Windows server 2012 failover clustering vsphere 5.1

To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. Best Answer. View this "Best Answer" in the replies below ». Popular Topics in VMware. Which of the following retains the information it's storing when the system power is turned off?

Submit ». Pure Capsaicin. Gary D Williams This person is a verified professional. Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional. Yes it is. What makes you think that it isn't? Bluedevil58 Apr 22, at UTC. YoungITPro wrote: Thanks guys. No, that's wrong. This means, that you can run Windows Server failover cluster on vSphere 5.

Windows R2 failover clustering is now supported. But much more significant are changes regarding the storage protocols. With vSphere 5. Until vSphere 5. VMware KB summarizes the changes in vSphere 5. Clusters are never an easy thing.

The complex support matrix does not make it easier. Your email address will not be published. I firmly believe you should stick with what is supported when virtualizing business critical applications. Anyone else tried to virtualize a Windows Failover Cluster and see the behavior that VM w are describes? Thanks for your article. Do you have any information if a Windows Failover Cluster is supported under vSphere 5.

I installed a Failover Cluster in my lab today and it worked without any problems. Thanks for the comment. For all other configurations that I tested above I had no issues. Hi Matt Thanks For the info. Thanks Meron. If I had to guess I would think that some step in the clustering guide was missed.

Or did they change it over the time? In the in-guest storage scenario, you present storage to your virtual machine via the guest iSCSI initiator taking vSphere completely out of the storage stack. That specific configuration is supported and has been for quite some time with other Microsoft clustering solutions. Your email address will not be published.