Specifications

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Note
To create a virtual machine capable of Live Migration, a Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Cluster
must already be created and added to VMM. You can then add one of the cluster disks as a CSV for
the Failover Cluster. The New Virtual Machine Wizard will take care of all required cluster configuration
settings such as adding a cluster service for the virtual machine with no additional manual configuration
required.
From the VMM Admin Console, select Virtual Machine from the navigation pane on the left side on the
console and then click New virtual machine in the Action pane. This will start the New Virtual
Machine Wizard shown in Figure 27.
Figure 27. Creating a virtual machine for Live Migration
Creating a virtual machine that can use Live Migration is very much like creating a highly available
virtual machine as illustrated in the previous section. The Select Source dialog enables you to choose
how you want to create the new virtual machine. You can create a new VM from scratch or you can use
an existing Template of Virtual Disk. This example shows how to create a new virtual machine by
selecting the Create the new virtual machine with a blank virtual hard disk option. Click Next to
display the Virtual Machine Identity dialog.