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• General:

  • VMware vCenter Server is mandatory. ^[1]

• Compute & Storage:

  • HyperCloud uses the concept of an Availability Zone which maps to:

    • One or more vSphere datacenters.

    • One or more vSphere clusters with one or more shared storages (VSAN, iSCSI, NFS, or FCP).

• Virtual Networking:

  • One or more distributed switches managing the vSphere Cluster Networking.

  • One or more routable (DHCP) VLANs backed distributed port groups for VMs preconfigured in vCenter Server.

  • Distributed Switch physical uplinks must be configured to trunk all VM VLANs.

• Authentication:

  • Use a service account (example: hc_vcenter_svc@vsphere.local) for connecting the HyperCloud to vCenter Server with the following permissions:

    Code Block
    language bash
    Datastore > Browse Datastore > Allocate Space Virtual Machine > Configuration > <Select All Permissions> Virtual Machine > Inventory > <Select All Permissions> Interaction > <Select All Permissions> Provisioning > Customize Provisioning > Deploy Template Provisioning > Read Customization specifications Network > Assign Network Resource > Assign Virtual Machine to Resource Pool

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• General:

  • Hyper-V Nodes must be set up in a Fail Over Cluster. ^[1]

• Compute & Storage:

  • HyperCloud manages Hyper-V nodes using a Host agent (proxy).

  • This agent must be installed on all Hyper-V Server.

  • Update the value of < HCP_Proxy_Password > using the following command with Run As Administrator privileges:
    

    Code Block
    language powershell
    PowerShell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass  -Command "get https://repo.skygrid.cloud/repo/6.x/6.5.2/LATEST/proxy/HyperVProxy_Install_Windows_v1.3.ps1 OutFile ProxyInstaller.ps1; & .\ProxyInstaller.ps1 4434 <HCP_Proxy_Password>"

  • Hyper-V Node must be configured with Clustered Storage Volumes.

    • One Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) for VM Templates (vhdx) Storage.

    • One Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) for deploying VMs using HyperCloud Portal.

  • HyperCloud uses the concept of an Availability Zone which maps to,

    • One Hyper-V Failover Cluster Manager

    • One Cluster Shared Volume for VM Template Storage.
      Example: C:\CSVs\Hypercloud_Templates

    • One Cluster Shared Volume for deploying VMs.
      Example: C:\CSVs\Hypercloud_Production.

• Virtual Networking:

  • Hyper-V vmSwitch and its NIC must be configured to trunk all or required VLANs.

  • DHCP IP Addressing must be configured for the VLAN selected during VM Provisioning.

  • VM VLANs must be routable and be able to reach the HyperCloud portal on port 5671. ^[2]

• Authentication:

  • Create a dedicated Windows AD service account (
    Example:svc_hcp@domain.com) with the following permissions:

    • must belong to the Active Directory Domain.

    • must not be a member of Domain Admins Group.

    • must be a member of local administrators on each Hyper-V Server.

    • must be allowed Logon as a service right on each Hyper-V Server.

• VM Templates:

  • VM Templates must be provided as VHDX files and placed in the Share CSV. This path will be configured in the Availability Zone. ^[3]

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• General:

  • Ovirt Manager is mandatory.

• Compute & Storage: HyperCloud uses the concept of an Availability Zone which maps to:

  • One data center (local or Shared).

  • One storage domain (data) for VMs.

  • One storage domain for VM Templates (local or Shared).

• Virtual Networking:

  • At least one VLAN backed network pre-created in Ovirt Manager.

  • VM Networks backed by VLANs must have the DHCP IP Addressing enabled.

  • Ovirt virtual switch physical uplinks must be configured to trunk all VM VLANs.

• VM Templates:

  • VM Templates must be pre-created in the same datacenter as the cluster. ^[1]

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• General:

  • VMware vCloud Director must be accessible to HCP using FQDN.

  • VMware vCloud Director must be configured with VMware NSX.

    • Network Pools must be backed by VxLAN. ^[1]

  • For connecting HCP to vCloud Director Organization only, ensure that Org Admin User is configured with the Organization Administrator role.

• Compute & Storage (Organization vDC):

  • Minimum one organization with one organization VDC.

  • Organization vDC must use Storage Policy. Network Pool must be backed by VxLAN i.e. greater than 1000 if deploying a large number of VMs.

• Virtual Networking:

  • Each Organization vDC must have at least one Edge Gateway connected to the provider network.

  • Provider The provider network must be configured and have a set of IP Pool for NATing HCP deployed VMs. ^[2]

  • Each Organization must have at least one Organization Networks preconfigured.

  • vApp Networks will be created by HCP using the Network Pool backed by VxLAN. ^[3]

• VM templates

  • VM Templates must be pre-created and added to vCD Public or Organization Catalog. ^[4]

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A firewall is a network security device that monitors incoming and outgoing network traffic , and permits or blocks data packets based on a set of security rules. Its purpose is to establish a barrier between your internal network and the incoming traffic from external sources such as the internet in order to block malicious traffic like viruses and hackers.

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• Guest Customization:

  • Create VMware Guest Customization with the exact same name as the VM Template Name.
    Example: When HCP deploys a VM from the Template VMT-Win2k16x64 it will use the Guest Customization with the name VMT-Win2k16x64 if available to customize the provisioned VM.⁽¹⁾

• Guest Customization Configuration:

  • Computer Name: Select use the Virtual Machine Name.

  • Network Type: DHCP

  • Windows Guest Customization:

    • Login Automatically as Administrator: 1

    • Run Once: Add the following in the Run once Command:

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