All - In - One for Hyper- V INSTALL GUIDE
LiveNX All- In- One Server Types and Requirements Here are specifications to LiveNX All- In- One Server types and its OVA requirements. Storage can be expanded by adding additional hardware. The following specifications are the Minimum Recommended values for deployment. Custom- Server: Used for less than 25 devices, or less than 25k flows/sec Deployment is targeted towards non- server installation (Laptops, Desktops, etc.) Specifications: 2vCPU Xeon or i7 4GB RAM LiveNX Server Max Heap Size 2GB 250GB Data Disk (minimum recommendation) Small- Server: Used for less than 100 Devices, or less than 100k flows/sec Installation for server environments with Hyper- V Manager/ VMware Hypervisor ESX(i) Specifications: 8vCPU Xeon or i7 16GB RAM LiveNX Server Max Heap Size 8GB 2TB Data Disk (minimum recommendation) Storage can be expanded by adding additional disks Medium- Server: Used for 100 500 Devices or less than 200k flows/sec Installation for server environments with Hyper- V Manager/ VMware Hypervisors / ESX(i) Specifications: 16vCPU Xeon or i7 32GB RAM LiveNX Server Max Heap Size 16GB 4TB Data Disk (minimum recommendation) Storage can be expanded by adding additional disks Large- Server: Used for 500 1000 Devices or greater than 200k flows/sec Installation for server environments with Hyper- V Manager/ VMware Hypervisors / ESX(i) Specifications: 32vCPU Xeon or i7 32GB RAM LiveNX Server Max Heap Size 16GB 8TB Data Disk (minimum recommendation) NOTE: LiveAction Cloud license. You need to have a new license for 6.2.0. Contact LA Support(support@liveaction.com) added to the cloud license process. Summary LiveAction s LiveNX AIO deployment is made to simplify the user experience in deploying LiveNX on the network. LiveNX AIO deployment combines the needs of the entire deployment into 1 simple and easy OVF to deploy. This simplifies the startup and makes user experience overall easy and functionally favorable to get up and running. If you have any questions about this guide, or need any assistance in general please contact LiveAction support: support@liveaction.com
LiveNX All- In- One Deployment The LiveNX All- in- One installation is deployed on Hyper- V Manager. Please follow the steps below to deploy the All- In- One. NOTE: The Open Virtualization format (OVF) installation has LiveNX integrated, there will NOT be a separate software installation step. Download the OVF from http://liveaction.com/download/links to the windows server where your Hyper- V Manager is located. Pre requisites: 1. Hyper- V Manager must be enabled on your windows server 2012 R2. 2. A Virtual switch is required to connect the LiveNX Virtual Machine to your network. 3. Remember to reserve a portion of physical memory for the windows operating system. 4. Please take a note of the number of disks that are associated with the different flavor of the OVF you are installing 5. Please remember to have the IP address to assign to the OVF 6. Download the OVF from http://liveaction.com/download/links to the Windows server where your Hyper- V Manager is installed. 7. Extract downloaded files using 7zip and save extracted files to the Hard Drive dedicated for LiveNX Data Creating a Virtual Machine Step 1: Log into the Hyper- V Manager
Step 2: 1. Select the Server running Hyper- V 2. From the screen below select Action > New > Virtual Machine 3. Review the Image description and Click Next
4. Name the deployment Image and Click Next 5. Review the Image description and choose the Generation 1 NOTE: a. Once the Virtual Machine is deployed you cannot change the Generation. b. In the screen below, choose Generation 1 to deploy the VM. LiveNX does not operate under Generation 2.
6. Open the OVF file in a browser or text editor. 7. Look for the description Memory size. NOTE: The below text is an example from the small OVA. 8. Review the image description and allocate the memory size in the dialog box below. Click Next NOTE: Do not select Use Dynamic Memory.
9. Review the image description below and choose the Network Adaptor to use the Virtual Switch. Click Next 10. Review the image description below, choose Use an existing Virtual hard disk. Choose the destination location, Select the VHD file with the name disk1.vhd from the download file. Click Next.
11. Review the Image description and click finish. Virtual Machine is ready. Please proceed to Step 3 for installing LiveNX. Step 3: Adding the remaining virtual disks 1. Select the LiveNX Virtual Machine. On the image below, Click Settings.
