Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Failover Clustering Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Failover Clustering http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/failover+clustering Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/failover+clustering en Wed, 22 May 2013 03:26:50 GMT Wed, 22 May 2013 03:26:50 GMT Rev9 7 1 25 Edge Show 62 - Hyper-V Server 2012 Cluster Deployment Using Free Tools At [06:25] Symon Perriman and Rick Claus talk through an end-to-end deploy of a Hyper-V cluster using entirely free tools (without any evaluation bits—you get to keep everything!). First Symon introduces the free tools, which include Hyper-V Server 2012 (http://microsoft.com/hvs), Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 (http://aka.ms/iSCSITarget), Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan: http://aka.ms/RDCman), and Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT: http://aka.ms/RSAT).

Next, at [11:55] the team walks through an installation of Hyper-V Server 2012 using Windows 8 Client Hyper-V, taking advantage of the lightweight installation package and small storage footprint. Symon then uses RDCMan to manage a new Hyper-V Server 2012 host and discusses some password management features. Then, Rick talks about the GUIless configuration options used to join the Hyper-V Server to the domain, and also discusses different GUI-based remote management options.

Symon then [16:20] installs the iSCSI Software Target, creates an iSCSI target and virtual disks, and connects both hosts to the target through their iSCSI initiators. Next, the team uses PowerShell to initialize and format the newly created iSCSI disks. The team then [28:25] switches to using RSAT for remote server management of the Hyper-V hosts from a Windows 8 laptop. After connecting to the hosts, they install the Failover Clustering feature and being to build the cluster. After validating the Hyper-V hosts and iSCSI storage, the team ends the demo by creating a Failover Clustering.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-62-Hyper-V-Server-2012-Cluster-Deployment-Using-Free-Tools At [06:25] Symon Perriman and Rick Claus talk through an end-to-end deploy of a Hyper-V cluster using entirely free tools (without any evaluation bits—you get to keep everything!). First Symon introduces the free tools, which include Hyper-V Server 2012 (http://microsoft.com/hvs), Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 (http://aka.ms/iSCSITarget), Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan: http://aka.ms/RDCman), and Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT: http://aka.ms/RSAT). Next, at [11:55] the team walks through an installation of Hyper-V Server 2012 using Windows 8 Client Hyper-V, taking advantage of the lightweight installation package and small storage footprint. Symon then uses RDCMan to manage a new Hyper-V Server 2012 host and discusses some password management features. Then, Rick talks about the GUIless configuration options used to join the Hyper-V Server to the domain, and also discusses different GUI-based remote management options. Symon then [16:20] installs the iSCSI Software Target, creates an iSCSI target and virtual disks, and connects both hosts to the target through their iSCSI initiators. Next, the team uses PowerShell to initialize and format the newly created iSCSI disks. The team then [28:25] switches to using RSAT for remote server management of the Hyper-V hosts from a Windows 8 laptop. After connecting to the hosts, they install the Failover Clustering feature and being to build the cluster. After validating the Hyper-V hosts and iSCSI storage, the team ends the demo by creating a Failover Clustering. News: [00:20] Join the System Center 2012 Live Q&A event on May 21st: http://aka.ms/Earn-SysCtr (this link will redirect you to the recording approximately one week after the event) [01:10] Register for TechEd North America (http://northamerica.msteched.com) and TechEd Europe (http://europe.msteched.com) before they sell out! [01:45] 5 new System Center 2012 SP1 virtual labs are now available from TechNet: http://aka. 2122 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-62-Hyper-V-Server-2012-Cluster-Deployment-Using-Free-Tools Fri, 17 May 2013 16:10:41 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-62-Hyper-V-Server-2012-Cluster-Deployment-Using-Free-Tools Symon Perriman Symon Perriman 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-62-Hyper-V-Server-2012-Cluster-Deployment-Using-Free-Tools/RSS Amazon Cluster HyperV Hyper-V OEM PowerShell Storage System Center Operations Manager Tech.Ed TechNet Windows Windows Server Remote Desktop TechEd Europe System Center 2012 Windows Server 2012 Failover Clustering Edge Show 54 – Failover Cluster Migration to Windows Server 2012 At [05:55] Symon Perriman meets with Rob Hindman, a Program Manager on the Windows Server Clustering & High-Availability team, to talk about migrating Failover Clusters from Windows Server 2008/R2 to Windows Server 2012. Rob first describes the differences between an upgrade and a migration and explains why a migration is required with a distributed system such as a cluster. Next they discuss the concept of "rolling upgrades" and why they have not been supported since Windows Server 2003 due to their high engineering and test costs. Rob then provides an overview of the Cluster Migration Wizard and how it is used to move roles to the new cluster. Next they briefly describe some other cluster migration paths that do not use the Cluster Migration Wizard, such as SQL and Exchange. 

