Specifications

Administration Guide
292 VMware, Inc.
Running Microsoft Cluster Service
Microsoft!Cluster!Service!should!operate!normally!in!the!virtual!machine!after!it!is!
installed.
Two Nodes with Microsoft Cluster Service on Separate ESX
Server Machines
This!procedure!creates!a!two‐node!cluster!in!virtual!machines!that!will!run!on!two!
separate!ESX!Server!machines.!It!uses!the!same!naming!conventions!as!in!the!previous!
procedure.
In!addition,!the!physical!shared!storage!is!either:
! Shared!SCSI
! A!storage!area!network!(SAN)
For!this!exercise!the!VMFS!partition!for!the!internal!storage!on!each!ESX!Server!
computer!is!labeled!vms.!The!VMFS!partition!for!the!shared!storage!is!labeled!
sharedfs.
Each!ESX!Server!machine!must!have!an!additional!physical!network!adapter!assigned!
to!the!virtual!machines!to!use
!for!the!private!netw ork!that!monitors!the!heartbeat.!The!
procedure!assumes!this!network!adapter!uses!the!device!named!vmnic1.!Connect!the!
private!network!adapter!to!a!separate!network!from!that!used!by!the!public!network!
adapter.
Creating the First Node’s Base Virtual Machine
Follow!the!procedure!in!“Creating!the!First!Node’s!Base!Virtual!Machine”!on!page 284,!
with!the!following!changes:
! In!“Virtual!Disk!Configuration”!on!page 286,!in!Step 8!click!Edit!next!to!SCSI!
Controller!1!to!change!the!bus!sharing!from!none!to!physical!instead!of!virtual.!
From!the!Bus!Sharing!drop‐down!list!select!physical,!and!click!OK.
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OTE Some!disk!errors!are!recorded!in!the!Windows!event!log!in!normal!operation.!These!
error!messages!have!a!format!similar!to!the!following:
The driver detected a controller error on
\Device\Scsi\BusLogic3
They!should!be!reported!periodically!only!on!the!passive!node!of!the!cluster!and!should!
also!be!reported!when!the!passive!node!is!taking!over!during!a!failover.!The!errors!are!
reported!because!the!active!node!of!the!cluster!has!reserved!the!shared!virtual!disk(s).!
The!passive!node!periodically!probes!the
!shared!disk!and!receives!a!SCSI!reservation!
conflict!error.!This!is!normal!operation.