Prepare HPE Morpheus - VM Essentials
For smooth integration of HPE Morpheus - VM Essentials with the HyWorks Controller, use the guidance given below:
Supported Versions
| Provider | Supported Versions |
|---|---|
| HPE Morpheus - VM Essentials | v8.0.13 |
Supported Features Matrix
| Feature | Sub Feature | Sub Feature | HPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morpheus - VM Essentials | |||
| VM Details | OS Information | - | Yes |
| Network Adapters/ IP Addresses | - | Yes | |
| Hostname | - | Yes | |
| Desktop pool with existing VMs | Using Non-provisioned VMs | - | Yes |
| Desktop VM Provisioning | Clone Type: Linked/Full/Shadow | - | Full Clone |
| Automatic Distribution of VMs as per load | Best Host selection | No | |
| Multi-Datastore and Best Storage Selection based on size | No | ||
| Clone from Snapshot/ Checkpoint | Feature Support | No | |
| Create Snapshot from Management Console | No | ||
| Disk persistence | Persistent | Yes | |
| Non-persistent (Create/ Delete VM Restore point on User Logoff) | Yes | ||
| VM Profile (v3.6+) | Deployment Location & Hardware Specifications | No | |
| Recompose | Preserve Network/ MAC Address | No | |
| Graceful/ Selective Recompose | Only Forceful | ||
| Override server defaults of VM distribution | No | ||
| SHD Provisioning | Automatic Deployment of Session Teams | Yes | |
| Capacity planning (Automatic deployment and power management) | Multi-session or shared hosted desktops | Yes | |
| Dedicated/ Single-session Desktop [v3.6-SP2] | Yes | ||
| Schedule Action support | Yes | ||
| Desktop Power Operations | - | - | Yes |
| Desktop Access Mechanisms | Remote Desktop | - | Yes |
| Console Connect | - | No | |
| HyLabs support | Scheduled Provisioning and Delivery | - | No |
| HyLabs (Additional Features) | Create/ Delete Resource Pools | - | No |
| Virtual IP (Session host IP virtualization) | Adding an IP Address to a network adapter | - | Yes |
| vTPM Support | Feature Support (Cloning the vTPM Enabled Machines) | - | Yes |
| vTPM Aware Cloning (Selecting best host based on vTPM support) | - | No |
OS Support on Providers
OS Support on Providers:
| Feature | Sub Feature | Supported on providers |
|---|---|---|
| OS Support on Provider | Windows Desktops: Windows 11,10 | All connectors |
| Windows Server 2025/2022/2019/2016 | All connectors | |
| Linux Desktops: Ubuntu / xUbuntu 24/22 | All connectors except HPE VM Essentials (Having issues) |
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| Linux Desktops: RHEL 9.4 | All connectors except HPE VM Essentials (Having issues) |
Feature Comparison - Provider
Click here to view the Supported Feature Matrix Comparison between all Accops-supported Hypervisors.
Prerequisites
Cluster Configuration Important
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The supported version of HPE Morpheus - VM Essentials Server is installed.
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Morpheus API Endpoints ports 443 and 80 are accessible from HyWorks Controllers to HPE Morpheus - VM Essentials servers.
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Only one HPE server (node) from the cluster should be configured in HyWorks.
User Account Permissions
A user account with the required privileges (works perfectly with the system admin role ) for the HPE server is created. The user must have permission to read all VM information, create and delete resource pools and virtual machines, and create snapshots. The configured user must have the following permissions:
Required Roles for HPE / HyWorks Integration User:
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Virtual Machine Administrator – Required for VM creation, cloning, and deleting operations.
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Compute/Infrastructure Access – Required for resource allocation.
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Storage Access – Required for disk operations during cloning and deletion.
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Network Access – Required for network assignment and IP configuration.
Important
If the configured user lacks sufficient privileges, retrieving desktop details, power operations, and provisioning may fail.
Install Guest Tools
While some steps can be captured here, it is highly recommended to refer to the official connector documentation for any guest tools installation and configurations.
QEMU Guest Agent
The QEMU Guest agent is recommended as it provides internal communications between the host and the guest OS as mentioned here as well.
Example Steps for Ubuntu VMs
sudo apt install -y qemu-guest-agent
sudo systemctl enable qemu-guest-agent
sudo systemctl start qemu-guest-agent
Example Steps for RHEL VMs:
sudo dnf install -y qemu-guest-agent
sudo systemctl enable qemu-guest-agent
sudo systemctl start qemu-guest-agent
VirtIO and Guest Tools
On Windows machines, it requires VirtIO drivers and guest tools to be installed.
During Windows OS Installation: During Windows OS installation, it may not detect the disk and may require appropriate drivers to be installed.
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Assumption: VM is attached to the Windows OS installation ISO, Virtid-Win ISO.
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During OS installation, if it does not detect the disk to be used for OS installation.
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Click on Load Driver option > When prompted, click on the Browse button > Navigate to the Virtid-Win ISO > Select appropriate drivers and click Next.
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Windows will load the drivers, and now it should show the attached disks. Select the disk and proceed with the OS installation.
Post OS Installation: The following example steps can be used:
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Download Virtid-Win ISO.
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Attach the Virtid-Win ISO to the VM.
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Access the VM’s file system with a user having administrator privileges on the system and navigate to the Virtio-Win ISO.
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Inside the Virtio-Win ISO, locate the
virtio-win-guest-tools-xxx.exe> Double click to initiate the installation. -
Select options as per deployment requirements.
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Reboot (if prompted).