Using StarWind To Provide Cluster Shared Disk Resources For Hyper-V Failover Clusters

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Technical Reference Series
StarWind iSCSI SAN Software: Using StarWind to

Provide Cluster Shared Disk Resources for
Hyper-V Failover Clusters
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Table of Contents
Introduction ....................................................................................................... 5
Configuring.......................................................................................................
the Domain Controller 7
Network
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Adapter 7
Active
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Directory 8
DNS................................................................................................................ 20
User
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Accounts 33
Configuring .......................................................................................................
Parent-based Failover Cluster 1 43
Configuring
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StarWind Server 43
Network
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Adapter 43
Preparing
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Quorum Volume 44
Preparing
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Generic Volume 52
Preparing
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the Cluster Nodes 60
Node ........................................................................................................
1 60
Node........................................................................................................
2 111
Configuring
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the Microsoft Cluster Service 151
Validate
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a Configuration 151
Create
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a Cluster 157
Creating
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and Configuring a Virtual Machine 164
Create
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a Virtual Machine 164
Reconfigure
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the Automatic Start Action 173
Make........................................................................................................
the Virtual Machine Highly Available 175
Install
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the Operating System 183
Testing
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a Failover 190
Planned
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Failover 190
Unplanned
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Failover 193
Configuring.......................................................................................................
Parent-based Failover Cluster 2 197
Configuring
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StarWind Server 197
Preparing
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Cluster Nodes 198
Configuring
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Microsoft Cluster Service 200
Creating
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and Configuring a Virtual Machine 201
Testing
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a Failover 202
Configuring.......................................................................................................
Child-based Failover Cluster 203
Configuring
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StarWind Server 203
Conclusion ....................................................................................................... 204
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Guide
Introduction
Software clustering technology works to provide a group of systems as a
unified redundant network presence. Various cluster configurations can be
implemented. One of the most frequently used configurations is the failover
cluster. This High Availability (HA) configuration assumes that if one of the
cluster nodes fail, the reserved node automatically comes online, providing
little or no application downtime. With this type of configuration, the user
workflow remains virtually uninterrupted and secured.
Failover cluster configuration requires two or more server nodes that share an
external storage. Based on the iSCSI technology, StarWind Softwafe Inc.
StarWind enables you to create an external storage system in the Windows
environment without implementation of expensive Fiber Channel or external
SCSI solutions. With StarWind you can create a shared disk array on a host
running Microsoft Windows Server.
This document provides you detailed step-by-step instructions on configuring
StarWind with Hyper-V and failover clustering.
For more information on Microsoft’s clustering technology press refer to
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/clustering/
resources.mspx
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This document provides detailed step-by-step instructions on configuring

StarWind with Hyper-V and failover clustering.
Figure 1. StarWind provides shared-disk resources to clusters
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Configuring the Domain Controller