2. Select SCSI controller, then Select Hard Drive > Click Add Choose the location that is currently not in use.
3. Choose the destination location, Select the VHD file with the name disk2.vhd from the download. Click Apply then OK. 4. Increase number of virtual processors. By default, the value is set to 1, this might cause performance issues. Increase number of virtual processor value to 2. Step 4: 1. Depending on the deployment flavor, like Tiny OVF/ Small OVF/Medium OVF/Large OVF, the number of disk files vary. 2. Please repeat Step 3 if the installation requires more virtual disk. 3. If you would like to expand the disks, follow the process in Step 4.1 below. If not, proceed to Step 5 Step 4.1: 1. Select the LiveNX Virtual Machine. On the image below, Click Settings.
2. Select SCSI controller, then Select Hard Drive > Click Add 3. Select the Location that is not in use. 4. Under the Virtual Hard disk >Click on New and Proceed
5. Click Next and select the option depending on your requirement. Choose the option depending on your requirement. If you select the VHD option, the maximum limit is going to be 2TB Note: In the below screen I selected the VHD option. 6. Click Next and select Fixed Size 7. Click Next. Name the new Disk. In the below screen, I named it as disk 5.
8. Click on browse and select the folder where the existing disks are located. Note: In the screenshot below, I have the existing disks saved in C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\Tiny- Test 9. Click Next and select create a new blank virtual hard disk. Since I selected the VHD option above I am allocating 2tb to my virtual disk 10. Click Next and Finish to deploy the new VHD. NOTE: Remember to use unique unused locations for each of the additional virtual disks. Step 5: At this Point the OVF is ready. Right click on the device and click Start.
At this point sever is running. To get access to the server click Connect. Step 6: Configure the Network NOTE: LiveAction comes with the ability to pick up DHCP on a local network as well as utilizing a static IP a. Static IP option i. Recommended for Production Environments
ii. Configure Static IP and press [y] to save and apply the setting b. DHCP Option i. Recommended for Test Environments ii. Configure DHCP Option NOTE: DHCP Option will have the above fields filled in if there is a DHCP server to distribute IPs Once the network configuration portion is completed, the LiveNX Appliance will be reachable. The next steps would be to log into the appliance and launch the LiveAction Server Management Console. Starting up the All- In- One OVF With the 6.2.0 release onwards the user can go the the web interface by typing https://<ip- address- of- LiveNX- Server>. NOTE: For LiveNX licensing documentation check with support@liveaction.com The licensing can also now be managed from the Web Interface. The next section will more on licensing. Step 1: Licensing 1. By this time, you should have received an email from LiveAction Support regarding the cloud license. With the information from the email, please proceed to the next step. 2. Point your browser to the IP of the All- In- One OVA and login with your LiveNX Client credentials https://aio_ip_address
3. In another tab, login to the LiveAction Licensing Portal. 4. Once you are logged in to the licensing portal, you will see your LiveNX 6.0 License(s) here. In the Details column, click on the eye icon to obtain your Key and Secret:
Using Cloud License 1. Go to the webui, Click on Add license 2. Enter the Key and Secret that you noted from step 5. Click on Next
3. You will be re- directed to Add cloud license page. Click Yes 4. Once your license is activated, you will be re- directed to the Configure page. Here, you can verify the License information
5. Click on About page to check the server and web version Using Traditional License: 1. Go to the webui, Click on Add license
2. Upload the required license file XXX.lic Using Trial License 1. Go to the webui, Click on Use Trial License on the Cloud or Traditional and fill in the information. Figure: Cloud trial license page
Figure: Traditional trial license page 5. Click on About page to check the server and web version
The properties section can now be accessed from the Web Interface. Connecting to the LiveNX All- In- One OVF Web Start Client Installation 1. Open a browser to https://<ip- of- LiveNX>:8092 a. Note: the https and the port number of 8092 2. Click on Launch LiveAction Client
The Java Client can also be launched from the Web Interface. 3. Java Web Start will launch and allow the Client to run a. The LiveAction Server will show the JRE version require to run b. Please make sure that JRE is installed with the correct referenced version before proceeding Logging into the LiveNX Java Client 1. Log into LiveAction a. Username: admin b. Password: admin NOTE: Logging into the Java Client will force the administrative password to change. This is necessary in order to gain access to the WebUI Logging into LiveNX WebUI 1. Open a browser to https://<ip- of- LiveNX> 2. Enter the IP address or hostname of the LiveNX Server 3. Leave the port number as 8093 Note: When the connection is made, the session will be redirected and an accept to the local certificate will have to be done. Once you go through this process, a login page will be presented. 4. Log in using your LiveNX Client credentials
NOTE: The credentials now have been changed from the previous steps on the java client. These logins are tied together After logging in, the screenshot below represents an example of what LiveNX s HTML5 webui will display if there are devices that have been configured in the LiveNX Client.