Run cluster validation before you create a Hyper-V cluster on PowerStore. Ensure that all tests related to storage and MPIO pass before you configure a Hyper-V cluster and deploy a workload.
- Stage each Windows Server and configure the Hyper-V role based on Microsoft best practices.
- Configure two or more data paths to PowerStore for each host (iSCSI or FC).
- Install and configure MPIO on each host.
- Use PowerStore Manager to create a host group on PowerStore.
- Use PowerStore Manager to map at least one cluster volume to the host group. Use a consistent LUN ID.
- On a host, initialize the new disk, bring it online, and format it.
- Perform a disk rescan on each host in the host group.
- Use Failover Cluster Manager to run cluster validation for the hosts in the host group.
- Verify that all tests related to disk and MPIO pass.
- If any tests fail, the configuration might not support clustering.
- Troubleshoot and resolve all disk or MPIO failures and run cluster validation again until they pass.
Figure 7. Failover Cluster Manager > Cluster validation wizard: Ensure that all disk and MPIO tests pass
Minor warnings will not prevent host clustering. For example, cluster validation might detect slight differences in the patch level of fully updated hosts.
Figure 8. Cluster validation verifies software updates
You can also use Windows Admin Center, in addition to Failover Cluster Manager, to create and manage clusters.
Figure 9. Windows Admin Center cluster creation tools