Deploying SSMC appliance through Microsoft Hyper-V using the PowerShell Installer script

Prerequisites

Ensure that you have administrator privileges to install SSMC appliance on the Hyper-V server.
Verify that the network switch and a suitable adapter are configured on the Hyper-V server. For more information on setting the network switch and suitable adapter, see Microsoft Hyper-V Administration Guide.
HPE recommends you to install Windows latest mandatory and critical patches before using the Windows system. For more information on Windows updates, see Microsoft support. Ensure to verify the patch revision in SPOCK before proceeding with the installation.

Procedure

Open HPE_SSMC_<build number>_HyperV_Image folder from the ISO image.
Extract the contents of the HPESSMC-<build number>-HyperV_Appliance.zip file to Hyper-V server.
Ensure that the following files are available in HPESSMC-<build number>-HyperV_Appliance.zip
- SSMCAppliance-<build number>-disk1.vhd.zip
- SSMC-Hyper-V-Installer.ps1
Specify the directory path to SSMC VHD ZIP file location.
Run the PowerShell script using the command .\SSMC-Hyper-V Installer.ps1 from the specified directory.
IMPORTANT:
Select Always run when an error message related to "trusted publisher" is observed. The Always run option adds HPE as a trusted publisher and the execution continues without interruption.
To accept the license agreement, type a.
Specify the path to the directory where you want to create the SSMC appliance.
NOTE:
Ensure that the specified directory does not exist on the server. The deployment script creates a directory with the name that you specified and copies the SSMC system disk VHD file to create an SSMC appliance.
Specify a name for the SSMC appliance.
Select a Virtual Hardware Configuration Template for SSMC from the available configurations.
NOTE:
- Read the configuration details available on deployment configuration page when you select the configuration as Small, Medium, or Large. For more information on the deployment options and configuration details, see the note in the section Deploying SSMC appliance OVF template using VMware vCenter Server.
Select VM switch to configure network interfaces.
NOTE:
If there is only one VM switch configured then this switch will be selected by default.
- Summary of the configuration appears.
- A new SSMC appliance created on Hyper-V manager.
Type Y to power on the SSMC appliance.
Right click the SSMC appliance on Hyper-V Manager and select Connect.
Login to SSMC appliance console using user name as ssmcadmin and password as ssmcadmin.
NOTE:
Ensure to change the default password after the SSMC deployment on Hyper-V server.
The SSMC login credentials for appliance and SSMC login credentials for SSMC console are different.
Configure SSMC appliance by using Text-based User Interface (TUI).