Network Adapter
The network adapter must be assigned a static IP address. Select the Use the
following IP address option and type in the IP address you wish to use. The
Subnet mask must also be provided. Both values must be correctly chosen
given the networking configuration of the Corporate LAN. As Active Directory
(AD) requires DNS, an address must be provided – in this case we can specify
127.0.0.1 (loopback interface address). DNS will be installed later with the
other AD components.
Press the OK button.
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Active Directory
Select Start->Run and type in dcpromo.
Press the OK button to continue.
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The Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard appears.
Press the Next button to continue.
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In the wizard that appears carefully read the instructions.
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Since we are creating a new domain, select the Create a new domain in a new
forest.
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Specify the full DNS name of the domain to be created.
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Select the forest functional level. In this example, we are going to use only
Windows Server 2008 machines so select Windows Server 2008 functional
level.
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Select any additional options that apply.
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A DNS warning dialog appears.
Press the Yes button to continue.
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Customize the directories where the AD database, log files and SYSVOL data
will be stored or accept the values at their defaults.
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Type in the Directory Services Restore Mode Administrator Password.
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Ensure that all parameters are correct, or press the Back button should any
changes be required.
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If successful, the wizard should look like the example image provided below.
Press the Finish button to close the wizard.
Press the Restart Now button to restart the computer.
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DNS
Log on to the Domain controller using an account with administrative
privileges. Launch the DNS Manager and configure the Reverse Lookup Zone.
Press the right mouse button over the Reverse Lookup Zone node and select
the New Zone... popup menu item.
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The New Zone Wizard appears.
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On the Zone Type page, select the Primary Zone option and check the Store
the zone in the Active Directory checkbox.
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Specify the replication scope or accept the default option.
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Choose IPv4 Reverse Lookup Zone
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Type in the Network ID to identify the reverse lookup zone.
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Specify the dynamic update options.
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Press the Finish button.
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Press the right mouse button over the rds.local forward lookup zone and
select the New Host (A or AAAA)... pop-up menu item.
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The New Host dialog appears. Type in the hostname of the Cluster Node 1
Server and its IP address. Also please check the Create associated pointer
(PTR) record checkbox.
Press the Add Host button to add node1 DNS record.
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Type in the hostname of the Cluster Node 2 Server and its IP address. Also
please check the Create associated pointer (PTR) record checkbox.
Press the Add Host button to add node2 DNS record.
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If successful, the DNS Manager console should look like the example images
provided below.
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User Accounts
The Administrator accounts must now be created to manage the first and the
second cluster node servers. Launch the Active Directory Users and
Computers management console.
Press the right mouse button over the Users node. Select New->User.
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In the dialog that appears, enter the required fields as shown in the example
image.
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Enter the password and optionally set any additional options.
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Press the Finish button to create new user.
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Once again press the right mouse button over the Users node.
Select New->User.
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In the dialog that appears, enter the required fields as shown in the example
image.
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Enter the password and optionally set any additional options.
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Press the Finish button to create new user.
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The two users, node1adm and node2adm, must be made members of both
the Administrators and Domain Admins groups. Select both of the accounts
and press the right mouse button over the selection as shown in the example
image.
Select the Add to a group option.
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The Select Groups dialog appears. Enter the names of the groups.
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Configuring Parent-based Failover Cluster 1

Configuring StarWind Server
Network Adapter
The network adapter must be assigned a static IP address. Select the Use the
following IP address option and type in the IP address you wish to use. The
Subnet mask must also be provided. Both values must be correctly chosen
given the networking configuration of the dedicated iSCSI network that the
cluster will be a part of. This interface is used for iSCSI target storage
communications and a default gateway need not be specified.
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Preparing Quorum Volume

Launch the StarWind console selecting Start -> All Programs -> StarWind
Software -> StarWind -> StarWind. After the console is launched its icon
appears in the system tray. Double click the icon with the left mouse button or
single click it with the right and select Start Management pup-up menu item.
From the StarWind Servers tree select the computer you wish to connect to.
Press the right mouse button over the desired host (computer) and select the
Connect popup menu item. You will be prompted to enter the login username
and password. By default they are: root, starwind. You can always change
them later.
After you have successfully connected to the StarWind Service, click the right
mouse button over the desired host (computer). Select the Add Target pop-up
menu item to continue.
In the wizard that appears, specify target name.
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Select the Image File device. You can display the help topics by pressing the
Help button.
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Select the Create new virtual disk to create a new virtual hard disk or the
Mount existing virtual disk to mount an existing virtual disk that you’ve
prepared previously.
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If you have decided to create a new virtual disk, specify the location and the
name of the virtual disk you wish to create. Also provide the virtual disk size in
megabytes. Configure any additional parameters for the virtual disk you wish
to create. Please refer to the online help for details regarding those additional
parameters, i.e. (Compressed and Encrypted).
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The Image File device has some extra parameters. Check the Allow multiple
concurrent iSCSI connections (clustering) checkbox. Please refer to the online
help for details regarding those additional parameters, i.e. (Asynchronous
mode, Allow multiple connections (clustering), Read-only mode and Specify
advanced options).
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Ensure all device parameters are correct, or press the Back button should any
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A summary of the created device is displayed on the last wizard page (see
image below).
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Preparing Generic Volume

