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Chapter 10 Configuration for Clustering
Figure 10-4. Standby host using three virtual machines on a single physical machine;
all running clustering software.
Configuring Virtual Machine Clusters with Shared Disks
To!create!a!set!of!clustered!virtual!machines,!configure!each!set!with!the!following:
! Primary!virtual!SCSI!host!adapter!with!one!SCSI!virtual!disk.
! At!least!two!virtual!network!adapters:
! Public!network!adapter!connected!to!vmnicx!(that!is,!to!vmnic0!or!higher).!A!
vmnic!is!a!virtual!machine!device!that!uses!a!network!adapter!dedicated!to!the!
virtual!machines.!
! Private!network!adapter!connected!to!vmnicx!(that!is,!to!vmnic0!or!higher)!or!
to!vmnet_x!(that!is,!to!vmnet_0!or!higher).!This!device!selection!must!match!
in!all!virtual!machines!in!a!cluster!set.!This!is!the!network!adapter!that!the!
clustering!service!will!use!to!monitor!the!heartbeat!between!nodes.
!
! Remaining!default!virtual!machine!devices!(such!as!the!CD‐ROM!drive!and!the!
floppy!disk!drive).
In!addition!to!the!above!devices,!the!following!is!required!for!shared!storage:
! A!secondary!virtual!SCSI!host!adapter
! One!or!more!virtual!disks!that!will!be!shared!attached!to!the!secondary!SCSI!host!
adapter.
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