Vm in a file share. none cluster disk
First, thanks for the help.
I have two host in VMM
2012 (not in cluster).
Both hosts have configured a file
share. I have a VM with
vm-hard-drive, and
vm-file, stored on the shared drive.
I can move the "control"
of the machine from one host to another?
now asks for the location
of VM files. I have
to have two VM files, one for each
host?
Thanks for the help.
http://kinomakino.blogspot.com
Can both hosts see the share? Both of the host need to have full access to the share.
Also, as the host servers are not clustered you'll need to setup constrained delegation.
You can follow this technet article to configure constrained delegation.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/jj134199.aspx
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/* Server Support Specialist */Did you check the blog above?
The account used in the clustered machine should have access to
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MAS
I've followed this (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124922(v=exchg.80).aspx) instruction and there is no mentioning other than the Cluster Service Account.
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