You can install the vNIOS virtual appliance on Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, or 2019 using either Windows PowerShell or Hyper-V Manager as described in this topic. Sections covered in this topic are:

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Method 1 - Using Windows Powershell

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1. Open Hyper-V Manager.
2. From the Actions menu, select New -> Virtual Machine. The New Virtual Machine Wizard appears.
3. On the Before You Begin tab, read the notes about the wizard, and then click Next.
4. Provide a name for the virtual machine in the Name field, and then click Next.
5. On the Specify Generation tab, select Generation 1 as the generation of the virtual machine.
6. On the Assign Memory tab, specify the memory. You can refer to the table in the vNIOS Virtual Appliance Specifications for Microsoft Hyper-V topic to specify an appropriate memory. Click Next.
7. On the Configure Networking tab, from the Connection drop-down list, select the network adapter that you want to use for that virtual machine, and then click Next.
8. On the Connect Virtual Hard Disk tab, select Use an existing virtual hard disk, click Browse and locate the extracted VHD file, and then click Open.

9. Click Next. You can view your configuration details on the Summary screen.

10. Click Finish to create the VM.
    It may take a while to install the vNIOS virtual appliance on the Windows server. After you successfully install the vNIOS instance,
    

11. After a successful installation of the vNIOS appliance, before starting the appliance, you must add at least four virtual network adapters with 8 GB of memory.
    Note that to add additional hard disk for reporting appliances, right-click IDE Controller, and then click Add Hard Drive.To add:
    

    1. From Hyper-V Manager, select the vNIOS instance and click Settings at the bottom-right side of the Hyper-V Manager Interface, or click Settings from the Action menu.
    2. In the Settings wizard, select Hardware -> Add Hardware -> Network Adapter.
    3. Click OK
    after you successfully add network adapters
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Provisioning Infoblox vNIOS for Hyper-V using Elastic Scaling 

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1. Configure a vNIOS virtual appliance on the Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, or 2019 as described in the Method 1 - Using Windows Powershell or Method 2 - Using Hyper-V Manager section.
2. .Under Virtual Machines, select the virtual machine that you have configured (using step 1), and then click Settings.
3. In the Settings dialog box, click Add Hardware, and then select SCSI Controller on the Add Hardware page. Click Add to add a SCSI controller to the virtual machine.
4. In SCSI Controller, click Hard Drive, and then click Add. A hard drive is added to the SCSI controller.
5. Select Virtual hard disk, and then click New to start the New Virtual Hard Disk wizard.
6. On the Before You Begin tab, click Choose Disk Format.
7. On the Choose Disk Format tab, accept the default VHDX. Click Next.
8. On the Choose Disk Type tab, accept the default Dynamic Expanding. Click Next.
9. On the Specify Name and Location tab, complete the following:
   • Enter the name of your shared virtual hard disk.
   • Click Browse and navigate to your shared storage location, and then click Select Folder. Click Next.
10. On the Before You Begin tab, click Next.
11. In the Size field, specify the maximum size allowed for the virtual hard disk files in gigabytes (GB). Infoblox strongly recommends that you set the disk size above 5 GB. Note that configuring a value that is less than 5 GB might cause performance issues.
12. Review the configuration settings on the Summary tab. Optionally, to change settings, click Previous.
    

    Figure 1.9 Configuration Summary
    

13. Click Finish.

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