Live migration of VM from CSV storage - local storage

I have a VM I want to migrate from our CSV storage onto local storage. However, I can't find a way to complete this.
Live migration won't give me the local disks as an acceptable destination.
During this live migration even if I say that I don't want it to be highly available, the next part to the wizard doesn't give me any options whatsoever to move it anywhere.
I've tried moving it via the Hyper-V manager - which then directs me to the Failover Cluster Manager. Even there I can't give it a suitable destination on the local disk to stick the machine.
What am I missing in this?
Is there a way to do this without manually copying the VHDs to that location and creating a new VM?

As an additional option, you can use one time backup/restore procedure, using whatever free backup tool you want to.
We have done something similar with VeeamZIP that in many ways resembles simple zip-utility for VMs.
We had backed up given VM firstly, and, then, during restoration procedure selected local disks as the datastore the VM should be restored to; worked like a charm.
Kind regards, Leonardo.

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Live migration (Data transfer) from MS-Acess to Oracle? please look.

Dear Members,
we have our buses GPS system installed, the application gives data in to MS-Access. based on satellite movement once it catches our devices installed in Buses it produces a current position record the current place (GPS software used world places and give names of each small town),speed, etc there is upto 10 columns.
i'm looking for the possibility of extracting two fields from that Ms-access table current place,speed into my Oracle database, that should be live transfer, means when ever a record stores into Ms-access i want this to be saved in Oracle too.
actually they have a option SQL-server too, but i dont want to go SQL Server and already we are using Oracle 8 for all other operations. they (GPS software company)dont have an option or drivers to be integrated to Oracle.
Please.. any ideas..
thanks in advance

If there is no primary key and no timestamp, I don't know how you would go about pulling only new records cheaply. The only thing I could think of would be to have a where not exists clause in the select statement, i.e.
SELECT access.column1, access.column2
FROM tableName@AccessDatabase access
WHERE NOT EXISTS (
    SELECT orcl.column1
      FROM oracleTableName orcl
     WHERE orcl.column1 = access.column1
       AND orcl.column2 = access.column2 )which would obviously be an expensive query to issue repeatedly. Can you add a timestamp or some such to the Access table?
Justin

Live Migration - Failed to establish a connection because of an unsupported protocol version (protocol version 5.0)

I'm getting a not the disk and everything) back to the host I originally had it on. Here is my setup:
Host 1 - Microsoft Storage Server 2012 Standard (NAS)
Host 2 - Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 (All connected virtual hard drives use the SMB 3.0 protocol to connect to the NAS - Host 1)
Delegation is setup on both of these hosts to include:
-Trust this computer, Use Kerberos only, Services - cifs, Hyper-V Replication, Microsoft Virtual Console Service, Microsoft Virtual System Migration Service
Live Migration is setup on both of these hosts to include:
-Enable incoming and outgoing live migrations using Kerberos
-Use any available network for live migration
I was able to migrate the VM from host 1 to host 2 with no problems. But when I try to migrate the VM host 1 that's when I encounter the error.
I saw a KB article similar to the issue I'm having but it only effects Server 2008 R2 (KB2705759)
I've rebooted both hosts but still get the error. The VM that is on host 2 has it's hard drive on host 1 run's fine so there are no connection issues there.
I've searched the Internet for this issue and keep coming up empty handed. I even named the virtual switch on both hosts the same to see if that would work. Please help! I'd rather not do an export and import of the VM because I'm evaluating
this product so I want to make sure it works before I put it into production.

Hi PPlbrad,
Agree with Shabarinath .
We can just live migration the VM from low version (2012) to high version (2012R2) but the reverse is not ture .
So do hyper-v replica (just for updating )
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Slow migration rates for shared-nothing live migration over teaming NICs

