Create a highly available VM on a Hyper-V cluster
This section details how to make an existing VM highly available on a Hyper-V cluster. It does not provide instructions on how to create a VM or how to create a Hyper-V failover cluster. Please refer to your Microsoft documentation for creating VMs and Hyper-V clusters.
Hyper-V and failover clustering must be installed on at least two physical servers. Once Hyper-V and failover clustering have been installed on both servers, ensure the VMs are stored on a Cluster Shared Volume.
To make an existing VM highly available on a Hyper-V cluster, do the following:
- Open the Failover Cluster Manager.
- Expand the cluster and select Roles from the menu, and then select Configure Role from the Actions pane. This command opens the High Availability Wizard.
- Click Next on the High Availability Wizard Welcome screen to continue.
- On the Select Role screen, select Virtual Machine and click Next.
- On the Select Virtual Machine screen, select the VM you want to configure for high availability, and click Next.
- On the Confirmation screen, verify the information is correct, and click Next to start the configuration.
- A Summary screen opens when configuration is complete. Click Finish and the virtual machine is now listed in the Roles container in the Failover Cluster Manager.