The conversation then focuses on Hyper-V migration between clusters and different options to move your VMs between different versions. At [11:30] Rob demos a VM migration from a Windows Server 2008 R2 cluster to a Windows Server 2012 cluster. In this demo, all the VMs are running on Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) and we describe how to remap the virtual networks for the VMs when they move to a different set of hosts. Finally, Rob shows the actual migration and how to minimize the downtime for the VMs while they are transferred to the new cluster. For more information, check out the cluster team blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/clustering) and this post on cluster migration: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/clustering/archive/2012/06/25/10323434.aspx.

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-54--Failover-Cluster-Migration-to-Windows-Server-2012 At [05:55] Symon Perriman meets with Rob Hindman, a Program Manager on the Windows Server Clustering & High-Availability team, to talk about migrating Failover Clusters from Windows Server 2008/R2 to Windows Server 2012. Rob first describes the differences between an upgrade and a migration and explains why a migration is required with a distributed system such as a cluster. Next they discuss the concept of "rolling upgrades" and why they have not been supported since Windows Server 2003 due to their high engineering and test costs. Rob then provides an overview of the Cluster Migration Wizard and how it is used to move roles to the new cluster. Next they briefly describe some other cluster migration paths that do not use the Cluster Migration Wizard, such as SQL and Exchange.  The conversation then focuses on Hyper-V migration between clusters and different options to move your VMs between different versions. At [11:30] Rob demos a VM migration from a Windows Server 2008 R2 cluster to a Windows Server 2012 cluster. In this demo, all the VMs are running on Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) and we describe how to remap the virtual networks for the VMs when they move to a different set of hosts. Finally, Rob shows the actual migration and how to minimize the downtime for the VMs while they are transferred to the new cluster. For more information, check out the cluster team blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/clustering) and this post on cluster migration: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/clustering/archive/2012/06/25/10323434.aspx.   News: [00:40] Learn about IaaS and private cloud best practices with the Cloud Infrastructure Solution for Enterprise IT reference architecture: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36795      [01:20] Check out the new Windows Server 2012 Base Configuration Lab Test Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29010      [T2:10:] See how Microsoft IT 1596 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-54--Failover-Cluster-Migration-to-Windows-Server-2012 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:37:16 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-54--Failover-Cluster-Migration-to-Windows-Server-2012 Symon Perriman Symon Perriman 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-54--Failover-Cluster-Migration-to-Windows-Server-2012/RSS Active Directory Cloud Cloud Architecture Cluster Cluster resources HyperV Hyper-V migration migration tools System Center Operations Manager Windows Server 2008 R2 hybrid Private Cloud Windows Server 2012 Failover Clustering Upgrading Skills to Windows Server 2012: (09) Implementing Failover Clustering with Hyper-V We move from standard Failover Clustering to Failover Clustering with Hyper-V in this module. It provides an overview of Hyper-V with Failover Clustering integration; how to implement Hyper-V Virtual Machines on Failover Clusters and Hyper-V Virtual Machine Movement; and lastly how to manage Hyper-V Virtual Environments by Using System Center Virtual Machine Manager.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Upgrading-Skills-to-Windows-Server-2012-Jump-Start/Upgrading-Skills-to-Windows-Server-2012-09-Implementing-Failover-Clustering-with-Hyper-V We move from standard Failover Clustering to Failover Clustering with Hyper-V in this module. It provides an overview of Hyper-V with Failover Clustering integration; how to implement Hyper-V Virtual Machines on Failover Clusters and Hyper-V Virtual Machine Movement; and lastly how to manage Hyper-V Virtual Environments by Using System Center Virtual Machine Manager. Full course outline: Mod 01: Installing and Configuring Servers Based on Windows Server 2012 Mod 02: Monitoring and Maintaining Windows Server 2012 Mod 03: Managing Windows Server 2012 by Using Windows PowerShell 3.0 Mod 04: Managing Storage for Windows Server 2012 Mod 05: Implementing Network Services Mod 06: Implementing Direct Access Mod 07: Implementing Failover Clustering Mod 08: Implementing Hyper-V Mod 09: Implementing Failover Clustering with Hyper-V Mod 10: Implementing Dynamic Access Control Mod 11: Implementing Active Directory Domain Services Mod 12: Implementing Active Directory Federation Services 2713 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Upgrading-Skills-to-Windows-Server-2012-Jump-Start/Upgrading-Skills-to-Windows-Server-2012-09-Implementing-Failover-Clustering-with-Hyper-V Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:27:21 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Upgrading-Skills-to-Windows-Server-2012-Jump-Start/Upgrading-Skills-to-Windows-Server-2012-09-Implementing-Failover-Clustering-with-Hyper-V JeffKoch JeffKoch 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Upgrading-Skills-to-Windows-Server-2012-Jump-Start/Upgrading-Skills-to-Windows-Server-2012-09-Implementing-Failover-Clustering-with-Hyper-V/RSS Hyper-V Windows Server 2012 Failover Clustering Upgrading Skills to Windows Server 2012: (07) Implementing Failover Clustering This important session goes over Failover Clustering and how to implement and configure highly-available applications and services on a Failover Cluster. It also focuses on how to maintain a Failover Cluster and how to implement a Multi-Site Failover Cluster.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Upgrading-Skills-to-Windows-Server-2012-Jump-Start/Upgrading-Skills-to-Windows-Server-2012-07-Implementing-Failover-Clustering This important session goes over Failover Clustering and how to implement and configure highly-available applications and services on a Failover Cluster. It also focuses on how to maintain a Failover Cluster and how to implement a Multi-Site Failover Cluster. Full course outline: Mod 01: Installing and Configuring Servers Based on Windows Server 2012 Mod 02: Monitoring and Maintaining Windows Server 2012 Mod 03: Managing Windows Server 2012 by Using Windows PowerShell 3.0 Mod 04: Managing Storage for Windows Server 2012 Mod 05: Implementing Network Services Mod 06: Implementing Direct Access Mod 07: Implementing Failover Clustering Mod 08: Implementing Hyper-V Mod 09: Implementing Failover Clustering with Hyper-V Mod 10: Implementing Dynamic Access Control Mod 11: Implementing Active Directory Domain Services Mod 12: Implementing Active Directory Federation Services 3234 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Upgrading-Skills-to-Windows-Server-2012-Jump-Start/Upgrading-Skills-to-Windows-Server-2012-07-Implementing-Failover-Clustering Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:26:55 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Upgrading-Skills-to-Windows-Server-2012-Jump-Start/Upgrading-Skills-to-Windows-Server-2012-07-Implementing-Failover-Clustering JeffKoch JeffKoch 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Upgrading-Skills-to-Windows-Server-2012-Jump-Start/Upgrading-Skills-to-Windows-Server-2012-07-Implementing-Failover-Clustering/RSS Windows Server 2012 Failover Clustering Edge Show 41 - Hyper-V & Live Migration in Windows Server 2012 Technical Interview:

At [00:10] Symon meets with Jeff Woolsey, a Principal Program Manager Lead for Windows Server Hyper-V, to discuss the new virtualization features just released in Windows Server 2012. First, Jeff defines the goals for Hyper-V virtualization in its third release and covers some of the features providing greater scale, network virtualization, and storage virtualization. Next, they talk about the live migration technology and how it has been improved in this release in order to provide more resiliency while supporting an unlimited number of simultaneous live migrations. Jeff then talks about the new types of live migration introduced in this release, including live migration over SMB connections, storage live migration, and "shared nothing" live migration. At [20:20] Jeff shows a demo of a "shared nothing" live migration in which he moves a running VM between two standalone servers with no downtime. Finally, Jeff talks about how System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager takes advantages of these new capabilities and shows a second demo at [25:45].

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-41-Hyper-V--Live-Migration-in-Windows-Server-2012 Technical Interview: At [00:10] Symon meets with Jeff Woolsey, a Principal Program Manager Lead for Windows Server Hyper-V, to discuss the new virtualization features just released in Windows Server 2012. First, Jeff defines the goals for Hyper-V virtualization in its third release and covers some of the features providing greater scale, network virtualization, and storage virtualization. Next, they talk about the live migration technology and how it has been improved in this release in order to provide more resiliency while supporting an unlimited number of simultaneous live migrations. Jeff then talks about the new types of live migration introduced in this release, including live migration over SMB connections, storage live migration, and "shared nothing" live migration. At [20:20] Jeff shows a demo of a "shared nothing" live migration in which he moves a running VM between two standalone servers with no downtime. Finally, Jeff talks about how System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager takes advantages of these new capabilities and shows a second demo at [25:45]. News: There is so much Microsoft news this week with the BUILD conference and the release of Windows 8 that we are saving it all for a special edition of the Edge Show next week. Connect with the Edge Team: Facebook – Twitter 1863 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-41-Hyper-V--Live-Migration-in-Windows-Server-2012 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:38:56 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-41-Hyper-V--Live-Migration-in-Windows-Server-2012 Symon Perriman Symon Perriman 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-41-Hyper-V--Live-Migration-in-Windows-Server-2012/RSS Cluster HyperV Hyper-V Storage Virtualization System Center 2012 Windows Server 2012 System Center Virtual Machine Manager Failover Clustering Edge Show 36 - High-Availability & Clustering enhancement in Windows Server 2012 News:

