You can install the vNIOS virtual appliance on Windows Server 2019 or 2022 using the Hyper-V Manager as described in this topic. Sections covered in this topic are:

Installing vNIOS Using Hyper-V Manager

To install vNIOS virtual appliance using Hyper-V Manager, complete the following steps:

1. Open Hyper-V Manager.
2. From the Actions menu, select New -> Virtual Machine....
3. In the New Virtual Machine Wizard dialog box, complete the following:
   1. On the Before You Begin tab, read the notes about the wizard, and then click Next.
   2. On the Specify Name and Location tab, provide a name for the virtual machine in the Name field, and then click Next.
   3. On the Specify Generation tab, select Generation 1 as the generation of the virtual machine.
   4. 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.
   5. 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.
   6. On the Connect Virtual Hard Disk tab:
      1. Select Use an existing virtual hard disk.
      2. Click Browse and locate the extracted VHD file, and then click Open.
      3. Click Next.
   7. On the Summary tab, view the configuration details.
   8. Click Finish to create the VM.
      It may take a while to install the vNIOS virtual appliance on the Windows server.
      

4. 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.
   To add a network adapter:
   

   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, and then click Add.
      
      
      
   3. Under Network Adapter, in the Virtual switch drop-down list, choose a virtual network that the virtual appliance will use for communication through this network adapter.
   4. Click Apply and then click OK.
   5. Repeat the steps to add more network adapters.

Provisioning Infoblox vNIOS for Hyper-V using Elastic Scaling 

To provision vNIOS for Hyper-V using elastic scaling, you must configure the user-data file as follows:

1. Open your Linux terminal and create a directory, for example test.
2. Navigate to the test directory and create the following sub-directory structure using the name openstack and latest:
   test/openstack/latest

3. In the openstack/latest/ path, create a JSON file and name it meta_data.json. 

4. In the meta_data.json file, enter a UUID in the following format:
   Example: {"uuid": "7a50bb5f-64c0-4a91-9665-012666343296"}

5. In the openstack/latest/ path, create a YAML file and name it user_data. In the user_data file, enter the required user-data fields in the following format.
   Example: 

   #infoblox-config
temp_license: nios IB-V825 enterprise dns dhcp
remote_console_enabled: y

   
   Note that you must use the exact directory names and file names specified in the preceding steps.

6. Enter the following command from outside the test directory to package the files into an ISO image:

   genisoimage -output <.iso file name> -volid config-2 -joliet -r <directory containing the files above>
   
   Example:
   genisoimage -output elastic.iso -volid config-2 -joliet -r test
   
   Note that this command creates the ISO image in the same path where the command executes.

7. Configure a vNIOS virtual appliance on Windows Server as described in section Installing vNIOS Using Hyper-V Manager.
8. From Hyper-V manager, select the vNIOS instance and click Settings on the bottom-right side of the Hyper-V Manager Interface. Alternatively, click Settings from the Action menu.
9. In the Settings wizard, select IDE Controller 1 -> DVD Drive.
   
10. Select the Image File option and upload the ISO file created in step 6.
11. Click Apply, and then click OK.
12. Start the vNIOS instance as described in the Starting the vNIOS Appliance using Hyper-V Manager section.

Deploying vNIOS Reporting Instances

To deploy a vNIOS reporting instance on the IB-V805, IB-V1405, and IB-V2205 appliances, you must configure two disk images (.vhd and .vhdx).
Complete the following to configure a vNIOS reporting instance:

1. Configure a vNIOS virtual appliance on the Windows Server as described in section Installing vNIOS Using Hyper-V Manager.
2. 34603027Under 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.
    

    Configuration Summary
    

13. Click Finish.

Starting the vNIOS Appliance using Hyper-V Manager

1. Select the vNIOS instance from the Hyper-V Manager.

2. From the Action menu, click Start or right-click the vNIOS instance, and then click Start.
   Note that after you start the virtual appliance, it may take a few minutes for the CLI prompt to appear while the appliance initializes.

   Starting vNIOS from Hyper-V Manager

   

Shutting Down the vNIOS Appliance using Hyper-V Manager

1. Select the vNIOS instance from the Hyper-V Manager.
2. Complete one of the following:
   • From the Action menu, click Shut Down or Turn Off.

   • Right-click the vNIOS instance, and then click Shut Down or Turn Off.

   • (Optional) If you want to suspend the current execution, click Pause and to return to the condition that it was in when its state was paused, click Resume.

Starting the vNIOS Appliance using SCVMM

1. Select the vNIOS instance from SCVMM.

2. From the Action menu, point to virtual machine and click Start or right-click the vNIOS instance, and then click Start.
   Note that after you start the virtual appliance, it may take a few minutes for the CLI prompt to appear while the appliance initializes.

Shutting Down the vNIOS Appliance using SCVMM

1. Select the vNIOS instance from SCVMM.
2. Do one of the following:
   • From the Action menu, click Shut Down or Save State.

   • Right-click the vNIOS instance, and then click Shut Down or Turn Off.

   • (Optional) If you want to suspend the current execution, click Pause and to return to the condition that it was in when its state was paused, click Start.