SCVMM 2012 SP1 prerequisites

Following are the pre-requisites for SCVMM 2012 SP1 support for Hyper-V Custom Object:

• SCVMM version should be SCVMM 2012 SP1
• Host should be Windows server 2012
• To enable BMC Server Automation to execute Powershell commands on the SCVMM setup, set the Execution Policy. On SCVMM Setup, open a Powershell command prompt, and run the following command:
  Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
• Ensure that Windows templates and Linux templates are created as described in Creating-Virtual-Machine-Templates-on-SCVMM.
• Create at least one VM network, to which the VMs can connect. BMC Server Automation 8.3 supports VM Network of type noIsolation only.
• Apply a workaround in Windows 2012 server to point to .NET 4.0 version. This workaround is necessary because the Windows Server 2012 environment runs with .NET 2.0 version, while SCVMM 2012 SP1 DLLs are built with a newer .NET framework 4.0. The workaround is as follows:
  

  1. Create powershell.exe.config with the following:

     <?xml version="1.0"?>
     <configuration>
     <startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true">
     <supportedRuntime version="v4.0.30319"/>
     <supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727"/>
     </startup>
     </configuration>
     

     Note

     For a 64-bit OS you might want to create a similar powershell.exe.config file in the following location:

     C:\windows\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0

  2. Copy the file into the powershell root directory: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0.
     
     For a 64-bit OS, create a similar powershell.exe.config file in the C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0.

  3. Run following from the command line:

     reg add hklm\software\microsoft\.netframework /v OnlyUseLatestCLR /t REG_DWORD /d 1
     reg add hklm\software\wow6432node\microsoft\.netframework /v OnlyUseLatestCLR /t REG_DWORD /d 1
     
• If virtual floppy disk creation using Imdisk fails then install IMdisk manually. The Imdisk installer is packaged with SCVMM CO.
  To install the Imdisk tool manually, do the following:
  1. Go to the following location:
     RSCD_Install_DIR\daal\Implementation\BMC_SCVMM_win64\win64\imdiskinst
  2. Run the following command:
     Install.cmd