02-23-2011 01:02 AM
Hello to all,
Does anyone knows how to convert MS Cluster EV Installation to VMware?
Any suggestions or steps?
Thanks in advance
george
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02-23-2011 03:48 AM
Before you start, make sure you check if the virtual environment is up to specs for performance. I believe there are some guidelines for running a virtual EV environment.
Having said that: I've never tried it, but this would be my approach:
- Put EV in read-only mode and make a backup (just to be safe)
- P2V the passive node, making sure you connect any storage LUN's as Virtual in VMware.
- do a failover to the virtual node, check functionality
- P2V the remaining node
- Exit read-only mode.
Hope this helps. I've set up and converted plenty of MS clusters on VMware, and that should not be the biggest issue.
02-23-2011 03:01 AM
Just a thought, but wouldnt you just break the cluster, then do a data only DR to the VM?
Data only DR is covered in the admin guides
02-23-2011 03:48 AM
Before you start, make sure you check if the virtual environment is up to specs for performance. I believe there are some guidelines for running a virtual EV environment.
Having said that: I've never tried it, but this would be my approach:
- Put EV in read-only mode and make a backup (just to be safe)
- P2V the passive node, making sure you connect any storage LUN's as Virtual in VMware.
- do a failover to the virtual node, check functionality
- P2V the remaining node
- Exit read-only mode.
Hope this helps. I've set up and converted plenty of MS clusters on VMware, and that should not be the biggest issue.