Bringing Virtual Machines Back Online in Hyper-V Manager on Server2
Question
You have two servers named Server1 and Server2 that run Windows Server. Both servers have the Hyper-V server role installed.
Server1 hosts three virtual machines named VM1, VM2, and VM3. The virtual machines replicate to Server2.
Server1 experiences a hardware failure.
You need to bring VM1, VM2, and VM3 back online as soon as possible.
From the Hyper-V Manager console on Server2, what should you run for each virtual machine?
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A. B. C. D.C
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/manage/set-up-hyper-v-replicaIn the given scenario, Server1 has experienced a hardware failure, and the three virtual machines hosted on it - VM1, VM2, and VM3 - are being replicated to Server2. To bring these virtual machines back online, we need to perform a failover operation from Server1 to Server2. Since we are already in a failed state, we need to perform an unplanned failover operation.
The correct answer is C. Unplanned Failover. Let's understand the other options and why they are not applicable in this scenario.
A. Start: This option can be used to start a virtual machine that is in a stopped state. However, in this scenario, the virtual machines are not just stopped, but the host server is also down. Hence, this option is not applicable.
B. Move: This option can be used to move a virtual machine from one host server to another. However, in this scenario, we do not want to move the virtual machines permanently but instead want to failover from the primary host server to the replica host server. Hence, this option is not applicable.
D. Planned Failover: This option can be used to perform a planned failover, where we can initiate the failover operation manually, without waiting for an unplanned failure to occur. However, in this scenario, the failure has already occurred, and we need to perform an unplanned failover. Hence, this option is not applicable.
Therefore, the correct option is C. Unplanned Failover, which will initiate a failover operation for each virtual machine from the failed primary server to the replica server. Once the failover is complete, we can start the virtual machines on Server2 using the Hyper-V Manager console.