Click the right mouse button over the host (computer). Select the Add Target
pop-up menu item to continue.
In the wizard that appears, specify target name.
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Select the Image File device. You can display the help topics by pressing the
Help button.
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Select the Create new virtual disk to create a new virtual hard disk or the
Mount existing virtual disk to mount an existing virtual disk that you’ve
prepared previously.
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If you have decided to create a new virtual disk, specify the location and name
of the virtual disk you wish to be create. Also, provide the virtual disk size in
megabytes. Configure any additional parameters of the virtual disk you wish to
create. Please refer to the online help for details regarding those additional
parameters, i.e. (Compressed and Encrypted).
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The Image File device has some extra parameters. Check the Allow multiple
concurrent iSCSI connections (clustering) checkbox. Please refer to the online
help for details regarding those additional parameters, i.e. (Asynchronous
mode, Allow multiple connections (clustering), Read-only mode and Specify
advanced options).
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Ensure all device parameters are correct, or press the Back button should any
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A summary of the created device is displayed on the last wizard page (see
image below).
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If successful, the StarWind Console should look like the sample image
provided below.
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Preparing the Cluster Nodes

Node 1
Configuring the Network Interfaces
Each adapter will be assigned a static IP address. Select the Use the following
IP address option and type in the IP address you wish to use. The Subnet mask
and DNS server address must also be provided. All the values must be
correctly chosen given the networking configuration of the Corporate LAN that
the cluster will be a part of. As this interface is for the public network, a default
gateway will need to be assigned.
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Just as was done for the first network adapter, assign appropriate values to
the TCP/IP configuration of the second network adapter using the following
example image as guidance. This interface is used for iSCSI target storage
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Just as was done for the first and second network adapters, assign
appropriate values to the TCP/IP configuration of the third network adapter
using the following example image as guidance. This interface is used to
facilitate virtual machines to public network communications and a default
gateway need not be specified.
Note: Please perform network connection tests to ensure that all of the NICs
are working properly.
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Joining the domain
Launch the System Properties tool by selecting Control Panel -> System.
Click the Change settings item.
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Select the Computer Name tab.
Press the Change… button.
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In the Computer Name Changes dialog enter the domain to join.
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Enter the username and password of an account with permission to join to the
domain (node1adm).
Press the OK button to join.
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If successful, the notification dialog like the one on the image shown below
should appear.
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You must restart the computer for the changes to take effect.
Restart the server. Log in as node1adm and install the MS iSCSI Initator.
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Configuring iSCSI initiator
Launch the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator application from Administrative

Tools -> iSCSI Initiator
Select the Discovery Tab.
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In the Target Portals group, click the Add Portal... button.
Press the Add Portal... button.
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In the Add Target Portal dialog enter the IP address or DNS name and port
number of the StarWind target server.
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Click on the Targets tab. Select the iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) of the target
just added.
Press the Log On… button.
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The Log On to Target dialog now appears. In this dialog click on the checkbox
Automatically restore this connection when the system boots to make this
connection persistent.
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If successful, the initiator is now logged on to StarWind.
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Initializing, Formatting and Creating Partitions
When the StarWind Disks are connected, they show up on the initiator
machine as new disk devices. Before these devices can be used as cluster
disks, they have to be initialized and formatted. Launch the Computer
Management console.
Select Disk Management.
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Bring disks online. Press the right mouse button over the disk and select
Online.
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Initialize the Disks. Press the right mouse button over the Disk and select
Initialize Disk. Follow the wizard to initialize the new disks.
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Both disks have now been initialized.
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Right-click over the unallocated space and select New Simple Volume. Follow
the instructions in the wizard to create an NTFS partition for use as the
quorum disk.
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The New Simple Volume Wizard appears.
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Specify new volume size in megabytes.
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Choose the Drive Letter to assign.
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Specify the format options and provide the Volume Label.
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Ensure all settings are correct, or press the Back button should any changes be
required.
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If successful, a new volume will be created as shown in the example image

