Step-By-Step Guide: Configuring Hyper-V and Failover Clustering for Windows Server 2008 R2 on the HP ProLiant DL980, rev 1

4. You can verify that the move succeeded by inspecting the details of each node.

Step 12: Test an Unplanned Failover

To test an unplanned failover, you stop the Cluster service, as follows.

1. Open Failover Cluster Manager snap-in and click Manage a Cluster, and then select or

specify the cluster that you want

2. To minimize disruption to clients, before stopping the Cluster service on a node, move the

applications that are currently owned by that node to another node. To do this, expand the

console tree under the cluster that you want to manage, and then expand Services and

Applications. Click each service or application and (in the center pane) view the Current

Owner. If the owner is the node on which you want to stop the Cluster service, right-click the

service or application, click Live migrate virtual machine to another node, and then

choose the node

3. Expand the console tree under Nodes.

4. Right-click the node that runs the virtual machine, and then click More Actions.

5. Click Stop Cluster Service.

6. The virtual machine will be moved to the other node.

Step 13: Modify the Settings of a Virtual Machine

To change the configuration of a virtual machine, we recommend using the Failover Cluster Manager

snap-in to access the virtual machine settings. When you do this, the cluster is updated automatically with

the configuration changes. However, if you make changes to the virtual machine settings from the Hyper-V

Manager snap-in, you must update the cluster manually after you make the changes. If the configuration is

not refreshed after networking or storage changes are made, a subsequent failover may not succeed or

may succeed but result in the virtual machine being configured incorrectly.

To modify the settings of a virtual machine, follow these steps:

1. Open Failover Cluster Manager snap-in and click Manage a Cluster, and then select or

specify the cluster that you want.

2. Expand Services and Applications, and then click VM1, the virtual machine that you

created in Step 7 (on page 19), to modify the settings for this virtual machine.

3. In the center pane, right-click the virtual machine resource, and then click Settings. (If you do not

see Settings in the menu, collapse the virtual machine resource and then right-click it.)

The Settings interface appears. This is the same interface that you see in Hyper-V Manager.

4. Configure the settings for the virtual machine.

Note

If you use Hyper-V Manager instead of Failover Cluster Manager to configure

settings for a virtual machine, be sure to refresh the configuration of the virtual

machine in Failover Cluster Manager. To do this, expand Services and

Applications, and then click the virtual machine for which you want to refresh

the configuration. In the Actions pane, scroll down, click More Actions, and

then click Refresh virtual machine configuration.

Step 14: Duplicate a Virtual Machine

Sometimes you want to duplicate a virtual machine in a cluster to avoid having to reinstall guest OS.