Tasks for deploying live migration support for Hyper-V virtual machines

To deploy SFW Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machine live migration on the host side, perform the following tasks in the sequence shown.

Table: Process for configuring SFW Hyper-V virtual machine live migration

Action

Description

Review the requirements

See About implementing Hyper-V virtual machine live migration on SFW storage.

Install Windows Server

See Installing Windows Server.

Prepare the host machines

Install InfoScale Storage (select Microsoft Failover Cluster option during the installation)

Configure SFW support for Hyper-V live migration using the SFW Configuration Wizard for Microsoft Failover Cluster

Configure the storage

Use the Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) console to create disk groups and volumes.

Create a virtual machine service group

See Creating a virtual machine service group.

Set the dependency of the virtual machine on the VMDg resource

See Setting the dependency of the virtual machine on the VMDg resource.

More Information

Installing the SFW option for Microsoft failover cluster option

Using the SFW Configuration Wizard for Microsoft Failover Cluster for Hyper-V live migration support