How it works...

The installation of VMM Management Server 2016 is straightforward because it has enhancements added that simplify the installation process. When you click on Install on the main Setup page, this version will install some of the prerequisites for you, if they are necessary. In addition, if you are installing VMM on a cluster node, you will be prompted to make it highly available. For more information, see Chapter 3, Installing a Highly Available VMM Management Server.

If the user account running the VMM setup (RLLAB\vmm-admin) has the right to create the VMMDKM container in AD DS, you don't necessarily need to have created it previously, although it is recommended because of the following:

  • VMM setup checks whether the VMMDKM container is present in AD. If it is present, it will create a new container under VMMDKM.
  • If the VMMDKM container does not exist, the setup will try to create it.

When creating the container, VMM will give the selected permissions to the VMM service domain account (informed on the same page).

When installing HA VMM, you cannot select the local system account, as it is not supported in this case.

If your account does not have the CREATE permissions option on the SQL database server, or if you are not a database administrator, you can ask them to previously create the VMM database. Alternatively, you can provide an account with permissions to create a database on SQL Server during the installation process by selecting the Use the following credentials checkbox and then providing the username and password.

During installation, you will be required to create the VMM library. The default share is MSSCVMMLibrary and the folder is located at %SYSTEMDRIVE%\ProgramData\Virtual Machine Manager Library Files, which is a hidden folder.

You will be able to add additional library shares or servers on the VMM console by using the VMM command shell, after the installation.
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