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Figure 2-34: Extending a volume in Server manager<br />

With your VMs all running on your Hyper-V cluster, it is time to back up the machines. In Windows<br />

Server 2012 R2, you cannot back up the Shared VHDX attached to a VM from the host. Because it is<br />

shared, it is blocked from being backed up. However, in Windows Server 2016, you can select it as a<br />

virtual hard drive (VHD) to back up.<br />

VMs that include a Shared VHDX can now also participate in Hyper-V Replica. In previous versions of<br />

Windows Server, VMs with a Shared VHDX were blocked from participating. With the improvements in<br />

Shared VHDX, you not only have the option to replicate the VMs, you also have the option to select<br />

any or all of the Shared VHDX drives, as presented in Figure 2-35.<br />

Figure 2-35: Choosing replica VHDs<br />

Improved cluster logs<br />

Getting as much critical data as possible in a timely fashion can help to quickly resolve failover<br />

clustering problems. Getting the right data at the right time can be critical for restoring services. With<br />

all the Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) available, the right diagnostics is crucial to many businesses.<br />

From a diagnostic standpoint, the first improvement in Windows Server 2016 is with the cluster<br />

diagnostics log. The cluster log has always been useful for identifying an error, what led to an error,<br />

what was happening at the time of the error, and so on. But using the cluster log to determine things<br />

such as the configuration of the cluster is a more involved process.<br />

35 CHAPTER 2 | Software-defined datacenter

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