Administrator Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft Cloud Platform System Standard Version 1.5 Administrators Guide based on release 1803
- Overview
- Administration
- What to do first
- Next steps
- Managing Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft
- Creating tenant VM networks
- Adding tenant VM networks to the cloud
- Flagging the operating system VHD in the VM templates
- Enabling guest-specified IP addresses in VMM
- Creating additional tenant storage shares
- Using Windows Azure Pack
- Default Windows Azure Pack configuration
- Before you go into production
- Setting up tenant portal access on an isolated network
- Replacing self-signed certificates
- Disabling the tenant AuthSite and the admin Windows AuthSite websites
- Updating to a Security Token Service and re-establishing trust
- How to open the management portal for administrators
- How to open the management portal for tenants
- Offering services to tenants
- Optional configuration
- Automating tasks for efficiency
- Windows Azure Pack API reference content for developers
- Configuring disaster recovery protection
- Operations
- Monitoring
- Backup and recovery
- Onboard to Azure Backup
- Default backup schedule and retention policy
- DPM protection groups
- Disable machine account password rotation on management VMs
- Protecting tenant VMs
- Recovering VMs and databases—high level
- Recovering from management component failures
- Recovering a tenant VM
- Recovering DPM from DPM failures
- Adding extra disks to DPM
- Monitoring DPM
- Using the Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft data consistency runbooks
- Updating the Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft
- Shutting down and starting up the stamp
- Security
- Appendix A Expanding the stamp
- Appendix B Performing a factory reset
- Appendix C Retrieving cluster names, host names, and IP addresses
- Appendix D Ports and protocols
• Disable machine account password rotation
• Deploy the Data Protection Manager (DPM) backup infrastructure
• Ensure that the stamp has the latest approved updates
• Congure VL
ANs on your physical network switches for tenant use
• Review known issues for the current release
.
There are other steps, not part of the initial deployment, that you must complete as soon as possible to enable tenants to use the stamp.
For example, you must
congure managemen
t accounts and
tenant VM networks. You may also want to add storage shares.
Verify the product license key
If you specied an incorr
ect System Center key during deployment, the deployment will complete. However, the Microsoft System Center
components will be installed in evaluation mode. After deployment, you should verify that System Center has a valid retail license key.
To verify the license key in VMM:
1 On the Console VM, use the shortcut on the desktop to open the VMM console.
2 In the top left corner of the VMM console, click the drop-down arrow, and then click About.
Figure 1. About drop-down
3 If you see an Enter Product Key box, this means that System Center was installed in evaluation mode.
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