Hyper-V: To Participate in Replication, Servers in Failover Clusters Must Have a Hyper-V Replica Broker Configured

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Issue

*For failover clusters, Hyper-V Replica requires the use of a Hyper-V Replica Broker name instead of an individual server name.

This error may show up even if Hyper-V Replica is not configured.*

Impact

*If the virtual machine is moved to a different failover cluster node, replication cannot continue.

If Hyper-V Replica is not used and a Replication Broker was not configured, this error has no Impact.*

Resolution

Use Failover Cluster Manager to configure the Hyper-V Replica Broker. In Hyper-V Manager, ensure that the replication configuration uses the Hyper-V Replica Broker name as the server name.

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