• 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

Preparing the Windows Server System

Before installing an On-Premises Analytics instance on Hyper-V, prepare the Windows server system:

• Install Windows Server 2012 or newer.
• Install the Hyper-V Role in the Windows server system. Refer to the instructions at: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/get-started/install-the-hyper-v-role-on-windows-server
• A Hyper-V virtual switch for networking. In case you don't have a virtual switch configured in your environment, refer the following section: Creating a Virtual Switch.

An virtual switch is needed only when the VM has to access external resources and communicate with firewall on the network. If the firewall is deployed on the same host then an internal switch is sufficient.