Deploy Hyper-V SaaS Connectors

You can deploy a Hyper-V SaaS Connector using a template VHD in your Hyper-V data center environment that has access to your data sources and meets the SaaS Connection system and firewall requirements.

Once deployed, each SaaS Connector is a virtual machine that runs on a Hyper-V host in your data center.

For better performance and redundancy, we recommend that you deploy at least two SaaS Connectors for each SaaS Connection in your data center. To add (or remove) a SaaS Connector, see Manage User-Deployed SaaS Connections.

Deploying Hyper-V SaaS Connectors as Generation 2 VMs is not supported.

All the data that a SaaS Connection handles, from your sources to the cloud storage where your backups reside, is encrypted in flight and at rest.

Create Hyper-V SaaS Connection

To create a Hyper-V SaaS Connection:

  1. Navigate to Sources and click Register Source.

  2. Select any workload type.

  3. In the form, click Create New Connection.

  4. Under Deployment Platform and select Hyper-V, then select a Connection Region for your data backups.

  5. Prepare to deploy the SaaS Connector in your data center:

    • Copy the VHD URL.

    • Copy or Download the Connection Token.

  6. To deploy the SaaS Connector VHD in your data center:

    1. Log in to your SCVMM server or Standalone Hyper-V host.

    2. Download the VHD file to the SCVMM server or Standalone Hyper-V host using the VHD URL.

    3. From the Hyper-V Manager, open the New (Create) Virtual Machine wizard. (For detailed instructions, see Create a virtual machine in Hyper-V in the Microsoft documentation.)

      1. Configure the name, location, generation, hardware for the VM.

      2. Select Virtual Hard Disk. Select ‘Use existing virtual hard disk’ and choose the downloaded VHD file.

      3. Configure Networking. Select an operational Virtual Switch to connect the VM to.

      4. Review. Review the configuration from the Summary section and click Finish.

        After it boots, the services in the SaaS Connector VM (including the UI) can take 4-5 minutes to start.

  7. Browse to the SaaS Connector IP address that is assigned to the SaaS Connector VM. On initial login, change the default password and log in again with your new password. Enter the Connection Token and common configuration settings and click Save.

    It can take another few minutes for the SaaS Connector to authenticate to the Cohesity DataProtect as a Service.

  8. Once the SaaS Connector authenticates successfully, return to the Create New Connection dialog and click Verify Connection.

Next > Your new Hyper-V SaaS Connection is available under Use Existing Connection to register your Hyper-V sources.