Quick Start Guide for Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V

[Pages:20]EXPRESSCLUSTER X for Windows Quick Start Guide for Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V

Version 1 Mar 27, 2018

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Contents

1 About This Guide.............................................................................5

1.1 Using This Guide ......................................................................................... 5 1.2 Revision History .......................................................................................... 5 1.3 Evaluation Environment.............................................................................. 5 1.4 For More Information................................................................................... 5

2 Overview ..........................................................................................7 3 System Requirements and Planning..............................................8

3.1 System Requirements ................................................................................. 8 3.2 System Planning .......................................................................................... 8

4 Hyper-V Setup................................................................................10

4.1 Install Hyper-V Role (Primary Server) ...................................................... 10 4.2 Install Hyper-V Role (Secondary Server) ................................................. 10 4.3 Create Virtual Switch (Primary Server) .................................................... 10 4.4 Create Virtual Switch (Secondary Server) ............................................... 10

5 EXPRESSCLUSTER X Installation................................................ 11

5.1 Install EXPRESSCLUSTER X (Primary Server) ....................................... 11 5.2 Install EXPRESSCLUSTER X (Secondary Server) .................................. 11 5.3 Confirm Connectivity Between Servers................................................... 12

6 Base Cluster Setup........................................................................13

6.1 Start WebManager ..................................................................................... 13 6.2 Create Cluster ............................................................................................ 13 6.3 Setup Network Configuration ................................................................... 13 6.4 Create Failover Group ............................................................................... 13 6.5 Create Mirror Disk Resource .................................................................... 14 6.6 Upload the Cluster Configuration and Start Cluster............................... 14

7 Hyper-V Cluster Setup...................................................................16

7.1 Create Virtual Machine .............................................................................. 16 7.2 Add the Script Resource for Virtual Machine .......................................... 16 7.3 Add Custom Monitor Resource ................................................................ 18 7.4 Upload the Cluster Configuration ............................................................ 18

8 Verify Functionality .......................................................................19

8.1 Move the Failover Group........................................................................... 19 8.2 Failover on Server Shutdown ................................................................... 19

9 Appendix ........................................................................................20

9.1 System Planning Worksheet..................................................................... 20

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1 About This Guide

1.1 Using This Guide

This guide provides a hands-on "Quick Start" set of instructions to create Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V cluster with EXPRESSCLUSTER X for Windows. The guide assumes users have Microsoft Windows system administration knowledge and skills with experience in installation and configuration of Microsoft Windows operating systems, networks, and Hyper-V.

1.2 Revision History

Version

Date

Description

1 Mar 27, 2018 Initial Version

1.3 Evaluation Environment

This clustering method has been evaluated with the following OS and software.

Windows Server 2016 Datacenter (Desktop Experience) Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V EXPRESSCLUSTER X 3.3 for Windows (internal version: 11.35)

1.4 For More Information

The following guides are available for instant support.

Getting Started Guide ? This guide explains general cluster concepts and overview of EXPRESSCLUSTER functionality.

Installation and Configuration Guide ? This guide explains EXPRESSCLUSTER X installation and configuration procedures in detail.

Reference Guide ? This is a reference of commands that can be put in EXPRESSCLUSTER X scripts and maintenance commands that can

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be executed from the server command prompt. The above stated guides can also be found at .

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2 Overview

EXPRESSCLUSTER is installed on the host OS (i.e. Windows Server 2016). The virtual machine (guest OS) files is saved on a partition controlled by

mirror disk resource. The guest OS on the virtual machine is controlled by script resource.

Client Client

Guest OS

Hyper-V

Hyper-V

EXPRESSCLUSTER

Guest OS image is saved on mirror disk

EXPRESSCLUSTER

Mirror Disk

Windows Server 2016 (Host OS)

Primary Server

Replication

Mirror Disk

Windows Server 2016 (Host OS)

Secondary Server

Note: This clustering method does not support the following capability. - Take over checkpoints of the virtual machine - Live Migration/Quick Migration

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3 System Requirements and Planning

3.1 System Requirements

Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Refer to Microsoft website.

EXPRESSCLUSTER Refer to EXPRESSCLUSTER X Getting Started Guide.

3.2 System Planning

Here are sample parameters for a cluster. In section 9.1, there is System Planning Worksheet. Fill out all tables to create a cluster.

Machine #1: Primary Server (Host OS) Machine #2: Secondary Server (Host OS) Machine #3: Virtual Machine (Guest OS) Machine #4: Test Client Machine

Table 1: Network Configuration

Machine

Hostname/ Container Name

IP Address

#1

server1

192.168.0.11/24

192.168.1.11/24

#2

server2

192.168.0.12/24

192.168.1.12/24

#3

vm1

192.168.1.21/24

#4

client1

192.168.1.99/24

Mirror Disk Connect

mdc1 Do Not Use mdc1 Do Not Use N/A N/A

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