• On-Premises Analytics 2.5.5 for Hyper-V
• About this Guide
  • Guide Conventions
• System Requirements
  • Supported Firewalls
  • Additional Firewall Requirements
  • Supported Platforms
  • Hardware Compatibility
  • Minimum Requirements
  • IPFIX Based Licensing Model
  • IPFIX Based Capacity Planning
  • Backup and Recovery Information
  • Importing Firewall Configurations
  • Creating a MySonicWall Account
• Installing On-Premises Analytics on Hyper-V
  • Preparing the Windows Server System
  • Creating a Virtual Switch
  • Obtaining the Installation Image
  • Installing On-Premises Analytics on HyperV
  • Configuring On-Premises Analytics on Hyper-V
  • Adding Firewalls to On-Premises Analytics
• Licensing and Registering Your On-Premises Analytics Instance
  • Registering the On-Premises Analytics Instance
  • Activating Firewall Licensing for Syslog-Based On-Premises Analytics
  • Deregistering Your On-Premises Analytics Instance
• Upgrading On-Premises Analytics
  • Upgrading Analytics 2.5.5
    • Upgrading Analytics with data in external disk
    • Upgrading Analytics with data in internal disk
      • [[[Missing Linked File System.LinkedTitle]]]
    • Converting Additional Data Disk from VHD to VHDX Format
    • Unmounting the Hard Disk from older Analytics Version
    • Mounting the Hard Disk on new Analytics
  • Upgrading Analytics using SWI file
• Migrating Data From Internal to External Disk
  • Preparing the Analytics to Add External Disk
    • Expanding Existing Disk
  • Adding External Disk
  • Migrating the Data To External Disk
• Using the Management Console
  • Connecting to the Console
  • Management Console Operations
    • System Info
    • Storage
    • Network Interfaces
    • Diagnostics
    • NTP Server
    • Reboot | Shutdown
    • About
    • Logs
  • Using SafeMode on the Management Console
    • Enabling SafeMode
    • Disabling SafeMode
    • Configuring the Network Interfaces in SafeMode
      • Configuring Interface Settings
      • Disabling an Interface
    • Installing a Software Upgrade in SafeMode
    • Downloading Logs in SafeMode
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

Installing On-Premises Analytics on HyperV

To install On-Premises Analytics on Hyper-V

1. Download the VHD file and copy it to a known location.

2. Login to the Hyper-V system.

3. Click New in the Actions panel to the right and select Virtual Machine.

   

4. Navigate to Specify Name and Location and enter the Name of the VM.

   

5. Click Next.

6. In Specify Generation, select Generation 1.

   

7. Click Next.

8. In Assign Memory, specify the Startup memory to the VM. Refer to IPFIX Based Licensing Model for recommendations on memory.

   

9. Click Next.

10. In Configure Networking, select the virtual switch, created in Creating a Virtual Switch section from the drop-down menu.

    

11. Click Next.

12. In Connect Virtual Hard Disk, select Use an existing virtual hard disk, click on Browse and select the location where the VHD file was saved in step 1.

    

13. Click Next.

14. In Summary, review the configuration and click Finish.

    

15. Right click on the Analytics VM and select Settings.

    

16. Select Processor and specify the Number of virtual processors. Refer to IPFIX Based Licensing Model to know the number of processors needed.

    

17. Click Apply.

18. Select SCSI Controller, select Hard Drive and click Add.

    

    This step is to add external HDD for storing reporting and analytics data. At the minimum license level, an additional external mount of 500 GB of storage is required for logs storage.

19. Select Virtual hard disk and click New to create a new data disk.

    

20. Navigate to Choose Disk Format, select VHDX for type of virtual hard disk.

    

21. Click Next.

22. In Choose Disk Type, select Fixed size.

    

23. Click Next.

24. In Specify Name and Location, enter Name, click Browse and select the location for the vhdx file.

    

25. Click Next.

26. In Configure Disk, select Create a new blank virtual hard disk and enter the Size of the virtual hard disk in GB.

    

    For IPFIX based installation of analytics refer to IPFIX Based Licensing Model for minimum storage requirement based on license level.

27. Click Next.

28. In Summary, review the configuration and click Finish.

    

29. Once the disk is created, review the VM configuration and click OK.

    

30. Right click on the Analytics VM and select Connect.

    

31. Click on Start to power on the VM.

    

    The initial boot process may take 10 to 15 minutes.

    See Management Console Operations for information about the options in the Management Console.

32. You are now ready to configure On-Premises Analytics on Hyper-V.