Specifications

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Chapter 10 Configuration for Clustering
To clone the virtual machine using the management interface
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.
2Shut!down!the!guest!operating!system!and!power!off!the!virtual!machine.
3On!the
!management!interface!Overview!tab,!click!Manage!Files.
4Drill!down!to!the!vmfs!folder!and!to!the!vms!folder.!
This!might!take!time!to!refresh.
5 Select!the!check!box!next!to!the!cluster1.vmdk!file.
6Click!Copy!and!click!Paste.
7When!the!copy!process!is!complete,!select!the!check!box!next!to!the!file!copy of
cluster1.vmdk.
8Click!Edit!Properties.
9 Change!the!filename!to!cluster2.vmdk!and!click!OK.
10 Close!the!Manage!Files!window.
This!concludes!the!cloning!process.!Now!continue!with!creating!the!second!node!
virtual!machine
Cloning the Virtual Machine, an Alternate Method
To clone the virtual machine using the ESX Server console
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.
2Shut!down!the!guest!operating!system!and!power!off!the!virtual!machine.
3At
!the!ESX!Server!console,!log!on!as!root.
4 Change!directories:!cd!/vmfs/vms
This!directory!is!where!you!created!the! virtual!disk.
5 Create!a!copy!of!the!virtual!disk:!cp!cluster1.vmdk!cluster2.vmdk.