A. To cluster-enable a VM, you need several Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition installations that are part of a failover cluster and have shared storage available. (Failover clustering is included in Server 2008 Enterprise Edition.) The shared storage stores the VM's hard disks. Before you can cluster-enable a VM, ensure that it's turned off (i.e., not in a start state) and that in addition to the configuration storage, the hard disks are stored on cluster storage (so that the VM can move between cluster nodes). Open the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Failover Cluster Management snap-in, and carry out the following steps: Now, you can start the cluster-enabled VM. If you stop the VM while it isn't part of a failover cluster, the VM will automatically restart. To stop a clustered VM, you need to take the VM offline. The following figure shows the sandbox VM Failover Cluster Management screen, which you would use to take the sandbox VM offline.
The following figure shows sample output of the VM cluster-enabling process:
Q. How do I create a clustered Hyper-V virtual machine (VM)?
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