I'm trying to increase the migration/data transfer rates for shared-nothing live migrations (i.e., especially the storage migration part of the live migration) between two Hyper-V hosts. Both of these hosts have a dedicated teaming interface (switch-independent,
dynamic) with two 1GBit/s NICs which is used for only for management and transfers. Both of the NICs for both hosts have RSS enabled (and configured), and the teaming interface also shows RSS enabled, as does the corresponding output from Get-SmbMultichannelConnection).
I'm currently unable to see data transfers of the physical volume of more than around 600-700 MBit/s, even though the team is able to saturate both interfaces with data rates going close to the 2GBit/s boundary when transferring simple files over SMB. The
storage migration seems to use multichannel SMB, as I am able to see several connections all transferring data on the remote end.
As I'm not seeing any form of resource saturation (neither the NIC/team is full, nor is a CPU, nor is the storage adapter on either end), I'm slightly stumped that live migration seems to have a built-in limit to 700 MBit/s, even over a (pretty much) dedicated
interface which can handle more traffic when transferring simple files. Is this a known limitation wrt. teaming and shared-nothing live migrations?
Thanks for any insights and for any hints where to look further!

Compression is not configured on the live migrations (but rather it's set to SMB), but as far as I understand, for the storage migration part of the shared-nothing live migration this is not relevant anyway.
Yes, all NICs and drivers are at their latest version, and RSS is configured (as also stated by the corresponding output from Get-SmbMultichannelConnection, which recognizes RSS on both ends of the connection), and for all NICs bound to the team, Jumbo Frames
(9k) have been enabled and the team is also identified with 9k support (as shown by Get-NetIPInterface).
As the interface is dedicated to migrations and management only (i.e., the corresponding Team is not bound to a Hyper-V Switch, but rather is just a "normal" Team with IP configuration), Hyper-V port does not make a difference here, as there are
no VMs to bind to interfaces on the outbound NIC but just traffic from the Hyper-V base system.
Finally, there are no bandwidth weights and/or QoS rules for the migration traffic bound to the corresponding interface(s).
As I'm able to transfer close to 2GBit/s SMB traffic over the interface (using just a plain file copy), I'm wondering why the SMB(?) transfer of the disk volume during shared-nothing live migration is seemingly limited to somewhere around 700 MBit/s on the
team; looking at the TCP-connections on the remote host, it does seem to use multichannel SMB to copy the disk, but I might be mistaken on that.
Are there any further hints or is there any further information I might offer to diagnose this? I'm currently pretty much stumped on where to go on looking.

Hyper-v 2012 R2 Live migration issue in 2003 Domain function Level

hi Team ,
i recently build 2012 R2 Hyper-v Cluster with three node. Everrything working fine with out any issue . Cluster working also fine. Later i came across one issue when tried to Live migration virtual machine from one host to another . it failed all the time
while quick migration is working . i gone through few articles and find it is known issue with hyper-v 2012 R2 where domain functional level is set to 2003 . although they have provided Hotfix but no solution.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2838043
Please let me know if any one face similar issue and able to resolve by any hotfix. My host are updated .
Thanks
Ravindra
Ravi

Hi Ravi1987,
The KB2838043 is applied for Server 2012 node, Could you offer us the related cluster error event id, or you can refer the following article to check your cluster
network binding order is correct or not.
Configuring Windows Failover Cluster Networks
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askcore/archive/2014/02/20/configuring-windows-failover-cluster-networks.aspx
You can try to install recommended hotfixes and updates for Windows Server 2012 R2-based failover clusters first, then monitor this issue again.
The KB download:
Recommended hotfixes and updates for Windows Server 2012 R2-based failover clusters
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2920151
More information:
Windows Server 2008 R2 Live Migration – “The devil may be in the networking details.”
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askcore/archive/2009/12/10/windows-server-2008-r2-live-migration-the-devil-may-be-in-the-networking-details.aspx
I’m glad to be of help to you!

