VMM
Associate the new share with the Host Group
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Add Resources to the VMM Library Share
For File based resources, create appropriate folder

structure in the share & copy the required file based
resources in the folders
Refresh the Library Share
13 Creating Virtual NICs on Hyper-V Hosts

Hyper-V Configurations with Teaming
Hyper-V Host before creating Converged Teamed Logical Switch

Virtual Switch Manager view on Host
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Change the Global Settings on VMM

Login to SCVMM SP1 Console & Uncheck Create
Logical Networks under Settings -> Network
Settings
Add Host/s in VMM under the designated Host

Group
Make sure Added hosts are communicating fine with

the VMM Server by running refresh host.
Create Logical Networks & Associate a Network Site

for each Logical Network
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Create IP Pool
By right clicking on the Logical Network, just created

above
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Start Configuring the Host by applying these changes One for the Uplink & One for the Converged Network,
we will create
Crate Port Profile
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Native Profile
for Uplink profile & Link to the N/W Sites we have
created
(Converged Team Uplink Profile)
Port Profile for Management

Virtual Adapter Port Profile to be connected to
Virtual NICs in Hosts & VMs
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Create Logical Switch, to be applied to the Host
Important -> Recommended to put _ (underscore)

after the end of the name
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Add Converged Uplink Port Profile created in the

previous step
Assign it to Team Mode will create a new Team
on the Host, when assigned to the NIC on Host
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Assign Port Classification for the Logical Switch &

Link the Port Profile created earlier
For Management Add the Virtual Port
For Live Migration add the Virtual Port
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For Cluster add the Virtual Port
Set the Host Management to Default
Create VM Networks & assign them to Logical

Networks created earlier
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All required Objects creation is completed now

Host view for Logical Switches, before changes
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Create Logical Converged Teamed Switch on the Host

Note Make sure there is no static IP assigned to
the P-NIC, going to associate with Converged Switch
in this step.
Create Virtual Network Adapter with the linked Port

Profiles & VM Networks
IP POOL, VLAN & MAC address scope can also be
assigned at the same time
Converged Switch has been created on the Hyper-V Host
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Adding multiple Physical NICS in the Team
Now that our new VNIC is ready to serve the

host, assign a new IP address in the management
subnet, and RDP to the host using the new VNIC
with the new IP.
From the Server Manager -> NIC Team option,
add additional Physical NICS to the newly created
ConvergedSwitch team.
Moving the VMs to new Converged Logical Switch
Migrate all the VMs to the new created Converged

Teamed vSwitch with appropriate VLAN ID
Moving the Management Network to the new

Converged Logical Switch
Important Make sure to have either Physical

Access or Direct Consol Access (ILO/KVM) of the
server, before making changes to the Management
Network.
Assign the new IP address to the new vNIC-Mgmt
Check RDP & other required Connectivity
In the screenshot below:
Old traditional Hyper-V Switch:

vEthernet(External)
New Converged Switchs vNIC: vEthernet(vNICMgmt)
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Make RDP connection off the new IP on Converged

Switch vNIC
Remove the Hyper-V vSwitch using the old NIC

Team thru Hyper-V Virtual Switch Manager
Now that you have connectivity to Host 1 thru
new IP & new interface, Now the old interface
with its NIC Team can be torn down.
Rename (as required) the Display Names of the
NICs in Network Connection Window. Screenshot
listed below for the reference
Once the physical NIC becomes available, join
this Physical NIC to the new Converged Teamed
Virtual Switch.
Optional
Re-assign the original Mgmt IP to vNIC-Mgmt of

Converged Switch.
DNS Cache refresh
To speed up the process of reporting all newly added

NICs in the converged Switch in Fully Compliant state,
run IPCONFIG/flushdns & IPCONFIG/registerdns
on Host & VMM server. Once VMM refreshes it
should show all the NICS & Switches in Fully
Compliant state, as follows.
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14 Configuring second Hyper-V Host with Converged Teamed Logical

