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Microsoft Hyper-V Cluster Design

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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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2013
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ISBN-13 9781782177685
Length 462 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Eric Siron Eric Siron
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

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

Placing virtual machines on storage


The final task you need to learn is placing virtual machines on storage. This is done at creation time and when moving a virtual machine. By default, Hyper-V will try to place virtual machines on internal storage at a local location that is not cluster-accessible. You can override this on each usage, or you can modify the default settings. In Hyper-V Manager, right-click on a node and choose Hyper-V Settings…. The first two tabs, Virtual Hard Disks and Virtual Machines, hold the default locations. The other location are as follows:

  • For CSVs, target locations will be C:\ClusterStorage\CSVName

  • For non-CSV cluster disks, indicate the drive letter

  • For SMB 3.0 shares, enter the UNC

It is critical that all of a virtual machine's storage files be placed on shared storage, or Live Migration and other cluster operations will fail. If you need to relocate them, right-click on any virtual machine in Failover Cluster Manager, go to Move, and click on Virtual Machine Storage...

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