Pro Microsoft Hyper-V 2019: Practical Guidance and Hands-On Labs

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Andy Syrewicze and Richard SiddawayPro Microsoft Hyper-V 2019https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4116-5_11

11. Using Failover Cluster Manager to Manage Hyper-V Clusters

Andy Syrewicze¹  and Richard Siddaway²

(1)

Jenison, MI, USA

(2)

Baston, Lincolnshire, UK

 

In the previous chapter, you saw how to create a Hyper-V cluster. As with anything in IT, creating the cluster is the easy bit. You’ve then got to manage it. You’ve already seen how to manage Hyper-V hosts using Hyper-V Manager, which is an excellent tool for managing one or more stand-alone hosts. When you cluster Hyper-V hosts, you manage them as a cluster, using Failover Cluster Manager.

Caution

If you’re using external storage in your cluster (iSCSI, SAN, ...