Virtual Machine Manager Microsoft by MDOP Information Experience Team

Author:MDOP Information Experience Team [MDOP Information Experience Team]
Language: fra
Format: epub
Tags: Informatique
Publisher: Microsoft Corporation
Published: 2013-07-13T22:00:00+00:00

How to Assign SMB 3.0 File Shares to Hyper-V Hosts and Clusters in VMM

In Windows Server 2012, Server Message Block (SMB) 3.0 file shares can be used as shared storage for Hyper-V, so that Hyper-V can store virtual machine files, (including configuration, virtual hard disk (.vhd and .vhdx) files, and snapshots) on SMB file shares. Using Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) in System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1) you can assign SMB file shares to Hyper-V stand-alone hosts and host clusters. This topic describes the procedures required to deploy this configuration:

1. Add a storage device—As a first step add a storage device or Windows file server to the VMM console. As part of the Add operation, VMM discovers all the storage of shares available on the device. For instructions, see How to Add Windows File Server Shares in VMM, and How to Add and Classify SMI-S and SMP Storage Devices in VMM.

2. Create a file share—Create a file share on the Windows file server. For example, create a file share named \\fileserver1\smbfileshare. When you create the share, you do not need to assign specific permissions at the share or file system level. VMM automatically assigns the required permissions. For instructions, see Creating a File Share.

3. Assign the share—Assign the share to a host or cluster. VMM automatically modifies the share to assign the necessary permissions for the Hyper-V host or cluster to access the storage. For instructions, see Assigning a file share. Note the following prerequisites for creating and assigning the share:

• We recommend that you use a dedicated file server.

• The Windows file server should be in the same Active Directory domain as the virtual machine hosts.

• Files shares that will be assigned to hosts and clusters should not be added as VMM library shares.

• For SMB 3.0 file shares to work correctly with VMM, the file server must not be a Hyper-V host. This also applies to a highly available file server. Do not add the file server (stand-alone or cluster) as a managed host in VMM.

• The VMM service account must have local administrative permissions on the file server where the SMB 3.0 share resides. You must assign these permissions outside of VMM.

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