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Chapter 10 Configuration for Clustering
3Click!Add!Device.
4Click!Network!Adapter.
5From!the!Device!Binding!drop‐down!list!choose!vmnet_0.!
This!attaches!the!second!Ethernet!adapter!to!a!private!network!between!the!cluster!
nodes.
6Click!OK.
You!have!created!the!first!cluster!node!virtual!machine.
Installing the Guest Operating System
Now!you!need!to!install!Windows!2000!Advanced!Server!in!the!virtual!machine!you!
just!created.
To install Windows 2000 Advanced Server in the virtual machine
1Insert!the!Windows! 2000!Advanced!Server!CD!in!the!ESX!Server!machine’s!
CD‐ROM!drive.
2In!the!management!interface,!click!the!blue!terminal!icon!next!to!the!virtual!
machine’s!name!to!launch!the!remote!console.
3Log
!on!as!the!user!who!created!the!virtual!machine!or!as!root.
4Click!Power!On.
5Install!Windows!2000!Adv anced!Server!on!the!disk!connected!to!scsi0.
6Accept!all!the!default!options!during!the!installation.!
Do!not!install!the!clustering!service!at!this!time.
7When!the!installation!is!completed,!install!VMware!Tools!in!the!guest!operating!
system.
Cloning the Virtual Machine
Now!that!you!have!a!virtual!machine!with!Windows!2000!Advanced!Server!installed,!
you!can!clone!this!virtual!machine!instead!of!creating!virtual!machines!individually.
To clone the virtual machine
1Run!sysprep.exe,!which!is!available!on!the!Windows!2000!CD!in!the!
\support\tools\deploy.cab!file.!
This!strips!the!security!ID!assigned!to!the!guest!operating!system!
and!resets!the!
machine!information!as!well!as!the!TCP/IP!network!configuration.