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InstallationGuideforOn-PremiseUilaDeployment–Hyper-V
TableofContents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................2ScopeandPurpose...........................................................................................................................2ArchitectureOverview.....................................................................................................................2
VirtualArchitecture.............................................................................................................................2
GettingStarted.......................................................................................................................3SystemRequirements......................................................................................................................3
DeployUilaManagementandAnalyticsSystem.....................................................................5
DeployVirtualInformationController(vIC)............................................................................8
DeployVirtualSmartTap(vST)..............................................................................................10
ContactUilaSupport.............................................................................................................12
AboutUila.............................................................................................................................12
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IntroductionScopeandPurposeThisdocumentdescribesthesystemrequirements,installationandconfigurationstepsfortheUilaVirtualInformationController(vIC)andVirtualSmartTap(vST).ItisassumedthatthereaderhasalreadyinstalledHyper-VmanagerandisfamiliarwiththeconfigurationsandoperationsofHyper-V.ArchitectureOverviewThediagrambelowshowstheUilaManagementandAnalyticsSystemarchitecture(UMAS)anditsrelationshiptoVirtualInformationController(vIC)andUilaVirtualSmartTaps(vST).
VirtualArchitectureTheUilaManagementandAnalyticssystem(UMAS)isabigdatastoreandanalyticsenginethatisdesignedtomonitoruptothousandsofservers.TheUMAScanrecorddatainminuteresolutionswhilemaintainingrealtimeresponsiveness.Thebuilt-inredundancyoffershighavailability,removesdowntimeandreducesmaintenanceoverhead.
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TheVirtualInformationController(vIC)integratestotheHyper-Vmanager.ThevICisdeployedasaguestVMwhereitcollectsnetwork,storageandcomputeperformancemetricsthataremaintainedbytheHyper-V.ThisisthencombinedwiththedatafromtheVirtualSmartTaps(vST)andtransmittedtotheUMAS.VirtualSmartTaps(vST)arealsodeployedinthehostasanefficientlydesignedsmallfoot-printguestVMwithembeddedDeepPacketInspection(DPI)technologytoidentifyuniqueapplicationsandtheirattributes.vST’smeasureapplicationresponsetimeandcollectnetworkperformancedata.ThevSTdoesnotexamineorstorethepackets,thuseliminatingtheriskofexposingsensitivedata.
GettingStartedSystemRequirements
• UMAScanbeinstalledasaVirtualMachinedirectlyonaserverthathasHyper-Vhostinstalled.ThetablebelowshowstheminimumspecificationsrequiredtoinstallUMAS.
Scope # of VM Monitored vCPU Virtual Memory Local or Direct Storage
Small 0~250VM 2 8GB 400GB
Medium 250~500VM 4 16GB 800GB
Large 500~1000VM 8 32GB 1.6TB
• InternetBrowserforyourmonitoringconsole:
o Firefox,ChromeonWindowsplatformo Safari,Firefox,ChromeonOSXplatformo Firefox,ChromeonCentOS,UbuntuLinuxplatform
• Hyper-Vversionrequirements:
o Hyper-Vversion6.3orhigher
• Systemrequirements:o WindowsServer2012R2servero Optional:WindowsServer2012R2ActiveDirectory(AD)andDomainController
(DC)server.
o Optional:WindowsServer2012R2ClusterFailover.
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• UilaVirtualSmartTap(vST)requirements:o EachofthehostsmonitoredrequiresonevSTinstalledasaguestVM,with
averagesinglevCPUusageof70MHz,andMonitorPortGroupaverage200kbpsbandwidth,pre-allocated
o 1Gbmemoryrequiredduringinstallationand500Mbinruntimeo 2Gbdiskspacerequiredduringinstallationand500Mbinruntime
• UilaVirtualInformationController(vIC)requirements:
o InstalledasaguestVMwithsinglevCPUaverageusageof275MHzandMonitorPortGroupaverageof400kbpsnetworkbandwidth
• vIC’sminimumsystemrequirementallocationislistedinTablebelow:
# of VM Monitored vCPU Virtual Memory Local Storage
0~500VM 2 4GB 8GB
• ProperHyper-VaccessrightsarerequiredforvICtocollectinformationsuchasCPU,
memoryandstoragemetricsfromHyper-V.Theaccessrightsmustbeabletomakeconfigurationchanges,deployandsetupUilavSTVM.
• Networkrequirement
o AllocateoneIPaddressforeachofthevST’s.ThiscanbeeitherstaticIPaddressorassignedviaDHCP,priortothedeployment.
o AllocateonestaticIPaddressforthevICpriortodeployment.o AllocateonestaticIPaddressfortheUMASdeplymento OpenTCPandUDPportstoallowcommunicationsbetweenUilasub-systemsas
illustratedinthechartbelow.§ UnblockTCPports5000and443betweenvICandtheUMAS.§ UnblockTCPports443and902betweenvICandHypervisorhosts§ UnblockUDPport8000betweenvICandvST
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DeployUilaManagementandAnalyticsSystemThissectiondescribesthestep-by-stepinstructiontoinstallandactivateUMAS.