Live Migration Failed After Yum Update on 2.2.2

Hi,
I've live migrated vm's from node2 to node1 (master server). Put node2 into maintenance mode, then reconfigure ntp.conf to sync with our new ntp server. While in maintenance mode, I've also ran yum update which updated the kernel from 2.6.18-128.2.1.4.37.el5xen to 2.6.18-128.2.1.4.44.el5xen. In the process, xen was also updated from 3.4.0-0.1.32.el5 to 3.4.0-0.1.39.el5.
After rebooting, I've put node2 back into active mode. But now I can't live migrate the vm's back into node 2. From node1, ovs_operations.log:
"2012-06-23 11:03:28" INFO=> migrate_vm: vm('/OVS/running_pool/1210_vm05') start...
"2012-06-23 11:03:29" INFO=> xen_migrate_vm: migrate with ssl enabled failed, do failover(no ssl). vm('/var/ovs/mount/54DA5753709A48B3BFAEE65C2EAECCE0/running_pool/1210_vm05') -> tgt_srv('node2')
"2012-06-23 11:03:30" ERROR=> xen_migrate_vm: failed. vm('/var/ovs/mount/54DA5753709A48B3BFAEE65C2EAECCE0/running_pool/1210_vm05') -> tgt_srv('node2') =><Exception: xen_migrate_vm: migrate without ssl failed either.>
From node2 ovs_operations.log:
"2012-06-23 11:03:30" INFO=> ha_join_dlm_domain: =>success
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Is this due to the different xen versions after the update? How can I live migrate the vm's back to node2 so that I can take node1 into maintenance mode to reconfigure ntp.conf and run yum update?
Thanks!

The next thing to try is to work though the steps in [[Error loading web sites]]. Though if this is happening on all of your computers it might have something to do with your internet connection. Maybe resetting that will help.

VM live migration during OVM server upgrade

Hi Guys,
I'm planning to upgrade OVM 3.1.1 to 3.2.7.
There are 4 OVM Servers in server pool and all is using the same CPU family which means the live migration is possible.
I just wondering if I upgrade one OVM server to 3.2.7 first and then is it still available to live migrate VMs from 3.1.1. servers to new 3.2.7 server?
Thanks in advance.
Jay

Hi Jay,
I'd do the following:
- free up one OVS by migrating all guests to the remaining OVS
- upgrade OVM Manager straigh to 3.2.8
- upgrade the idle OVS to 3.2.8
- live migrate your guests from one 3.1.1 OVS to the new, idle 3.2.8 OVS - if not using OVMM, then using xm
- round robin upgrade your remaining OVS
I've done that a couple of times…
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budy

Hyper-V live migration failed

There is Hyper-V cluster with 2 nodes. Windows Server 2012 R2 is used as operating system.
Trying to live migrate test VM from node 1 to node 2 and get error 21502:
Live migration of 'Virtual Machine test' failed.
'Virtual Machine test' failed to fixup network settings. Verify VM settings and update them as necessary.
VM has Network Adapter connected to Virtual switch. This vSwitch has Private network as connection type.
If I set virtual switch property to "Not connected" in Network Adapter settings of VM I get successful migration.
All VM's that are not connected to any private networks (virtual switches with private network connection type) can be live migrated without any issues.
Is there any official reference related to Hyper-V live migration of VM's that have "private network" connection type?

I can Live Migrate virtual machines with adapters on private switches without error. Aside from having the wrong name, the only way I can get it to fail is if I make the switch on one host use a different QoS minimum mode than the other and
enable QoS on the virtual adapter. Even then I get a different message than what you're getting. I only get that one with differently named switches.
There is a PowerShell cmdlet available to see why a guest won't run on another host.
Here's an example of its usage.
There's a way to use it to get it to Live Migrate.
But there is no way to truly Live Migrate three virtual machines in perfect lockstep. Even if you figure out whatever is preventing you from migrating these machines, there will still be periods during Live Migration where they can't communicate across that
private network. You also can't guarantee that all these guests will always be running on the same host without preventing Live Migration in the first place. This is why there really isn't anyone doing what you're trying to do. I suggest you consider another
isolation solution, like VLANs.
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Oracle VM Storage live Migration

Good Morning,
i am very new to Oracle VM. But i used to work a lot with other virtualization "Engines".
Now i have got set a a new OVM Cluster. with 2 OVM Server (2.2). With SAN .
So i got 2 SAN LUNS clustered over the 2 OVM Servers.
I used to have Storage live Migration (Storage Vmotion) but here i cant find anything.
In Cirtix i know there is a way (xe ). But there is no xe on OVM.
But i need to move mv VM-Guest from SAN (LUN1) to LUN2....
Is there a way to do it on OVM to (without stopping the VM Guest)?
Thanks a lot!

