Reserve and Manage Virtual Machines with Hyper-V

Reserve and Manage Virtual Machines with Hyper-V

As a Service Consumer, your responsibilities require you to work with virtual machines. The self-service portal allows you to reserve virtual machines with Hyper-V, and manage their lifecycles. Use the self-service portal to:

• Reserve a virtual machine based on an available template.
• Manage your reserved virtual machines.
  • Change Hyper-V virtual machine
  • Use Hyper-V power functions
  • Extend or return Hyper-V reservation

Reservations and management requests are subject to approval by your service provider or administrator. You receive emails informing you on how to access your virtual machines and the status of your requests.

The following diagram illustrates how to reserve and manage virtual machines with Hyper-V.

Perform the following tasks to reserve and manage a virtual machine:

1. Access Hyper-V Management
2. Reserve a Hyper-V Virtual Machine
3. Manage Your Reserved Machines
   • Change Hyper-V Virtual Machine
   • Use Hyper-V Power Functions
   • Extend or Return a Virtual Machine Reservation

Access Hyper-V Management

The self-service portal is a web page from which you can reserve and manage virtual machines. The portal centralizes, expedites, and automates virtual-machine requests. The portal is accessible from CA Service Catalog with the URL and credentials that your Service Provider provides.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the CA Service Catalog.
2. Click Requests.

   The available services list opens.

3. Click Server Automation Services.
4. Click Hyper-V Management.

   The Hyper-V Management page opens. You can use the page to request virtual machines and manage their lifecycles.

Reserve a Hyper-V Virtual Machine

You reserve virtual machines based on your project or business requirements. Reserving a Hyper-V virtual machine provides the flexibility to select and deploy virtual machines automatically and add additional software packages. You also can request a virtual machine that is based on a selected virtual machine template. Configuration options include:

• Operating system
• Installed applications
• Quantity of CPUs
• Amount of memory

You can reserve the appropriate resource allocation for a specified period on one or more virtual machines. Ensure that you provide a unique reservation name as the system does not support duplicate names.

Follow these steps:

1. Access Hyper-V Management.
2. Click Reserve Hyper-V Virtual Machine.

   A web form opens with fields for defining the request.

3. Complete the required form fields.

   Additional form fields populate.

4. Modify the populated fields and remaining fields as needed.
5. Click Add to Cart and Check Out.
6. Review your request details, and click Save and Submit Cart.

A confirmation message displays. Your request is processed. You receive an email indicating whether your request was approved or declined. If approved, the email includes information about how to access your resources.

Manage Your Reserved Machines

After successful reservation of virtual machines, you can manage their lifecycles from the self-service portal. You can:

• Change hardware configurations

  You can request to increase or decrease the quantity of CPUs or amounts of memory.

• Use Hyper-V power functions

  You can request to power on, power off, or can reset the virtual machine to its original configuration.

• Extend or return reservations

  If you need a machine longer than you originally requested, you can request to extend your reservation. If you no longer need a machine, you can return it back to the resource pool.

Change Hyper-V Virtual Machine

Your virtual machine requirements can change after your machine is available. You can increase or decrease the quantity of CPUs and amount of memory on the virtual machines you reserved. Your Service Provider sets the available configuration options. Additionally, configuration change requests are subject to approval by your Service Provider or Administrator.

Follow these steps:

1. Access Hyper-V Management.
2. Click Change Hyper-V Virtual Machine.

   A web form opens.

3. Complete the required form fields.

   Additional form fields populate.

4. Modify the populated fields and remaining fields as needed.
5. Click Add to Cart and Check Out.
6. Review your request details, and click Save and Submit Cart.

A confirmation message displays. Your request is processed. An Approving Manager reviews your reservation. You receive an email indicating whether your request was approved or rejected.

Use Hyper-V Power Functions

You can request to have your virtual machine powered on, powered off, or can reset the virtual machine to its original configuration.

Follow these steps:

1. Access Hyper-V Management.
2. Click Hyper-V Power Functions.

   A web form opens.

3. Complete the required form fields.

   Additional form fields populate.

4. Modify the populated fields and remaining fields as needed.
5. Click Add to Cart and Check Out.
6. Review your request details, and click Save and Submit Cart.

A confirmation displays indicating that your request was submitted successfully. The My Recent Requests pane updates showing your new and previous reservations.

This request does not require approval from your Approving Manager.

Extend or Return a Hyper-V Reservation

As your project and business requirements change, you can modify the durations of your virtual machine reservations. You can:

• Extend a reservation date.
• Return a reservation.

Extensions are subject to approval from your Service Provider or Administrator. Returning an unneeded reservation provides resources for new reservation requests.

Follow these steps:

1. Access Hyper-V Management.
2. Click one of the following options:
   • Extend Hyper-V Reservation.
   • Return Hyper-V Reservation.

   A web form opens.

3. Complete the required form fields.

   Additional form fields populate.

4. Modify the populated fields and remaining fields as needed.
5. Click Add to Cart and Check Out.
6. Review your request details, and click Save and Submit Cart.

A confirmation message displays. Your request is processed. An Approving Manager reviews your reservation for extension. You receive an email indicating whether your request was approved or rejected.

Returned reservations are available in the resource pool.

Now you know how to reserve and manage virtual machines with Hyper-V. You can reserve machines, alter hardware configurations, and extend, or return the machines that you reserved.