Users Guide

5. In the Template Builder, select the virtual machine component, click Edit in the box that is displayed,

and then configure the following settings in the Virtual Machine Component dialog box. Repeat this

step for each virtual machine in the cluster.

a. Under Virtual Machine OS Settings, perform the following:

1. To select the administrator password that configures on the deployed OS, in the

Administrator password box, type the administrator password. Reenter the password in the

Confirm administrator password box to confirm.

NOTE: It is critical to update the password within this template. The value in the

template is masked, but the actual password is not set. If this password is not set, you

cannot log in to the deployed server.

2. From OS Image drop-down list, select an OS image that is configured to be deployed in

your ASM managed environment.

b. Under Virtual Machine Settings, if the defaults values are not required then edit the Number of

CPUs, Virtual Disk Size, and Memory in MB for each virtual machine.

6. To save the settings, click Save.

7. To publish the template, click Publish Template.

The template is now ready to be deployed.

Template – deploy Hyper-V host with iSCSI storage

The Deploy Hyper-V Host with iSCSI Storage template deploys two iSCSI storage volumes and installs

Hyper-V on a physical host.

To deploy Hyper-V host with iSCSI storage using this template, perform the following steps:

1. On the Templates page, select the Deploy Hyper-V Host with iSCSI Storage template, and click

Clone.

2. In the Create Template dialog box, enter a name and description for the template, and click Save.

3. In the Template Builder, select a storage component, click Edit in the dialog box that is displayed,

and then configure the following settings in the Storage Component dialog box.

a. Modify the Component Name with a unique name, if required.

b. Under EqualLogic Storage Settings, configure the following:

1. From the Target EqualLogic drop-down list, select the Target EqualLogic iSCSI array.

2. In the Storage Volume Name box, enter a unique name for the storage volume, if required.

NOTE: Make sure that you enter the storage size for the first volume is large enough

to support your Hyper-V host storage. However, the storage size for the second

volume can be small because it is configured as a quorum volume if this host will be

used for a Hyper-V cluster. The recommended second volume size is 512 MB.

3. Verify the values for Storage Pool, Thin Provisioning, Snapshot Reserve %, Thin Min

Reserve %, Thin growth Warning %, Thin growth Maximum %, Thin warning on threshold

%, Thin warning on hard threshold %, and Multi-Host access of volume.

4. Click Save.

5. In the Template Builder, select a server component, click Edit in the box that is displayed, and then

configure the following settings in the

Server Component dialog box. Repeat this step for each

server component.

a. Modify the server Component Name with a unique name, if required.