Hyper-V and cluster-related software planning

Deploying Hyper-V Server and Failover Clustering to provide services for your virtual machines is only one piece of the overall puzzle. The hypervisor and cluster will also need to be monitored and maintained. Applications used for these purposes need to be included and accounted for in your planning.

Remote software applications

It is common for maintenance and monitoring applications to run on remote systems. In this case, remote may not be an entirely accurate descriptor. It is not unheard of for some of these tools to be installed on highly available guests within the cluster. Regardless of where they actually live, these applications will interact with your cluster and its nodes using remote techniques. This may involve providing TCP/IP connectivity, manipulating firewall ports, setting user and group permissions, and installing agents.

Truly remote applications, such as RemoteApps and software intended to run in a VDI scenario, may have particular...