In the previous article, we have created Installation of SCVMM 2012 R2 and VMM Console in Windows 8.1 workstation and connect to SCVMM Server. In this article, we are going to add a Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V host into System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2. As the best practice, you should perform this task from the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) Console.
Perform the following steps to add a Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Host into SCVMM 2012 R2:
1. On the
Virtual Machine Manger console, click the
VMs and Services workspace. In the console tree, Right-click on
All Hosts, and then click
Add Hyper-V Hosts and Clusters.
2. On the
Resource Location page, click the
Windows Server computer in a trusted Active Directory domain option, and then click
Next.
3. On the
Credentials page, select the
Manually enter the credentials option. In the
User name box, type
msserverpro\administrator, in the
Password: box, type
P@ssw0rd, and then click
Next.
4. On the
Discovery Scope page, select the
Specify Windows Server computers by names .In the
Computer names field type
KTM-HOST1, and then click
Next.
5. On the
Target resources page, in the Discovered computers: section, select the
ktm-host1.msserverpro.com check box, and then click
Next.
6. On the
Host Settings page, in the
Host group drop-down menu: there is only one option,
All Hosts. You can specify the
virtual machine placement paths while adding the Hyper-V host into the SCVMM, and then click Next.
7. On the
Summary page, click
Finish.
8. On the
Jobs pop-up window, the Recent Jobs shows
Add virtual machine host progress Status. It will take few minutes to complete the job completion.
9. When the job finished, in the Jobs pop-up window, a
yellow triangle might display, with the text
Add virtual machine host Completed w/ info. This occurs because Multipath I/O is not enabling for known storage arrays. Close the Jobs window.
10. On the
Virtual Machine Manager console, In the console tree, Under
All Hosts, Hyper-V host,
ktm-host1 is added and after few seconds or minutes under
KTM-Host1 shows all
VMs in the right pane.
11. Under
All Hosts, Right-click on
ktm-host1, click
Properties.
12. On the
ktm-host1-msservperor.com Properties window, click on
Virtual Switches. It displays Virtual Switch created in Hyper-V Manager. This Virtual Switch is called
Standard Switch. Then click
OK.
Summary:
I hope this article will be helpful during the Adding a Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Host into System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2.
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