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Can two Hyper-V servers share a single ISCSI device?
I have two dell servers with Hyper-V installed(the free version). I want both of them connected to one ISCSI storage device for redundency. Each server can see the 500g ISCSI disk in disk manager but when writing data to it from each server, they don't show the same files. It's as if each server only sees data it writes to the storage device, not data written from the other server. Is this a limitation of hyper-v/NTFS? Is this where VMFS is better?
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Yes, we purchased VMM(virtual machine manager) but it hasn't arrived yet. Option 2 is what we are trying to do.
Once the VMM gets installed we will add each physical server as a managed node. At this point, we can configure failover clustering to accomplish option 2?
Once the VMM gets installed we will add each physical server as a managed node. At this point, we can configure failover clustering to accomplish option 2?
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Was tying my response and missed your post msmamji, sorry about that.
It's R2. We want to store vhd files.
It's R2. We want to store vhd files.
have a read of this article - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2008.10.higha.aspx?pr=blog
and this is the one on how to do it (not much point me writing down the steps when someone else has done it)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732181(WS.10).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732181(WS.10).aspx
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very helpful links!!!
What version of the Hyper V Server are you running (R1 / R2)?
Just to get you started Here are FAQ for both.
Hyper V Server 2008 R2 FAQ
http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v-server/en/us/faq.aspx
Hyper V Server 2008 FAQ
http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v-server/en/us/2008-faq.aspx
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Shahid