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Chapter 10 Configuration for Clustering
This!concludes!the!cloning!process.!Continue!with!creating!the!second!node!virtual!
machine
Repeat!Step!3!–!Step!11!on!each!ESX!Server!machine!that!will!participate!in!the!cluster.
Creating the Second Node Virtual Machine
To create a new virtual machine
1On!the!management!interface!Overview!tab,!click!Add!Virtual!Machine.!
2Keep!the!default!Guest!Operating!System!selection!of!Microsoft!Windows!2000!
Server.
3 Change!the!Display!Name!field!to!describe!the!virtual!machine,!for!example,!MSCS
Node 2 (Kena).
4 Change!the!Location!of!the!virtual!machine!to!
/home/<user>/vmware./cluster2/cluster2.vmx.
5Click!Next.
6 Choose!the!
number!of!processors!you!want!the!guest!operating!system!to!utilize,!
up!to!2.
7 Change!Memory!to!show!the!amount!of!RAM!you!want!to!allocate!to!this!virtual!
machine.
8Click!Next.
9Click!Existing!to!attach!an!existing!virtual!disk!to!this!virtual!machine.
10 From!the!Virtual!Disk!Image!drop‐down!list,!
choose!cluster2.vmdk.
11 Choose!the!virtual!SCSI!node!to!which!you!want!to!attach!the!virtual!disk!and!click!
Next.
Network Device Configuration You!need!to!add!another!network!adapter!that!the!
cluster!nodes!will!use!to!communicate!with!each!other.
To add a virtual network adapter
1On!the!hardware!tab!for!this!virtual!machine,!click!Add!Device.
2Click!Network!
Adapter.
3From!the!Device!Binding!drop‐down!list,!choose!vmnic1.