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PowerVault™ MD32X0, MD32X0i, and MD36X0i Series of Storage Arrays: Implementing Hyper-V
Creating Clusters
1. Create a quorum device.
If you plan to use pass-through devices on your VMs, make sure that the VM
configuration files are also stored on the shared storage and that the shared storage is
available to all cluster-nodes. You can create an additional virtual disk on the MD32X0,
MD32X0i, or MD36X0i storage array or increase the size of the quorum virtual disk to
store the configuration files there. You also might create an additional virtual disk with
approximately 300 MB to 500 MB allocated for each VM. For example, 10 VMs equal a 5-
GB disk size.
2. Create a host group for the servers, and make sure that all of the servers that are part
of the cluster have access to the MD32X0, MD32X0i, or MD36X0i storage array.
3.
Enable the High Availability feature of the Windows Server 2008 by performing these
steps. Start this procedure by using the Computer Management Wizard.
Computer Management Wizard
Table 5.
Administrative Tools –
Create Cluster – Select
Administering the
Configure Storage
Page
Action
Computer
1.
Management
Select Features
2. Click Add Feature and select Failover
3. Click Next.
4. In Administrative Tools, open Failover Cluster
Failover Cluster
Manager
5. In the Create Cluster Wizard, specify the first
Servers
6. Click Next.
Access Point for
7. Enter the network configuration for the cluster,
Cluster
8. Click Next.
Add Node Wizard
9. Confirm your selections, and click Add Node.
10. Click Next
Select Servers
11. Select all of the servers that you want to add to
12. Click Next.
13. Confirm the selection, and select a storage
Select Features Task.
Clustering.
Manager, and select Create New Cluster.
member of the cluster by entering the server
name and selecting the server.
and specify a cluster IP address for all of the
networks you want to use in the cluster.
this cluster.
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