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VMware GSX Server Administration Guide
Creating the Second Node in the Cluster from the Clone of the First Node
Follow these steps to create the second node in the cluster using the clone of the first
node:
1. Log on to your GSX Server host as the user who will own the virtual machine.
2. Launch a VMware Virtual Machine Console and create a new virtual machine (for
information on creating a new virtual machine, see Creating a New Virtual
Machine in the VMware GSX Server Virtual Machine Guide). Choose the settings
you want (for example, the size of the virtual disk or the amount of memory), but
make sure you specify:
• Windows 2000 Advanced Server as the guest operating system.
• SQL2 as the virtual machine name.
• The virtual machine directory as d:\cluster\SQL2 (on a Windows host)
or /home/cluster/SQL2 (on a Linux host).
• Bridged networking for the virtual machine.
• To use an existing virtual disk, click Browse and select SQL2.vmdk.
3. Open the virtual machine settings editor. Choose VM > Settings.
4. Add a new network adapter that uses either another external adapter or the
VMnet1 host-only adapter. For information, see Adding and Modifying Virtual
Network Adapters in the VMware GSX Server Virtual Machine Guide.
5. Add the two virtual disks (quorum.vmdk and data.vmdk) you previously
created. For information, see Adding Virtual Disks to a Virtual Machine in the
VMware GSX Server Virtual Machine Guide. Make sure you choose to Use an
existing virtual disk and browse to quorum.vmdk and data.vmdk.
6. Click OK to save your settings and close the virtual machine settings editor.
7. Using a text editor, manually edit the configuration file
d:\cluster\SQL2\SQL2.vmx (on a Windows host) or
/home/cluster/SQL2/SQL2.vmx (on a Linux host).
8. Add the following lines to the bottom of the configuration file:
scsi1.sharedBus = virtual
disk.locking = "false"
This enables SCSI reservation, which is described in more detail in the section
Using SCSI Reservation to Share SCSI Disks with Virtual Machines on page 192.
9. Connect to the VMware Management Interface
(https://<hostname>:8333) and review the Status Monitor page.