below. Repeat the same steps to create the second volume.
Right-click over the unallocated space and select New Simple Volume. Follow
the instructions in the wizard to create an NTFS partition for use as the generic
disk.
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The New Partition Wizard appears.
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Specify the new volume size in megabytes.
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Choose the Drive Letter to assign.
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Specify the format options and provide the Volume Label.
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Ensure all settings are correct, or press the Back button should any changes be
required.
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If successful, both disks are now formatted as shown in the example image
below.
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Installing the Hyper-V Role
Launch the Computer Management console. Select the Roles node from the
list.
Click the Add Features to continue.
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The Add Roles Wizard appears.
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Check the Hyper-V role.
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Carefully read the introduction instructions.
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Do not create a virtual network on this step.
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Ensure all parameters are correct, or press the Previous button should any
Complete the installation of the Hyper-V role by pressing the Install button.
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Press the Close button and restart the computer.
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After the restart, the Resume Configuration Wizard appears. If the feature
was successfully installed, the wizard should look similar to the example image
below.
Press the Close button.
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Installing the Failover Clustering Feature
Launch the Computer Management console. Select the Features node from
the list.
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The Add Features Wizard appears. Check the Failover Clustering feature.
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Ensure all the parameters are correct, or press the Previous button should any
Complete the installation of the Failover Clustering feature by pressing the

Install button.
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If the feature is successfully installed, the wizard should look similar to the
example image below.
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Create a Virtual Network
Launch the Hyper-V Manager.
From the Actions menu click the Virtual Network Manager... item.
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The Virtual Network Manager dialog appears. Select External as the type of
virtual network to create.
Press the Add button.
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Specify the name for the new network. Make sure you use exactly the same
name on both servers running Hyper-V.
Under Connection type select External and specify the physical network
adapter.
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The New network connection appears. Let's rename it "External" for the
example.
Shut down the server.
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Node 2
Configuring Network Interfaces
Each adapter will be assigned a static IP address. Select the Use the following
IP address option and type in the IP address you wish to use. The Subnet mask
and DNS server address must also be provided. All the values must be
correctly chosen given the networking configuration of the Corporate LAN that
the cluster will be a part of. Since this interface is for the public network, a
default gateway will need to be assigned.
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Just as was done for the first network adapter, assign the appropriate values
to the TCP/IP configuration of the second network adapter using the following
example image as guidance. This interface is used for iSCSI target storage
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Just as was done for the first and second network adapters, assign the
appropriate values to the TCP/IP configuration of the third network adapter
using the following example image as guidance. This interface is used to
facilitate virtual machines to public network communications and a default
gateway need not be specified.
Note: Please perform network connection tests to ensure that all of the NICs
are working properly.
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Joining the domain
Launch the System Properties tool selecting Control Panel -> System.
Click the Change settings item.
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Select the Computer Name tab.
Press the Change… button.
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In the Computer Name Changes dialog enter the domain to join.
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Enter the username and password of an account with permission to join to the
domain (node2adm).
Press the OK button to join.
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If successful, the notification dialog like the one on the image shown below
should appear.
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You must restart the computer for the changes to take effect.
Restart the server. Log in as node2adm and install the MS iSCSI Initator.
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Configuring iSCSI Initiator
Launch the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator application from Administrative

Tools -> iSCSI Initiator
Select the Discovery Tab.
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In the Target Portals group, click the Add Portal... button.
Press the Add Portal... button.
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In the Add Target Portal dialog enter the IP address or DNS name and Port
number of the StarWind target server.
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Click on the Targets tab. Select the IQN of the target just added.
Press the Log On… button.
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The Log On to Target dialog now appears. In this dialog click on the checkbox
Automatically restore this connection when the system boots to make this
connection persistent.
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If successful, the initiator is now logged on to StarWind.
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Assigning Drive Letters
When the StarWind Disks are connected, they show up on the initiator
machine as new disk devices. Before these devices can be used as cluster
disks, they have to be mounted. Launch the Computer Management console.
Select Disk Management.
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Bring the disks online. Press the right mouse button over the disk and select
Online.
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The picture below shows that Windows has automatically assigned Drive
Letters to the mounted volumes. Since these are local drive letters they may
not be the same as we have assigned to these volumes on the first node.
However, all volumes of a cluster must be assigned the same drive letters, any
differences must be manually changed. Press the right mouse button over the
Quorum volume.
Select Change Drive Letter and Paths...
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Change the Drive Letter for the Quorum to Q.
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Press the right mouse button over the Generic volume.
Select Change Drive Letter and Paths...
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Change the Drive Letter for the Generic to R.
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If successful, the Computer Management console should look like the sample
image provided below.
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Installing the Hyper-V Role
Launch the Computer Management console. Select the Roles node from the
list.
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The Add Roles Wizard appears.
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Check the Hyper-V role.
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Carefully read the introduction instructions.
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Do not create a virtual network on this step.
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Complete the installation of the Hyper-V role by pressing the Install button.
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Press the Close button and restart the computer.
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After the restart the Resume Configuration Wizard appears. If the feature
was successfully installed, the wizard should look similar to the example image
below.
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Installing the Failover Clustering Feature
Launch the Computer Management console. Select the Features node from
the list.
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The Add Features Wizard appears. Check the Failover Clustering feature.
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Complete the installation of the Failover Clustering feature by pressing the

