Deploying New Virtual Machines on a Hyper-V Failover Cluster

After the desired cluster configuration and storage access is achieved, the cluster is ready for the deploying of virtual machines:

1. On one of the cluster nodes, open Failover Cluster Manager.

2. Expand the cluster and select Roles.

3. Now that Cluster Storage Volumes have been configured, the Virtual Machines application is available in the actions pane. Click Virtual Machines, New Virtual Machine, and then select the cluster node on which to deploy the virtual machine. (If you are unsure, just choose the first cluster node shown.) Then click OK.

4. The New Virtual Machine Wizard will launch. Click Next at the Before You Begin screen.

5. Provide a name for the new virtual machine ...

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