Administrator Guide

You can perform shutdown and startup processes from the Console VM with an account that is a member of the < Prex >-Setup-Admins
security group.
It is recommended that you read this entire section before you shut down the stamp to familiarize yourself with the steps involved.
Unless otherwise noted, for any instruction where you must open a Windows PowerShell session or the command prompt, open these
tools with elevated user rights; that is, started with the Run as Administrator option.
Shutting down the stamp
At a high level, shutdown steps are as listed below. Detailed instructions for each step are in the sections that follow:
1 If the Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft backup infrastructure is in place, check and stop any running backup jobs.
2 Shut down DPM VMs.
3 Shut down the backup hosts.
4 Shut down tenant VMs.
5 Shut down all infrastructure VMs except for the Console VM.
6 Shut down the compute cluster hosts.
7 Shut down the le server cluster hosts.
8 Optionally, turn o the JBODs. However, this requires physical presence.
9 Optionally, unplug the network switches. This also requires physical presence.
10 Turn o power to the stamp (the power distribution units or PDUs.
Use the following detailed procedures to gracefully shut down the stamp.
Preparing a laptop if iDRACs are connected
If the integrated Dell Remote Access Controllers (iDRACs) are connected in the environment, Dell recommends using a laptop to perform
these tasks.
To prepare the laptop:
1 Connect the laptop to port 39 or 40 of the switch for the Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft stamp. This switch is the network
switch that you use for management of Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft infrastructure components through iDRAC
connections.
2 Congure the laptop with a static IP address from the iDRAC subnet range.
This step enables network communication to the iDRACs in the Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft stamp.
3 Install Java version 7—or a later version—on this laptop so that you can start the virtual console through the iDRAC interface.
Step 1: Stop any backups
NOTE
: Dell recommends that any infrastructure VM and database backups that may be in progress are completed before you
shut down the infrastructure VMs. For information about the default schedule, see Default backup and retention policy.
1 Log on to the Console VM (< Prex >CON01) using an account that is a member of the < Prex >-Ops-Admins group.
2 Open the Operations console.
3 In the Monitoring workspace, expand System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager, expand State views, and then click DPM
servers.
4 In the Tasks pane, under DPM Server Tasks, click View Jobs.
In the View Jobs dialog box, you can see a consolidated view of all jobs for all DPM servers in the stamp.
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