Virtual Machine Installation (HyperV)

3 min

perform the following steps to deploy litmus edge manager (lem) on hyper v step 1 create a gen 1 virtual machine using hyper v wizard step 2 configure the virtual machine step 3 start the lem virtual machine step 4 log in to litmus edge manager before you begin, download the vmdx image from https //portal litmus io/ for the lem version that you want to install step 1 create gen 1 virtual machine using hyper v wizard start hyper v manager click on the actions pane and select new > virtual machine the new virtual machine wizard launches choose a name and location for the lem vm the default location is c \program data\microsoft\windows\hyper v\ in specify generation , to enable the lem vm to boot on hyper v, select generation 2 as the target vm generation in assign memory , specify 16384 mb as startup memory and select use dynamic memory for this virtual machine in configure networking , select default switch in connect virtual hard disk, select use an existing virtual hard disk and specify the location for the vhdx image that you download earlier from https //portal litmus io/ click next and click finish the newly created vm displays in the list of virtual machines step 2 configure the virtual machine click on the newly created vm and select settings on the action pane to configure the vm make the following changes on the settings dialog boot order select ide as the default boot option security clear the enable secure boot check box memory ensure the ram is at least 16384 mb ensure that dynamic memory is selected the minimum ram is at least 10240 mb processors set the number of virtual processors to at least 4 leave the remaining fields with the default values network adapter confirm that default switch is selected click apply and ok the settings dialog closes step 3 start the lem vm click connect on the actions pane in the dialog, click start to start the lem vm step 4 log in to lem see docid\ w3uhzq4tsrh7oljhult0a for information on logging in to lem