Configuring Windows Failover Cluster

You can configure ibmvss with Windows Failover Cluster on Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2.

Before you begin

Before you configure ibmvss with Windows Failover Cluster, you must create the cluster with the hosts. Complete the following requirements to configure ibmvss with Windows Failover Cluster:
  • The DNS server must already be configured or all node IP addresses must be added to the VM hosts file
  • All hosts should have the same external virtual network in Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Switch Manager
  • The cluster node IP address should be in one subnet and have only one cluster IP
  • Create a VM base on CSV (cluster shared volumes)

Procedure

Complete the following steps to configure Windows Failover Cluster:

  1. Add all cluster hosts to the storage system through iSCSI or FC, and add a volume to all the nodes as the source volume.
  2. Create a free storage pool and a resolve storage pool, and map some volumes (the same size as the source volume) to the free storage pool.
  3. In Failover Cluster Manager, click Storage, right-click Add a storage and add the source volume as available storage in the cluster.
  4. In Failover Cluster Manager, right-click VM and select Add storage. This process adds the source volume as a disk drive of the VM.
  5. Set the source volume as a VM pass-through disk and change its status to online.
  6. To check the ibmvss configuration, install the ibmvss in the VM and open the command prompt. Change directory to the ibmvss installed path and issue the ibmvcfg.exe showcfg command.
  7. Issue the ibmvcfg.exe set vmusername administrator command to set the host user name.
  8. Issue the ibmvcfg.exe set vmpassword command to set the host password.
  9. Issue the ibmvcfg.exe set vmdomain command to set the domain.