Network Administrator Knowledgebase » Hyper-V and Failover Clustering http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/network-administrator Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:55:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Hyper-V Step-by-Step Guide: Hyper-V and Failover Clustering http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/network-administrator/hyper-v-step-by-step-guide-hyper-v-and-failover-clustering/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/network-administrator/hyper-v-step-by-step-guide-hyper-v-and-failover-clustering/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:36:45 +0000 Michael Khanin http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/network-administrator/hyper-v-step-by-step-guide-hyper-v-and-failover-clustering/ The Hyper-V role enables you to create a virtualized server computing environment using a technology that is part of the Windows Server® 2008 operating system. This solution is provided through Hyper-V. You can use a virtualized computing environment to improve the efficiency of your computing resources by utilizing more of your hardware resources.

The Failover Clustering feature enables you to create and manage failover clusters. A failover cluster is a group of independent computers that work together to increase the availability of applications and services. The clustered servers (called nodes) are connected by physical cables and by software. If one of the cluster nodes fails, another node begins to provide service (a process known as failover). Users experience a minimum of disruptions in service.

This guide shows you how to use these two technologies together to make a virtual machine highly available. You will do this by creating a simple two-node cluster and a virtual machine, and then failing over the virtual machine from one node to the other. Continue @ Source…

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