Tag - 2012 R2

16Feb2017

Hyper-V Failover Cluster: Basic Setup

I have previously shared a slightly more complex method for configuring a simple 2-node failover cluster, involving a converged Hyper-V virtual switch, with QoS policies and so forth to manage traffic on the Management, CSV and Live Migration networks. However, there is another config I wanted to share, which in some cases...
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08Aug2016

Hyper-V Failover Cluster: MPIO & CSV Storage

Continuing our last post on Hyper-V Failover Clustering, we turn our focus from networking to storage. To bring storage into the picture, we will have to provision some volumes from Storage Spaces, our SAN or other Shared Storage device. This varies by vendor, so see their documentation for more details. However you...
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04Aug2016

Hyper-V Failover Cluster: Converged Network

In this post, we will look at a concept known as "Converged Networking" for setting up a simple two-node Hyper-V cluster (a great option for small businesses). The basic idea is that all of your physical network adapters will be brought together as a single NIC team, and thereby made...
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01Aug2016

Hyper-V Failover Cluster: Affordable HA for the SMB

Next to Office 365, virtualization is still the number one recommendation I make to small businesses. It's a no-brainer. Enabling Hyper-V opens up so many great opportunities--grow your server's CPU, RAM or storage on the fly, perform host-level backups, Live Migrate to new hardware with no downtime, use Hyper-V Replica or Azure Site Recovery...
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