To set up BMC Server Automation in a Microsoft Hyper-V environment, you:

• install the Windows x64 agent on the SCVMM (System Center Virtual Machine Manager) server
• add the server to the BMC Server Automation Console
• use the BMC Server Automation Console to perform configuration tasks that complete the setup.

Step 1: Review minimum requirements for Microsoft Hyper-V environments

System requirements

To employ BMC Server Automation in a Microsoft Hyper-V virtual environment, you must have the following minimum hardware and software:

• Windows 2008 x 64
   Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition x 64, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition x 64, and Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition x 64 are supported.
• Hyper-V role enabled
• SCVMM installed

The Application Server should be allowed access to the target via the RSCD agent on the SCVMM server.

Required access and privileges

For a Microsoft Hyper-V virtual environment, Administrative privilege access to the SCVMM is required.

Step 2: Install the Windows x 64 agent

1. Install the RSCD agent on the SCVMM server, as described in Installing an RSCD agent (Windows). Be sure to install the Windows x64 agent RSCD agent.
2. Open the c:\windows\rsc\exports file and edit the last line so it reads:
   • rw,user=administrator*

Step 3: Add the SCVMM server to BMC Server Automation

1. From within the BMC Server Automation Console, add the SCVMM server as a managed server to a server group (right-click a server group and select Add Server ).
2. Distribute configuration objects to the SCVMM server:
   1. From the BMC Server Automation Console, navigate to the Jobs folder.
   2. Right-click a job group and select New > Administration Task > Distribute Configuration Objects.
   3. Provide a name for the Job and click Next.
   4. Expand the Global Configuration Objects list, select the Microsoft SCVMM object, and add it to the Selected Configuration Objects section. Click Next.
   5. On the Targets panel, select the Windows x64 agent on the SCVMM server.
   6. Click Finish, and execute the job.
      For details, see Distributing configuration objects.
      You can now use the BMC Server Automation Console to Live browse server and access the Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager node.
      For more information about adding a server and setting its properties, see Adding a server to the system in the BMC Server Automation online documentation.