Overview
OneIQ Pulse for Datacenter supports the collection of configuration and performance data from Microsoft Hyper-V clusters and standalone hosts. The following versions are supported:
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016 or higher
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 or higher, with a Hyper-V role
Prerequisites
Outbound Internet connectivity on port 443 (SSL) to OneIQ
A read-only user for Hyper-V.
OneIQ Pulse server - Windows Server 2016 or later with the following specifications.
Cluster Virtual IP and Management IPs of all Microsoft Hyper-V hosts should be accessible through WinRM.
Machines | Without Network Flows | With Network Flows |
Up to 5,000 | 2 vCPUs, 4 GB memory | 4 vCPUs, 8 GB memory |
5,000–10,000 | 4 vCPUs, 8 GB memory | 8 vCPUs, 16 GB memory |
NB: For environments larger than 10,000 machines, contact our team.
Discover Microsoft Hyper-V clusters
Open the OneIQ Pulse console and follow the steps below:
Select the Microsoft Hyper-V platform
Copy the connection key to the clipboard or save it. Then select Download OneIQ Pulse for Datacenter to download the OneIQ Pulse executable.
Once you’ve downloaded the OneIQ Pulse for Datacenter binary to a Windows Server in your environment, run the executable.
In the Select Discovery Target menu, choose Microsoft Hyper-V
Enter the following information:
Cluster FQDN or cluster virtual IP as Hostname or IP address. Standalone hostname or IP can also be used.
Username and Password
Click Create to initiate Microsoft Hyper-V cluster discovery
Upon successful discovery, a new Microsoft Hyper-V tile will appear in the Dashboard with the following information:
Hostname or IP address
Username
Status
What's next?
Use OneIQ Pulse to discover other supported datacenter platforms and collect network flows to identify dependencies.
Cloud-native platforms inside the datacenter can be connected using the following OneIQ Pulse connectors: