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Host a windows server 2003 vm on hyperv failover cluster 2019

yuval 96 Reputation points
2020-10-30T08:59:43.857+00:00

Hello can a windows server 2003 vm be hosted on a 2019 hyperV failover cluster

I’m asking this because 2003 dosent appear under the supported guest os of hyperV 2016 or 2019

Does this mean that only the integrated services will not work but the vm will still work? Or will the vm not even power on?

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  1. Leon Laude 85,686 Reputation points
    2020-10-30T09:02:23.65+00:00

    Hi @yuvalwollman-2289,

    It might work, I believe the integration services won't be compatible, but this is definitely not supported.

    Supported Windows guest operating systems for Hyper-V on Windows Server
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/supported-windows-guest-operating-systems-for-hyper-v-on-windows

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    Leon

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  2. Philippe Levesque 5,706 Reputation points MVP
    2020-10-30T13:48:01.52+00:00

    Hi

    For 2019 I can't confirm but for 2016 it work even if it's wrote not supported. You need to install an older integration services by using a 2012R2 ISO.

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  3. LaMerk 6 Reputation points
    2020-10-30T15:44:58.743+00:00

    It will work without integration services.

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  4. Xiaowei He 9,876 Reputation points
    2020-11-02T06:09:22.49+00:00

    Hi，

    Although it will work to run Server 2003 VM on Hyper V 2019, we may get some unexpected issues.

    It's recommended to upgrade Server 2003 VM to higher supported version as soon as possible.

    Thanks for your time!
    Best Regards,
    Anne

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  5. yuval 96 Reputation points
    2020-12-26T19:36:06.757+00:00

    Hello all , thanks for helping out with this issue, Windows 2003 server VM works well as a cluster resource on failover cluster 2019 with no issues, live migration works and the integrated services installed previously works