Specifications

Administration Guide
290 VMware, Inc.
This!attaches!the!second!Ethernet!adapter!to!a!private!network!between!the!cluster!
nodes.
5Click!OK.
You!have!created!the!second!cluster!node!virtual!machine.
Go!to!the!management!interface’s!Overview!page.!The!management!interface!should!
list!both!virtual!machines!and!show!them!powered!off.
Installing Microsoft Cluster Service
To install Microsoft Clustering Service
1Start!the!node!1!virtual!machine.!
2Follow!the!Windows!2000!Advanced!Server!mini‐setup!prompts!to!enter!
Advanced!Server’s!serial!number,!the!host!name!(Portsaid),!and!the!IP!addresses.!
! For!the!public!network!adapter,!enter!an!IP!address!that!belongs!to!the!
physical!network.!
! For!the!private!IP!address,!use!an!address!like!192.168.x.x!with!a!class!C!subnet!
mask!(255.255.255.0).
Windows!automatically!reboots.
3Start!the!Disk!Administrator!and!change!both!shared!disks!to!basic!disks.
4Format!both!shared!virtual!disks!with!NTFS,!if!they!are!not!formatted.
5Assign!the!first!shared!disk!to!Q:!(quorum)!and
!the!second!disk!to!R:.
If!you!joined!this!virtual!machine!to!an!existing!Active!Directory!domain,!skip!to!
Step 10.
6Run!dcpromo.exe!from!the!command!prompt.!
This!starts!the!Active!Directory!wizard.
7Set!up!the!current!machine!as!a!domain!control ler.!
For!the!domain!name,!use,!for!example,!vmcluster.domain.com!where!
domain.com!
is!your!DNS!domain!and!vmcluster!is!your!Active!Directory!
domain.!This!node!may!be!setup!as!a!new!domain!tree!and!also!a!new!domain!
forest,!or!it!may!join!existing!ones.
8Make!sure!the!DNS!server!is!installed.
9Set!the!domain!permissions!as!mixed!mode!unless!you!plan!otherwise.