Yes there is (sort of, unsupported):
http://web.archive.org/web/20100801134134/http://wiki.oracle.com/page/Oracle+VM+Live+Storage+Migration
(no idea what happened to the wiki, but the archive still has it)

Failed live migration from HyperV2012 to Hyperv2012R2 cluster

I’m at a loss on something and I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction. I tried to migrate a server from one of my 2012 hosts to a brand new verified Hyperv 2012 R2 cluster. I had already succesfully migrated 5 others
from there but this one Sql 2012 guest gave me a problem.
When I tried to live migrate it, it failed. It said the hardware on the destination computer was not compatible. I did some research and one blog said that sometimes you migrate to different hardware and it fails, like processors. The guy
on the blog said to check the box under processor\compatibility to put the virtual processor in compatibility mode. I did that and tried again but it failed again. This blog said something about resource groups. The virt was “locked” at that
point.
I got frustrated so I just turned off the guest and copied the disks and rebuilt it on Aag with the same memory processor setting. I thought I was fine, but I looked at it the next day and in the failover cluster manager it shows the machine is “off”.
BUT the VM is actually running because the server is working. It’s a database server and the sites using it are up, and I can RDC to it. So I’m afraid to touch it.
And these are the errors from the event log
'Virtual Machine Configuration DEVDB1' failed to register the virtual machine with the virtual machine management service.
The Virtual Machine Management Service failed to register the configuration for the virtual machine '62AAD2B5-8E03-4B59-84E0-D52CBF36934B' at 'C:\ClusterStorage\Volume2\Devdb1\DEVDB1': The
system cannot find the file specified. (0x80070002). If the virtual machine is managed by a failover cluster, ensure that the file is located at a path that is accessible to other nodes of the cluster.
Cluster resource 'Virtual Machine Configuration DEVDB1' of type 'Virtual Machine Configuration' in clustered role 'DEVDB1' failed. The error code was '0x2' ('The system cannot find the file
specified.').
Based on the failure policies for the resource and role, the cluster service may try to bring the resource online on this node or move the group to another node of the cluster and then restart
it. Check the resource and group state using Failover Cluster Manager or the Get-ClusterResource Windows PowerShell cmdlet.
I think I moved it while it was in a funky state. I also think I was supposed to “export” the vm first. I guess I’m a newbie but I’m not sure what to do to fix it. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

I think i found at least part of the problem but i'm not sure. My new VM's configuration files and directory are called this.
D79490DB-48F9-40A4-9540-53F2532D3F7F
D79490DB-48F9-40A4-9540-53F2532D3F7F.xml
Not 62AAD2B5-8E03-4B59-84E0-D52CBF36934B
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Storage live migration leaves files in the old location

I have Hyper-v cluster and a new Scale-put file server cluster. I am in the process of storage live migrating my vms into the SOFS cluster. Some Vms migrate over fine and other leave references to the old storage location when the migration completes.
I have configured constrained delegation between the Hyper-V host and also SMB delegation on the sofs nodes.
Any ideas on why it is not the storage live migration is not completely migrating over to the new location?
thanks so much for your time

Yes i have all updates on sofs cluster nodes a hyper-v cluster nodes.
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Live migration from oracle 8.0.3.0.0 to oracle 10g

Hello everyone,
I have Oracle 8.0.3.0.0 running on Windows NT platform. I wish to migrate from Oracle 8.0.3.0.0 to Oracle 10g. And I wish to do it without shutting down my Oracle 8 server. Sort of live migration. Since transaction rate is very high. And putting down the server would mean hanging up whole work. Is it possible. If yes what all hardware and software requirements are there? Or Import and Export is the only option,
In anticipation of your guidlines,
Durgesh
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Durgesh,
 No, you cannot migrate directly from 8.0.3 to 10g (either 10gR1 and 10gR2). Read the upgrade guide which concern your target 10g release :
 Oracle Database Upgrade Guide 10g Release 2 (10.2)
 Oracle Database Upgrade Guide 10g Release 1 (10.1)
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Server 2012 cluster - virtual machine live migration does not work

Hi,
We have a hyper-v cluster with two nodes running Windows Server 2012. All the configurations are identical.
When I try to make a Live migration from one node to the other I get an error message saying:
Live migration of 'Virtual Machine XXXXXX' failed.
I get no other error messages, not even in event viewer. This same happens with all of our virtual machines.
A normal Quick migration works just fine for all of the virtual machines, so network configuration should not be an issue.
The above error message does not provide much information.

