Wanna add VM to a Hyper V cluster? We can help you do it.

Adding a Virtual Machine to a Hyper V cluster can be done by following a few steps from the Failover cluster.

At Bobcares, we often get requests from our customers regarding Hyper V as part of our Server Management Services.

Today, let’s get into the details on how our Support Engineers add a VM to a Hyper V cluster.

Hyper V Failover Cluster

The failover cluster is combining several nodes into a group that enables high availability.

To set up a cluster all the connecting nodes must have an IP address in the subnet. We need to install a Failover clustering role on all hosts.

Shared storage should be present for the cluster to function. Before adding VM cluster validation should be completed.

Let’s discuss how our Support Engineers add a VM to the Hyper V cluster.

How to add a VM to a Hyper V cluster

Recently one of our customers wanted to add a virtual machine to his cluster. Let’s now discuss how our Support Engineers add the virtual machine to the cluster.

First, we open the Failover Cluster Manager. Now we expand the node.

We right-click on Roles. Then we select Configure Role.

Now a window appears. Then we click on Next.

Next from the list we scroll down and select Virtual Machine. Then click on Next.

Now it displays the non clustered virtual machine. Then we select the Virtual Machines we wish to add.

Now in confirmation, we verify the Virtual Machine added once again and click Next.

Once the process is complete we click on Finish.

Common issues faced when adding VM

Recently a customer contacted us saying the Virtual Machine is not listed. Let’s discuss how our Support Engineers resolved the error for our customer.

VM role not present

On analyzing the cluster setup our Engineers found that the cluster Virtual Machine Role is not present for the VM. Thus we add the VM role from PowerShell.

We use the command:

Add-ClusterVirtualMachineRole virtual_machine_name

The virtual machine was present after executing the command.

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Conclusion

In short, we have discussed about Hyper V cluster. Also, we have discussed how our Support Engineers add Virtual Machines to a cluster.