Switch
In order to build the compute cluster, second Hyper-V host is needed with the same networking
configurations configured, as the first Hyper-V Host. As an additional note, Hardware configurations
of the second Hyper-V physical server is same as the first Hyper-V physical server.
Tasks
Details
Create Logical Converged Teamed Switch on the Host

in this step.
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Converged Switch has been created on the Hyper-V Host
Adding multiple Physical NICS in the Team
Please follow the steps as described above, while

performing on the first Hyper-V Host
This will complete the configurations on second
Hyper-V Host
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15 Configuring File Servers with Converged Teamed Logical

Converged Teamed Logical Switch is needed on both File Servers, FS1 & FS2. These servers will be
the member nodes of the High Available File Server Cluster.
Tasks
Details
Create Logical Networks
Logical Networks have been created for FS1. Same

Logical Network can be used for the FS2.
Create Converged Team Uplink Port Profile
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Create Logical Switch
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Create VM Networks
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Repeat the following steps on FS1 & FS2

Create Logical Converged Teamed Switch on the File
Servers
in this step.
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Converged Teamed Logical Switch has been created
Join other remaining P-NICs to the Converged Switch

Team
16 Building High Available File Server (Storage) Cluster

Tasks
Details
Converged Logical Switch created by SCVMM SP1

will be used in building the Hyper-V Cluster for
building High Available File Server
SCVMM view of Converged Logical Switch on File Servers
Network Connections view of FS1

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Network Connections view of FS2
IPs & VLANs to be used for FS-Cluster
Network Name
FS-Cluster
FS1-Mgmt
FS2-Mgmt
FS1-Cluster-LM
IP
192.168.2.32
192.168.2.103
192.168.2.104
10.10.14.11
FS2-Cluster-LM
FS1-Cluster-HB
FS2-Cluster-HB
10.10.14.12
172.16.14.11
172.16.14.12
VLAN ID
1014
1014
1714
1714
Disk Management view of FS1 before creating Cluster
Disk Management view of FS2 before creating Cluster
Creating High Available FS Hyper-V Cluster
Running Failover Cluster Validate Configuration

Wizard
It is strongly recommended to run All Tests at this
point of time, and resolve any issues reported in the
wizards report.
Failover Cluster FS-Cluster has been created

successfully with 2 nodes FS1 & FS2
Disks have been added
Add Available Storage to CSV
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Rename the Cluster Network names to be more

descriptive
Disk Management view of FS1 after creating Cluster
Disk Management view of FS2 after creating Cluster
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17 Building High Available Compute Cluster

Converged Logical Switch created by SCVMM SP1
will be used in building the Hyper-V Cluster for
building High Available Compute Infrastructure
SCVMM view of Converged Logical Switch on Hyper-V Hosts
Network Connections view of Hyper-V Host1
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Network Connections view of Hyper-V Host2
IPs & VLANs to be used for FS-Cluster
Creating High Available Compute Hyper-V Cluster
Network Name
HV-Cluster
HV1-Mgmt
HV2-Mgmt
IP
192.168.2.31
192.168.2.101
192.168.2.102
VLAN ID
HV1-Cluster-LM
HV2-Cluster-LM
HV1-Cluster-HB
HV2-Cluster-HB
10.10.13.11
10.10.13.12
172.16.13.11
172.16.13.12
1013
1013
1713
1713
Running Failover Cluster Validate Configuration

Wizard
It is strongly recommended to run All Tests at this
point of time, and resolve any issues reported in the
wizards report.
Failover Compute Cluster HV-Cluster has been

created successfully with 2 nodes Host1 & Host2
Disks have been added
Add Available Storage to CSV
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Rename the Cluster Network names to be more

descriptive
Disk Management view of Host1 after creating Cluster
Disk Management view of Host2 after creating Cluster
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18 Managing Fabric Updates

