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Hyper-V lite setup

Hi experts,
I have pretty small virtualization plan:
Two Hyper-V (hyper-v server 2008 R2) hosts connected to one SAN storage (iSCSI) where all VMs are stored.

Is there way, without system center, to do something like quick migration?

If both Hyper-V hosts "see" the same volume in SAN, there is no need to copy VHD files. I need only to switch off the VM on host A and move the machine to host B without moving the VHD file - because the VHD is in the same location from each host viewpoint.

Can I do it some way or it is completely crap?

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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

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Jan Vojtech Vanicek

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Hanccocka, thank you for putting light on that, I do little research based on your comment and I found this article:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732181(v=ws.10).aspx

in software requirements - I need Enterprise or Datacenter edition - so I cannot use the Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (the free one) for failover clustering?

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverhyperv/thread/b47d4550-7dc5-4908-91fd-6b76c88542b2/

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

so you have Hyper-V server? (no Server 2008!)

Jan Vojtech Vanicek

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Its Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 - freely distributed OS without GUI - its only core of 2008 R2 sever with Hyper-V role installed.
There is some option regarding failover clustering, but I dont have any sandbox to play with that.

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

it's based on R2 Enterprise, so you have Failover Clustering roles.

if you look at the table/chart in your link, you will see it's included!

you will need to use Power Shell, and Remote Admin Tools to Add and Manage.