Hi,
Please check whether your configuration meet live migration requirement:
Two (or more) servers running Hyper-V that:
Support hardware virtualization.
Yes they support virtualization.
Are using processors from the same manufacturer (for example, all AMD or all Intel).
Both Servers are identical and brand new Fujitsu-Siemens RX300S7 with the same kind of processor (Xeon E5-2620).
Belong to either the same Active Directory domain, or to domains that trust each other.
Both nodes are in the same domain.
Virtual machines must be configured to use virtual hard disks or virtual Fibre Channel disks (no physical disks).
All of the vitual machines have virtual hard disks.
Use of a private network is recommended for live migration network traffic.
Have tried this, but does not help.
Requirements for live migration in a cluster:
Windows Failover Clustering is enabled and configured.
Yes
Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) storage in the cluster is enabled.
Yes
Requirements for live migration using shared storage:
All files that comprise a virtual machine (for example, virtual hard disks, snapshots, and configuration) are stored on an SMB share. They are all on the same CSV
Permissions on the SMB share have been configured to grant access to the computer accounts of all servers running Hyper-V.
Requirements for live migration with no shared infrastructure:
No extra requirements exist.
Also please refer to this article to check whether you have finished all preparation works for live migration:
Virtual Machine Live Migration Overview
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831435.aspx
Hyper-V: Using Live Migration with Cluster Shared Volumes in Windows Server 2008 R2
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd446679(v=WS.10).aspx
Configure and Use Live Migration on Non-clustered Virtual Machines
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj134199.aspx
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Hyper-V guest SQL 2012 cluster live migration failure