The procedures in this scenario explain how to set up update management in System Center 2012
Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) and how to perform updates on physical servers that are managed
by VMM.
VMM supports on demand compliance scanning and remediation of the fabric. Administrators can
monitor the update status of the servers. They can scan for compliance and remediate updates for
selected servers. Administrators also can exempt resources from installation of an update.
VMM supports orchestrated updates of Hyper-V host clusters.
18.1 Prerequisites
Requirements
Details
Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) provides the
capability to use a Windows Server Update Services

(WSUS) server to manage updates for the computers
in your VMM environment
Virtual machine hosts

Library servers
VMM management server
PXE servers
The WSUS server
Software Requirements
A 64-bit edition of Windows Server Update Services
(WSUS) 3.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2)
A 64-bit edition of Windows Server Update Services
(WSUS) 4.0
Adding WSUS to VMM
User Roles & Update Management
WSUS 4.0 is a server role that is integrated with

Windows Server 2012.
VMM can use either a WSUS root server or a
downstream WSUS server. VMM does not
support using a WSUS replica server.
The WSUS server can either be dedicated to
VMM or can be a WSUS server that is already in
use in your environment.
If you do not install WSUS server on the same
computer as the VMM management server, you
must install a WSUS Administrator Console on
the VMM management server. If you use a highly
available VMM management server, you must
install a WSUS Administrator Console on each
node.
After you add a WSUS server to VMM, you
should not manage the WSUS using the WSUS
console.
If you add the update server to VMM in Single
Sockets Layer (SSL) mode, you can update proxy
server credentials for synchronization in the
update server properties.
If the update server is not added to VMM in SSL
mode, proxy server credentials are managed in
the WSUS Administration Console.
Only administrators can manage the update
server and synchronize updates.
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Delegated administrators can scan and

remediate updates on computers that are within
the scope of their user roles.
18.2 Adding WSUS Server to VMM

Task
Details
In the VMM console, open the Fabric workspace.

On the Home tab, in the Add group, click Add
Resources, and then click Update Server.
IMPORTANT Note
After you enable update management in VMM, you

should manage the WSUS server only through VMM,
unless you are using a WSUS server in a Configuration
Manager environment
Configure Update Baseline
You can use two methods to prepare update

baselines for remediation:
Use one of the built-in update baselines that

VMM provides: Sample Baseline for Critical
Updates and Sample Baseline for Security
Updates.
Create your own update baseline.
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Scan for Update Compliance
After a compliance scan, each update has a

compliance status of Compliant, Non Compliant,
Error, or Unknown
IMPORTANT
You should perform all updates in Compliance view. The following changes can cause an Unknown update
The Scan and Remediate actions also are available in status for a computer, and should be followed by a
scan operation to access the computer's compliance
Fabric Resources view. However, if you scan and
status
remediate updates in Fabric Resource view, you
A host is moved from one host group to another
cannot see the results of the operations.
host group.
An update is added to or removed from a
baseline that is assigned to a computer.
The computer is added to the scope of a
baseline.
Performing Update Remediation
The operation of bringing a managed computer into

compliance is known as update remediation
You can choose to remediate all update baselines
that are assigned to a computer, all noncompliant
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updates in a single update baseline, or a single

update.
Remediate Updates on Stand-Alone Hyper-V Host
NOTE
If you choose to manually restart computers after

installing updates, that status of the computers will
remain Pending Reboot until after you scan the
computer for updates again. VMM does not scan
computers to assess their update compliance status
during refreshes.
Perform Rolling updates on a Hyper-V Host Cluster
On the Home tab, in the Compliance group, click

Remediate. (The Remediate task is only available
when the selected objects are noncompliant.)
Optionally select or clear update baselines or
individual updates to determine which updates
to remediate. If you selected a computer to
remediate, all updates are initially selected.
If you prefer to restart the computers manually
after remediation completes instead of letting
the wizard do that, select the Do not restart the
servers after remediation check box.
In the resource list of Update Remediation dialog box,

select the host cluster by its cluster name
If you select the cluster by its cluster name, VMM
assumes you want to orchestrate remediation of the
hosts in the cluster, and displays cluster remediation
options.
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Update Exemptions
Select the update & click Create
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To Delete the Exemption, select the update and

