Live Migration between cluster and non-clustered Hyper-V

Adam Tyler

Hello,

In the lab this evening using Live Migration to move a Hyper-V VM from a cluster to a stand alone Hyper-V host and back. What I notice right away is that I actually have to remove the "clustered" VM prior to issuing the move command. In other words I have to open the Failover Cluster manager and "remove" the clustered VM. This places all management responsibility of the VM on the local Hyper-V Manager of the host that happened to be running the VM at the time. At that point I am able to use the Hyper-V manager to initiate a move with storage to complete the Live Migration.

I just wanted to make sure my understanding of that move process from a cluster to a stand alone host was correct? I didn't miss anything that allowed the move to take place without removing from the cluster first? This is Server 2016.

Regards,
Adam Tyler

Cherokee Boose

Adam,
If the cluster has Roles you will want to "Drain" the VM prior to removal. Draining can be performed from within the Failover Cluster Manager or PowerShell. I show how to do this in the 70-740 show. Looking at some of the questions you have been asking I think episode "Manage Failover Clustering" will help with some of the failover and failback setting options and "Manage VM Movement in Clustered Nodes" would help with removing the VM from the cluster. Live Migration was originally, designed to be used with clustering, but you are right to know the local Hyper-V Manager would be responsible for the Live Migration of the VM once it has been evicted form the cluster. I hope this helps!
Cherokee