Technical Interview: At [04:17] Symon meets with Elden Christensen, a Principal Program Manager Lead for Windows Server Failover Cluster, to discuss the new continuous availability features just released in Windows Server 2012. First, Elden defines the goals of continual availability for this release and covers some of the features providing greater resiliency for hardware, such as NIC teaming and scale-out file server. Next they talk about some of the new Failover Clustering features, including new scalability and expanded support for Custer Shared Volumes (CSV). They then move to focus on enhancements for virtual machines such as monitoring guest VM services from the host- and cluster-aware updating. Then, at [10:20] Elden shows us a demo with a 64-node cluster hosting over 8,000 VMs and new management enhancements such as VM prioritization and simultaneous live migrations. Elden then wraps up by talking about new types of live migration, Node Maintenance Mode, and the Hyper-V Replica feature.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-36-High-Availability--Clustering-enhancement-in-Windows-Server-2012 News: [00:20] This month is Windows Server 2012 Launch! http://windows-server-launch.com [00:50] Get trained in Windows Server 2012 at one of the upcoming IT Camps worldwide: http://aka.ms/ITCamps [01:30] The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) has just released an update to support Windows Server 2012: http://aka.ms/MDT [02:00] The Private Cloud Fast Track now offers end-to-end OEM solutions supporting Windows Server 2012: http://aka.ms/FastTrack [02:55] Failover Clustering announces support for 8,000 VMs per cluster – the best in industry! Technical Interview: At [04:17] Symon meets with Elden Christensen, a Principal Program Manager Lead for Windows Server Failover Cluster, to discuss the new continuous availability features just released in Windows Server 2012. First, Elden defines the goals of continual availability for this release and covers some of the features providing greater resiliency for hardware, such as NIC teaming and scale-out file server. Next they talk about some of the new Failover Clustering features, including new scalability and expanded support for Custer Shared Volumes (CSV). They then move to focus on enhancements for virtual machines such as monitoring guest VM services from the host- and cluster-aware updating. Then, at [10:20] Elden shows us a demo with a 64-node cluster hosting over 8,000 VMs and new management enhancements such as VM prioritization and simultaneous live migrations. Elden then wraps up by talking about new types of live migration, Node Maintenance Mode, and the Hyper-V Replica feature. Connect with the Edge Team: Facebook – Twitter 1125 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-36-High-Availability--Clustering-enhancement-in-Windows-Server-2012 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 02:06:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-36-High-Availability--Clustering-enhancement-in-Windows-Server-2012 Symon Perriman Symon Perriman 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-36-High-Availability--Clustering-enhancement-in-Windows-Server-2012/RSS HyperV Hyper-V Virtualization High Availability Windows Server 2012 Failover Clustering Continuous Availability in Windows Server 2012 with Gene Chellis & Claus Joergensen In this interview at TechEd North America 2012 Symon Perriman discusses the new continuous availability features coming in Windows Server 2012 with Gene Chellis (Director of Program Management) and Claus Joergensen (Principal Program Manager) from the Windows Storage & Availability Team.

  • [00:45] What were the key planning scenarios we looked at to improve service availability?
  • [00:57] What are some of the new features we have added to increase hardware resiliency?
  • [04:10] What are improvements to reduce hardware faults in memory?
  • [05:55] What are the major enhancements made to Failover Clustering in this release?
  • Demo [07:37] Claus demos a continuously available file server failover with no downtime to a SQL database
  • [11:48] How does 'Cluster Aware Updating' work and what are the benefits?
  • [15:00] What are the new types of live migration?
  • [18:15] Have we made resiliency improvements beyond the datacenter for disaster recovery?
  • [20:15] Do we ensure that the Hyper-V Replica provides data consistency during replication?

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Continuous-Availability-in-Windows-Server-2012-with-Gene-Chellis--Claus-Joergensen In this interview at TechEd North America 2012 Symon Perriman discusses the new continuous availability features coming in Windows Server 2012 with Gene Chellis (Director of Program Management) and Claus Joergensen (Principal Program Manager) from the Windows Storage & Availability Team. [00:45] What were the key planning scenarios we looked at to improve service availability? [00:57] What are some of the new features we have added to increase hardware resiliency? [04:10] What are improvements to reduce hardware faults in memory? [05:55] What are the major enhancements made to Failover Clustering in this release? Demo [07:37] Claus demos a continuously available file server failover with no downtime to a SQL database [11:48] How does 'Cluster Aware Updating' work and what are the benefits? [15:00] What are the new types of live migration? [18:15] Have we made resiliency improvements beyond the datacenter for disaster recovery? [20:15] Do we ensure that the Hyper-V Replica provides data consistency during replication? Watch weekly news and technical interviews for IT Professionals on The Edge Show or see the rest of the Channel 9 Live Coverage of TechEd North America. Connect with the Edge Team: Facebook – Twitter 1408 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Continuous-Availability-in-Windows-Server-2012-with-Gene-Chellis--Claus-Joergensen Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:15:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Continuous-Availability-in-Windows-Server-2012-with-Gene-Chellis--Claus-Joergensen Symon Perriman Symon Perriman 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Continuous-Availability-in-Windows-Server-2012-with-Gene-Chellis--Claus-Joergensen/rss Ch9live Cluster HyperV Hyper-V Storage Windows Server File Windows Server 2012 Failover Clustering