Delete.
Exemption flag will be removed & the status of the
update will be converted to Unknown
You should perform a compliance scan on the
resource to update the compliance status, and then
perform update remediation to bring the resource
into compliance.
On Demand WSUS Synchronizations
When the update server is added to VMM, an initial

synchronization is performed. VMM does not
perform automatic synchronizations after that.
On demand synchronizations needed to be
performed.
Important
After you add a WSUS server to VMM, you should
only manage the WSUS server in VMM. VMM does
not synchronize settings that are entered in the
WSUS Administration Console with those that are
entered in the update server properties.
In VMM, update the properties of the update server
to configure a proxy server for synchronizations and
to change the update categories, products, and
supported languages that are synchronized by the
WSUS server.
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19 Creating a Private Cloud

You can use this procedure to create a private cloud from resources in one or more host groups in
System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM)
19.1 Requirements & Prerequisites

Items
Details
Account requirements
You must perform this procedure as a member of the Administrator

user role or as a member of the Delegated Administrator user role
where the administrative scope includes the host groups that you want
to use for the private cloud.
Self-Service Users to store VMs in

the VMM Library
Create a library share, or create a folder in a library share that will

serve as the storage location.
Realize that self-service users must have the Store and re-deploy
permission to store their virtual machines
IMPORTANT
The library share location that you designate for stored virtual
machines must be different from the shares that you designate as
read-only resource locations for the private cloud.
The path or part of the path must be unique when compared to
the user role data path that is specified for a self-service user role
You could also create entirely separate library shares.
Realize that you configure the stored virtual machine path and
read-only library shares when you run the Create Cloud Wizard.
The self-service user role data path is specified when you create a
self-service user role or modify the properties of a self-service user
role.
Make sure that one or more library shares exists that you can
assign as the read-only library shares for self-service users to use.
The library shares that you designate as read-only resource
locations for the private cloud must be unique when compared to
the library share or shares that are used for stored virtual
machines and for the user role data path that is specified for a selfservice user role.
Domain Security Groups aligning to User Roles
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VM Library Share Structure for Private Cloud

(PvtCloud1)
19.2 Creating A Private Cloud (PvtCloud1)

Tasks
Details
Creating Private Cloud from Host Groups
Open the VMs and Services workspace.

On the Home tab, in the Create group, click
Create Cloud
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Capacity of the Private Cloud
Deleting the Private Cloud
20 Calculating Host Ratings

The ratings are based on default criteria. Note that host rating criteria do not include all information.
For example, network connection speed is not taken into account. Ratings are based on individual
hosts and not on the relative suitability of all available hosts. Ratings for one host do not change
based on the ratings for other hosts. VMM calculates host ratings according to specific formulas,
described in the following table.
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21 Creating & Deploying Virtual Machine

21.1 Creating & Preparing a Gold Image Master VM for future Deployments
Using this method you can create a virtual machine from an existing virtual hard disk stored in the
VMM library. You can follow two ways to use & deploy the Gold Image Master VM for in future
multiple deployments. One with the help of VMM presence and another without the presence of
VMM.
Create a new VM
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Note
If any suitable Hardware Profile already created,
select it, if not, specify the hardware configurations,
and optionally you can save this hardware profile for
future use
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Mounting the ISO for Windows 2012 x64 DC Edition

Media to the VM
This may take a few minutes, as ISO file is being
copied to the VM Folder
Power ON the VM & complete the installation of the

OS
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Connect the VM to a valid Network, Login to OS,

