Array Configuration Utility on Hyper-V Server R2

[Gavin Dudey_1]

Hello,

I am trying to install the Array Configuration Utility on Hyper-V Server R2, but having problems.

I cannot get the configuration utility to run.
I have tried it in remote service mode, but that doesnt work.

Does the ACU work on Hyper-V Server R2?
If so, how can I get it to work?

Gav.

[Michal Kapalka (mikap)]

hi,

did you try to install the ACU before the hyper-v role was added ???

check this docu :

"Implementing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 on HP ProLiant servers"

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01639594/c01639594.pdf

here is also a advisory for the proliants and Windows 2008 R2 + hyper-v.

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01905084&dimid=1086285594&dicid=alr_oct09&jumpid=em_alerts/us/oct09/all/xbu/emailsubid/mrm/mcc/loc/rbu_category/alerts


mikap

[Gavin Dudey_1]

This isnt Microsoft Server 2008.
This is Microsoft Hyper-V server R2.

Microsoft Hyper-V server is a cut-down version of Server 2008 core.

I need to know if the ACU works specifically with Microsoft Hyper-V server R2?

Has HP tested this?


Gav.

[Gavin Dudey_1]

This isnt Microsoft Server 2008.
This is Microsoft Hyper-V server R2.

Microsoft Hyper-V server is a cut-down version of Server 2008 core.

I need to know if the ACU works specifically with Microsoft Hyper-V server R2?

As HP tested this?


Gav.

[Derek Brown V1]

Did you ever get this working? I have a DL380 G6 that I intended to install Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 on this coming week. I just got it in the rack (haven't even powered it on), but it will be strictly for testing, so I wanted to throw a lot of virtual servers on it. Even though mine is just a test server, I'm not comfortable putting a lot of time into it if I can't use ACU.

Sorry to get off topic, but do you know if Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 supports remote monitoring (Insight Manager) as well?

[Gavin Dudey_1]

No, I still havent got this working. I've tried most things, to no avail.

I'm still waiting on a response from HP as to whether this works.
I'd have thought that such a major product as "Microsoft Hyper-V server" would have been thoroughly tested by HP, but the lack of an answer on this suggests otherwise.

I havent tried Insight Manager.

Gav.

[ZeljkoManjkas]

Install HP ProLiant ACU (not CLI),
start "C:\Program Files (x86)\Compaq\Cpqacuxe\Bin\setup.exe"

select Remote Service mode and then

browse from your computer to
https://IPAddress:2381/ACU-XE/ACU.htm

You can also install all others System Management software for R2.

[Gavin Dudey_1]

I've tried this already.
I start Remote Service mode - which incidentally claims it will run on port 2301, rather than 2381.
Open a browser on my local PC and navigate to address....nothing.
I have even performed a port scan against the server to see if 2301 or 2381 are open. They are not. I even did a port scan from 1-65535. No ports open except that standard ones you'd expect.
I know its not a firewall issue because I have turned that off.

Can you confirm your instructions work for Hyper-V Server R2? ie- not server core.

Gav.

[Gavin Dudey_1]

I've just got off the phone from HP about this matter.

The helpful gent supplied me a URL that lists all of the supported Microsoft Products on Proliant Servers
http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/us/en/servers/ws-servers-2008-r2.html
As you can see, Microsoft Hyper-V Server doesnt even get a mention.
http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v-server/en/us/default.aspx
Clearly HP have tested Server 2008, but Server 2008 is not Hyper-V server.
My suspicions are that Hyper-V is so cut down that it is missing some vital component to allow the ACU to run.

I'll buy Dell....I know their Array Configuration Utility works on Hyper-V Server.

Gav.

[Derek Brown V1]

I haven't even had a chance to power my server up yet. I hope to get to this today, and I will let you know if I figure anything out. Considering that I am planning to install Hyper-V Server on a DL380 G6, and the G6 was designed specifically with virtualization in mind, I'd say someone really dropped the ball if this doesn't work.