Deployment Guide

Configuring storage solution as

Converged solution

This section describes the conversion of a failover cluster solution in to a Hyper-V cluster solution. Before

proceeding, ensure that the system is deployed by following the procedures described in the preceding

sections of this document.

Adding Hyper-V role to each cluster node

1. On each cluster node of the failover cluster, start a Windows PowerShell prompt as an administrator,

and then run the following command.

Install-WindowsFeature Hyper-V –IncludeManagementTools

2. To verify that the role was added successfully, run the following command.

Get-Windowsfeature | Where Installed

3. View the output list and ensure that the Hyper-V role was added.

Figure 18. View and verify file server role output was added

Creating a virtual machine

1. On the Server Manager page, click Tools, and then select Failover Cluster Manager.

2. On the Failover Cluster Manager page, in the right pane, click Roles. Under Roles, click Virtual

Machines, and then click New Virtual Machine.