Assign an IP & run the Windows Updates to fully
patched the VMs OS
Optional
Install & Configure BgInfo
http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/sysinternals/bb897557.aspx
Shutdown the VM
Create a copy of the VHDX file of the VM
Create a clone of the VM with a new name
Shutdown the VM
IMPORTANT Issues can occur if you turn on two

virtual machines with the same identity at the same
time.
In the VMM Console -> Right Click the VM -> Create > Clone
Achieved so far
We have 2 clones of the same VM

We have one extra copy of VHDX
(I have created the copy of the VHDX for a bacup
purpose, this can be deleted later. Some times
Sysprep or Cloning process doesnt complete
successfully, and leaves the VM in unstable condition.
It is always a good idea to keep an extra copy of
VHDX, to save the time of not repeating the OS install
& Updates).
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21.2 Create and deploy a new VM manually from Master Gold Image VHDX
without VMM
We recommend that you use a virtual hard disk that has been generalized using Sysprep, otherwise
the new virtual machine will have the same identity as the source machine.
Start the Cloned VM
If you have not been using VMM, You can manually

creat a VM with using the copied VHDX, we created
in previous steps, & start the VM.
IMPORTANT Since this will be your last saved copy
of VHDX, it will be a good idea to create another copy
of the VHDX, before start working on this process.
Login to VM
Sysprep Process
Run Sysprep as an Administrator from
C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep folder
Select the Options as follows:
System Cleanup Action OOBE

Check Generalize
Shutdown Options - Shutdown
Hit OK
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This will start Sysprep Process, and upon the

completion, it will shut down the VM
After the Sysprep process is completed & VM is

shutdown successfully
VHDX is Syspreped, You can copy the VHDX to safe
place to use as a Gold Image Master Copy for future
VMs deployment.
Every time new VM is deployed using a copy of this

Gold Image Master Copy, While starting up It will go
thru the new SID generation process.
IMPORTANT
http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/library/cc721940(v=WS.10).aspx
Make sure to keep Gold Image updated with

Windows Updates
Sysprep process is allowed only for maximum 4
times on an OS.
21.3 Create and deploy a new VM using a virtual machine template in VMM
Creating VM Template
In the VMM Console -> Right Click the VM -> Create

-> Create VM Template
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Deploy VM using Template

You can use the VHDX Template to deploy VMs in
Cloud, Virtual Host and on High Available Cluster
during Create Virtual Machine Wizards
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Completing the Wizard will let you deploy a new VM

either of these three places.
To a Private Cloud
On a Host
Store in VMM Library
22 Deploying App Controller

Following Step by Step guide helps in the installation process, as well as configuring user role-based
security and adding resources to the App Controller Library.
22.1 Requirements
22.1.1 Hardware & Software Requirements
Required Items
Details
Refer the TechNet for detailed list
Required Software Roles & Features Components
If any of Required Software Roles & Features are

missing, APP Controller Installer will install them
during installation
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22.1.2 App Controller Deployment Checklist

Required Items
Details
Private Cloud Presence
Before you install App Controller, you should already

have configured one or more private clouds in VMM,
delegated user roles to the clouds, and designated a
writeable file share for each user role.
Using App Controller for Windows Azure
To use Windows Azure functionality in App

Controller, you should have already obtained at least
one Windows Azure subscription, made a note of the
subscription GUID, and created a management
certificate.
SQL DB Rights
To ensure sufficient user rights during installation,

the database administrator must grant at least
database operator (DBO) access to a database to the
user account under which App Controller is being
installed.
Valid SSL
Make sure that you import a valid Secure Sockets

Layer (SSL) certificate on the App Controller server.
For evaluation purposes, you can have App Controller
create a self-signed certificate during Setup.
Administrator Rights
Any user accounts that are to administer App

Controller must also be granted VMM administrator
rights.
Presence of Service Templates in VMM
You must create service templates in VMM before

you can deploy or update VMM services using App
Controller.
22.1.3 App Controller Maintenance Checklist

Tasks
Details
Backup
After App Controller is completely installed and

configured, back up the App Controller database and
the database encryption key.
APP Controller Account
To change the account under which that App

