Adding Cache to Storage Proxies for Microsoft Hyper-V

In Microsoft Hyper-V environments (Windows 2012 and more recent versions), adding an SSD caching device to a Hedvig Storage Proxy is handled by the Hyper-V manager.

Procedure

1. Open Hyper-V Manager.

2. In the navigation pane, select the hypervisor.

3. In the Virtual Machines pane, right-click the Hedvig Storage Proxy, and then click Settings.

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   The Settings dialog box appears.

4. In the Settings dialog box:

   1. Select IDE Controller 0.

   2. Select Hard Drive.

   3. Click Add.

      

5. In the Settings dialog box:

   1. Select Physical hard disk.

   2. Select the hard disk to add to the hypervisor.

   3. Click OK.

      

Results

When deployment is started from Ansible, this SSD caching device is configured automatically.