Specifications

Administration Guide
286 VMware, Inc.
Virtual Disk Configuration
You!need!a!shared!SCSI!controller!and!shared!SCSI!disks!for!shared!access!to!clustered!
services!and!data.!
To add a shared SCSI controller and shared SCSI disks
1Access!the!VMware!Management!Interface.
2Click!the!Hardware!tab.
3Click!Add!Device.
4Click!Hard!disk.
5Click!Blank!to!create!a!new!virtual!disk.
6 Choose!the!VMFS!volume!on!which!you!want!to!store!
the!virtual!disk.
7Give!the!virtual!disk!image!a!unique!name,!for!example,!quorum.vmdk.
8Enter!the!appropriate!value!in!the!Capacity!field.
9 Choose!the!virtual!SCSI!node!to!which!you!want!to!attach!the!virtual!disk.
Shared!disks!must!be!attached!to!a!separate!virtual!SCSI!controller.!
10 Select!SCSI!1:1.
11 Click!Persistent!to!verify!the!disk!mode!and!click!OK.
By!default,!the!disk!mode!is!set!to!Persistent.!
12 A!new!virtual!disk!and!SCSI!Controller!1!are!now!visible!on!the!Hardware!tab.
13 Click!Edit!next!to!SCSI!Controller!1,!and!change!the!bus!sharing!from!none!to!
virtual.!
14 From!the!Bus
!Sharing!drop‐down!list,!select!virtual,!and!click!OK.
Repeat!Step 1–Step 9!to!create!an!additional!shared!virtual!disk!using!SCSI!1:2!with!the!
filename!shared2.vmdk.
Network Device Configuration
You!need!an!additional!virtual!network!adapter!to!be!used!by!Microsoft!Cluster!Service!
to!maintain!the!cluster!heartbeat.!
To add an additional network adapter:
1Access!the!VMware!Management
!Interface.
2Click!the!Hardware!tab.