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Is Failover Clustering imlpementable within a Hyper-V

I am currently under the following Scenario.

My Company is trying to implement Failover Clustering for it's Databases on SQL Server.

and before that I am supposed to test the implementation on a Virtual Machine.

My question: Is this Possible, can I fully Implement Failover Clustering within a Hyper-V Machine ? can i build my way in it up to the desired result which is having 2 running Nodes, which step in for each other in case one database becomes unavailable ?

Here is the MSDN Configuration Link I've seen: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj822357.aspx

Solution

  • Of course you can... but you shouldn't. Typically, the reason for needing a failover server is hardware-related failure. If you are running both Hyper-V servers on the same physical box, you have an 80% chance that your hardware failure will affect both virtual servers.