Specifications

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Chapter 10 Configuration for Clustering
! In!“Network!Device!Configuration”!on!page 286,!in!Step 5!use!vmnic1!instead!of!
vmnet_0!as!the!device!used!by!Ethernet!Adapter!1.
! Access!the!virtual!machine!menu!by!clicking!the!arrow!to!the!right!of!the!virtual!
machine!icon.!Choose!Configure!Options.!Under!Verbose!Options,!click!the!click!
here!link.
Change!the!specifications!of!scsi1:1.name!and!scsi1:2.name!to!use!the!strict!
vmhba!name!(for!example,!vmhba0:1:0:1:shared1.vmdk)!for!the!VMFS!
partition,!rather!than
!the!VMFS!name!(for!example,!sharedfs:shared1.vmdk).!
The!reason!for!this!change!is!that!if!one!ESX!Server!machine!reboots!while!a!virtual!
machine!on!the!other!physical!machine!is!reserving!the!shared!SCSI!disk,!ESX!
Server!cannot!read!the!VMFS!name!on!the!shared!disk!when!it!is!loaded!and
!
initialized.!If!the!shared!virtual!disk!is!not!specified!using!the!full!vmhba!name,!
ESX!Server!cannot!determine!the!disk!specified!by!the!VMFS!name!and!gives!an!
error!when!restarting!the!virtual!machine.
Click!OK.
In!addition,!change!the!access!rights!of!the!VMFS!partition!where!you!store!the!shared
!
virtual!disks.!By!default,!VMFS!partitions!are!configured!for!public!access.!To!support!
clustering,!the!VMFS!partition!must!be!configured!for!shared!access.
To change the access settings for the VMFS partition
1From!the!management!interface,!click!the!Options!tab
2Click!Storage!Management.
3Identify!the!disk!volume!that!contains!the!VMFS!partition!where!the!shared!virtual!
disks!are!stored.!
4Click
!Edit!for!the!disk!volume.
5From!the!Access!Mode!drop‐down!menu,!choose!Shared.
6Click!OK.
You!have!created!the!first!cluster!node!virtual!machine.
Installing the Guest Operating System
Follow!the!procedure!in“Installing!the!Guest!Operating!System”!on!page 287.