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Chapter 10 Configuration for Clustering
This!concludes!the!cloning!process.!Continue!with!creating!the!second!node!virtual!
machine.
Creating the Second Node Virtual Machine
Follow!the!procedure!in!“Creating!the!First!Node’s!Base!Virtual!Machine”!on!page 292,!
noting!the!following!differences:
! In!“Virtual!Disk!Configuration”!on!page 286,!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,!choose!physical,!and!click!OK.
! In!“Network!Device!Configuration”!on!page 286,!Step 5,!from!the!Device!Binding!
drop‐down!list,!choose!vmnic1!instead!of!vmnet_0.!This!attaches!the!second!
Ethernet!adapter!to!the!second!physical!adapter!designated!for!virtual!machine!
use.!This!is!used!to!create!a!private!network!between!the!cluster!nodes.
! Change!the!specifications!of!scsi1:1.name!and!scsi1:2.name!as!you!did!when!
creating!the! first!node’s!base!virtual!machine.
Clustering Using a Raw SCSI Disk
The!shared!disk!used!for!clustering!can!also!be!a!complete!shared!SCSI!disk,!rather!than!
a!VMFS!file!on!a!shared!disk.!Using!a!raw!SCSI!disk!as!a!shared!disk!might!simplify!
initial!setup.!It!might!be!useful!for!importing!an!existing!physical!cluster!that!already!
has!cluster!data
!on!a!SCSI!disk.!In!addition,!using!a!raw!SCSI!disk!as!a!shared!disk!
allows!a!virtual!machine!to!participate!in!a!cluster!with!a!physical!machine.!For!
example,!the!virtual!machine! can!be!used!as!the!passive!node!for!a!physical!machine!
that!is!the!active!node.
For!the
!virtual!machine!to!access!a!physical!disk,!replace!the!instructions!in!“Virtual!
Disk!Configuration”!on!page 286!with!the!following!steps.
To add a physical SCSI controller and shared raw SCSI disks
1Click!the!Hardware!tab.
2Click!Add!Device.
3Click!Hard!disk.
4Click!System!LUN/Disk!to!give!your!virtual!machine!direct!access!to!a!SAN!or!
shared!storage!volume.
5 Choose!the!LUN/Partition!you
!want!to!attach!to!this!VM!as!a!raw!disk.