Set Up a Hyper V Cluster from Scratch & Deploy Citrix PVS VMs in Under 60 Minutes
In this step-by-step video, I walk you through the complete process of building a Hyper-V Cluster from zero — including shared storage setup, failover clustering configuration, and high availability — followed by automated deployment of Citrix PVS target VMs.
This guide is ideal for labs, PoCs, or even fast DR recovery where you need to recreate your Citrix environment quickly and reliably. The entire process is completed in under 60 minutes, using a combination of PowerShell, Hyper-V tools, and Ansible automation.
🔹 Topics Covered:
✔ Initial Hyper-V host setup
✔ Shared storage configuration for clustering
✔ Creating and validating a new Failover Cluster
✔ Configuring Clustered Shared Volumes (CSV)
✔ Deploying Citrix PVS VMs automatically
✔ Using automation for fast and repeatable builds
1:20 iSCSI Role and Disk creation
12:55 Configure Hyper-V Virtual Switches on every node
15:30 Create the Hyper-V Cluster
25:00 Adding the Cluster to SCVMM
31:40 VM creation with Ansible
37:00 Host failure test.