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Review Hyper-V Requirements

Review the following requirements before you start configuring the Hyper-V management components of CA Virtual Assurance:

• You are familiar with TCP/IP, SNMP, web services, and Windows Server operating systems.
• You have a basic understanding of CA Virtual Assurance, CA SystemEDGE, and Hyper-V Servers.
• You can access a CA Virtual Assurance manager installation that includes the Hyper-V Platform Management Module (PMM), Hyper-V Application Insight Module (AIM), and Monitoring Agent (CA SystemEDGE).
• You can access the CA Virtual Assurance user interface.
• Verify that the Hyper-V AIM is installed at the Hyper-V Server.
• You have valid credentials available (user name and password) to access the Hyper-V Server that you want to manage.
• You have verified that the Hyper-V Server runs properly.
• Verify that the SNMP settings on the CA Virtual Assurance manager and the Hyper-V Server are consistent. Read and write community strings and SNMP port number must be identical.
• You have verified that the CA Virtual Assurance manager has discovered the Hyper-V Server that you want to use.

More information:

Interactions Between Hyper-V Server Management Components

Apply Required Settings for Using Microsoft Hyper-V

Add a New Hyper-V Server Connection to the Manager

Discover the Servers

Verify the Hyper-V Server Folder in the Resources Tree

(Optional) Add the SCVMM Management Instance to the CA Virtual Assurance Manager