Q: Will shared-nothing live migration work with Linux virtual machines in Windows Server 2012?

Linux and Windows Server 2012 can both benefit from Hyper-V features such as shared-nothing live migration.

John Savill

August 3, 2012

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A: Yes, shared-nothing live migration works on Linux! Nearly all of the Hyper-V features work for both Windows and Linux guest OSs, and Linux is very much a first-class OS for Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012. In this video I created,  I show a SUSE Linux VM being moved with shared-nothing live migration. Other features such as Live Storage Move also work.

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