1. AnemailwithinstructionstodownloadUMASwillbeprovidedbyaUilaSupportstaff.Therewillazipfilethatconsistsof2files–
o UMAS-Deployment.ps1:UilaHyper-VPowershellinstallationscript.
o umas-template.vhdx:UilaHyper-VUMASvirtualmachinetemplate.
2. OpencmdasadministratorandrunUMAS-Deployment.ps1scriptasfollows–
3. RenameUMAStothedesirednameonHyper-Vmanager–
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4. Selectdeploymentscaleasmentioned–
5. SelectthestorageforUMAS.MakesurethestoragehasenoughspacetoaccommodatetheUMASdeploymentscale.
6. SelectthevSwitchforthemanagementportcommunication
7. SetupVLAN’sforUMASifrequired,otherwisepressNo.
8. OnceUMASVMiscreatedsuccessfully,Hyper-VwillopenUMASconsolewindowtoconfigurenetworkingproperties.
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9. UMASappliancewilltakeapproximately10-20minstodeploy.
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10. Oncethedeploymentiscomplete,UMASwillrequesttheusertoinputthedesiredusernameandpassword.Thesystemwillreboottoapplytheconfigurations
11. OpenbrowserandlogintoUilaportalusingtheIPassignedinstep8.Loginusingtheusernameandpasswordcreatedinstep10.
DeployVirtualInformationController(vIC)Thissectiondescribesthestep-by-stepinstructiontodownload,installandactivatevIC.
1. AnemailwithinstructionstodownloadvICwillbeprovidedbyaUilaSupportstaff.Therewillazipfilethatconsistsof3files–
o VIC-Deployment.ps1:UilaHyper-VPowershellinstallationscript.o vic-template.vhdx:UilaHyper-VvICvirtualmachinetemplate.o uila-hyperv-vst.zip:UilaHyper-VvSTvirtualmachinetemplate.
2. OpencmdasadministratorandruntheVIC-Deployment.ps1installationscript–
PowerShell.exe–ExecutionPolicyUnRestricted–File.\VIC-Deployment.ps1
3. EntervICvirtualmachineconfiguration-o vICnameo vCPUo Memory
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4. Selectstorage–
5. SelectvSwitchformanagementcommunication–
6. SelectvLANoptionforvIC.Ifyes,aVLANidmustbespecified.
7. OncevICVMisdeployedsuccessfully,Hyper-VwillopenvICconsolewindowforyoutoconfigurenetworkingproperties.
8. ConfigurevICpropertiessuchasUMASIP,UilaloginIDandpassword.Incaseofon-premiseinstallationpress‘n’.
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9. vICrebootstoapplythenewconfiguration.LoginusingthevICcredentialsprovidedinstep8.
NowproceedtoinstalltheVirtualSmartTap(vST)
DeployVirtualSmartTap(vST)Thissectiondescribesastep-by-stepinstructiontodeployvST.
1. LogintoUilaportal.TheportalcanbeaccessedbyenteringtheIPaddress/hostnameofUMASserveronthewebbrowser.
2. Ifanorangebuttonlightsup,thevICisabletocommunicatewiththeUMAS.ClickontheorangebuttontostartvSTdeployment.
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3. Clickon“Settings”andthen“vSTconfiguration”todefinetheHyper-Vdatacenter
4. OncetheHyper-VandvSwitchonvSTconfigurationappear,continuetoinstallvST.
5. Oncecorrectlyinstalled,thevSTstatuswillshowupwithagreen‘Active’
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ContactUilaSupportUilasoftwaresolutionsaredesignedwitheaseofinstallationandsimplifiedmaintenanceinmind.TheUilateamisdedicatedtoexceedingyourexpectations,andknowsthatanydowntimeistoomuchintoday'scompetitiveworld.Ourgoalistokeepyourapplicationsrunning24X7.Weofferasimpleandeffectivesupportprogramtomeetyourneeds.CustomerswhopurchasedUilaproductsandundersupportcontractwillreceivethefollowingbenefits:
• Unlimitedsupportviaemailorphonecall• Freesoftwareminorreleaseupdate• Freesoftwaremajorreleaseupgrade
Email:[email protected]:(408)819-0775
AboutUilaUilagivesITinfrastructureteamsx-rayvisionfortheirdatacenteroperationsandenduserexperience.DesignedforPrivate,PublicandHybridCloudenvironments,Uila’sApplication-CentricDataCenterInfrastructureMonitoringandAnalyticsprovideinstantvisibilityintohotspotsandbottlenecksinanydatacenter.Uilaprovidesservicedependencymapping,fullstackcorrelationwith1-clickrootcauseanalysisandpatenteddeeppacketinspectiontechnologythatunderstandsover2,700applicationprotocolsfortransactionalmetadataanalysis.BusinessesuseUilatoalignthemselveswiththeirITOperationsteamandcuttimetoresolutionfromdaystominutes,keeptheirapplicationatpeakperformanceatalltimeandensureend-usersatisfactiontothefullest.