Controller services are running, you must uninstall
and reinstall App Controller.
SSL Certs
Expired SSL production certificates can be replaced

using the Internet Information Services (IIS)
management console without requiring any
additional configuration in App Controller
Access to VMM Library Shares
Whenever you create a network file share to which

files will be copied from a VMM cloud library, or from
which files will be copied to a VMM cloud library,
then the App Controller machine account must be
added to the file share permission list.
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22.2 Installing APP Controller

Tasks
Details
Installing SQL Server
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Select Database Engine Services & Management

Tools - Complete
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If you require support for 4 byte Unicode strings,

ensure before installing that the database collation
is set to one of the _100_collations
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Installing VMM Console
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Run & Complete Windows Updates

Installing APP Controller
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Note
If a domain account is used, it is strongly
recommended that you create an account that is
specifically designated to be used by App Controller
services.
To change the account under which that App
Controller services are running, you must uninstall
and reinstall App Controller.
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This port is used for communication between App

Controller services only. You do not need to
configure the firewall on the computer running App
Controller to allow access to this port.
Important
The port that you assign during the installation of
App Controller cannot be changed without
uninstalling and reinstalling App Controller.
Note
Port: Type the port to use for communication with
the computer that is running SQL Server. By default,
this value is not required and is therefore left blank.
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How to Enable SSO for App Controller

By default, App Controller is enabled to prompt users
to sign in by entering their Active Directory user
name and password.
Open IIS manager on the App Controller server.

Select the App Controller website.
Expand the website and select the /api node.
Click Authentication.
Enable Windows Integrated Authentication.
Disable Basic Authentication.
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To turn On Constrained Delegation

1. Log on using an account that has OU
Administrator privileges in Active Directory
Domain Services. Ensure that this account is also
granted the SeEnableDelegationPrivilege user
right (for example, a domain administrator could
run the command ntrights -u domain\user +r
SeEnableDelegationPrivilege on a domain
controller, where domain/user represent the
domain and account name for the account).
2. In Active Directory Users and Computers, expand
the App Controller Machine node.
3. Click the Delegation tab.
4. Select the Trust this computer for delegation to
specified services only option.
5. Select the Use any authentication protocol
option.
6. Click Add and then do one of the following:
a. If the VMM management server is
running under the Local System
account, enter the name of the VMM
management server and select HOST,
and then click OK.
b. If the VMM management server is
running under a domain account, enter
the name of domain account and select
SCVMM, and then click OK.
7. Select the Common Internet File System (CIFS)
service, and then click OK.
8. Restart the App Controller management server.
Installing PowerShell Module for APP Controller
Opening the APP Controller Console
https://<webserver>:<port>
for the sake of this lab, https://app-cntrl.adit.com
22.3 Administering App Controller

Tasks
Details
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User Roles
Library Resources
Only user roles for Windows Azure subscriptions

or hosting providers can be created in App
Controller.
VMM Administrators must manage VMM user
roles by using the VMM console.
In System Center 2012 - App Controller, you can use

the Library page to manage file shares, templates,
and resources for both System Center 2012 Virtual
Machine Manager (VMM) and Windows Azure.
App Controller makes available three types of shared
storage:
File shares on your network

Private cloud libraries
Windows Azure storage accounts
Permissions on File Shares
To copy resources from a network file share to a

private cloud, the App Controller machine account
needs read access to the file share.
To copy resources from a private cloud to a network
file share, the App Controller machine account needs
write access to the file share.
Administrators can add or remove file shares in the
App Controller Library.
Self-service users with proper permission are allowed
to create or delete folders in a share, and copy and
paste files between shares.
Files can be copied from local shares to public or
private cloud libraries.
Adding a High Available Network File Share
Create a High Available FS on a Clustered File Servers

Host and host a High Available Share
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IMPORTANT Make Sure you login to APP

Controller with Administrator privileges
1.
2.
3.
4.
On the Library page, click Shares.

