I ran into a situation where I needed to cluster two Hyper-V guests. I found several articles that provided guidance around setting up shared storage for this, but none of them were completely accurate. I then stumbled across the below post, which worked perfectly. It’s definitely worth a read.
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Supported Upgrade Methods for Hyper-V
Microsoft recently released a KB that outlines the methods that you can use to upgrade a Windows Server 2008, that has the Hyper-V role installed, to Windows Server 2008 R2.
The following methods are discussed in the KB:
- Perform an in-place upgrade of the parent partition from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2008 R2.
- Export a virtual machine from a Windows Server 2008-based computer that has Hyper-V enabled, and then import it to a server that has Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V enabled
- Using backup software that leverages the Hyper-V VSS Writer, back up a virtual machine that is running on Windows Server 2008, and restore it to Windows Server 2008 R2
As you may have heard, Windows Server 2008 R2 introduces a number of important changes and new features for Hyper-V, so if you are planning to upgrade then you should be familiar with this KB. The KB can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957256.