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Enable virtual hardware and VM CRUD capabilities in an SCVMM machine with Arc agent installed

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This article describes how to enable virtual hardware management and VM CRUD operational ability on an SCVMM VM that has Arc agents installed via the Arc-enabled Servers route.

Important

This article is applicable only if you've installed Arc agents directly in SCVMM machines before onboarding to Azure Arc-enabled SCVMM by deploying Arc resource bridge.

Prerequisites

Before you enable virtual hardware and VM CRUD capabilities, ensure you meet these prerequisites:

  • An Azure subscription and resource group where you have Arc ScVmm VM Administrator role.
  • Your SCVMM management server instance must be onboarded to Azure Arc.

Enable virtual hardware management and self-service access to SCVMM VMs with Arc agent installed

To enable the virtual hardware management and self-service access, follow these steps:

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal.

  2. Navigate to the Virtual machines inventory page of your SCVMM management servers. The virtual machines that have Arc agent installed via the Arc-enabled Servers route will have Link to SCVMM status under virtual hardware management.

    Screenshot of Virtual machines screen.

  3. Select Link to SCVMM to view the pane with the list of all the machines under SCVMM management server with Arc agent installed but not linked to the SCVMM management server in Azure Arc.

    Screenshot of Link to SCVMM screen.

  4. Choose all the machines that need to be enabled in Azure, and select Link to link the machines to SCVMM management server.

  5. After you Link to SCVMM, the virtual hardware status will reflect as Enabled for all the VMs, and you can perform virtual hardware operations.

Next step

Set up and manage self-service access to SCVMM resources.