1 . Launch Hyper-V Manager (this can also be configured in SCVMM via the
Migration Settings area of the server’s properties).
2 . Select the Hyper-V host and select the Hyper-V Settings action.
3 . Select the Live Migrations area.
4 . Click the plus sign next to Live Migrations to enable access to the Advanced
Features configuration area.
5 . Select the desired Performance Options setting, as shown in Figure 7.38. Notice
also that the authentication protocol (CredSSP or Kerberos) is also selected in this
area.
6 . Click OK.Figure 7.38 Setting the advanced configurations for Live Migration
Windows Server 2012 R2 also enables cross-version Live Migration. This allows a Live
Migration from Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2012 R2 (but not the other
way). This Live Migration enables an upgrade from Windows Server 2012 to Windows
Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V hosts without requiring any downtime of the virtual
machines. With Windows Server 2016, it is possible to perform cross-version Live
Migration from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2016 and back to
Windows Server 2012 R2 until the VM is upgraded to version 8. This ability to move
back and forth is key to the Windows Server 2016 capability to have mixed-mode
clusters containing Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016 nodes (as
covered in Chapter 5, “Managing Hyper-V”).