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You're reading from Microsoft Hyper-V Cluster Design To achieve a Windows Server system that virtually takes care of itself, you need to master Hyper-V cluster design. This book is the perfect tutorial on the subject, providing clear instruction on expanding into the virtualized environment.

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2013

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781782177685

Length 462 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Hyper-V

Concepts

System Administration

Author (1):

Eric Siron

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Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface

1. Hyper-V Cluster Orientation FREE CHAPTER

2. Cluster Design and Planning

3. Constructing a Hyper-V Server Cluster

4. Storage Design

5. Network Design

6. Network Traffic Shaping and Performance Enhancements

7. Memory Planning and Management

8. Performance Testing and Load Balancing

9. Special Cases

10. Maintaining and Monitoring a Hyper-V Server Cluster

11. High Availability

12. Backup and Disaster Recovery

Index

Pass-through disks in a cluster

A pass-through disk is a hardware storage location that is directly connected to a guest. This is in contrast to using a VHD file controlled by Hyper-V. While popular in earlier editions, the pass-through disk has become effectively obsolete with the continued maturity of virtual hard disks. However, if you choose to use them, they continue to be supported. If used in a cluster environment, there are extra concerns.

Pass-through disks cannot be internal storage since that is not accessible to all cluster nodes. Your choices will be to use an iSCSI or Fibre Channel LUN. Follow the connection directions from Chapter 3, Constructing a Hyper-V Server Cluster, as if you were adding the LUN to cluster disks, but stop before bringing it online on any node. Do not add it to Cluster Disks in Failover Cluster Manager or you will be unable to use it as a pass-through disk.

Once all nodes have been connected, add the disk directly to the virtual machine using its Settings...

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You're reading from Microsoft Hyper-V Cluster Design To achieve a Windows Server system that virtually takes care of itself, you need to master Hyper-V cluster design. This book is the perfect tutorial on the subject, providing clear instruction on expanding into the virtualized environment.

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