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16FebFebruary 16, 20172017

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...

Technical2012 R2, Failover Cluster, high availability, Hyper-V, NIC Teaming, PowerShell18 Comments

08DecDecember 8, 20162016

Hyper-V Failover Cluster Best Practices (footnotes)

Some of you may be familiar with this handy best practices checklist, published by Microsoft. Actually it comes in three varieties currently (I haven't seen an updated one for 2016 yet): 2012 Hyper-V Best Practices and 2012 R2 Hyper-V Best Practices 2008 R2 Hyper-V Best Practices It's a pretty good resource. In my...

TechnicalFailover Cluster, hotfixes, Hyper-V, NIC Teaming, time sync2 Comments

04AugAugust 4, 20162016

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...

Technical2012 R2, Converged Network, Failover Cluster, high availability, Hyper-V, NIC Teaming, PowerShell, QoS9 Comments

30MayMay 30, 20162016

Automate the deployment of a standalone Hyper-V host server using PowerShell

In this article, I wanted to document a standard, standalone Hyper-V server deployment for a small business using nothing but PowerShell. The best practices for Hyper-V state that the role should be enabled on a server without the GUI (e.g. Core or Nano--although I rarely see this done in a small business setting). Best practices aside, I...

TechnicalHyper-V, Networking, NIC Teaming, PowerShell, scripting, Windows Server 20162 Comments

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Hyper-V Failover Cluster: Basic Setup

Hyper-V Failover Cluster Best Practices (footnotes)

Hyper-V Failover Cluster: Converged Network

Automate the deployment of a standalone Hyper-V host server using PowerShell

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