In this video, Robert McMillen talks about how to setup a guest cluster using two or more virtual machines. This allows high availability on Hyper-V VMs that can failover over using a clustered environment inside another clustered environment. A failover cluster that is made up of two or more virtual machines is typically referred to as a guest cluster. Guest clustering supports high availability for workloads within the virtual machine. It adds the ability to have a portable cluster.
- [Voiceover] in previous videos we discussed how to setup…a Failover Cluster Manager and Failover Cluster Roles.…Now we're going to turn our attention to a new type…of clustering which happens between two or more virtual…machines. This is called a Guest Cluster.…This allows high availability on Hyper-V virtual machines…that can failover using a clustered environment…inside another clustered environment.…This can give us many advantages…over a physical clustered environment.…
And we're going to discuss those here.…First off, this allows us to have proactive health…monitoring of the clustered roles.…For each clustered role there are…several associated resources such as a resource…for the application, the storage, and the networking.…The cluster continuously monitors each resource to…verify that it is functioning properly.…If the cluster detects a failure,…it initiates automatic recovery steps.…Such as, it may move the cluster role over to another node.…
This also gives us application mobility.…You can easily move clustered roles to other nodes.…
Author
Robert McMillen
Released
5/5/2016Note: The topics covered in this course map to the "Configure and manage high availability" domain for the MCSA: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services exam (70-412).
- Configuring NLB
- Configuring affinity, port rules, and cluster operation mode
- Configuring failover cluster networks
- Configuring cluster storage
- Upgrading clusters
- Managing clusters
- Interacting with Hyper-V
- Adding virtual machines in Hyper-V
- Managing cluster roles, including ISCSI target, Hyper-V, and generic service roles
- Migrating clusters
- Configuring VM network health protection and drain
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome33s
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1. Configure Network Load Balancing (NLB)
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Install NLB nodes5m 49s
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Configure affinity4m 24s
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Configure NLB port rules5m 17s
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Upgrade an NLB cluster2m 32s
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2. Configure Failover Clustering
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Configure quorum4m 42s
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Configure cluster networks5m 33s
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Configure cluster storage5m 59s
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Upgrade a cluster3m 8s
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3. Manage the Cluster
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View cluster events3m 46s
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Rename clusters2m 4s
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4. Interact With Hyper-V
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Add a second cluster2m 41s
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5. Manage Failover Cluster Roles
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Configure guest clustering2m 42s
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6. Set Up Available Roles in Clustering
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Cluster the DHCP server5m 1s
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Set up a failover cluster3m 30s
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Add the Hyper-V role2m 18s
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7. Manage Cluster Movement
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Conclusion
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Next steps35s
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