Install button.
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If the feature is successfully installed, the wizard should look similar to the
example image below.
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Create a Virtual Network
From the Actions menu click the Virtual Network Manager... item.
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The Virtual Network Manager dialog appears. Select External as the type of
virtual network to create.
Press the Add button.
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Specify the name for the new network. Make sure you use exactly the same
name on both servers running Hyper-V.
Under Connection type select External and specify the physical network
adapter.
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The New network connection appears. Let's rename it "External" for this
example.
Shut down the server.
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Configuring the Microsoft Cluster Service

Validate a Configuration
Start both Cluster Node 1 Server and Cluster Node 2 Server. Launch the
Failover Cluster Management console by selecting Administrative Tools ->
Failover Cluster Management.
After the management console is launched, click the Validate a

Configuration... item to ensure that the configuration is suitable for failover
clustering.
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The Validate a Configuration Wizard appears.
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Add the names of the servers you wish to use as cluster nodes.
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Select the Run all tests (recommended) item for testing the complete
configuration.
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If successful, the wizard should look like the example picture provided below.
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Create a Cluster
It is now time to create the cluster. Click the Create a Cluster item from the
Actions panel shown on the right.
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The Create a Cluster Wizard appears.
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Add the names of servers you wish to use as cluster nodes.
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Specify the Cluster Name and IP address.
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Now that the creation of the cluster is complete it will be shown in the panel on
the left.
Expand the cluster by clicking on the ‘+’ symbol next to the cluster, then click
on Storage. The Failover Cluster Management console should look like the
example picture provided below. Both cluster disk resources will be shown as
online.
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Creating and Configuring a Virtual Machine

Create a Virtual Machine
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Press the right mouse button over the server and select the New->Virtual
Machine... popup menu item.
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The New Virtual Machine Wizard appears.
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Specify a name for the virtual machine. Check the Store the virtual machine in
a different location checkbox, press the Browse... button and navigate to the
shared storage.
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Specify the amount of memory (in megabytes) to allocate for the virtual
machine.
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Connect the network adapter to the virtual network created previously.
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Select the Create a virtual hard disk item, specify the name for virtual disk to
create. Optionally change the Location (it must be on shared storage) and Size
parameters values.
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Select the Install an operating system from a boot CD/DVD-ROM item. Under
media specify the location of the media.
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Ensure the Start the virtual machine after it is created checkbox is

unchecked.
The virtual machine must be turned off so that you can make it highly
available.
Press the Finish button to create virtual machine.
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Reconfigure the Automatic Start Action

Automatic actions let you automatically manage the state of the virtual
machine when the Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management service starts or
stops. However, when you make a virtual machine highly available, the
management of virtual machine state should be controlled through the Cluster
service.
Press the right button over the virtual machine.
Select the Settings... popup menu item.
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Select the Nothing item under the What do you want this virtual machine to
do when the physical computer starts.
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Make the Virtual Machine Highly Available

Launch the Failover Cluster Management console. Select the Services and
Applications node.
Click the Configure a Service or Application... item.
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The High Availability Wizard appears.
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Select the Virtual Machine item from the list of available services or
applications.
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Check the name of the virtual machine you wish to make highly available.
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The Failover Cluster Manager console should look like the example images
provided below.
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Bring the virtual machine online.
Press the right mouse button over the virtual machine and select the Bring this
service or application online popup menu item.
This action will bring the virtual machine online and start it.
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Install the Operating System

