Dell PowerVault DR2000v User Manual

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Hyper-V Management Tools
This prerequisite is a Windows feature that contains a PowerShell extension to manage Hyper-V servers on
Windows 2012 and Windows 2012 R2 systems. To install this feature, using PowerShell, enter the following
commands:
Install-WindowsFeature Hyper-V-Tools
Install-WindowsFeature Hyper-V-PowerShell
Our product is digitally signed for this reason. The PowerShell Execution Policy has to be set to AllSigned or
RemoteSigned. Refer to the following link for more information:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee176961.aspx

Enter the following command in PowerShell with elevated privileges:
Set-ExecutionPolicy AllSigned
This might require that the digital signature or certificate be trusted. To import the certificate, follow these steps:

a.

Open Windows Explorer, and navigate to the bin folder.

b.

Right-click the file, DELL-DR2000v.dll.

c.

On the Go to Digital Signature tab, click Details, and then click View Certificate.

d.

Click Install the Certificate on the Local system and place it under Trusted Publishers or Enterprise Trust.

Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2 Configuration:

PowerShell Management Library for Hyper-V from Codeplex
This prerequisite is an Open Source project that provides a PowerShell management library for Hyper-V. It is based
on Microsoft Public License (MS-PL). You can download the binaries from the following location:

https://pshyperv.codeplex.com/releases

This software uses the R2 SP1 version. (Note that this is a Beta product.) Refer to the following link to install the
package:

http://www.virtualizationadmin.com/articles-tutorials/microsoft-hyper-v-articles/storage-management/administer-
microsoft-hyper-v-command-line-cli.html

This product is not signed. For this reason, the PowerShell Execution Policy has to be set to Unrestricted. To do so,
enter the following command in PowerShell with elevated privileges.
Set-ExecutionPolicy unrestricted
Once you have extracted the content of PsHyperV.zip to a temporary location, you need to unblock the content. (This
should be done since Windows attempts to block scripts downloaded from the Internet) To do so, follow the steps in
one of the following procedures.
To unblock the content using Windows Explorer:

a.

Open Windows Explorer, and navigate to the temporary HyperV folder.

b.

Right-click the first file in the folder and, on the shortcut menu, select Properties.

c.

When the file properties appear, click Unblock.

d.

Click OK and then repeat the process for each file in the folder.

To unblock the content using PowerShell:

a.

From PowerShell, in the temporary folder, execute the following command:
Get-childitem -rec | unblock-file -whatif

b.

After the command executes, move the folder HyperV to %WINDIR%\System32\WindowsPowerShell
\v1.0\Modules\

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