Setup Guide

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Installing Appliance
To install appliance:
1. Check and review system requirements, for more information see System Requirements for
Management Systems.
2. Download appliance, for more information, see Downloading Appliance.
3. Set up appliance, for more information, see Setting up Appliance.
System Requirements for Management Systems
Management systems are the systems on which the appliance and its components are installed.
• For appliance:
– Windows server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012 is installed and Hyper-V Role is enabled.
• For Integration Gateway:
– Windows server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012 is installed.
– SC2012 VMM R2 UR3 Console or SC2012 VMM SP1 UR6 Console or later is installed.
* System requirements that are common for SC2012 VMM R2 and SC2012 VMM SP1 Consoles:
• Microsoft .NET version 4.5 is installed.
– HTTP Activation is activated.
• IIS 7.5 or later is installed.
– Windows Authentication in IIS is enabled.
– URL Authorization in IIS is installed.
• IIS 6 Metabase compatibility is enabled and under that IIS 6 WMI compatibility and IIS 6
Scripting Tools are enabled.
* System requirements specific for SC2012 VMM R2 Console:
• If you are upgrading from SC2012 VMM SP1 to SC2012 VMM R2, then upgrade to Windows
PowerShell 4.0.
• Windows Assessment and Development Kit (ADK) 8.1 is installed.
* System requirements specific for SC2012 VMM SP1 Console:
• If you are updating to SC2012 VMM SP1 Update Rollup 5 or later, then consider the
following: When an add-in is imported into the SC2012 VMM console, the console may
crash. For information about the issue and resolving the issue, see issue 5 in this knowledge
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