Following the deployment of a VMM management server in a cluster and knowing that VMM 2016, when installed in a high availability mode, does not automatically create the VMM library, we now need to deploy the VMM library. Since we are talking about a highly available deployment, the VMM library will have to be HA as well.
In this recipe, we will go through a deployment of a file server cluster to be used as the VMM library. You can use an existing file server cluster as the library as long as it meets the system requirements for SC 2016.
VMM 2016 includes support for designating network file shares on Windows 2012 R2/2016 servers as the storage location for the VMM library.
As a start, make sure your hardware meets the VMM library requirements, as discussed in Chapter 1, VMM 2016 Architecture, plus note the following points:
- The hardware must meet the qualifications for Windows Server 2012 R2/2016.
- The storage should...