Right Click -> Add Share.
In the Add a network shared folder dialog
box, enter the share path.
Click OK.
Copy Files & VMM Templates between File Shares &

Private Clouds
VMM Administrators can copy files from local shares

to any VMM cloud library. VMM users can copy files
from local shares to folders in private cloud libraries.
Using simple Copy Paste Options
Setting Up Public & Private Clouds
Users who manage public and private clouds must be

members of the Administrator user role.
In App Controller, the Clouds page displays the
following information:
Note
The Scope of this Guide is to Private Cloud.
A list of all public and private clouds, further

grouped by connection name.
The properties of each public and private cloud
to which App Controller is connected.
Resources used and available on private clouds.
Tasks you can perform on a selected public or
private cloud.
Connecting VMM to App Controller

On the Clouds page, click VMM Server.
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NOTE
SSL certificates must be imported to the App
Controller server in order to copy files or templates
to and from VMM cloud libraries. In order for the
import to succeed, users need to be part of all of the
following roles:
Local administrator of the App Controller

server
Local administrator of the VMM server
VMM administrator
Remove Connection to a Private Cloud

In the navigation pane, click Settings and then click
Connections.
In the list of VMM management server

connections, select the connection you want to
remove, and then click Remove.
Click OK to remove the selected connection.
NOTE If any SSL certificates are associated with

this connection, they must be manually removed
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Change or View Run As Accounts

In the navigation pane, click Clouds. Select a private
cloud from the list and then click Manage Run As
Accounts in the taskbar.
Configuring VMM Connection Properties
View the Status of a Job
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23 References
Additional References
Details
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg610596.aspx
23.1 Configuring Networking in

VMM Overview
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj870823.aspx
23.2 Common Scenarios for

Networking in Virtual
Machine Manager
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn186234.aspx
23.3 Configuring Ports and

Switches
23.4 VMM2012 Host and VM
Networking
https://spsites.microsoft.com/sites/ASMSI/Capacity/CU/Shared
Documents/VMM 2012/VMM 2012 Networking Brownbag
23.5 Object Model for Logical Switch
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25 Annex-A Misc. Commands

Commands
Purpose
25.1 Domain Time Sync
w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:pool.ntp.org

/syncfromflags:MANUAL
Stop-Service w32time
Start-Service w32time
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042
Ggiving the Cluster Name Object Full control of the Arecord and then running from a CLI cluster . res
Cluster network name resource 'Cluster Name' failed
registration of one or more associated DNS name(s) for the <cluster name> /registerDns should solve the issue
following reason:
DNS operation refused.
Event ID 1196
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27 Annex-B SC2012 SP1 Configuration Analyzer Setup

Downloads
SC 2012 SP1 Configuration Analyzer:

http://www.microsoft.com/enus/download/details.aspx?id=36796
MS Baseline Configuration Analyzer
http://www.microsoft.com/enus/download/details.aspx?id=16475
Installation
Install MS Baseline Configuration Analyzer first, as

this is a pre-requisite component for SC2012 SP1
Configuration Analyzer
Configuring Server & Client
If running remotely for VMM server

Server SCVMM 2012 SP1
Client Your PC/Server
Enable CredSSP
You must enable Credssp or run Microsoft Baseline
Configuration Analyzer 2.0 from the local machine.
To enable Credssp, run the following command on the

server:
Enable-WsManCredssp -Role Server
On the current machine, run the following:
Enable-WSManCredSSP -Role Client -DelegateComputer
[target machine name]
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29 Annex-C - Deleting the Converged Switch

Delete Logical Sites from Logical Networks
Un-associate all VMs on Hyper-V from
using the Converged Switch components
Delete the vNICs
Using VMM
Remove the Converged Switch from

