Im very new to SCVMM so please bear with me.

I have a basic lab environment consisting of two hosts clustered using some cheap shared storage.  Ive installed SCVMM and deployed a few highly available VMs. 

I want to deploy a guest cluster using with a shared VHDX. 

Is the only way to do it by using a a service template, or can I do it another way?  If I do, do I need to create a VM template first to then include it in my service template?

As part of the pre reqs outlined here - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn249412.aspx it says I need to have the shared VHDX already available.  How do I go about creating this vhdx file on the shared storage?

Thanks

You need to use service templates, that also will create the cluster with a script that is running on the first deployed VM.

Also, install UR1 for VMM 2012 R2 in order to have this working.

-kn

Thanks,

Is using a service template the only way to do it?  Do I need to create a VM template first to be used in my service template?  Also, do I need create the shared VHDX disk manually somehow or does this get created as part of the service template side of things?

• Edited by PM-12 Thursday, February 06, 2014 7:28 PM

Thanks,

Is using a service template the only way to do it?  Do I need to create a VM template first to be used in my service template?  Also, do I need create the shared VHDX disk manually somehow or does this get created as part of the service template side of things?

• Edited by PM-12 Thursday, February 06, 2014 7:28 PM

In VMM, the only way to do it is to use a service template. You'll need to create (or copy) a shared VHDX disk to be used.

Yes - you will need VM templates as this is the building blocks of the service template. The Shared VHDX (and perhaps a disk for qourum is a good thing!) can be created outside and added to the VMM library.

This can be easily deployed with VMM, but of course, you are able to create a guest cluster outside of VMM as well, using shared vhdx.

-kn

Ok great, thanks Kristian.

Great, I did this and copied the VHDX to my Library.  Thanks.

Hi

i have created two vm in system center, now I need to create a cluster with them, can I install the clustering service and create two disk one for data and one for quorum and add them to the two vms? without using service templates or other? do I need to copy those disk to the library? thanks

Yes you can. Service Templates are needed to create cluster automatically.