Tip of the Day: Live Migration in Windows Server 2012

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Today’s Tip…

While live migration has been around since Windows Server 2008 R2, it was greatly improved in WS2012. Previously, a virtual machine could only live migrate (move from one host to another without the interim step of having to shutdown) between nodes of a cluster. In WS2012 virtual machines gained the ability to live migrate between servers regardless of cluster membership.

Previously

Live migrate between nodes of a cluster

WS2012

Live migrate between nodes of a cluster

Live migrate between a cluster node and a stand-alone server

Live migrate between a stand-alone server and a cluster node

NOTE: Both source and destination need to be configured to send and receive live migration.