Specifications

Administration Guide
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Saving!Your!Multipathing!Settings 277
In!Case!of!Failover 277
Settings!for!QLogic!Adapters 277
Failover!in!Windows!2000!and!Windows!Server!2003!Guest!Operating!
Systems 278
10 Configuration!for!Clustering 279
What!Is!Clustering? 279
Applications!that!Can!Use!Clustering 280
Clustering!Software 280
Clustering!Hardware 280
Clustering!Virtual!Machines 280
Clustering!Software!in!Virtual!Machines 281
Clustering!Scenarios 281
Configuring!Virtual!Machine!Clusters!with!Shared!Disks 283
Important!Notes 284
Two!Node!Cluster!with!Microsoft!Cluster! Service!on!a!Single!ESX!Server!
Machine 284
Creating!the!First!Node’s!Base!Virtual!Machine 284
Installing!the!Guest!Operating!System 287
Cloning
!the!Virtual!Machine 287
Creating!the!Second!Node!Virtual!Machine 288
Network!Device!Configuration 289
Installing!Microsoft!Cluster!Service 290
Running!Microsoft!Cluster!Service 292
Two!Nodes!with!Microsoft!Cluster!Service!on!Separate!ESX!Server!
Machines 292
Creating!the!First!Node’s!Base!Virtual!Machine 292
Installing!the!Guest!Operating!System 293
Cloning!the!Virtual!Machine 294
Creating!the!Second!Node!Virtual!Machine 295
Clustering!Using!
a!Raw!SCSI!Disk 295
Installing!Microsoft!Cluster!Service 296
Additional!Notes!for!Clustering!Across!Physical!Machines 296
Running!Microsoft!Cluster!Service 299
VMFS!Locking!and!SCSI!Reservation 300
VMFS!File!System!Locking 300
Locking!at!SCSI!Disk!Level 301
Using!LUN!Masking!to!Avoid!Locking!Issues 302
Network!Load!Balancing! 302