How to set up a mirrored virtual disk in Hyper-V?

[dillparallax]

Hi there,
I've not used this product before, but I have a simple requirement.

I have a standalone Hyper-V 2016 Core server. This server has two Windows Server 2012 R2 VMs. I want to replicate a virtual disk from one VM to the other. Is this possible with Virtual SAN without having to install anything directly on the Hyper-V server?

Which components do I need to install?

Many thanks

[Al (staff)]

Hello Dillparallax,

Thank you for your post.

Could you please clarify your question? You want to replcate virtual disks between 2 VMs on the same host, don't you?

[dillparallax]

Hello Dillparallax,

Thank you for your post.

Could you please clarify your question? You want to replcate virtual disks between 2 VMs on the same host, don't you?

That's exactly right Al. I want to replicate a virtual disk between two VMs on the same Hyper-V host.

[Al (staff)]

Hello Dillparallax,

Unfortunately, it would not be possible to do it with a StarWind Virtual SAN Free. Free version is not possible to install inside of the VM or on a host with Hyper-V role installed.

However, it would be possible to do it with a full version.