Hyper-V: Cluster to Cluster VM Migration with Storage

Lanky Doodle 226 Reputation points
2021-04-16T16:58:51.513+00:00

Hi,

We have 2 Hyper-V Clusters, each connected to different SANs. One Cluster is due for decommissioning so we are looking to move all the VMs.

With Shared Nothing, it appears we have to take the VMs out of FCM first, then move. But is there a 'cleaner' way? Some of the VMs will be critical so I'm a little concerned about removing from FCM.

Both Clusters also use CSV so are there any considerations with that. The old Cluster was built quite "badly"; the new one I did has CSV separation for OS VHDX, Snapshot location and app data location.

Both Clusters have the same CPU.

Thanks

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
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  1. Xiaowei He 9,871 Reputation points
    2021-04-19T07:28:06.047+00:00

    Hi,

    As far as I'm concerned, for the Critical VMs, we can try to export them from the old cluster then import to the New cluster.

    For other VMs we would like to use Live migration, yes, we need to remove the VMs from Cluster, and evict one node from the Cluster, since VM shared nothing live migration should between standalone servers.

    Thanks for your time!
    Best Regards,
    Anne

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