I have two IBM HX5 nodes connected to IBM DS5300. Hyper-V 2012 cluster was built on blades. In HV cluster was made six virtual machines, connected to DS5300 via HV Virtual SAN. These VMs was formed a guest SQL Cluster. Databases' files are placed on
DS5300 storage and available through VM FibreChannel Adapters. IBM MPIO Module is installed on all hosts and VMs.
SQL Server instances work without problem. But! When I try to live migrate SQL VM to another HV node an SQL Instance fails. In SQL error log I see:
2013-06-19 10:39:44.07 spid1s Error: 17053, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2013-06-19 10:39:44.07 spid1s SQLServerLogMgr::LogWriter: Operating system error 170(The requested resource is in use.) encountered.
2013-06-19 10:39:44.07 spid1s Write error during log flush.
2013-06-19 10:39:44.07 spid55 Error: 9001, Severity: 21, State: 4.
2013-06-19 10:39:44.07 spid55 The log for database 'Admin' is not available. Check the event log for related error messages. Resolve any errors and restart the database.
2013-06-19 10:39:44.07 spid55 Database Admin was shutdown due to error 9001 in routine 'XdesRMFull::CommitInternal'. Restart for non-snapshot databases will be attempted after all connections to the database are aborted.
2013-06-19 10:39:44.31 spid36s Error: 17053, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2013-06-19 10:39:44.31 spid36s fcb::close-flush: Operating system error (null) encountered.
2013-06-19 10:39:44.31 spid36s Error: 17053, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2013-06-19 10:39:44.31 spid36s fcb::close-flush: Operating system error (null) encountered.
2013-06-19 10:39:44.32 spid36s Error: 17053, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2013-06-19 10:39:44.32 spid36s fcb::close-flush: Operating system error (null) encountered.
2013-06-19 10:39:44.32 spid36s Error: 17053, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2013-06-19 10:39:44.32 spid36s fcb::close-flush: Operating system error (null) encountered.
2013-06-19 10:39:44.33 spid36s Starting up database 'Admin'.
2013-06-19 10:39:44.58 spid36s 349 transactions rolled forward in database 'Admin' (6:0). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2013-06-19 10:39:44.58 spid36s SQLServerLogMgr::FixupLogTail (failure): alignBuf 0x000000001A75D000, writeSize 0x400, filePos 0x156adc00
2013-06-19 10:39:44.58 spid36s blankSize 0x3c0000, blkOffset 0x1056e, fileSeqNo 1313, totBytesWritten 0x0
2013-06-19 10:39:44.58 spid36s fcb status 0x42, handle 0x0000000000000BC0, size 262144 pages
2013-06-19 10:39:44.58 spid36s Error: 17053, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2013-06-19 10:39:44.58 spid36s SQLServerLogMgr::FixupLogTail: Operating system error 170(The requested resource is in use.) encountered.
2013-06-19 10:39:44.58 spid36s Error: 5159, Severity: 24, State: 13.
2013-06-19 10:39:44.58 spid36s Operating system error 170(The requested resource is in use.) on file "v:\MSSQL\log\Admin\Log.ldf" during FixupLogTail.
2013-06-19 10:39:44.58 spid36s Error: 3414, Severity: 21, State: 1.
2013-06-19 10:39:44.58 spid36s An error occurred during recovery, preventing the database 'Admin' (6:0) from restarting. Diagnose the recovery errors and fix them, or restore from a known good backup. If errors are not corrected or expected,
contact Technical Support.
In windows system log I see a lot of warnings like this:
- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider
Name="Microsoft-Windows-Ntfs" Guid="{3FF37A1C-A68D-4D6E-8C9B-F79E8B16C482}" />
<EventID>140</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>3</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000008</Keywords>
<TimeCreated
SystemTime="2013-06-19T06:39:44.314400200Z" />
<EventRecordID>25239</EventRecordID>
<Correlation
/>
<Execution
ProcessID="4620" ThreadID="4284" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>sql-node-5.local.net</Computer>
<Security
UserID="S-1-5-21-796845957-515967899-725345543-17066" />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data Name="VolumeId">\\?\Volume{752f0849-6201-48e9-8821-7db897a10305}</Data>
<Data Name="DeviceName">\Device\HarddiskVolume70</Data>
<Data Name="Error">0x80000011</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
The system failed to flush data to the transaction log. Corruption may occur in VolumeId: \\?\Volume{752f0849-6201-48e9-8821-7db897a10305}, DeviceName: \Device\HarddiskVolume70.
({Device Busy}
The device is currently busy.)
There aren't any error or warning in HV hosts.

Hello,
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Hyper V Lab and Live Migration

Hi Guys,
I have 2 Hyper V hosts I am setting up in a lab environment. Initially, I successfully setup a 2 node cluster with CSVs which allowed me to do Live Migrations.
The problem I have is my shared storage is a bit of a cheat as I have one disk assigned in each host and each host has starwinds virtual SAN installed. The hostA has an iscsi connection to hostB storage and visa versa.
The issue this causes is when the hosts shutdown (because this is a lab its only on when required), the cluster is in a mess when it starts up eg VMs missing etc. I can recover from it but it takes time. I tinkered with the HA settings and the VM settings
so they restarted/ didnt restart etc but with no success.
My question is can I use something like SMB3 shared storage on one of the hosts to perform live migrations but without a full on cluster? I know I can do Shared Nothing Live Migrations but this takes time.
Any ideas on a better solution (rather than actually buying proper shared storage ;-) ) Or if shared storage is the only option to do this cleanly, what would people recommend bearing in mind I have SSDs in the hyper V hosts.
Hope all that makes sense

Hi Sir,
>>I have 2 Hyper V hosts I am setting up in a lab environment. Initially, I successfully setup a 2 node cluster with CSVs which allowed me to do Live Migrations.
As you mentioned , you have 2 hyper-v host and use starwind to provide ISCSI target (this is same as my first lab environment ) , then I realized that I need one or more host to simulate more production scenario .
But ,if you have more physical computers you may try other's progects .
Also please refer to this thread :
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/e9f81a9e-0d50-4bca-a24d-608a4cce20e8/2012-r2-hyperv-cluster-smb-30-sofs-share-permissions-issues?forum=winserverhyperv
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