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17. Windows Server 2012 R2 must be installed on each of the management VMs. You can install
Windows Server 2012 R2 by attaching an .iso file to the virtual DVD or by using existing OS
deployment applications. If installing by ISO file, add a DVD Drive first by clicking SCSI
Controller in the VM Settings, highlighting DVD Drive, and clicking Add.
18. After installing the OS and applying your Windows license key, configure an IP address for the
VM.
19. Change the computer name to an appropriate host name and join the VM to your domain.
20. Repeat the tasks to create all of the necessary Windows Server VMs listed in the Hyper-V
Management VM table.
5.1.1 Creating Management VMs for the vSphere hypervisor configuration
For equivalent tasks to create VMs for vSphere, see the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration
Guide (ESXi 5.5). For the specifications to use for the VMs, refer to the vSphere Management VM
Table earlier in this guide.
5.2 Installing SQL Software
5.2.1 SQL Software Prerequisites
Prerequisites for the SQL Server installation:
1. Log in to the SQL VM to perform the SQL Server 2012 installation. For best performance, we
recommend formatting the additional virtual disks for data, logs, tempdb, and temp logs
using a 64K allocation size before installing SQL. To format the additional drives, right-click the
partitions in Disk Management, select Format, and then select 64K from the allocation unit size
drop-down menu (if new, right-click the drive and select New Simple Volume and continue with
formatting).
NOTE: If the drives are offline, right-click the drive, select Online, right-click again, and then select
Initialize before formatting.