Specifications

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Installing the Guest Operating System in the First Virtual Machine (Node)
Follow these steps to install Windows 2000 Advanced Server in the virtual machine
that is the first node of your cluster:
1. Insert the Windows 2000 Advanced Server CD in the CD-ROM drive.
2. Connect to the virtual machine with a console.
3. Log in as the user who created the virtual machine, as root or as the
Administrator.
4. Click Power On.
5. Install Windows 2000 Advanced Server on the disk connected to scsi0.
6. Accept all of the default options during the installation.
Note: Do not install the clustering services at this time.
7. When the installation is complete, install VMware Tools in the guest operating
system. See Installing VMware Tools in the VMware GSX Server Virtual Machine
Guide.
8. Remove the Windows 2000 Advanced Server CD from the CD-ROM drive.
You are finished installing the guest operating system. The next step is to clone the
virtual machine. (Later, you create the second cluster node using the clone.)
Cloning the First Cluster Node
Follow these steps to clone the first virtual machine node:
1. Run sysprep.exe, which is available on the Windows 2000 CD in the file
\support\tools\deploy.cab (or from the Microsoft Web site).
The sysprep.exe utility removes the security ID assigned to the guest
operating system, resets the machine information and resets the TCP/IP network
configuration.
2. Shut down the guest operating system and power off the virtual machine.
3. Create a directory named SQL2 under the cluster directory.
4. Copy the SQL1*.vmdk files into this directory.
5. Change the file names to SQL2*.vmdk.
You are finished cloning the first node. You are now ready to create the second node
in the cluster using the clone.