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Press the right mouse button over the virtual machine and select the
Connect... popup menu item.
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The Virtual Machine Connection tool appears.
Install the operating system in the usual way.
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After the installation is completed, install the Integration Services.
Select the Insert Integration Services Setup Disk item of the Action menu. If
the autorun does not start the installation you should start it manually.
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Launch the System Properties tool by selecting Control Panel -> System.
Optionally change the Computer name.
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Specify the network connection parameters.
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The installation and configuration of the virtual machine is completed.
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Testing a Failover
Planned Failover
Launch the Failover Cluster Management console.
Press the right mouse button over the virtual machine and select the Move
this service or application to another node and click the name of the other
node.
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Inspect the details of both nodes to verify that the move succeeded.
In the Failover Cluster Management console the Current Owner parameter
should change its value to node12.
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Launch the Hyper-V Manager on the node12.
The virtual machine must appear here.
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Unplanned Failover
Launch the Failover Cluster Management console.
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Press the right mouse button over the node that is the current owner of the
virtual machine (node11 in this case).
Select the More Actions... and click the Stop Cluster Service item.
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Inspect the details of both nodes to verify that the move succeeded.
In the Failover Cluster Management console the Current Owner parameter
should change its value to node12.
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Launch the Hyper-V Manager on the node12.
The virtual machine must appear here.
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Configuring Parent-based Failover Cluster 2

Please refer to the Configuring StarWind Server section of Configuring Parent-
based Failover Cluster 1 section.
Use for example 192.168.20.20 value as the IP address and 255.255.255.0
value as the subnet mask. The other steps are the same: you must create
quorum and generic disks iSCSI targets with the same size and parameters.
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Preparing Cluster Nodes

Please refer to the Preparing Cluster Nodes section of Configuring Parent-
based Failover Cluster 1 section.
Use for example the following values to configure the network adapters of
Node 1 and Node 2 of the Parent-based Failover Cluster 2.
Node 1 Public network

IP address: 192.168.10.21
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.10.254
Preferred DNS server: 192.168.10.1
Node 1 Storage network

IP address: 192.168.20.21
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Node 1 VMs network

IP address: 192.168.10.221
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Node 2 Public network

IP address: 192.168.10.22
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.10.254
Node 2 Storage network

IP address: 192.168.20.22
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Node 2 VMs network

IP address: 192.168.10.222
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
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You must configure your DNS (add node21 -> 192.168.10.21 and node22 ->
192.168.10.22 records). Please refer to the DNS section of Configuring
Domain Controller chapter.
You also should add user accounts for example node21adm and node22adm.
Please refer to the User Accounts section of Configuring Domain Controller
chapter.
The other steps are the same as in Preparing Cluster Nodes section of the
Parent-based Failover Cluster 1.
Note: Please do not forget to specify the 192.168.20.21 as the target portal in
the Parent-based Failover Cluster 2 nodes initiators.
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Configuring Microsoft Cluster Service

Please refer to the Configuring Microsoft Cluster Service section of Configuring
Parent-based Failover Cluster 1 section.
Specify node21 and node22 as the names of the servers in the Validate a
Configuration Wizard and the Create a Cluster Wizard.
You may specify 192.168.10.23 value as the IP address to be used by the
Parent-based Failover Cluster 2.
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Creating and Configuring a Virtual Machine

Please refer to the Creating and configuring a virtual machine section of
Configuring Parent-based Failover Cluster 1 section.
Use vnode2 as the virtual machine name for the example.
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Testing a Failover
Please refer to the Testing a failover section of Configuring Parent-based
Failover Cluster 1 section.
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Configuring Child-based Failover Cluster

Please refer to the Using StarWind to Provide Cluster Shared Disk Resource
guide to get information about how to configure a Failover cluster on
Windows Server 2008.
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Conclusion
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Contacts
Support: www.starwindsoftware.com/support
Support Forum: www.starwindsoftware.com/forums
Sales E-mail: sales@starwindsoftware.com
US Headquarters
Phone: 617-449-7717
Fax: 617-505-5845
EMEA: 1-888-532-2203
StarWind Software Inc.

40 Mall Rd., Burlington
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