Is clustering required on Hyper-V host if only planning to cluster virtual servers.

hi...

my basic question this... given servers plan on giving access shared storage device virtual servers, need implement cluster @ physical server level?

i'm running a pair of physical servers have following characteristics:

server 2012 r2 x64 hyper-v core

256 gb memory

3 tb raid internal drive (hosts core os)

dual port fibre-channel hba

additionally, have external nexsan storage device configured 8 drives in raid 10 array. nexsan device has 2 dual-port fiber-channel controllers.

currently have nexsan storage device connected , msio drivers installed. looks @ physical level. both servers see nexsan storage device on fibre-channel.

i've run cluster configuration validator utility using 2 physical servers intended cluster pair , report comes clean. (i had make couple of updates hyper-v configuration report clean.)

in reality, plan use shared storage between 2 vm's. end, preference create cluster between 2 vm servers. prompts question. there reason me cluster 2 physical hyper-v servers if want cluster 2 vms? (vm1 on physical server 1 , vm2 on physical server 2).

thanks,

brett

hi umesh...

thanks reply. able set cluster between vm's using iscsi. architecture work. gave on virtual fibre adapter.

thanks,

brett

shared vhdx (placed on fault-tolerant storage) better way go. pair of vms may use replication inside vms, remove shared storage (physical or virtual) requirement , dependency completely. 

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starwind virtual san clusters hyper-v without sas, fibre channel, smb 3.0 or iscsi, uses ethernet mirror internally mounted sata disks between hosts.

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