Hyper-V Host
Using VMM or NIC Teaming on Host
Remove VM Networks
Remove Uplink Port Profile
Uplink Port Profiles have Logical Switch as one dependent

component.
Logical Switch has following dependent components. Remove
both association by going in the properties of the Logical Switch
Uplink Port Profile
Network Port Classification
Remove the Uplink Port Profiles
Remove Logical Switch
Remove Virtual Port Association

Remove Uplink Port Profile Association
Remove Port Profile

Remove IP Pool Cluster
Remove Network Site
Remove Logical Network
If the IP address needs to be revoked:
$ip = get-scipaddress
$ip | revoke-scipaddress
Entire Converged Switch has been

collapsed
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Flow of the Step-by-Step Guide ............................................................................. 1

Terminology Used ................................................................................................. 3

Physical Servers / Hardware ...................................................................................................... 3

Active Directory Forest .................................................................................................... 4

Hyper-V Host with no VMs workload ............................................................................... 4

Hyper-V Host with VMs workload .................................................................................... 4

Architectural Design .............................................................................................. 1

Home Lab Overview......................................................................................................... 1

Hyper-V Virtual Switch Architecture - Before & After ....................................................... 2

Hyper-V Virtual Switch Components - Before & After....................................................... 3

VMM Networking Creation Process Flow ......................................................................... 1

IP, Subnet & VLAN ........................................................................................................... 2

Managed Switch Configurations ...................................................................................... 2

Security Groups Mapping to VMM Roles.......................................................................... 2

Creating iSCSI Target Storage ................................................................................. 3

Storage Space Workflow .................................................................................................. 3

Presenting the LUN to another Host over iSCSI ................................................................ 8

Creating Volume on the Host ......................................................................................... 10

SCVMM SP1 Installation ...................................................................................... 12

Systems Requirements .................................................................................................. 12

Software Requirements ................................................................................................. 12

SQL Server Installation ................................................................................................... 13

Installing VMM SP1........................................................................................................ 17

Installing Highly Available VMM Management Server ..................................... 19

Installation Process High Available VMM ....................................................................... 19

Configuring Storage in VMM ........................................................................... 20

Prerequisites / Supported types ..................................................................................... 20

Configuring VMM Library ................................................................................ 24

Creating A VMM Library Share ....................................................................................... 25

Creating Virtual NICs on Hyper-V Hosts ........................................................... 27

Configuring File Servers with Converged Teamed Logical ................................. 44

Building High Available File Server (Storage) Cluster ........................................ 49

Disk Management view of FS2 after creating Cluster...................................................... 51

Building High Available Compute Cluster......................................................... 52

Managing Fabric Updates ............................................................................... 55

Adding WSUS Server to VMM ........................................................................................ 56

Creating a Private Cloud.................................................................................. 61

Requirements & Prerequisites ....................................................................................... 61

Creating A Private Cloud (PvtCloud1) ............................................................................. 62

Calculating Host Ratings.................................................................................. 65

Creating & Deploying Virtual Machine ............................................................ 66

Start the Cloned VM ...................................................................................................... 71

Deploying App Controller ................................................................................ 76

Hardware & Software Requirements...................................................................................... 76

App Controller Deployment Checklist ..................................................................................... 77

App Controller Maintenance Checklist .................................................................................... 77

Installing APP Controller ................................................................................................ 78

Administering App Controller ........................................................................................ 89

Configuring Networking in VMM Overview .................................................................... 95

Common Scenarios for Networking in Virtual Machine Manager ................................... 95

Configuring Ports and Switches ...................................................................................... 95

VMM2012 Host and VM Networking ............................................................................. 95

Object Model for Logical Switch..................................................................................... 95

Annex-A Misc. Commands ............................................................................ 97

Domain Time Sync ......................................................................................................... 97

Annex-B SC2012 SP1 Configuration Analyzer Setup....................................... 98

Annex-C - Deleting the Converged Switch........................................................ 99

Flow of the Step-by-Step Guide

Section contains List of Acronyms with the

Section contains various pre-requisites including

Section contains architecture figures including Home